The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-12-24

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mcans I have pefsaaded yen Ne
roue repeatedly over the whole
a. counselor pui ID b. you as
thousand times mof and now
ssop. II ls evidently useless. and I
sou are determined 81 be pig
sha obstinate ! nm buitoning W
fhr the third and last time nov
Ipent three hours of this precious
IN talking 10 q sentimentalist who
got seventy FIVE eentsi In bis pocket,
I upon marrying the prettiest girl
State 10 q man whose ideas OF
fss are built upon q full harder, a
bverflowin ing with GOALS and the ex-
b belongings Of a position In good
and yet Is too poor TO make a
y. You tell me that you are willing
upon oatmeal porridge, provided
be your cis-e-ei, with another
now that IL sublime nonsense, for
|on't do anything Of the kind, and
how II. | tell you, as | have told
dozen times before, that love is
nine parts bread and butter and one
|ntiment. Certainly--look rs dis
as you choose, | am disposed to be
ie, and know for a certainty that you
b paid for your boots or your board,
bat you will find your Virginia's
te little notes sandwiched with your
mems unpaid bills in your breast
Your whole possessions con-
into clothing would not produce the
ers of a dress suit in which to get
ID, and how the dickens you expect
o do duty for meals, dress and amuse.
!, besides its own legitimate uses, is,
Tess, more than | can imagine"
here's my article which | sent last
you said that -
% you mean that twenty pages of non.
! which you called The Romance Of
|VelocipedeY' You may possibly get
dollars for it, and | tell you they
thirty nine dollars for the name. You
klered into shrewdness when you hung
/ story on that peg anything about .
|cipede nowadays is worth its weight
bld."
|rhen there's my farce you thought il
lively and sure to take"
What if | did, and did it honestly; do
hope to marry a girl upon your luck
funny words into the mouths Of
ia-dozen buffoons, aid to set up you
rary money-making machine on the
nd basis of making two hundred empty
DIS laugh at your puns and jokes, ehg
You think | review and criticist
lyY
you've merely got tact enough
lash a little less savagely and to kill
} man or book with a beg y'r pardon /;
deuced little merit in picking
), and you'd quite as soon kick up {
Ipus behind the scenes by telling a de.
lady that she is a country hoy.
and not fit to play Lady Teazle, if il
ID give you a good position with peo.
Of TASTE"
was about to retort, when it occurred
that | was certain to get the worst
!, and | therefore sat quietly blinking
Ihe fire, which | am sorry to say was
lily burning up the last of my coal
wing | had nearly reached the end Of
rope, | had piled IN the balance Of
which remained to my credit, and il
speedily being turned over to the debit
moke and heat, which last scorched
legs of my friend, and made him speak
\ after a moment of silence.
said a moment ago that | was going
| shall retract.n Here he took out his
h and laid it upon the table. I'll
you ten minutes to think the matter
The question is simply this; will
marry this girl and be compelled to
yourselves with charcoal in the garrei
in a week, or will you work alone in
elevating circumstances, worship YOU
singly, and make a possible reputa
and a probable bank account evcntu.
made up my mind three weeks
| paid little attention to what he said
kept on regretting my Goals.
was a first-rate fellow, and we
struck up a sort of friendship which
lasted we'll and constantly increased
lis part as he saw how necessary he
to me, and on mine as | found out his
! temper and practical ways. | be.
he managed all the little business
Oh | had to do, and / knew he turned
to much more Of a financial re.
than | could have gained had | under
the disposal of my own affairs. He
a short, manipulating man, filed to
brim with argument, and, as | init
ed, a thorough-going hater of fine senti'
is unless they were dragging aftel
Q COMPOUNDED homespun nuisance
Oh he always conceived to be the first
6 to be trotted out and put to its PAGES.
lost of our differences | usually came
ne surfaca on his side of the line, but
ne present matter | had held my ground
| a p%ertinacity which astonished my.
and | am happy to believe rather led
vison to think that | was not the mum.
Of previous fights. | always had 9
Ike to the term fallen in love" it i'm
! in itself that the person who has SC
n did so against his will and common
and is anxious to be .fished out al
earliest moment, and therefore ! say
i went up directly with my eyes and
sabout me, went in, and shut the door
md me, and double-locked it by telling
situation to the keeper of the prison.
having strangely walked, also with
. eyes, into the same confinement,
ed with me there to live in company
Id Dewison, as a matter of course, di
ly; he became furious, and threatened
brow me over for a fool, and could
Of nothing but what he rudely called
bread and butter side Of the question
asked me among other things what
as father had said to me. Now il
pened that he was another of Devil
$ creed, and had asked me plumply
t | had to live upon in the event of his
endering Julia, and not having any.
g just then in prospect but my pen, ]
him so; but said | had a great number
trong hopes. He replied that If | was
'ent to give my wife and babies strong
to eat, he was resolved that hi
5hter should live upon nothing les
! meat, sir, meat.
Il Of Dewison's harping on his breat
butter,n and the Obstacles meat,
ID to move me. and he had come to