Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-07-25
TIE LOVERS ELM.

BY MARY y. PRESCOTT.

BY MARY y. PRESCOTT.
Della sat on the doorstep, with a
basket Of mending in her lap Paul
stood leaning against the bole Of an ap-
pie tree, trimming an elm twig, aud
anon youchsafng look at Della, who
was well worth looking at, with her
dimples and roses and sunny expression.
"You know, she was saying, "Aunt
Hitty is all I have She is my own
flesh aud blood, and she needs me.
Aud so DO |, said Paul, briefly.
"Oh do you?" returned Della,
frightening "but you can do without
me awhile"
How can p
"Aye that's what you must learn,
sir, she laughed with a pretty assump.
ton Of importance.
81 can't see" complained Paul,
Why you should prefer the society of
an uucomely old woman, who dose'nt
care 6 Zig for anything but her money,
to the one you have as good as prom
ised to love and obey"
.,.,t -, ) w, .StD"' '';, III: 4i'; -
Aunt Hitty is as good as bed-ridden,
and she my own mothers half-sister and
nobody to do a hands turn for her"
"All along of her own alfred temper
ana la'ser'lLeSs' ,, taav won iile nelP
nor Ife"V Vll III In@C give II "I,h 1eceh' .l
~, answered 9ti'oS I . III 10 loyeI' y,
Il'9.. va "'iyIu @ ,LES9 ', i've 9Lao "d,.' M
my SIo4l,er ~ One "neoI woIAlu8 eur :
+, ~ ana la'e; ior a nome i5 0. my own. own
hI Ila'D oS P,, ,'ll Ioiel II 'Tp"''oii; 1: tii;
on account "g V, "ol'"u WHO Il l''o VII
She 5 niheVy, ,.,. -,-,
~, en- aul' Sa'u s 1 Dsl'a, glGt7itS guy y,
Il II Is gl'tuoH IGl I you 10 @ M".' ~, Lol
me, uon 40 H. We 9l!en II:t. S9p ,,,, ~
reasons lor gong 10 A'nG lllV5y, lIeLe tit
no pressure III ~ puV - > "Iyy 'llav
owe my own hllu Inu I. x .n' Iou c'u ,,l.
"anV me 10 S.'y |lon oou"Iteuoo ."tt: 80,
90 Auu 'il1 '"lII Wis are gums ~ y :
hheIp TO your IloIuJf' .I' ~ sue o''n y, "
without me puv lu'yp you nave ~ ~,
other Glfi III your nlIuu. "no Ho"'"u
neeo 10 Keep yq" "S.'ln8 S',u oIu1' .,-
Drlng uoWer; 1 uon ""iIO " S'"n'
III your hgh'. ,t.n...-,.,-
suppose luuV lHgSns og . tnnv - =" B,,Ii %aI
10 oe lfee you SCI l}! Ies'l l'cu y "I -
coiorlu9 "hgfllN thilAlnB rH!,t YOU II II. = y
4bie 10 neyIeL yQurStii sci ~, AZ li.s a.. A..
IerhaPs Auut iIy,i WIZ le'',e ~" t L,o
money, ana 'n"C Il pe ,"r Hnel VII"
marrying poor laLnier. ,r ,,,..r1;t4u,
II uon "anU colPJi VI A.'i'I iI,v'S l4.;
money 1o1 ou6iit 70 AHo" me peIvol' ,'ol
returned DGll' - ou , uu6 Nv ~ = ~ ~ nuo
thaE' II you n'u peoH 40 pooi 40 " 49, sl,"I y
mouse Il nave , %u'.eo ..l.c !oi !, !, ." 'ol0'
ana thoo?ht loIIllu8 oi W. A.. =,
1eS' s"iu "ti' ,, yuluSI'nS L!G; uno 81 "a
twlg when he il@u pee1 w. ViIiiinS I,n iS1;a WV
Unto te loose ett.n' I. LES, IL pvito' ;nto
that When thlS sup Ql ein 8to"s -l.I, my
tree. Actions SPEAK io41e[ InuI "o.uo, ;
very Wen, s'lu DelI'' ' ttT tiie efEaS fu,o
tears SHINING ln nei Eyes. ,,;s,a. sn"l u
want to see 1t grow sllPPlng I.n9 : :
her halld' Noou-pye' Il " n4u9V
so. nm. a..
Paul put the ring on his ilt'le en- hn8, g.
and walked away, DeliS s"t SUI an an
darned her stoskings: IN. ino win wlno o,S,,I ung
up gustlly, ana Shook tHe rosy app
bows in shower at her ieet' hlIihg u
: air with fragrance the snaueu c%i1N' crow
leaves bent 10 ana iro, Tossing 'ng .5
blooms the sun siited through u
trees and traced OeauIlu' t ,.oana outlines 1oi