The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-13
RAZOR, MBDDs MURDER.

4 2Hia '''lBY yvDaE CLARK.
Old De Bruin was lender Of the
stoekomacy--a " bear moreover HI
had faith in nothing but financial total
depravity. His bumpiof reverence was
a concavity. Like Capt. Symmes, he
believed in the hol1owness of the world
NOT only OF this world, but all others,
including the next. He would have
sold stock in the whole of them "short. "
Thep fpsA bankruptcy of the universe
vas y cardinal article of his creed, and
he didn't believe the assets would pay
oyer fifty per cent. t7..s~A 7s7saatss>s-! = +
He had daughter Sc Pet. - The best
that can be said of her is that she didn' t
take after her father for Pet was beau
ty, and didn't care picayune whether
;1sshPM&Ad&<ntup or down.
I met Pet at one of our fashionable
sea-sides, and, to cut d long story short,
'fell1in hove With her ana told her SO.
She said neither "yes" nor emo"
when 7 popped the question, but hung
her pretty head apd asked for time, as
'hsrl SShe might have done in case of
the "bulls" having . temporarylsad-
vantage in the market. .,,cst - ssh 81
soon found that sanotharwwas khs
real stumbling-block. 1t always is an
other, who, in spite of what the prayer
book says, is wickedly putting asunder
e1hR1kI1yNAd11jo join together.
Another, in this instance, was a fat
Broad street broker, ,oid enough to'be
Pets father, and 50 like the latter that
the tvo night .have BEEN Cubs Of the
the same litter. He was called Major
Madd; and to him, it seems, old De
Bruin had, some time before, hypothe-
oa@d&ssxa kSSsk.
Pet had no great liking for the major.
What woman ever had for a man old
enough to be her fatheE-unless it Was
her father? I was near her own age,
and-well- not fiatter myself.
The upshot of it was that Pet and I
pad m Ra,fin1s to run away and get
confding in paternal
affection fsr final forgiveness and Fin
the old gentleman's ultimate discovery
that he couldn't help himself. ~ "a; I'd
Mr.. De Bruin watched his daughter
like q hawk. He evidently suspected
How to carry ont our plan
bscamsI ffona d9S <Say, J. more per-
picking question, The old fellows
eye was on our outgoings and incom-
ings. He would tap at his daughters
door, at the most unexpected seasons,
under pretense Of making this or chat
irrelevant inquiry. To evade his Wig
lance would have been like giving the
4 bright IDEA struck me. I had often
amused. myself and Pet by.mimicking
The major.,- could do his svoice" TO a
nicely !; and having had some expert
ence in private theatricals, felt sure
hat with little stufing and other
making up should be able to person
ate the old hipopotamus to perfection.
The majors arrival was expected
laily, and when he came, Pet and I |
new, tbaeslsA two instead Of one to
watch us the execution of our. scheme |
would be rendered doubly- difficult.
Accordingly We determined to bring
matters to q crisis. ~ .-,..-s,- =. ,-.I
1t was given out that was going
way not to return. Il being privately
That was to come back the
anne evening, disguised as the majax;
leceive Peters father as to my Identity; /
larry her of at midnight marry her at
he pearest minis er's; ,srd boldly rick
he Consequences.
tooh auste4tntious pave of Mr..
= R&f4TA Reremd iaus good.
y to his daughter.S Md doK the next