Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-07-08

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1hlSh ouiy iovar Dan ofsr already possssssd
her soul, aad she vas the sort Of woman TO
forget her own advantages. and feel very CRATE
full for love and admiration. The doctor was
tall and fine looking and she caught herself
blushing ~ she looked into the glass after his
departure, and thought what = soft look had
come Into big eyes Is he "Hoped they should
meet again"
Meanwhile Marcus Noreland had been think
ing about her more than she guessed, and that
evening there WAS smother introduction.
Marcus did not make big eyes At her, nor try
to show his superiority to his nsighbors, neither
Aad he any gold watch to co0snlt. He Was
younger than the doctor by ten yeArs, and very
much Of . boy still, and The rising moon found
together on the lower stpp Of ~ porch, talking
Of bleckberryihg u liafss chttdeep night.
Tho hsirsss wore . Lines dtlls and knot
Of blas ribbon In hef hair. Marcus forgot
gtri, Just the incest creature hs eysr uaet, who
looked at him 70 frankly with her blus eysa-reA
blue eyes, not blue gray. He went home in the
first stages Of love- md sat At the window look
ing IT the moon, and thinking Of her all night
Nay had never had anything like . beau In her
life. Shut up with an invalid uncle in . great
city home that was like prison-seeing no ono
bat The doctor and nurse, and now and then some
old gentleman, whom her uncle WAS pursuaded
p admit on the score Of old friendship-slle had
.
Life was all new to her. Even her cousin was
| new found relative whs had 4" taken . notion
to her" when the friends gathered 1t tile old
mans funeral
until tho DAVIS Of hsirship brought her TO their
notiea, hid bean 70 very kind since. The liberty
abe enjoyed made the quiet country house very
happy place; and nov two admirers dawned upon
her hoFixon At once, and mAde life pArfectly
splendid" 70 May. rnacA ~ tho situation would
| hAvA h0rA6 ma NJ AYnariOIlcAd hAlla-
| Matters naturally assummed this form as the
time pAssed on. May had two lovers. and
hardly knew which she liked best -....
Marcus did not make love-he did not dare
but he looked it Tho doctor made love scie0ti-
hcalIy he had pumped the farmer, who believed
| that che younR ladys fortune was "something
mofe than common" He had even extracted
from the married cousin . statement that "Un
Gle left everything to May"
He had three months to work In before the
heiress know her own powers, and had learnt
from one gay winter thAs lovers follow money
thick and fast, and he was determined sort d
fellow whore there WAS anything to gam
away With himDthst was ali. IL could no
kesp away from Mays side. nor forget he
whom they were apart and summer pAaset
and autumn approached, and the city folks wer'
going home, and the district school vas to b,
opsned, and CouNn Helens husband, hard
driven Wall street man, came down to spend
week before he took his family homo /; aud thi
delightful time was nearly st an end.
Marcus was to be examined for his position y
teacher Of the school-a more form with his fin
education. ... f ar
The doctor, q . learned gentleman, was on
Of committee to examine the coming schoc
ma'am for the girls department.
"a pleasant task" - he said jestingly, 81
, Cynthia Aldemey and old Miss Baker,"
May heard good deal Of the school, especial
" - Farmer Parsons Was another Of the com
mittss, and she felt al interest in 1t too, q
} Marcus was to teach. 1t seemed no odd to thin
. Of. t H-
. Cousin Helen's husband went about ~ me
always do, aud heard in day tlan I'll
la6itea could In year. He returned ono ev,
. ming With solemn face, and informed his vii
was MAy's fortune, and that the doctor, who ha
: done nothing but run after rich Womsn since
I osue 70 ths place, vas aAid 70 b. after II" e
! "a regular fortune hunter, my dear" " said Il
!. husband lyon must use your influence vii
= May meanwhile had been In her favori
' grove, and there had Marcus Moreland betake
!. himssK to say goodbye. Poor boy, he ha
J. bad sosbs bittss hours Of late. The truth th
Nays love ~ ths oos @ thing worth having Up:
knowledge that he had nd right to offer himse
TO m heiraAs. How he hated her money.
=, stood bssween them like some awful spell.
o. abe had bssa the poorest girl living he ooa
n. have said al that was in his heart to hsr-n
4 now.
90 the poor boy uttered few faltsring wor
- and wanf hh WY. Htl
m ut was folly for me to think he liked /
at nasA, /" ~ Nay, ~ be left hsr: ''How form
ln iasls PA psas nippsd hss G Ssart, and <. :.niI I
" more brightly On the Doctor when he also
lly tsrsd ths grove, than she bad ever snailsd
n fore, I7--I lN. ti+5
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