The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

Inht you, Detore great white throne
Would pray for your poor friend on earth.
" nAa Known. ca,;.,;au Raid
The HElhES> LOVEh.
Were going TO take some city
boarders," said Farmer Parsons, as he
cut his packages of sugar and tea into
the big basket he had brought to "the
store" in his wagon. "Wife and will
he down to fetch 'em to morrow. There's
a lady and some children, and a young
lady, a great heiress. She's in mourn
ing for her uncle that left the property /;
30 she can't go to lively place. Quite
q young gal and very pretty. Two
pounds of raisins, Mr.. Jones, and some
of them currants reckon a pound IL
do"
News is news in the country. The
farmers audience listened intently. The
doctor-young Doctor Purl-who had
stopped in for letters-the store was
also the postofice-took note of every
word, and Marcus Moreland, who had
what the old man had said. As he
walked away. "Prettv vounr girl" he
said to himself. can heiress gets the
she is not half as nice looking a. Farmer
Parsons own daughters, and heiresses
are ant to think too much of them
selves"
"An heiress," said the doctor, as he
jumped into his gig. swell, 1 shall 20
over to see Parsons pretty soon. No
place like the country for a courtship,
and fellow who marries an heiress
need not wait year in and year out to
build up. his practice. I wonder how
much she is really worth? A great
beiress. That ouehtn't TO mean less
than a hundred Thousand dollars. I
should like a wife With nice little bank
account of that size. Young and pretty,
too it's a rare chance"
The city boarders came next day. The
loungers at the store saw them get into
% wagon-a fat young matron and
three little girls, nurse, baby, and a
young lady dressed in mourning. The
storekeeper's wife noticed the elegant
cut of the overskirt which the Latter
wore, and more than one saw the dia-
mond ring fash on her finger but it
was just dark, and the beauty was not
u settled point, for no one could see her
face.
Marcus Moreland, who was the poor
clergyman's son, and had Just fought
his way through college with prospect
of teaching the male department of the
district school that winter as his best
one, while working in his fathers gar
den the next morning, was placed IN a
position to Judge on this matter.
He heard little scream, and looking
up saw very pretty yeung lady, and a
very pretty little boy; flying in terror
from pertectiy harmless, broad faced,
"mse mllcn COW, wno' IN the excess oil
. MeI consns, Ms sue $1,000 Knee .aeeP in
the wafer OF pono chewing the cud
nso eieVateo ner nostrlis, ana turnln !
ner SLOW, brown eyes IN the directlon oe
Ine pedestrians uttered q long, low
"oo-0,o:
IN screamed the young 1ady'
1alntly, cant you run faster, Iom-
my L THINK she's coming after us.
beg your pardon, ma am, cried
marcus, Jumping the pahng renee.
oue mooiy won touon you one
~ouidn huft any one: Soes perfectly
harmless; See and ne approach &c
ms ne poa sioe anu pasteo the WIN u
nsaa See-ws We Aao ner Ten years
A" ..T 9.e s,;e sen uhe SIeAsure.
u 4uise usnAmeu y! mysen, uuf
~ NV u9.u W Iow: sau lne youn
~ W "o.y,
ana Wnen you nave otner peoples emil
m MIeu WIN you u sucn IesponsiDialty.
iom' 1ont .oucn the gentleman now
ers- I'm ashamed OF you.
For CIT iom, with general IDEA tina
tne country belonged 10 everybody
was heiplng nlmseii 10 roses.
OF course after that Marcus pluckeG
flowers for Tom, and bouquet for the
young lady md as she walked bewitch
Ingly up the road, with the flowers
sgainst her pretty chin. decided that
this heiress certainly was the lovelie s,
thing that his eyes had ever rested
upon.
That afternoon doctor Purl rode ovel
to Mrs. Parsons made a call; was in.
troduced; decided that the heiress
was beauty conversed with her in 6
manner ca lculated to prove that he al
least was no country pumpkin made 6
point of looking at his elegant watch
before he left and had the satisfaction
of feeling that he had made an impress.
sior.
May Dimple was very young, very in.
experienced, and very willing to think
the best of everybody. At eighteen she
was mistress of a fine fortune. and be-
ing an orphan. her own mistress alto.
gether. Her heart was vet a white, un.
written sheet, and the first that made