Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-07-03
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE HEIRESS'S LOVER.
BY MARY KTLE DALLAs.

"We're going to take somo city boardere, .
said Farmer Parsons, he put his packages of
sugar and tea into the big basket he had brought
to " tho storo," in his wagon. "Wife and / will
be down to fetch em tomorrow. There's lady
and some children, and young lady, great
heress. She's in mourning for the uncle that
left her the property; 30 she can't go to lively
place. Quite young gal and very pretty. Two
pounds OF reisins, Mr.. Jones, and some of them
currants reckon pound will do
Nows is nows in tho country. The farmer's
audience listened ntently. Tie Doctor-young
doctor Purl--who had stopped in for letters
the store was also the post -oilice-took note OF
every word, aud Marcus Noreland, who had
come TO port Il letter, also remembered what the
old man had said. As lie walked away, Pretty
young girl" he said to himself. ''An heiress
generally gets the reputation OF being pretty ;
probably she IL not half nice looking ~
Farmer Parsons own daughters and helresses
are apt to think too much OF themselves"
" An heirees," said the doctor, as he jumped
| into his gig. swell, ! shall 60 over TO see Par
| SONS pretty soon. No place like the country for
a conrtahip, and fellow who marries an heiress
| need not wait year in and year out to build up
his practice. wonder how much she is really
worth? great heiress. That oughnt't TO mean
| less than a hundred thousand dollars. should
| like 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 loung-
era Mt the store saw them get into the wagon-a
| fat young matron aud three little girls, NURSE
| a baby, and young lady dressed in mourning.
| The Htorekeepers wife noticed the elegant cut
| of the overskrt which the latter wore, aud more
| than one saw the diamond ring flash on her fin
| ger but it was Just dark and the beauty was
| not a settled point, for no ono could zee her
| face.
| Marcus Moreland, who was tho poor clergy
| man b son, and had just fought his way through
| college with prospect of teaching the male de-
partment OF the district school that winter as
bis best one, while working in his fathers gar
| den the next morning, was placed in a position
| to judge on thia matter.
He heard a little scream and looking up saw
| very pretty lady, and very pretty little boy
| tylng.n terror from a perfectly harmless, broad
| faced milch COW, who in tho excess OF her con-
| tent, as she stood knee-deop in the water of q
pond chewing the cud had elevated her nos
| tris, and turning her slow, brown eyos in the
direction OF tho pedoetrians, uttered n long, low
| moo-oo.
"oh - screamed the soung lady family.
| "Can't you run faster, Tommy, think he's COM
ing after u.s."
| 81 beg pour pardon ma'am' cried Marcus,
| jumping the paling fence-"but Molly won't
| touch You. She wouldn't hurt any one. She's
perfectly harmless. See !" and he approached
the pond side and patted the white head "see-
we've had her ten years, and she's the gentlest
creature"
"Im qaite ashamed OF myself but I'm not
used to cows" said the young lady. 81 thought
| I'd made her angry; and when You have other
peoples children with you it's such RESPONSE
| blty Tom don't touch tho gentcmans how-
| ors. I'm ashamed of you"
| For city Tom with general idea that "the
country" belonged to everybody, was helping
| himself to roses.
| or course aftor that Marcus plucked flowers
for Tom, anda bouquet for the young lady and
as she wakod bewitchingly up tho road with tho
| flowers against her pretty chin, decided that his
heiress certainly was tho loviest thing that hih
| eyes had ever rested upon.
| That afternoon Dr. Pur rodo over to Mrs.
| Parsons made call was introduced deci-
| ded that the hoiross was a beauty conversed
with her in manner calculated toprove that he
| at least was no country pumpkin made point
of looking at his elegant watch before he left /;
and had the satisfaction OF feeling that he had
| made an impression.
| May Dimple very young, worry inexpe-
rienced, and very willing to think tho best Of
| everybody. At eighteen she WAS mistress OF a
| fine fortune, and being an orphan, her own mis-
| tress altogether. Her heart WAS yet a white,
to her uss 'V "ssy M likely '' 70 win AO It. T Vague
iongugs for that peculiar tenderness
| which only " lover can Offer already possessed
| her soul asd she WAS tho sort of n woman to
| forget her own advantages, and feel very CRATE
| ful for love and admiration. The doctor was
| tall and iiuo looking, and sho caught herself
| blushng as she looked into tho glass after his
| departure, aud thought what soft look bad
| come into his eyos as he "Iloped they should
| meet again
Meanwhile Marcus Moreland had been think
| ing about her moro than sho guessed, and that
| evening there waB another Introduction.
Marcus did not make big eyes at her, nor try
to show his superiority to his neighbors, neither
had he any gold watch to consult lie was
younger than the doctor by ten years, and very
| much of hoy STILL and the rising moon found
Issal laIft in
together on the lower step Of the porch, talking
| of blackberrying AZ three children might.
The heress wore linen dress and knot
| of blue ribbon in her hair. Marcus forgot
| shc WAS an heiress 1t was only dear iittlo
gir Just tho incest creature he ever met, who
| looked at him 40 frankly with her blue eyes-real
blue eyes, not blue gray. lie went home in the
first stages of love, and sat at the window look
ing at the moon, aud thinking OF her AL night.
| MAY had never had any thing liho a beau in her
| lifo. Shut mp with All invalid uncle III great
city home that was like prison-seeing no one
but the doctor and nurse, and now and then some
old gentleman whom her uncle was pursuaded
| to admit on the score OF old friendship had
no idea that she might be p BELLE
| Life was all now to her. Even her cousin was
n new found relative who had /" taken notion
to her" when the friends gathered at the old
mans funeral.
People who had never remembered little May
until the dews OF heirship brought her to theiI
notice, had been 30 very kind since. The liberty
sho enjoyed made the quiet country mouse very
happy place; and now two admirers dawned upon
her horizon at once, and made life perfectly
splendid" TO May, much az the situation would
have bored many an experienced belle.
Matters naturally assurnmed this form az the
time passed on. May had two lovers, and
hardly knew which she liked best
Marcus did rot make love-he did not dare
but he looked it. The doctor made love scienti-
iically ; he had pumped the farmer, who believed
, that Che young lady's fortune was something
J more than common" He had even extracted
, from the married cousin statement that Sun
, , Gle left everything to May"
He had three months to work in before the
heiress knew her own powers, and had learnt
from one gay winter that lovers follow money
thick and fast, and he was determined sort oi
, fellow where there was anything to gain.
Marcus had no plans. His boys heart rar
. away with him-that was ALL lie could moi
keep away from Mays side, nor forget hel
when they were apart ; and summer passed
and autumn approached, and the city folks were
going home, and the district school was to be