The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-06-22
THE HEIRESS' LOVERS,

ess," said Farmer Parsons, as he put his
packages of sugar and tea into the big
basket he had brought to the store in his
wagon. "Wife and will be down to
fetch 'em tomorrow. There is lady and
some children, and young lady, a great
heiress. She is in mourning for the uncle
that left the property : SO she can't go to a
lively place. Quite young gal and very
pretty. Two pounds of raisins, Mr.. Jones,
and some currants; reckon q pound'll
d."
News is news in the country. The
farmers audience listened intently. The
doctor-young DR.. Purl-who had stepped
in for ietters-the store was also the Post
Office -t0ok note of every word, and Mar
Gus Moreland, who had come to post q
letter also, remembered what the old man
had said. As he walked away, Pretty
young girl" he said to himself. "An
heiress gets the reputation of being pretty !;
probably she is not half so nice looking
q Farmer Parsons own daughters Heir
eeses are apt to think too much of them
selves"
'An heiress. Well I shall 20 over 10
zee Parsons pretty soon. No place like
the country for courtship, and a fellow
who marries an heiress needn't wait year
in and year out to build up his practice.
4 wonder how much she is really worth? !?
A great heiress. That oughtn't to mean
less than hundred thousand dollars. I
should like wife with q nice little bank
account of that size. Young and pretty,
TOO, is rare chance" said the doctor, as
he jumped into his gig.
The city bOarders came next day. The
loungers at the store saw them get into
the wagon-a fat young matran and three
little girls, nurse, a baby A.j a young
lady dressed in mourning. The store
keepers wife noticed the elegant cut of
the overskirt which the latter wore and
more than one saw the diamond ring
nash on her finger; but it was just dark,
and the beauty was not 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
trict school that winter as his best one,
while working in his fathers garden the
next morning, was placed in q position to
Judge on this matter.
He heard little scream, and looking
up saw very pretty young lady and q
very pretty little boy flying in terror from
, perfectly harmless. broad faced, white
milch cow, who, in the excess of her con-
tent, as she stood deep in the water of a
pond, chewing the cud, had elevated her
nostrils, and turning her slow, brown eyes
N the direction of the pedestrians uttered
along moo-o-o.
"OhW screamed the young lady,
iaintly, "can't you run faster, Tommys
think she's coming after u.s."
beg your pardon, ma'am, but mooly
won't touch you. She wouldn't hurt any
one. She is perfectly harmless. Seel"
cried Marcus, as he approached the pond
sloe and patted the white head. "See-
We have had her ten years, and she is the
sentlest creature"
I'm quite ashamed of myself, but I'm
not used to cows. I thought I'd make
hef angry, and when you have other peo-
PIES children with you it's such q re-
ponsibility. Tom, don't touch the gen
ueman's flowers. I'm ashamed of YOU. {"
sa,d the young lady.
y For city Tom, with general idea that
@s country belonged to everybody, was
helping himself to roses.
cvulse, aIter tnat, Marcus piucked
noMefs for Tom and bouquet for the
Young lady; and as she walked bewltch-
@ey up the road, with the flowers against
a1 pretty chin, decided that the heiress
iuInly was the loveliest thing that his
~ had ever rested upon.
mat afternoon DR.. Purl rode over to
~. PARSONS, made a call, and was intro
Sucea; decided that the heiress was a
uty, conversed with her in a manner
aaculated to prove that he at least was no
mry pumpkin, made point of looking
III beautiful watch before he left, and
m.a ~ Me satisfaction of feeling that he had
MAGE On impression. !,
;Meanwhile Marcus Moreland had been
linking about her more than she guessed.
~ mat evening there was another intro.
=, Aafcus did not make big eyes at her,
W 70 show his superiority to his