The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
HARRY HART's EXPERIENCE.

He was good looking. Diana knew it
Genteel. Diana knew that, too. She
was both genteeland good looking her
self. So when he came TO see her, and
made himself agreeable, she did not pre-
tend that she hated him. Indeed, as
the time went on, she made up her mind
that a voyage down life's river in the
same boat with Harry Hart would not
be an unpleasant trip, and resolved to
! say eyes" when he asked her to have
him. He was so nice, thought Diana,
ono could do anything for him. One
could be proud of him, too, the fine,
tall, brown whiskered fellow who knew
SO much. So her eyes glistened when
they saw him coming; her whole face
softened when he spoke to her; and her
heart-ah! how soft that grew! Love
makes one so tender. that it seems hard
it will not stay with us forever.
In this case the rosy god fingered a
whole summer through. Mr.. Caleb
Bloom knew this we'll enough: he also
felt the influence of that "certain some
thing" in Diana, which made her the
sweetest of all women; but he was not
good looking, and had not any power
over the girls heart.
His pleasing task was to follow the
couple about unseen, and envy Harry
Hart from his very soul. As for Harry,
he prudently RETAINED from saying any
thing to commit himself; made love in
such way as might be understood and
not repeated; and finally resolving that,
after all, Diana was net rich enough for
him, fitted away from Tulipgrove, under
pretense of short visit to town,
and vanished from Diana's vision. To
say that she was not hurt would be to
tell fibs.
If she only could have had warning,
she might have told him that she hated
him, and had that reflection to comfort
her; but it was too late now.
Harry had meanwhile, disported him
self in society, and felt that he had es-
capped the country girls meshes just in
time. His conscience accused him of
having ilI-used her, and he pictured her
pining for him, with her hair in disor-
der, and no bright bows in it. He rather
dreaded the morning papers lest he
should read of her demise-cven, per-
haps, of her suicide; and he wished that
it was possible for him not to make
himself charming to every woman, he
met. - g -
off I'd been such fellow as Caleb
Bloom, now," said Harry, looking into
the glass, "why I might have gone jog
ging ON without anything to reproach
myself with; but we don't make our
selves. 1 can't help being handsome,
any more than can help the women
knowing it, .-.-
So he put Diana's photograph away
in his desk, and tried to forget her. It
is hard, however, to forget some people.
Her face fitted before him too often for
his peace. The notes of hef voice re-
turned 10 him like we'll remembered
| music. Even when he courted Miss
Guineagold, the heiress, he compared
her with Diana, who would bave moth
ing for her dowry. And when Miss
Guineagold refused him with scorn,
after smiling on him and encouraging
him for several leug months, he thought
of the girl who had waited, As he knew,
to hear him say, az love you," and who
had never heard it.
! He had not been in love with Miss
Guineagold, however. So he recovered
from the blow of her rejection easily,
and went counting in another direction.
This time Diana unconsciously avenged
herself. His second fame was a widow
rolling in riches, and Of jealous turn
of mind. She being an inmate of the
same hotel at Brighton, saw him from
the corridor, one day, vigorously kissing
a photograph, which he afterwards hid
in his desk. Being as interruptions as
a jealous woman always is, she bribed
the chamberr,aid to bring her the pic
turo. It was Diana's. The widow
boiling with rage, at once cut her adj
mirer dead.
1t was Harry's hope to marry ricl
woman; but he felt confident that hi
might find prettier and younger one
and so, nothing dismayed, lie set fortl
upon his search for wife; wishing
with every new adventure, that Diam
had been rich, and bomoaning his har'
fate that he could not afford to marry
poor girl.
However, the rich ones were skittish
: had other fancies, did not appreciat
Mr.. Harry Hart either gave him no OF
portunity to ask eyes, or said mo
outright; and five years after he ha
Tilted Diana he fonnd himself still
bachelor, his estimation of his ow
charms greatly lessened by his bad luc
3. in the matrimonial market and tn
small competence which had heen HI
own dwindling away to nothing.
y Still, Diana. haunted him-a pal,
: faded vision, with two hands claspe
over broken heart-snd still he kisse
9 her picture, and believed himself I
e have adored her, and to be the victim
e a cruel fate.
q He had come to such state of peel
/ mary despair, however, that he was abou
to offer himself to the landIady of h
!. lodging house, who otherwise would SOC
g have become troublesome in regard to HI
p little bill, when a rich old uncle, dyir
'r without heirs, saved him from the sacl
II flee. He became the joyful possessor
p a fortune, and independent thencefor
of both landladies and heiresses.