American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-03-06
CANTON, MISS, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, $780,

And the next morning, when Deli;
carried up Mrs Clements breakfast
her boarder lay cold and still upon tn,
pillows.
The first shock over, Della wrot,
directly to the lawyer of whom she hat
heard Mrs. Clement speak as having
charge of her affairs, begging him tt
notify that lady's relatives, if she hal
any. In reply, Mr.. Wills wrote: eth,
late Mrs. Clement appears to have ne
near relatives. Some distant cousins
who, having an abundance of this
worlds goods, yet served her shabbily
when she tested their generosity, as she
has tried yours, are all that remain ot
her family. In the meantime, enclose
you a copy of her last will and tesla
rment, to peruse at your LEISURE
"What interest does he think take
! in Mrs. Clements will," thought Della
but read, nevertheless:
Being of sound mind, this 10th day OF
June, IS, /, Della Rogerson Clement, do
my cousins; and bcqueath the residue of
my property--siz., thirty Thousand dollars
invested in the Ingot Mining Company, fifty
thousand in Fortune Flannel Mills, and my
jewels, to the beloved niece of my first hus-
band, John ROgerson. DELLA ROBERTSON,
OF Croftsborough, Maine.
"For was stranger, and We took me in ;
hungry, and We fed me; sick, and We minis
tered unto me-
"Goodness alive!' cried the neigh
bors, when the facts reached their ears.
"What a profitable thing it is to take
boarders! Every body in town will be
trying it. Of course Steve Langdon
will come home and marry her, if she
were forty old maids. You may stick a
pin in there!"
Della did not open her house to board
ers the next season. She found enough
to do in looking after her money and
spending it; in replying to letters from
INDECENT people, who seemed to increase
alarmingly; in receiving old friends,
who suddenly found time to remember
her existence. And, sure enough,
among the rest appeared Steve Lang
don, and all the village said: {" told
you SOL"
"It's not my fault that you and L are
single yet, Delia,'' he said.
'And we are too old to think of a
change now, Steve" .----.-.,
"Nonsense! It's never too late to
mend. I'm not rich, Dealia; but I've
enough for two and to spare"
81 wouldn't be contented not to drive
in my carriage and have servants under
me now," laughed Della.
'sIndeed? Then perhaps you have
better match in Capt. Seymour
asked me, by the way, if had come to
interfere with Squire Jones's interest"
"YesP Squire Jones proposed to me
last week. 40 @s -. e
SNOW, see here, Della. Have come
all the way from Melbourne on a FOOLS
errandp There l was growing used to
my misery and loneliness, when the
mail brings me in q letter in strange
hand which tells me that my dear love,
Della Rogerson, loves and dreams of me
still, is poor and alone and needs me-
mel And the letter is signed by her
aunt, Mrs. Clement, who ought to know.
L packed my household goods and
came" ..
I'm glad you did,
90 In order that l may congratulate
Squire Jones'" ..
''But 1 haven't accepted him. In
fact-I've refused him-because-"
because you will marry your old
love, like the lass in the song, Delia?''
In Croftsborough people are not yet
tired of telling how a woman made
money by taking boarders.-Mrs. Mary
N. Prescott, IN The independents.