South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-10-27
MARRYING AN HEIREsS.

The great bell had changed; the
conductor had shouted .all aboard
ard we were ON the point of startin1
when she entered the car with two
bird>cages, poodle dog. boquet and
travelling bag Who do 1 mean by
she = Why, of course / mean the
most beautiful woman in the world
She was slight and dark, with bright
brown eyes, hair curling in fiossy ten
drills all over her forehead, and the
most enchanting little retrouse nose
that ever bid defiance to society i'm gen
eral. And the moment / saw her, |
felt the curious sensation we all ex.
perience at times, as if l had known
her all my life
Just like woman said JONES'
TO come on board with forty bundles
at the last moment /
Iannihilated him with n glance. as
| rose promptly, and stepped out into
tie aisle.
'Will you have this seat, Miss Silv.
ington?' said |, bowling low, and offer.
ing to relieve her of her travelling bag
and one of the bird cages. She look
ed up at me in surprise.
'Ah,' said l, 'you think am con :
jurer. BUTT is very SIMPLE point
ing with a smile to the card bearing
the name Alice Silvington' that was
attached to the cage. Il have often
heard my cousin Nelly Ford speak Of
her friend Miss Silving:on, and | am
delighted to be of service to your
Il am mncli Obliged for the seat,
sir said she, coloring n little.
Aud, so, leaning over the back of
the railway settee, began 10 get CON-
fortably acquainted with my unexpec-
ted companion. Fortunately for me,
tat lady got out at the next station,
and succeeded in getting the place
next to Miss Silvineton.
i am going to Lake Crystal for a
change of air. said she, when at last
our conversation turned on our re.
spectlve destinations
And am going to Lake Crystal
to marry an heiress : said l.
She looked mp with mischievously
sparkling eyes.
Really and truly?' said she.
Really and truly-always provid-
ing | can get the heress to have me.
LIS IL lady that my sisters wants me
to SEGA Miss Jessup.'
'Ah! said Miss Silvington. IA
she prctty?'
80 they say
and agreeable?'
so | am told
1T must be very pleasant to marry
an heiress, said Miss Silvington, dip
ping her pretty little nose into the lie-
hotrope and mignionette of her jou-
quet.
IF the heiress is nice =
And suppose with little shy,
sidelong glance from under her curl
ed eyelashes, You don't like her?'
Then | shall not marry her.
and snppose-she doesn't like
you?'
| smiled. Then I suppose she will
not marry mel
And then Miss Silvington declared
That she was sleepy, and laid her head
against an impromptu pillow of ira
Yelling shawls that devised upon the
seat and the next we knew the con.
ductor called ont Crystal Lake and
we were there! Aud in the general
crowd and hustle | lost sight of Miss
Silvington, except that | had the
chance to wave my hand to her as
she drove away from the station in n
delicious little brown brougham, with
a high-stepping horse and man in
plain livery.
The Silvingtons have property,
eh?' thought TO myself. Il wish [
hadn't said quite SO much about heir.
esses 7
Somehow the bloom seemed brush.
ed off the Jessup idea. after the brief
tete tete with Miss Silvington; but
| had pledged myself to ny sister
Kate, and never was man TO 90
back from my word. So. after din
ner Jones and / walked down to the
) essup cottage, pretty little gem ola
I '''N5 '''''' w Aiiy SUM- r VI titt Idke.
is Miss Jessup at home?' asked /
of grizzled headed old man. who
was rolling lawn cutter 10 aud fro
over an emerald expause of green
grass in front OF the house.
Yea, sir answered the old man.
In the flowcrgarden, sir, Just out n
bit motioning with bis hand towards
a hedge Of blooming fhododendroms.
"a lookin' at her rose
So we followed the little winding
path, Jones AMI ]. until we came IN
sight OF precise little old maid. of
tive-aud-lOrty. at the very least, IN a
lowered muslin gown. and garden
hat, who was gazing at a newly bloss-
omed Isis ia one of the bushes.
Jones said J, in a sopulchral wills.
per. is that the heiressl'
odd cuOuuh fo lo yorr u,otIor