The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-06-30

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no country bumpkin; made point OF
looking at bis elegant watch before be
left; and bad the satisfaction of feeling
that he had made an impression.
May Dimple VAS very young, very In
experienced and svery willing to think
the best Of everythdy. Ateighteen she
was mistress OF . fine fortune, and being
an orphan, her own mistress altogether
Her heart was yet white, unwritten
sheet. and the first who made love TO her
was very likelv to win 1t. Vague long
ings for that peculiar tenderness which
only lover can offer already possessed
her soul, and she was just the sort of .
little woman to forget her own advan
tages and feel very grateful for love and
admiration The doctor was tall and
=6ne hooking, and she caught herself
blushing as she looked into the glass af-
Ter bis departure. and thought what q
soft look had come into his eyes as he
"Hoped thew should meet again."
Meanwhile Marcus Moreland had been
thinking about her more than she guess
ed, and that evening there was another
Introduction.
Marcus did not make big eyes at her,
nor trv to show bis superiority to his
neighbors, neither had he any gold watch
to consult. He was younger than the
doctor bv ten years, and very much o! q
boy still. and the rising moon found
May, ber little cousin Tom and Marcus
all sitting together on the lower step OF
the porch. talking OF blackberrying, as
three children might.
The heiress wore q linen dress and q
knot OF blue ribbon 10 her hair. Mar.
Gus forgot she was an heiress. 1t was
only dear little girl, just the nices,
creature he ever met, who looked at him
80 frankly with her blue eyes-real blue
eyes, not blue gray. He went home in
the first stages OF love, and sat at the
window looking at the moon, thinking
OF her nearly all the night.
May had never had anything like 8
beau 10 berlfe. Shut up with an inva.
lid uncle in great city home that was
like prison-seeing no one but the doc
tor and nurse, and now and then some
old gentleman whom her uncle was per-
suadei to admit on the score OF old
friendship--she had no idea that she
might be belle.
Lie Was all new to her. Even her
cousin was q new-found relative who
bad "iaSen notion to her." when the
friends gathered at the old mans funer-
al
People who bad never remembered
little May the news of her heiresship
brought her to their notice had been so
very kind since The liberty she enjoy.
ed made the quiet country house very
happy Llace; and nov two admirers
dawned upon her horizon at once, and
made life "rerfeclly splendid" to Nav.
much IS the situation would have bored
many an experienced belle.
Matters naturally assumed this form
as the time passed on. May had two
lovers, and hardly kne v which sbe liked
hest.
Marcus did not make love-he did not
dare-but he looked it. The doctor
made love scientifically; he hal pumped
the farmer, who believed that the young
lady's fortune was .something more
than common" He had even extracted
from the married cousin statement that
"father had left everything TO May"
He had three months to work in be.
fore The heires. kneg~ her own powers,
and had learned from one gay winter
that lovers follow money thick and fast.
and be was determined sort of fellow
where there was anything to gain
Marcus had no plans His boys
heart ran away with him-that was all
He could not keep away from Mays
side, nor forget her when they we're
apart; and so summer passed and au.
tumn approached, and the city folks
we're going home. and the district school
was TO he opened. and Cousin Helen's
husband, hard-driven Wall street man,
came down to spend week before he
took his family home; and all this de-
lightful time was nearly at an end.
Marcus was TO be examined for bis
position as teacher OF the schoo1-a
mere form, with his ine education.
The doctor, as q learned gentleman.
vas one OF q committee to examine the
coming school ma'am for the girls de-
parment.
"A pleasanter task" ss he said. JEST
inely, t'if be expected TO see anybody
there but old Miss Cynthia AIderny and
older Miss Baker"
NAV heard good deal Of the school,
especially as Farmer Parsons was an
other of the committee, and she felt an
interest in 1t, too, as Marcus was to
teach. 1t seemed SO odd to think OF.
Cousin Helen's husband vent about ss
men always de, and heard more in day
than tae ladies coaid IA a yesr. He re-
turned one evening with solemn face,
and informed his vile, In confidence,
that the talk OF the whole place vas
Nays fortune, and that the doctor, who
had done nothing but run after rich wo-
men since he came to the Pace, was said
to be s'after IT
"a regular tortune-huuter, my dear"
said the husband. "You must use your
influence with poor little May"
May meanwhile bad been in her favor
lite grove. and there had Marcus More-
land hetaken himself to say good-by.-
Poor hoy, be had had bitter hours Of
late The truth that Mays love wss the
one thing worth having upon earth had
dawned upon him, and with Il the knowl-
edge that he had no right 10 offer him.
self to an heiress. How he hated mon.
ey! 1t stood between him like some
awful spell. II she had been the poor
est girl living, he could have said all that
was in his heart to her-not now.
So the poor boy uttered few falter-
ing words and went away.
1T was folly for me to think he liked
me much," said May, as he left her,
How formal and cold he is after all our
socistiiity," and little pang nipped her
heart, aud she smiled more brightly on
the doctor when he also entered the
grove than she bad ever smiled before
He made love to her that afternoon
after true story book fashion. On the
stage at IS he weald have caused