The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-04-05
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nll events u ApHuUd we'll Tor my influence over
her aud her power Of being guided by tho af,!
fections + asked again about her father 4
somehow, with q feminine prejudice, natural
though scarcely right, I felt q deiicacy ipi
mentioning the mother But she was the only
parent Of whom Zillah would speak, .I hard
| " know" 4 can 'tNmember, =" ] don't care,
were all the answers my questions won. 50 Y You
saw your tather when he WINS dyingfp Iper-
sisted !" On awful sight it must have BEEN
Zillah shnddered at the recollection. "What]
did he say TO you
III don't remember, except that 7 was likc
my mother. ALI the rest was swearing, is
uncle swears to me. But uncle did not do II
then" .a w III \. 4,a,ty III
I" So Mr.. Ie Poer was present2,n "
Yes and the ugly Notwithstanding man
they said was my father talked to hin, In whis-
pers, and uncle took mo on his knee, a,id
called me My dear" He never did itlaiter-
ward" .--.,--...s-ss,seSssss.ss. $3.50
lYiiI asked her one question m0re--a How long
was this ago and she said, /. Several years;
she did not recollcct how many" .
talked TO her no more that night, but bade
her go to rest. In fact my mind was SO full 81
her that l was glad to get her visible self out
of the way. She went, lazily and stupidity as
ever Only ut the door she paused. &. You
won't tell what / have been saying, Miss
Pryor 2-Y Youl not mention my mother be-
| fore them? ] did once, and they laughed and
made game Of her, uncle and oil, They did
they -" She stopped, literally foaning at
the mouth with rage. g & Ilgl Gss.
!" Come in again; do, my poor Child said
J., gently approaching. But she shut the door
hurriedly, aud ran down stairs to the kitchen,
where she slept with her dire enemy, yet sole
companion, the servant-maiti a'T8 gilis
Six months after my coming to the To
Poers began heartily to wish for some OF my
salary; not that had any doubt Of itrMr.
Sutherland had said it was sure but wanted
some foplenishment Of my wardrobe, and be-
sides it was near my mothers birthday, when
always took care she had some nice, useful
gift. It quito puzzled mo to think what little
luxury sue wanted, for she wrote me word Mr..
Sutherland brought her, 40 many, /" Ho was
ljust like son to her. she said. An nc /!
One day, when aisconsomtely examining my
last pair of bootsA-the "wee boots,p that for
q foolish reason | had, were one Of my few
feminine vanities-l took courage to 60 down
stairs and ask Mr. Le Poor !" il he could make
it convenient" etc. etc, g My dear Miss
Pryor. said he with most gcntlemanly EN-
pressement, "if / had thought indeed you
should have asked me before Let me see, you
have been here six months, and our stipulated
sum was - thought he hesitated on ac-
count of the delicacy some gentlemen feel IN
business s7dealings with lady; indeed ] sup
} posed il was from that cause he had never
spoken to me about tmoney-mattcrs However,
felt no such delicacy but answered plainly
my salary, Mr. Sutherland said, was to be
J 100 guineas year." EXACTLY SO and paya-
bic yearly, I believer" Mr.. Lie Poer added
carelcssly. Now, had not remembered that,
but Of course he knew. However, looked
and felt disappointed At last as Mr., Lie
Poer spoke with the kindest polteness con-
fesscd the fact that I wanted the money for
habilimcnts "Oh, is that all2 Then pray,
my excellent young lady, go with Caroline to
H---- at once. Order any thing you like Of
my tradespeople. Bid them to put all to my
account: we can settle afterward. No excuses
indeed you must" He bowed me away with
the air Of IL benefhctor disdaining gratitude
and set oil Immediately on one Of his frequent
jaunts. There was no help for it; SO ! accepted
his plan nnd went to H. with Caroline and
j, Matlldn t@9 s9 s8 3s9
It seemed long time since had been in
any town. and the girls might never have been
there in their lives, so eagerly did they lingei
Mt shop-windows, admiring and longing after
b fncty. The younger consoled the elder. saying
r that they would have oil these sort OF grand
things some time. ats only four years,
, whispered She" Just four years. and then that
stupid Zill - Here Caroline pushed her
back with an angry e hush 1" and walked uf
: to my side with prim smile. thought Il
I strange, but took no notice. always dislikingt te
!, play the governess out OF schoolhours.
Another odd thing happened the same week