The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-02-14

Aoauooihos 1uteliiSont, VIGIL euuCabeQ
and unmarried. The class in in
telleotual philosophy was first, and
though / had carefully committed my
lesson to memory the evening be-
fore, my late thoughts had quite
driven all remembrances of it from
my head, and my recitation was i'm
perfect. Mr.. Devereux looked with
surprise at me, but said nothing.
In French grammar my performance
Was siiii worse.
"Miss Addie," said Mr.. Devereux,
as passed by him on my way to my
seat, "do'yor have any trouble with
those French verbs in learning your
lesson?"
Eyes, sir, q little" I replied.
You want n little reviewing, I
think. If + have time, will call at
your house this evening, and help
you little while studying.
MIR. Devereux knew that I always
studied in the evening, and had seve-
raj times called in an spent en- hour
In assisting me with particularly
difficult task designed for the next
days recitation. SO I was not sur
prised to hear him make this offer,
though little ashamed of the cause
OF it, rs my failure had resulted from
my willful innttcntion and careless
ness 1 thanked him, however, with
q flushed face, and went to my seat.
But it was not entirely shame that
flushed my face.
AS L expected. Mr.. Devereux came
in the evening to explains my French
lesson. But he did not find me
alone. Aunt Katharine sat by the
table, sewing. and looked even hand
somer than in the morning. My
heart gave hutter of impatient an
ticipation every time Devereux look
ed at her, and after the lessons were
through, l did my best to make her
talk to please him. My aunt always
talked well, but she quite excelled
herself in conversation that night.
1 saw that Mr.. Devereux was inte-
rested, and / was delighted with the
success of my secret plan.
In the course of the evening, John
Aubrey, my lover, came in. OF
course, I claimed John as my lover,
for though he was a nice young man
of twenty-seyen, and / q mere child
of q girl, hardly sixteen, he had
beaued me to parties and concerts
all one winter; aud told me a dozen
times, that l was the sweetest, pref
tiest. most lovely girl in all Hart
ford. So that when John first came
in, L went and sat down by him in
cosy corner, and left Aunt Katharine
to entertain Mr. Devereux-a plan
which l thought at first seemed to
suit all round.
But after little time I saw John
casting uneasy glances toward the
place where Mr.. Devereux, looking
superbly handsome, sat talking with
my aunt.
You needn't be jealous of him."
said; "he's only my teacher"
John started and leaned back in his
seat without saying a word.
Neither of the gentlemen stayed
very late, John going away directly
after MIR. Davereux, and I went to
my room, elated with my prosperity,
or rather the prosperity of my plans.
uiu hot uGeu dSSlSCanC6 III my
studies before MIR. Devereux came
again, and after short time it came
to be a regular thing for him to
spend an evening once or twice
week with us. With us. I say, be-
cause L could see that though he ad-
mlred my Aunt Katharine very much,
he had too good taste to monopolize
her company entirely, to the exclu-
sion OF mine. I enj eyed these even
1ngs very much. Itseemed to me Mr..
Devereux grew remarkably agreeable
very fast. Sometimes John would
come in, but John seemed to have
grown strange and moody of late.
L thought it was because Mr.. Deve-
reux was at our house 80 much, and
endeavored to please him by extra
attention when he did spend an