The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1869-08-11
FRANKLIH, PARISH

He couldn't SEQ beautiful lady witlx
|. admiring her, and he couldh't admire
q without telling her SO; and every time
$ said SO, put the wrong words together. a
8 made declaration of love-
Jane Liscom felt a sitting sensation a
( put her hand upon her heart. ,Tf this m
We're to be burnt at the stake-girls and I
} iagots aiready-he couldn't point his fina
!; toShe lady of his choice, if it would save
ne. Choice! That's the thing that's l,
ont OF my composition. l can't make
choice -
| ,Mr. PartlOe explain yourself, sir" It W
Nay that spoke with .'majestical high scorl
Uifis, throw myself on your mercy. r
memOer what DIR. johnson says He sa
some excellent men can't fall in love. Mi
applied to me. can, and do, and am'
MI. Partoe If you are suffering from al
erration OF intellect We pity you. If va
mean -
mean would -make-this man woul
make-the kindest and truest of husband
Miss May, Miss Jane, don't care which
somebody would only be so good as to tax
How dare You insult us in this manner
said Jane, her serene gray eyes fairly blazin
with blue light.
'oh, yrs.' returned lMr. Pardoe. wrnr;n,
his haaAds- y 1...-r fruv- wvrritst ful
mock me. You can't have patience. If coul,
only make you understand what it is for
man to he too appreciative! Intellect, beau
ty and grace. Three of you'll mean Ade
laide too. could love any one of you. Dc
eide among you which it shall be-
The girls bent on him a whitening glanc,
and moved away. Mr.. Pardoe looked a
them imploringly. -.-..f. Is
Don't pronounce too hastily. am sure
hall II
three or nobody. Go into the dressing room
with tho pins; talk it over, and tell me you
answer tonight ~
No reply was deigned. If the girls hat
looked back, they might have seen the zap
preciative' lover burrying his face in hi.
hands in unmitigated despair. 5v sr-rs
Addic met them at the dressing room door
May Fontleroy, where in this world have
you been! sent Frederick for some pins
May threw herself Oh the bed, crushing hel
wreath of viOlets in the pillow
Oh, Addie Blythe, couldn't come sooner
have been receiving an offer of marriage
'You absurd creature! Where are the
pins
Have You no curiosity, Addie! Can't you
ask who the gentleman was p ss-
Addie looked up carelessly, holding the
films of her cObweb dress. 1as
Whoever it may be- said she, 'he has bro.
ken Jane Liscom's heart. She sits on the
like statue of grief
= BY no means,' cried Miss Liscom, with q
ghastlv smile, for l have received a propo.
sal myself Eftf- sH-sr-A
From the same quarter, too,' pursued May,
clapping her hands. t-siz' .sl9lf
Indeed, said Addie, what a parade you
make over half an offcrp ,., .5ss-'-.,,
what would you say, then, to q third Of
one, my sweet child! Jane, think we are
to tell her she comes in for her
thirds - ..i1i "a Go ss9aiq
And while you sit there talking nonsense,
girls, here is my Dress" ie9a- 81 Ge}. %
thought Frederick PardOe was an idiot, and
lOw he has come out and acknowle it,
Frederick Pardoe 2
Yes; he has pursued me with attentions
or three months; escape them could not
(Oh, May, did you ever try y -os. sfT
Addie dropped into an easy chair This,
hen, was her faithful Frederick .f. -.
ig6t, mocking tones, the times that man
has talked to me under the stars of congenial
'pirits, and cOnnubial bliss! And the same
o you, l suppose Jane Liscom p lsiai.in syed
4 am ashamed to repeat what the dastardly
wretch has said to me- replied the higl-mind-
creep somewhere out of sight. She could con-
zeal her modification, but she could not make
light Of it like the high spirited May.
You don't need my help, girls, in bidding
of the man at auction. l will withdraw my
claim and go down stairs Ti 53z0al
Suddenly there was q sob, then a laugh.
Adtlie had thrown herself on the floor in a tit
Of wild Mysteries. .-,,,.sT .u5i -g-5-F
so he has been making love to all three OF
us! What capital joke! And we never mis-
trusted it Tell me, May, did he think we be-
lieved him p y. eHoo3t
'Of course, dear; he considers MS violently
And he returns our affection in q
degree, for he is an appreciative
man, ~ $50 sa-.- -.s-f, .---7s- t-,r,r
"How happy could he be with either, ..f,r
Were tother dear charmer away"
Two of us must take ourselves out of the
way. He is too much of gentleman, Addie
to make any choice. We must settle that
trifing matter for him. Jane has withdrawn
it rests between you and ne; which shall bt
the happy woman rt.es .r,4,,.ti
oh, May, it is too absurd of you. AS if
cared for that cOnceited creature
We'll done, Addie Blythey thought May
you have little womanly
pride as well as well as myself } to 81
But she said aloud: iHIs 81 5o7 1ai
'Of course 1 was jesting, Atldie. Any body
would know us both better than that. 1 pity
the woman who could be duped by such q
fool -. ~. - -.
'And l, too,' responded poor little Addie
pouring her imaginary pity into her pocket
May Fontleroy, how. can
ride home with him after this insult P u
1T is too bad, Addie; but somebody mas
see him and finish the business, or we shall
have it all to go over again. $3.50 FI9Tiii
But, May, what shall say Tell me how.
why, say we tried to dispose of him BY
4. 4 = :
go, forget us-he may yet sec three more wh<
will fill our places -s'l - ="
Il wish you could do it, May; you could
slam him into small peices. But l shall ID
the best can; I don't mean to leave enough
letters to spell his name.' - r.
The h0meward ride was an ordeal for Asl
die, though she never told precisely what wa
said. She entered the carriage with the dig
nifty of an empress, feeling the utmost con
tempt for her chevalier on her own account
and In behalf of the other girls. But whel
she had told him SO with all the fierceness o
An angry dove, he was SO humbled, 81
ashamed, that she was moved to pity him
little. .t.-s
oh, Addic,' said he, 81 shall never hold NJ
my head again lH3 ,a f9i ~ st
r. It was certainly hard for him. If one ortli
nary rejection is as much as q man could beaI
what must it be to have three at a blow
A0dlc naO fully intended to annlhllate him
but she had spent all her powder at the frs
shot. s a
oh, Addie, could bear the contempt 0
the other girls, but yours
Poor fellow What could she do but tur
comforters The consequence was, as Nigh
have been predicted, that in spite of he
sternest resolves, she ended the matter by az
cepting her third of an 'appreciative' heart.
oh, May and Jane said she, deprecatingly
when the girls shrugged their shoulders, i
was foreordainetl If either Of You had rid
den home with him instead of me, you woul
have done rs l did, yOu would have pitie
him 90 7
Really, the match was not a bad one-Ml
Parloe's wife proving just as suitable for hin
Is if he had known his own mind He ha
been a Kind and faithful hushand for anul,