Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-07-13
CHARLES KISS.

placid husband now, would believe
that he was once one of the most jeai-
Gus tempered men in all England and,
as the way in which L cured him of his
folly was very simple, will relate the
means pursued by me, for the sake of
other victims to the absurd mania, he
they male OF female.
My parents died while / was quite
an infant, leaving me to the care OF
my maternal grandmother, who did
her best to spoil me, and was most
successful in her treatment. The
first eighteen years of my life were
passed with few trials or troubles.
My grandmother aud lived in cot
tage at BriXton, the prettiest little
of suburban architecture. imaginable,
the only drawback to which was u
large stone portico. Granny was very
proud OF this unsightly thing; | hated
il. not on account of its Incorporates
ness, but simply because it intercepted
my view of the garden gate, SO that
from our sitting-room window we
could not catch even glimpse Of a
visitor.
Although my grandmother was
rather old, she was so full Of life and
fond of making young people happy,
that l never felt duh in her society.
and made her the confdant of all my
little adventures; and she entered III
to them with all the zest of a girl.
One day the even tenor of our lives
was disturbed by the arrival of an
invitation from my aunt, who lived at
Scarborough, asking me to spend some
weeks with her. AT first refused to
accept it; for this, my only other near
relative, was almost stranger to me.
You will go, my dear Eva, TO
oblige me-" said Granny coaxingly /;
50 want to have ihe cottage thorough
Iy done up inside and out, and this
will be an excellent opportunity"
l went, spent three months very
delightfully."- at Scarborough, and re-
turned home, leaving my heart in the
safe keeping of Claude Anderson. i
loved him very dearly; but certain
fear which l felt for him, prevented
that perfect love which would have
made me quite happy. During the
month we were engaged, before l LETT
the North, scarcely a day passed with
out one or more little g snarls" taking
place between us. know the word |
have used is q vulgar one, but no
other will answer my purpose, seeing
that Claude and | did not positively
quarrel.
There were great many nice young
men and lads in and out of my aant's
house all day long; for she was most
kind and hospitable, besides being
the mother of six very pretty daugh-
ters. These male bipeds were con
stant sources of jealousy on the part
of Claude, who in all other respects
was sensible, clever, and might al
most say perfect.
was unusually full of health and
spirits, also (he l,imselftold mel very
pretty and charming; so A brought
me bouquet of roses, b "a box OF
preserved fruits, c a pug puppy; in
fact the whole alphabet, assisted by
my six female cousins,- conspired with
me to tease poor jealous claude, until
positively ! believe ne felt glad when
he put me into the train, and sent me
back to LONDON with gold guard ring
on my finger and doubling aching
heart.
OF course, when l reached home,
all my doubts and fears were confided
to dear Granny's sympatbizing ears.
She listened to my tale OF love and
woe; then said:
I" He must be cured of this folly be-
fore You become his wife, my darling
A week after my return home came
a letter from Claude, telling me that
he had received very lucrative
Government appointment in London
and was now in position to ask fol
Granny's consent to our early mar
riage.
He came, aud made himself Sc
agreeable (there were no "letters o.
the alphabet TO tease hiiu), thai
! GRANNY Thought | hatktexaeuerlted