The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1873-01-18

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aOh. one ofhsflIsn,Is. lmpposs.
sa'l olive in hor undemdosmtigs
vaY and ssc how perfectly neat
everything s KEPT slvsys IN tbs
heaullful ORDER DO yen vouief
Harry calls him q faro aris
"Indesd ! can not sad Fanny,
slowly; "bui be- must spend every
cent he earns 20 furnish himself In
this Extraordinary manner
"llc has nothing slae 70 do with
ms money, dear. said Olive. "hc
don't even buy cigars. For ms part,
| think he is perfectly degant'
Fanny said n thing. but shc found
herself wishing that he kneS who
was the original Of that lovely min.
iaturc, aud trying to reconcile the
tastes aud surroundings OF the man
himself with his servile occupation,
+ y ,t hut what the work was good
enough, aud honorable for any man;
but why was he no. laboring for
himself instead of another!
Mr.. Eben Wo'cott, meantime, had
taken advantage Of her reluctant
| permIssioa and brought hls dashing
team to Winuicut. Poor Fanny, At
sight Of his respectable aldermanic
person, his goId-bowcd spectacIes,
and thick gay whiskers, felt
strange sinking at the heart. Why
would that six-iooter rise up in her
imagination aud cause by mere force
of contrast repulsion so terrible?
"It's positively wicked for me to
seem to encourage that man," she
said, almost passionately, one morn
ing, the day after drive.
(which man Y' asked Olive, limo.
Gently, and their eyes met.
The red blood flew all over poor
Fanny's face; she felt hot tc the
crown of her head-and yet why
should she?
"rhat's a pretty question TO ask "
she exclaimed, nearly angry.
"Well, dear, but how am | to
know who that man is?' queried
Olive, with conscious look.
"You know It is Mr.. Wolcott,"
said Fanny, nearly crying.
"Wcll, no is a good man, and a
rich one" was the answer. 81 know
, girls who would jump at the chance
as the saying is. would either
marry him or send him off,
"Pshaw p said Fanny, biting hel
red lips, and few moments aite'
she lett the room, conscious OF new
painful, and at the same tim,
/. strangely delightful experience. NJ
use to try to conceal 1t or cloak it t.
/ herself mot tho slightest: she olove
Mathew Dom, her sisters hire
G man.
u How she paced hsr room, half dis
tracted, sobbing without tears, form
b ing wild resolves, and then THROWN
herself down with sense Of her ut
y ter helplessncss, | shall not describe
How couldIshe ever meet him agair
d Could she keep her almost paint
secret, and did Olive guess at it
a What would Olive think-whi
: counsel her il she knew?
:. Only the next time that Mr.. Ebe
Il Wolcott came out she quietly di'
II missed him, and then made up be
mind that she must 60 home. If sh
e could only fly to the ends OF III
II earth!
But Fanny did not 60, for Ohv
., would not hear Of it. A slight col
~ confined Olive to her room, but on
d evening she sent Fanny out an
= bade her poremptorily TO take Harr
and 90 for a walk. Then she sun
'e moned her husband to give him Ii
h orders, but when he came dow
e stairs Fanny was gone, and MATHEW
Il with n wicked little smile, was tai
ing down his hat.
d "That's right, Dom" said Harr,
n breaking Into laugh: "she ougl
Y. to know better than to 90 olon
By-the-way, happen to know th'
1t she has dismissed old alderman
q Dom smiled again and went ou
closing the door behind him. The
le was bright moon, displayiu
to flower, leaf and bud. Supposir
le that Fanny would only make d
g round of the place, he ran swift
& down to the back gate, and met h
Just as she had reached the gre
y elm that stood guarding the lane.
d, She started AZ sight Of him.
's "You will allow mo to walk wi
your he said. .There is a squad
to gypsies in the neighborhood, al
lie some one might molest you
Do Fanny could not say no; could II
to talk, even, for with ready tact
took all the conversation on bimse
IN What did he not touch upon 2
er Opera, arts, nature, city, country
all derived new beauty from Il
a glamour Of his tongue. Was
y, strange that Fanny found herst
leaning on his arm and listenil
sie with rapt attention to the cloquen
" of his speech a? From that tin
there was q certain tacit understan
; ing between them, and all we
IN smoothly till the morning he kiss
ID, her. For that Fanny was angry
ny herself that she was not angricr
,at him. All day long she was full
moods, changing from grave to q
!. from fits of reflection to the wild,
nc mcrrimcnt
Tx "F'anny," said Harry, coming
We to his wife's room alter tea, s'A