The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-03-26
VERONICA'S VALENTINE.

fTInns
less orphans of that parish some tin
after the holidays.
christmas and New Years folio
so soon after Thanksgiving one want
the few weeks that come in between I
attt nd to ones own orphans" Iauol
1ngly said Mrs. Whyte, at the last meet
ing concerning that event, upon wbic
piece OF "good doctrine" it was finaIl
agreed that the second week in Fehr1ar
would be about the time best suitej I
all in which to hold their long. talked. q
fair. ''A>00'O
1t doesn't concern me much vbe
1t comes off, said Veronica Vallerv +
her aunt. as she buttoned up her seal
skin jacket and pinned up her veil
haven't any orphans of nv own i.
attend to, and no father nor mother +,
attend to me. I care for nobody AM
nonody cares for me- Good day, Mr.
The gentlemon thus addressed hat
joined the ladies as they left the churoi
deor, and, begging permission to wall
on home with them, looked down at th,
independent speaker as he said laugh
ingly /: s'a.. - "
-. 81 caught your last sentence Mis-,
Vallery, and doubt it"
(Which part do you doubt ?" asked
. veronica, looking up defantly.
lt would be rude to answer the
lasG nall TO one upon whom eyerv one
seems to look kindly, and it would per-
hsps oe presuming, upon SO short an
acquaintance, to say tthe first half ao
will merely repeat, in q general sort
OF way, : doubt the truth of vour
remark - ~ '0"A
Auntie, Mr.. Agnew is plavino
sphinx. BE speaks in riddles, I don'f
understand him and I'm verv sura ba
0ont understand me-" and Veronica
walked on trife faster. ~
! beg pardon, Miss Vallery: il is
no riddle merely a knowledge I i'm
aaglne | possess of your character: bet
Ter perhaps than you have of yourself. !"
i ray eontine your studies of char.
acter TO the limits of your profession
Mr.. Agnew. Lawyers, I believe. have
every opportunity for studying human
nature in the police dock and such
places, Until Miss ValIery occupies SO
studied. - W Do'i1S
"Oh, Veronica what ale Won talk.
ing about cried Mrs. Whyte quickly.
fearful that her two proteges would
quarrel In dead earnest now
Some natures when they draw near
to one another seem like summer storm.
clouds, to be charged one with the
positive, the other with the negative
electricity, and in the nice ting of snch
opposite forces there is always a sharp
report imminent and Veronica Vallery
and Val Agnew never were half an hour
together that there was not some little
flash and play of lightning in their
words That threatened danger. And
yet, somehow, like the summer storm
charged clouds, they always seemed to
seek one another, too sa. - /
Ihe three walked on in silence now.
until they reached the steps of their
boarding house; then with some pleas |
ant, kind remark, Mr. Agnew left the
ladies in the hall and went up the long |
vide stairs to his room. The ladies |
stopped q few minutes in the parlor. =
. Veronica Vallery," began her aunt,
n tone of reproof.
Exactly, auntie - Veronica VaIlerv
,nly add spinster, and well calculated
20 take care Of herself, and you will
nave my name and nature complete.
md no words about it, if you please. .
l cannot understand what makes
Veronica so rude to Val Agnew," said
Mrs. Whyte that evening after she had
tepeated the passage of arms she had
aiken place between them that after
loon; " and to me, too, for that mat
or, when take her TO task about il. FL
leverlsaW Val so interested in any girl
'efore. He wants to talk about her
very time he comes into my room, and
sks al sorts Of questions; while she
ppesrs to be governed entirely by his
plnlons and tastes, says he is The most
gentleman she ever knew.
luotes Bayard s motto, Sans goeur ct
ans se91r0che, when speaking of him.
nd yet she is too hateful to him for j
ny thing. I don't understand it /"
Wells \ do, answered Mr.. Whvta
rom the depths of the long German
ipe he was smoking.
1oug -Fldiculousl' and Mrs. WHITES
Il
Yes, I do. They're Ia love with
ne another" and the volume Of smoke !
lat followed the assertion seemed ap- i
ropriate to the cannon like effect the !
orda had upon his hearers. =
jumping up from the rockingham 9
though she had been shot, Mrs.
Fhyte exclaimed I
N ay, James Whyte, lnever Thought /
thas and IFS the very thing. too. =
1e went on volubly. g Val will make !
ae very. sort of 4 husband Veronica |
J her fortune. !
but remember, I don't say it will q
lu ln. their being husband and wife. /
owe does not always bring about that d
,nsunaflon SO devoutly 70 be wished.
ney are precious pair of oontraries, S
I'd because II is a good match for both Il
leY very likely will turn Just oppo- i
tely, and both make poor ones. TEs
amt put straw III their way, for nor
.ainst. Let them manage it them. b
Ives.
But this little gleam of light on the /,
bject of Veronica's behavior illumi. u
ted all Mrs. Whyta's dreams bril-
Lntly, and she saw IN her minds eve i
II beloved but troublesome niece and
otege the wife of q good man and fl
ainent lawyer. D
The fair was announced for the l4th,
d the ladies of the committee de- g
led they would have, as one Of the Z
fractions for the evening, the old si
be honOred tspostoffice. 4 N
s And, girls, said Mrs. Whyte, who q
u one III the prime ministers, syou
1eh all SET Hnrf wits 10 runrl nr,ri Ii