The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-05

. contradict her; object to style of dres
: make her alter her way of doing he
. hair !; refuse to dance attendance /.
3 church make her send regrets to part
: invitations when she wants to accey
them; show her at once what she ma
expect. After q while might yield
little more; but because, you under
ssand-not to please her"
" Y-e-es, said his friend, doubtfully
"but you can't think how hard you'l
find it; and if you stay ont late the
! make such row-sit up for You in
night-cap, and cry when you come in.
"Pd manage that" said Rokewood
"by staying ont every night until day
Light. The one rule I should put il
practice would be-neYer let the woman
have her own way"
!. The spoons tingled little more, AMI
Mrs. Armstrong; face was terribly
flushed, but she listened still.
/ "Of course you yield great deal tt
the woman you are in love with, !" sale
MIR. lockwood, evidently brushing
the ashes from the cigar; "bat
that's because of the romance and
all that sort OF nonsense, which
dies ont with the honeymoon. You car
find women enough to write poetry to,
and to talk sentiment with, married OF
single. As for your wife, she's the
woman that keeps house for you, and
the sooner You make her aware of the
fact the better. When I marry, Jones,
my dear fellow, it will be with no
iaiotie idea of perpetual courtship in
my mind. I'll begin as intend to go
on, and be master, depend upon it. .
"But not my master" whispered
pretty Mrs. Armstrong, s'not nine."
"Mistress Armstrong, them spoons, !"
whispered Biddy, ut the stairs just
then.
Hetty Armstrong gathered up the
spoons which had slipped down into her
lap. She looked at them as she did SOL
They we're solid and elegant, as was all:
her silver. Her eyes glanced about the
room, which wealth and taste had mades
the perfection of elegance and comfort. |
Her room She heard down stairs thes
merry chat of her guests, the sound of
music and dancing. She remembered
that in the kitchen her servants weres
making ready supper fit for king.
She turned to the mirror; a handsome
woman. still young and elegantly
dressed, looked proudly back. An hour
before all this, the woman included
she would have given to Charles RokeJI
wood had he been beggar. Just d
tWinge of pain went through her hearts,
One tear stole down her glowing cheek.l
Then she gave little litter laugh.
" I alone am queen of mei'' she
and ran out to give the
spoons to Biddy. II
Z E was hard 70 find them, she said
!" but here they are at last. Il
And she laughed q little louder than
usual. and not quite naturally. II
It was the merriest Christmas party
u them all. said every one Of he'll
guests and HettY Armstrong seemed
The merriest there. Bat no one sayS
her when the door was closed upoh
them, and she was alone in her cham
ber. No matter how brief a love- dreams
mas been, the awakening ID hard, ess
oecially ii it is sudden. II
Hetty Armstrong refused Charles
lockwood the next day, and the people
Who guessed if blamed her bitterly
is for Charles himself he was amazed
md injured, and deeply grieyed, for hs
lever guessed that his lecture on mar
led life had second auditor nor thai
Hetty would have said Yes = instead
j No" bnt for that crack ii tha
china closet.
rhe Travels Of ST Anthony Of Padua.
Curiously enough, the missing fraa4l
nent of MurrilIo's E Appearance Of ths
nfant Christ TO st. Anthony Of PaduaE
las turned up in New York. The priri.
ipal figure was cut out from the pid4
ure, brought to this city and sold fask
$50 20 Broadway picture. dealeI.
Fortunately the dealer knew she wors
nd was able to secure it at once, ami
. has honorably turned IL over u,
be representative Of the Spanish g~4s
rnment residing LII this city. Ths
riginal theft was, most likely, commits
ID at Seville by some of The Spanish
anditti and sent to tais country. i'll
hargeof comrades. Itseerns 10 hass5
OF into the country without deseosioII
y custom officers by being packed
mall compass. ia 8 damaged condi
on If has at last been rescued, and S
nthony Of Padua, after more adyens .
lres than usually fall To the lot Of hIs
ssociates il the calendar, viii find hls J
ay back 70 the shrine from which h5
as torn BY saroriIegious hands. )
IN
A wnE-BIr girl il Ousco, Wis, while Is
the breakfast table. few morniDas .
nee, made loud and repeated calls fsr 3
attered toast. After diaposing st Il s
seral quantity 81 that nouria1ing art5 !
!, she was told that 800 much toast 6