The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-03-17
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bore the palm; and Of all desperate iov-
ers, DR.. Fowle. OF course there were
other lovers at the young lady's com
mand, or she could not have fiirted but
all her Irritation seemed to be directed
solely to the end Of yexing this single
lover, whose grave, quiet, repressed de-
meanor never let her know whether he
were lover or not, and drove her first
to some action chat almost betrayed her
own feelings, and then to one that
should give the lie to that betrayal, and
set every thing at loose ends again.
You could hardly say why Miss Trues-
dell had so many suitors. She was not
so very good-that is, she was as good
as most people, but not a jot better she
was not pietty--at least not till she
laughed and showed her white teeth,
and a dimple deep as Love ever nestled
in, OF till she lifted her great gray eyes
and let you see how hstrous they were
under that trick Of dropping lids. No,
1t could not have been her beauty that
was the charms twas voice, smile, face,
figure, all together; her personality, gay
spirits, teasing moods, sweet ways her
infinite variety that attracted every body
coming within its sphere. She sang q
i1stle. she danced little; whatever she
did she did we'll; and 50, Of course, she
ilrfed 70 perfection, and played off one
lover against another as prettily, the
iookers-on might think, as q juggler
tosses has golden balls. But what did
the lovers think of itp
One Of them thought very poorly of
" and was determined to bring Miss
Alice to close quarters in small time,
not ~ the least aware that all the 9TH
sers had made exactly the same deter
mlnation, and had found that to deter
m!ne was one thing and to do was an
otner. Man might propose, but Miss
Ailee must dispose; and Miss Alice
as, indeed, they each and all fondly
hoped-was match for any one 81
them. Il she danced with Gregory, Just
as Gregory felt encouraged and began
20 whisper the burning words, she drop
PED her ian with glance at Mallory,
VINO darted to restore it, and was de-
tained with thanks and gay words and
replies just long enough to make it i'm
possible for Gregory to take up the
thread where she had broken it. Ii she
walked with DR.. Fowle, it was only III
ter she had allowed Mr.. Bolles to know
that she would be strolling in that tli-
rectlon, where she was ALWAYS SO pleased
70 meet him when he came up breath
iessiy, and found the doctor mutterino
anathemas between his teeth-inyoca.
dions 70 Esculapius, she called them. &
But DR.. Fowle was not "a man Won
could put of forever when he once made
UP his mind to thing, and s. Miss
Alice began to learn. And when one
night as he sbade her. good-by. Mallory
ana the rest being there, he told her. II
grave but authoritative under-tona.
4mte unlikethat OF the usual lover thai
ne wished to see her next nlorninp. n
saeven o'clock, II she had wanted e
leny him, she could not. But. Is tai
ane truth, shedid not exactly want to.
ane young men had seemed SO inconse.
'11en. and 50 stupid that evening; Netty
arr hArmltage had seemed SO frivolous: they
nad' each in turn, come in and inter.