New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-01

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s''Whaa enytkine alae1" i inquired. Z sto
Eyes; . Lot of ebsardities, IN the worst
possible tsste, about you u r. ~
About mef since yoa have told me- thus
far, You must tall me all" i sea
."You insist, thsn" hs asked, very
gravely. -A7s' 80. ....l -
II eertsinly do. whatever the stupid
diGerent aboat." -ess ~. - s. e~.- -. ~
"But I An no, p he quickly added. just
then = train came in, followed -Sy moro
trsins; and eenductsss, epgineers, express
men and erakswee came into my 0ia10e.
had to be formally introduced ) to all ~of
them, and - itAey al sheok hands with me,
and did it vigorously, BY ther time they
were through my asU feltas II e bod been
dislocated. Atslsst We were quists sand
then my resolve came upperm0st in my
mind, and i vowed that when the clock
struck eleven would speak nv mind, y. u
Mr.. Thor" said. as the clock, ceased
sounding the hour, .believe me, it il with
some regret thatI am forced to resign nv
position here. As incidents like those Of
the other night might repeat themselves, it
must be- apparent to you that it is . man
who u wanted here. and not woman. In
fact. You intimated q much to me, and you
were perfectly correct" felt that 1 was
doing what was right. Iawsited his reply.
Very quickly he said: :,
81 have expected this. Miss Brown. Az
though the chances of repe tltion of the &C.
c!dents of Tuesday arc very slight, there
are other reasons which might make your
stay here exceedingly distasteful to young
lady OF your worth snd character" : 2
1t was my turn, now, to open my eyes In
assonishment. 10 her reasons do not
understand you" ,.a
Eyes," he replied, "other reasons. jain
Thor has no right to have your name
coupled with his" - - -.
GLOW What do you mean" gseped.
a"Sinply this, and let me assure YOU how
rnuch regret it. The foolish paper stated
that was your accepted suitor, that We
we're to be married. .-.-....,..,. sioei :
would hear no more Snatching up my
hat, burst out Of the Office. went home,
Ahd imMured myself Tin my room, moro
Wretched than 4 had eyer been before in
my life, but resolved that I would leave
1h0rsdale that evening" Il was five o. clOok.
when my landlady knocked at my door,
handing me telegram: One of Mr.. Thoss
depot hands had brought it. It was mes
sage from my sister, with the address of q
advising me that bv seven O'Clock che
would be With me. L felt that1it was almost
p1ovMentisl. 20 .LAtH7z
"Miss Brewn,', said tbs mau from the
depot, "Mr Thor says as soon as the lady
comesS Fam to bring her to you,',,,.-M ~ :
lis thseA D. trsin that lesves about nine
O'Clock " ioquireA. rs " ~ " . .'ssea-.a 2
.sIe. mise; only one, the express up train
You viii tssst vi. rhSoFr if oi bh ii. polite,
Tb.,ss . ali ~ !, '' . = 5 q, sa. ~
aYss,r rreplied. 500 4: GO Z {, l'aslaao'
Inow made up my mind that it ahould
be by the nine forty-fveatrain sthst must
&C.. knew could prevail on my sister TO
retrace her steps with me. rs. 90, o
eThe good sister came on time, and rushed
down the stsi,s to meet her. "You see,
Mary she said, at was our vacation.
Nov, l had NO liking to your becoming
fsmous all alone By yourself. It 10 such An
exceedingly trying position, especially. for
child like you, to be famous, you know.
and SO here I am. Yop are quite nervous
and trembling. my little roman. What
without going into details, I told her some
thing Of my three days experiences IN
Thorsdale. With her keen insight into my
character, she understood me ct once - :
"Well, y she said, I'VE had better go away
at yonoe. I an not bit tired are you
ready for q START" -..,srs Et9,9s.t
xoSs QUITO x010ys 20 b.
"YOu will 60 home with me-. When win
ter fairly sets in, provided you won't help
me in teaching, you might make another
start. There u night train back, l sup
pose!"
"Yes, the niue forty-Ave." ,.g.,,... ,7a
"rhen 1t is all settled. ,Thorsdsle! What
q name for 8 place! It does not sound
Christian like. 1t is q heather name, is it
not, Maryi I must rub up my my thology."
ton. Unjust bid him good-by,p said to
myself; II can not leave without doing it:
l might never forgive myself If I did"
Taking my sisters arm, knocked at the 4
door OF the telegraph station 1tl0oked dull
and cheerless within. "A single lamp was
feebly burning in the room. Mr.. Thor was
there, with his head buried ii his hands. 4
into the Darkness and ignorant o. the
locality, did not seem to like ven turing IN,
and che loosed my hand. I felt that must
90 alone, and bid jain Thor good-by. "Mr.
Thor said. almost; ins0dibly-yet rfelt,
sure be heard mel have cOme to bid you 4
,gGod-by and to say God help you" and
stretched out my, pngloYeda hand towards
him. Perhsps il was 80 obscure that he did
not see me, g. Isstood in the shadow, he
did. though, turn towards me suddenly.
His eyes seemed eodevOur me, then h6 put
his fingers to his. lips, and, pointing TO the
telegraph instrument before MIN, slowly,
softly, almost noiselesefy, commenced WORK.
ina it.,, DID Ilisteni7 Flung on each fee ,e
sound as If my life depended on it, and this
is what it, said: "Msry, do not leave me !
without knowing that I love you dearly
Then it ceased. Next, both my hands were
clasped tight in his strong hands, ana ne
kissed me, and then the express train thun-
dered in. - -
.You seem terribly agitated, child, said
nv darling sister, as we lett Inorsdaiei
sand whe. e did you get that shocking ale
bottle from, with the Rowersin ivy
jain Thor-my jain Thor-had given
me the flowers. had begged them OF nun.
He had kept the train back tor fnily nve
minutes, IN order that he mlght hnu .uo
old flowers and the ale bottle 10 the saw
dust hill where Miss Eussbis had I'M
doubtedly thrown them. Then told my
sister ali about it. from beginning to end,
and she said, kissing me, that was "a SHY
child" But she cried, and We both cried'
and after q while we went to sleep IN eacn
others arms, and, though the 'fhorsasie
road was terribly rough one, then, l siepI
much more sweetly than had done Tor inc
last two nights. /,
afterward.
And what about Thorsdale9 Th no.;
bass cattle shed. New York ana CnicsfSs
Quote our market. We nave 10y 49,. W.
Sonsss soma of them with stone fronts. w
boSo i've churches and q synagogue, SIX
cisroynen and rabbi, ten lawyers, eleven
SoctSrs and seventeen dentlsts., w 70 Iavo
tbrea hoteJs. and-to think OF 1t !-suDu..
han cottages. We have had horse race,
Dahherv' divorce, terrible fire, ana INV
n;c;y,al REGULATIONS. Are not these tne ~.