The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-05-06
A Wrong Plcrre.

hut speak OF good or MT Il I'll
A Wrong Plcrre.
"a pretty face-a ven pretty face
indeedi'
| turned the little Photograph np-
side down, held it off ut ANS length
a prospective view and srutiuized j,
, closely with my eye glmss.
Henry Wallis locke, pleased ; a
man naturally likes lis 6ance duly
admired and appreciated.
$50 this is the Bessi, Armitaee
have heard SO much Of really, Wal.
!'s, she does credid to yor taste. A
blonde, l supposed"
"Fair as a lily.leaf, viii blue eyes
and sunniest golden l'air,'
"Ah we'll, Unjust sayI prefer the
brunette style, so far as ~ iudiviual
| you know.'
1t was all very we'll for henry Wal.
lis to 90 into ecstacies abnt his pal.
lid, fair.haire,l little Bessi, Armitage;;
ne had never met the glame Of Cece-
Lin Vernon's magnificent black eyes.
What did he know abou the true
type of feminine beautyi
"As you say, faucies diff,r," Wal.
lis returned, lightly. "Bt l wish
you would select handsome frame
for it when you 60 to town next
blue velvet, with a gold rim on the
margin, or some such tasteful arrange.
ment."
"lll see to it," l said, depositing
the picture in its envelope and re-
turning it to my inside breast. pocket.
"Yon'll lie very careful of It'll
careful Of course I shall !"
smiled little loftily at Wallis
solicitude and We parted.
on tsS FL Henry " Wa %s ., vas 1stts!
gagged to the dimpled, yellow-tressed
little object of his affections, while |
was yet, as it we're, in OUTER dark.
ness, uncertain whether my peerless
Cecilia returned my ardent devotion
or whether she secretly inclined to.
ward that unprincipleA fellow, Fitz-
hugh Trefoil. A score of times l had
resolved to settle the question ; a
score Of times had gone to tile Yer.
nous house with the very formula of
declaration on my lips, aud as often
had the words died away unvoiced
and nnspoken.
If fate had only gifted me with one
thousaudth part Of Fitzhugl Trefoil's
of-hand audacity don't think
any thing short Of the deluge could
change that fellows's COOL self posses.
sion an earthquake wouldn't, aud l
don't think that the millennium could (!
However, love inspires the fceblest
heart with 4 sort of fictitious courage,
and was a new man since Miss Yer.
non had smiled upon me. What was
the use Of doubling, hesitating, and
trembling I Why not decide my fate
at once :! Henry Wallis serene con
content exercised q stimulating iu-
tluence upon me. / would fam have
been as he was
"There is no sense in procrastina.
ting matters any further, l said, half
aloud, as l walked up and down tile
rather limited domain Of my little
law Office. ~ have been doubling
fool quite loug enough"
I'm afraid wasn't very amiahle
member of the domestic circle that
afternoons.
II think Paul is growing crosser
every day." said my sister, Struggling
her little plump shoulders, mamma,
l wish you'd speak to him."
But NY mother, bless her wise old
soul, knew better than that. She only
looked at me over the rim Of her
spectacles, aud went gu darning stock
ings.
'Paul il worried with business mat.
ters, l suppose" she SAID apologetical-
". paul will do we'll enough, if
you only let him alone:"
I went up to MY room after
dinner, and made an elaborate toilet !;
but all the pains l bestowed upon it
served only to heighten the general
effect of awkwardness.
1--WE two minds to wait until to.
morrow" quoth to myself, abruptly
stopping with my cravat half tied.
No, might be a coward, but l was
not such 40 unmitigated pcltrooh as
that. had began the enterprise,
and l would carry it through, il it
cost me the last drop Of my hearts
blood. Moreover, l had an inspira.
ton. An entirely new and original
method of putting the n,omentous
query-''popping the question" 10 4
vulgarism that I, for one, could never
tolerate-.had occurred tn me.
"Hang Fitzhugh Trefoilln Lex.
claimed, gleefally, half aloud, though
there was no ear to hear my ejacula.
ton. ''l'll win the ilark. yed treasure
yet, in spite of him ~
opened my writing case and care.
fully took ont q little carte de visit1
wrapped in tissue paper, and tender.
" laid away Will, pink silk.perfume
saclel that Minnie had made for me.
II Svaa Ceeilia,a ni~knra aha h>A ~