The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-19
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Is CHAPTER IE.siss a.ii !
j st wonder how Virien likes such
/ turn of. affairs % :.s5 :, .,ts,:,, !.
So The inmates Of Sans-Souci said &
| each other, smiling, as the next few day
j flew by, and itsbecame hourly more eVi
j dent that this irresistible gentleman,
star had set as far as Miss; Loring's fckl
! favor was concerned. 5s 80 sSsE
~ Her caprices are certainly nnaccount
i ableP people agreed. Who could haY,
Imagined thatlshe would throw aside An
tome Virien for a man. like Colone
/ Thursto good enough in his way bu
not particularly attractive, and altogethe
apart from, the world nwhich she lives ?
9But that is just what ashe likes =
others would chime in. 90 To ibe capri
cious and startling, to make a new sensa
/ tion at any price--what else does Agaths
Loring desire? Whoever 5withholds in
cense is always the most important per
Sol, of the hour with her. and you know
Colonel Thnrston did not bow down be-
fore her at once" a
Poor Mrs. Jennings is really to- rbs
pitied, !, said some one, with ia laugh
,"Do you notice how anxiously shs
watches Agatha's game of fascination
She Thought she had arranged matters
nicely to make amatch between Colonel
iThurston and Mary Herbert y
l9s afrs.s Jennings was, indeed, very much
to be pitied, for she was perplexed and
greatly disquieted. With alfmy KnowI
edgeSof the weakness and foil of men, ]
| did not think that: Philip Thurston would
be such fool Y she confded to her .hrs.
band, It seems incredible. He knows
what Agatha is.-he resented the manner
in which she treated BERTHE land now to
|slets her wind him round her finger like
this q Well, I5shall never again believe
in the strength and stability of, any
mani = s. s:s ~ = 8 sff.
Man is always weak when woman
tempts, my dear, :, observed Mr.. Jennings,
placidly That is an old story, as you
ought to know. / don't think Thurston
is seriously hurt, however ,,5ss 90 6 !.
HW neither he is seriously hurt or not,
lit is q shame for him3to allow Agatha to
firt Tith himin this manner. How any
man, can have, SO little self:respect is q
mystery to me and there is Mary Her
bert, who would make him lovely
wife n 80
81 don't think lie wants wife, lovely
or otherwise, =, said MI. Jennings. Pray
let the poor fellow entertain himself as
he likes. You must admit that Miss
Loring knows how to make time pass
pleasantly e .!.zi.i sE - 5
e great deal too pleasantly, y said Mrs.
Jennings. Tt is no affair OF mine, of
course, but I shall remind Cousin Philip,
of the warning I gave him the first day
he came. II. Y
She SOON found or made IAN opportunity
to do this, and Thurston received her at
tempt at admonition very kindly
4 q; (; : on are very good to feel so much in-
terest il my behalf, z he said, aabut /. am:
in no danger, assure you. Miss Loring,,
is no doubt q very fascinating woman,
buther fascins tions fall lharmle essly on me.a#
styasI don't; see how, that can be, 81 said
y rs. Jennings. g How can. you acknowl-
el ge her fascination, and yet find her
harmless ?',' 5;i,
III fid heriharmless because her fasci-
nation lis all born Of fartifce,n . he an.
sWered. 81 feel, when I am with her,
that every glance is practised, every tone
and this takes away ali their
charm. if she could SPEAK, look, or act,
from her heart granting that she has
heart-the matter would be differen t.''s, 2,
a heart would be very great incons
venience in such a + career as gatha
Loring's, ,psaid Mrs. Jennings
pave knoWDher: a long time, and she is d !
lery strange girl I should mot be SUR.
lrised if she had one hidden away some
here. s'ss g
4 ffeI wish to Heaven she would. find it,
Een r. said iEhurston, bitterly. Y
! gSOh r said Mrs. Jennings. g And yet
y think you are not in danger r.
/ . smiled. tsszl;:i ! B! ~
7 is not possible you think ]; meant
i IN / wishashe would find ii; for me ?1
nelked. 9What I meant: was that I |,
Wi.Ahe would find it in order that she
mlgsufer a little of the pain she has
Y so "a inflicted. q ~ -: ssssss
ss is very vindictiYe. But if you i
re-: ieel erd her in this way, why do you
fol f oNniss b her, or allow her, to firt with {
,twt yher!to airt VIM me because It I
tioHse Hsems 9 y muse her, and does not injure 5
only Ivy MllIsa innings looked at the speaker I,
here upsi She did not believe that he +
and. II ,,1ihe truth, or, at least, not all Z
own 1a b;rn nt she had no right tosques- I,
8 to z Anl@her- IN [
into e W. man will not be warned any Ii
tion. nSSwillful woman she said. T.
fresh Hn Sure you, that, If you come Ii
,,the + Sf; aifitation with Agatha
It is eyaE;,S EaE;,S q II be the first man who ii
icant wan + ~ 4: ;,.,5s
f,the reHnsS sSE way then, but her words t
yfor tih atoi mhera her, and, as Thurston Ii
lend, nrel,n seeft him, as gravity Of ex5
: ten saeT l;Taover his Aface, which Es
1T he sbssin rofho OF. tl$m. He5was If
ming vo;cs nv q cigafette, when d Is
bed, so,,nG @ heA familiar, suddenly IA
And that ! tobas and he started sol tr
tinot over. over { piazaered from his hand t
fenty aIt not X 3. LA
'hing said, thin hin lam Miss Loring .
evas- chanrsFronn lawing.room. . A Il
res sof drives III he painary rides and Et
ntry, tance 9,;| : i, What is the dis s
Ids. of lsTen lilac 81 j; 81; b
IS. adj owe shal. Nave voice answered. Iii
ifs to hnt therSs :, mo- after nightfall; ii
upon HIt w;Ibe delis aEz Ri
lands hv n1ooMishtN, ciride ten miles b.
tscer- thnsiastilaIy. 9A Herbert, en- Ii
8 for 1tsHow nt,ny ,os q &. n
lryJto asked sMN JenninA be needed Y' fl
was saddle-hoss in tneiere ARE six -st
7 was Of, them ,ft Ar dieaslt only two b
g call sOThere IsInlys0na .fs;,I v
that ride. -, saidI ASatha3 qat ! care to- n