The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-09-13

is taking my picture, In crayon-l
sometimes really believe he is sweet on
me, in spite of Clarence. Mr.. Cal
lenders eyes are blue and small, and
his mustache is-well, lemon-colored,
maybe; but his figure and manners are
perfectly stunning. He always makes
you feel as if you were the one person
of all the world whom he delighted to
| honor" ,.-
And, after that, Bell heard no more,
and a fortnight later Mr.. Gascoigne was
| at home again, and settling to his par
ish duties He found Bell at twilight
| the day after his return, with her Sleepy
Hollow chair wheeled before the win
dow, watching the stars come out in the
evening sky, and listening to the crick-
ets' sing-song.
g Star-gazing?" he asked, resting an
elbow on the cushioned back of her
seat. GA penny for your thoughts -
"I didn't hear you come in, Mr.. Gas
coigne," she said. 81 am thinking
about-about Flora! How did you leave
hcr?;'
"Flora! Haven't you heardp"
"My last letter is month DID,"
"And nobody has told you about
her?"
"Who could tell me about her so well
as yourself?"
Mr.. Gascoigne laughed. swell, Mr..
Calender, perhaps"
"Mr. Calender! What are you talk
ing about, Mr.. Gascoigne?"
"Flora and Mr.. Calender.
"What of them?''
rTho1r ORC aJ that 20 10 oil
"Married! Flora married to Mr..
Calender! Is it truep Oh, Mr.. Gas
coigne! How could she be so wicked!
Oh! oh! OH" and she staggered to her
feet and held out both arms, not know
ing what she did. --~
Wicked?" echoed the young rector,
taking the proffered hands, and holding
them firmly-"I don't know about that.
1t isn't wicked to marry the man you
love best, even at the risk of breaking
another's heart, is it? And then my
heart is in excellent condition; / assure
you, Flora hasn't been able to effect
flaw. 1t was all mistake, you know,
from first to last-Flora knows it now
herself. My dear Miss Bell, you rather
overdid the matchmaking business,
did you not? And II was weak and
Quixotic, grant you; it was unpardon-
able, admit, now that look back upon
it. But if the girl really loved me; if l
had unwittingly won her heart; if
you had led her to believe, thanks
to my own stupidity, that l had been
such blockhead as to confess my love
for her to you-why, it was only right
that should abide by my own awkward
mistake. must have been miraculously
obscure that night, Bell, and you must
be the least conceited woman in the
world, or you would have understood
that | loved you, and not Flora
"O-h,n said Bell, with little sigh,
81 irish | had understood!"
sit isn't too late, is itp If you had
understood, what should you have said,
Bell?n
81 should have said, sYes.'"
"My dear Bell" wrote Mrs. Callen-
der to Mrs. Gascoigne on her wedding
morning, "allow me to congratulate
you on your talent for matchmaking"
Harper's for august.
RAIsINGs TURKEYs.-The turkey is
the most tender when young, and most
difficult to raise of all the domesticated
fowls; yet with proper care in setting
the eggs under game hens, (why under
game hens) and cooping the brood at
night, regularly, while the turkeys are
young, they may be easily reared in
great abundance. Never feed the young
turkeys boiled eggs or corn-meal dough,
or wheat-bread crumbs. They need
very little food of any kind under seven
days of age, and should have nothing
but sour milk set in pans. At about a
week or ten days old, give them wheat
screenings or crumbs soaked in sour
milk. Let this be their only feed till
they begin to feather, then give them
grain of any kind. Tie the hen (Which
has the young turkeys) to peg off to
herself, with a coop near by her, so
that she can enter at night for shelter.
At two weeks old let the hen loose to
roam, and if she be game hen she will
do the work Of rearing the brood
Prairie Farmer.
A PILLow-CAsE, well saturated with
water, and having small hole torn in
it to look through, placed loosely Ovel