The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-02-17
OUR LITTLE SERVANT MAID.
A Case Where Fergetfnlness Was Al
most Virtue.
ltIal.ne,.'s Week ly.1


ltlerper's WeeHly $
uevertbo,uht do little of Barbara Darling
ns did that July afternoon when she stood
hy The window with nunt on her lips anu 4
Irown on her brow looking out rn the road
with eyes that saw nothing, and utterly nl,-
lvinus to the fact that her dear, losv-cheeked,
Lriuht-evnd little sister was tngglng at llef
aki1i with one strait hauI and Kidding np het
doll with the other. whiln she pltenu5lT com
plainea sfTharea s,,lnlin berry awful wrong q
matter VIII ny hnhy. lsnba. l,el = broke W M he,
inside. an can't cry anv more to ahhe her
lila. u ,,ntil lilo speaker, ia though to make ~
for this dnIeienpv on tile part uf l,eF %hans,
burst into loud, long, ahh tealiess n,Y H.. IL.
self and aYei then lsRihata only pnlleH hsl =,
dress uut uf the dnpiah little hanu, anu M sh,n
III d danidpIIv ,,t,araiahn manner, "Oh
I,arhspa Darling was not pretty, that y, not
very pretty at least there was alVersltn =,
tpinit,u about hp, The young men, allilalhg
tn her nvea and hair. spoke of vinlets and but
terelta. the Young women, on the contrary
Young women are 80 unpopticnl when hy
laaans randv;'' tho yotthg mef liked The deep
,mple II, hel chin, the young women sh'n !,
was lawfully l,ahyish' the young men eai!ed
her ~ fairy" The young women "A dwarf
aha yss the eldest IT eight children. had 10
accomplishment unless sielnH ~ , Z a pas'a' @ ~
eighteen ypnt's OLD, poor and anu we'', 70
tell the honest truth rather high,tanpeted,
And vet she bad ipt u lover handsol1e9
talented piai1 wealthy Anthony Ditto. the
match That all The girls IN hel circle had been
making evas at for a year before heo WITH
healt aiill untouched, had rnet wee Bao. as
he called l,ct. ~
uow liz came to notice her at oil guulness
knuws. unlees the npnltcalitv uf the intfadue-
tion struck through the dignity which ehynl-
rped him "a n mantle, and softei,ing h'9
heart as honest fun always suflnns hehtts let
her stral into II. and then. being hurry sort
Il u iI,,h A, altlln t. Efpt It ft her alter
Miss Barbara Darling, said that prosok,
Ing Ned Parker "Mt. Anthony n1tto, alut
we Cvns we--l In Bah Da,ngl burst ont laugh
;uu. the names were 50 udd following each
other in that manner. You know and from
that moment we were excellent friends until
the day we ceased to he friends and became
lovers. ..m..
Papa and tnamnawefs delighted with the
engagement. aud sp WIS 3 tnr ~ course !
loved him dearly and YET for the llfeof me !
couldn't stOp Wliathe called ''h'ttihE, though
I'm sure didn't mean 1t fnr that You see
every body is az very kind to d little woman
that 1t Ia almost impossible for her TO- ba, dig
nitie,l. She gets usetl tp heing taeqtet Ike q
sh ana sssn s S aa ass Tic gna sa e"r,e 81 a1ery
thing. and talks and lauahso and sings with
epleasant peonleot the opposite sex Just aa a
child would \.
Now Anthony didn't lilte it absurd tellnw
wasn't going to marry him2 and he used to
look oth! sn very grim and ostrislt, AMI lee
t,le ne on thn iuu,,op,ieiy IT ,ny conduct
until | felt myself tlle nlnst miserable OF Ein-
ners bat / don't knew l,uw to Account for 1t
| always forgot the lecture as soon as II was
over and was in Disgrace again imtnndiatrlv4
Well. the other evening Fourth of July
evening II was-a party of us young folks
went tn The village green TO see the pVtptseh-
nic had 10 CONSULT the dictionary before !
yent,,ed on that wur,N display, and arriving
there rather late, found ourselves the. last
eomp,a, and consequently OH tho outside ot
vi DE. tt-.,p. ,ftI tiYtfi ~ t1r
ounwav to the front, but we couldn't; .and !
nlue-lights until The vnlle last when Ned
lifted inc ia his arms 80 that | mighoat last
catch glimpse If Washington blessing HE
rouutrvmen and women with cue fiery hand,
while he pointed TO d Roman candle that hal
Just gone up with the other. o,
Netta Brooke. and when joined him. expect
ing to meet with d terrible ftvwtt, he greeted
me with d charming smile. And all the lest
of the evening he was aa anahle as possible.
and though he had several etvotninuta
chances to scpld mo. never said tenlDving
wolt-nnver referred to the George W cpl
aode. but he did worse he ,dirted. himself
That | had never dreamed Of, and must
SAY that | Thought at the tiulp II was q
real mean thing tot u great tall fellow like
him ta do to revenge himself Oh mite Ike
nln.
Yes. he hirted for two long, refp long hours.
and when dhe party onded nj cur houRcl the
children proposed 4 kissing game, he, my
naughty. reserved lovcr. joined in with that
bold Brooke girl. and chose her for IN part
nel' every time, Nssing her on the mouth
and abe has pretty mouth "a he did SO.
should have liked TO box her cars and his
too, for that matter, but didn't of course
not sauntrted about with Ned Parker aud
looked UP into hia face ~ Though every mo.
4 mont discovered some new beauty IN it; and
when Nrtta babe me- good might, iAnthonv
+ could find no excuse for Offering icovalk home
! with her. hcr brother Dick being therrl |
II kissed her, and hoped she had enjoyed her.
II self a Tr%E Et.Ef
u "oh0 yervmuch4+ vnrv. pe,l much. indeed =
4 said she, hnginga u look which Rhe meant tp be
tender, hutit waRn't ahe has big. hlactS, ahal.
lnWeyes- AT Anthony. u nfref enjoyed my
4 self su much. 5%
4 hut as soon AZ the garden gate closed be-
/ hind them otook my engagement ring from
n nay finger and flung 1t upon the ground aud |
actually I'm ashamed to tell II. but did
made my hand into d fiat and shook 1t ut my
4 dear. meek darlines=a1 don't get my temper
| from her have said II shc had seen me
Az for Anthony. he wasn't the least bit
| frightened but caught tho fiat, and shut 1t up
\ 81 hate, YOU cried. Nobody ever treated
4 "But how mag have you treated eog" he
. thinking how handsome he looked in the eslver
II moonlight.
N Everybody has always done whatever
wanted them TO do. / went on stamping my
II foot o
4 e'And consequently spoiled YOU said he
What did you love me for. Ii I'm not pot
* nice2'
Il Because | knew the mon,en.el saw YOU.
you Wec thing, You were my fate, | thought
you were nice then, and wanted to take you
Z IN my arms the moment YOU smiled at mo
/. And now2f
n And new / think YOU had-tenrcred self
. ., fet ,yillfni en Ia, II, fr,,,t
'Ssl "lnaeed % and ' wran.hrI siIn mx S' hand aw,,
i but not before hc had kissed 1t with the most
4 provoking coolness rhcn we'll part, unless
you change your opinion immfdiutciu and
< promise Rcrcr 10 speak to Netta Brooke
again"
VI II Shall mako M such silly nrnmise Ear-