Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-05-22

have been discOmposcd by the sub.
missive respect Of the Captain.
The young lady who evidently was
neither, turned pair of calm,
large gray eyes on her ncighbor,
and sat cxpcctant. But how the
Captain improved his chances !
must refer the reader To his own &C
count Of the interview delivered
grarcly the same evening TO his
brother guardians:
! NV hen | saw We was in for il,
boys" he said. rubbing his knees
upward softly, III kinder measured
tho gal atorc commenced. to see
what sort of a hand she might
hold. But you couldn't hcv told
anything by her looks. And short
of aAing her downright sassy
questions, you couldn't get q word
out of her about her own business,
uer what she war up to. And then
WE'LL continued the Captain,
with languid smile Of conscious
success, IT calkiiatcd that this was
ono q them peculiar cases that
wanted skill and science, and list
applied 'em, and in course ] won.
Thcts all. Yes said the Captain,
with yawn of stiflcd indifference,
otis all right now, boys. Every
things explained
"But howi7 quericd the others
eagerly.
"Wcll~ said tho Captain lazily,
al softer slipped into gineral con.
vcrsation about the opery, the
fashions, and po'try, and SIGH.
Speakin' O. litirtOor, told her Of .
yarn I'd read tother day in maya.
zine, and then, kinder kecrless and
easy, | jist up and told her the
whole story about her father and
us and herself, giving her the name
o Seraphina, calling you and Hor-
ton Oscar and 'ROdcrigo,' and
Fleet 'Gustavus,' and myself 'RO-
dentio.' which is Latin for Rats
Well, if l do say it myself, it wasn't
no SLOUGH OF q story, fur / was
kinder clipper and fresh, and the
other passengers was jist about
as much interested az she was.
Then l sorter looked in her eye,
you know, this way and Capt
Rats here achieved peculiarly
Jcsuitical locr, sand said that l al
lowed it wasn't true, and asked her
what she thought about it as stO-
~. And she said it might be true
and it might not, but it was quite
interesting. Them's her very words,
gentlemen"
"Wcll, go on" said the Colonel
eagerly.
"Thats all!'
GAN! ALI" shricked the guardians
together. "Didn't she say anything
clsei Didn't you"
"Nary," said the Captain, cOolly.
"But it's all right boys! You'll see"
Horton seized Capt. Rats by one
shoulder, and the Colonel grappled
the other. For few seconds they
shook him furiOasly.
"Whc-e is she now, YOU blank,
blank mulci Answer u.s.
"Why, l reckon she's over at the
Union Hotel with Fleet. l forgot
to say that he happened accidental
~ to be there when the stage KEN
in. She seemed to be kinder easy
and nat'ral with him, and L"
But before Capt. Rats had finish
cd his speech the two men rose fu.
riously and dashed out of the room
barehcaded. And even az the Cap
tain sat there, mute aud astOunded,
yet with his usual vague smile Of
acquiescnce lingering around his
mouth, Horton returned, shook his
fist fiercely at the Captain, seized
his hat, and vanished. In another
moment the Colonel also rc-entered
hastily, grasped his hat, kicked
Capt. Rats, and dashed out again.
AS the door slammed Oh the last
of his fellow guardians, Capt. Rats
rose slowly, emptied his glass
thoughtfully, placed one knee on q
chair, and rubbed it in silence.
Presently more decided smile
came in his eye, and crept to his
mouth as his lips slowly fashioned
this astounding reflection:
"That's so-that's ~ Fleet was
alters kinder soft OH the gal! Like
as not-like as Notices up and
writ TO her on the sly.'
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