St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-05-10

here, I'd like it settled ut once.
You'd better agree to it, here and
now; for, if I say it who shouldn't t,
| don't believe You'll ever get ano-
Their such chance"
Then Kitty jumped up from her
chair, raging ut his cool, calm i'm
pudence.
How dare you speak SO to me,
sir? As if any man in possession OF
even half his senses would not know
there could be but one answer! No
IA thousand times mol"
She fairly shrieked it at him as
he stood staring ut her.
Then, as she hnrriedly rushed
from the room, he frowned inquir-
ingly at her strange conduct, and
then slowly gathered bis hat. gloves
and cane together, and went out
astonished. nonplussed.
While Kitty tore up stairs to her
room. which SO lately she had left
in a .nischievous, Acknowledgment
prospect Of triumph-her cheeks
CRIMSON with fury, her eyes SO full
of Disguised tears she could scarce
ly see what she was doing. as she
almost frantically tore off her laces.
her ribbons and her lovely dress,
tossing them angrily on the bed.
ITO think I really thought of try
ing to fas ina:e him-oh! OH, A
nasty, stumpy. greasy. impudent,
intolerant old man! To think he
dare come trying to make love to
me! Ill plaster my hair down to
my face. and wear the most horrid
calico wrappers I can find. to do
peuance for the insult l have per-
mitted myself to receive. Oh, Mr..
A. Brown. how 1 hate YOU"
And then this naughty, willful
heroine sat down in her favorite
rocking chair, and cried until her
blue eyes were all red aud swollen;
80 that, when aunt Susan called her
to come down moment, she was
MS sorry sight to see as ever a girl
was before.
But she went down, too angry
and miserable to care for aunt Su-
sans remarks, or uncle Josiah
quizzical looks-went down in her
wrapper, with her swelled eyes, and
occasional sobs yelling detiantly up
from her chest-went down in the
parlor to meet a tall, elegant gen.
tlelnan, dressed just as handsome,
graceful fellow should dress; a gen.
tleman whose splendid gray ewes
looked just little astonished at
sight of her; gentleman who came
easily forward to respond to uncle
Josiah's introduction, while aunt
Susan gave little scream of horri-
fed surprise ut the girls appear
ance.
"Why. Kitty"
Kitty. here is our friend Archie.
Miss Clover, Mr.. Brown"
Poor Kitty! She wondered if she
we're dreaming. or crazy. Archie
Brown? This Archie Brown-this
splendid fellow, that the most fas-
;idious girl could not have failed to
almost fall in love with at first sight?
Who then, where then, was that
,ther horrid man?
Great banners of scarlet shame
we're banging like signals of distress
N her cheeks. as she extended her
land to the gentleman-such fair, ,
hapely, dimpled hand, he noticed,
IS he took it with u smile that wss .
itself.
II am afraid there is somebody
or me to fight, Miss kitty-some
me who has been annoying you"
Kitty flashed him II grateful look
rom her swelled eyes.
IL can not quite understand
y There was horrid old man {
ere-and he was--owful! And his
ame was Brown-A. Brown; and
and l thought it was-you; there
e goes past the window now!" 9
Just then aunt Susan glanced out
nquisitively, sprang from her chair a
nd rushed to the door.
Its old Andy Brown, come to
NY my house-lot down by the tim :
or land. l told his folks to send
i'm, to close his offer for H. Hill Y