Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-02-22

filled Y loves conflicts. Yet it was I'll
>. thogh very few had ever known I'D
{ Il athe time, and now it was q a
thineIf the past" as she kept re-
,eatinf over and over again to her. 81
e,f as he sat there in her accustomed al
eat, lit not in her accustomed quiet; n
or afr Jennie, her young and vola- p
tile cosin, who was visiting her, had h
left tb room, her work had dropped L
from er ever-busy fingers, and, as !
sbe It thinking, the fingers were {
c,aspng and unclasping each other
with wild nervousness, and her face
word with a strong emotion.
uwonder if he will call" she muir
mu,d. Then she walked to a mirror
in te room, and, looking steadily at
heelf, continued her self-communlng'
.F must have seen SO many beautl-
hwomen-and my prettiness is alI1|
a.e." Then, putting her hand to
b head, she mulmured, "Poor halr'
| II are SO gray! All, johnny, you
i've been long at the fair! Wen,
y ppose he has forgotten me by tins
me-"
I; Then she sat down, and by and by
$ wo tears rolled slowly down her
heck.
Long years before, when she was
only 10, and a pretty, bright young
girl, John Anderson had been her
avowed lover. At parties he was
always at her side, and other young
men complained that he would allo"
no one a chance to dance with he1
Int himself. He it was who took he1
70 picnics and all pleasure-paftles
he was her attendant cavalier II
moonlight walks, which the yo"h
people were. in the habit OF taxing u
He walked to and from church VIII
her. and then passed hours by Il.
:, ,or own home. He was Onl
: one wear older than she, and thong
there was tacit acknowledgment
" love, no formal engagement nao ','
entered into. Then a young doct
7" came to settle in the village; ana
" Mary was one Of the bellies OF soc'e'
. and the doctor gay, young m''
W with plenty ofleisure time, he devot
his spare hours to-as ne expires.
he himself to a friend-"making
young rustic fall in love with III
rs In that he was mistaken, however.
Mary felt flattered by his attentlo
MI and still more flattered by JOE
exident jealousy. At last >John
'''' nonstmted with her for "leavlns
,te. and flirting with that medical TO
ing Mary grew angry, and told him
never firted, and that he was an "
lish pertinent boy to speat SO to her u,
lovers quarrel ensued, ana woal'
uid all probability, have been "made
and all gone on well again. as acc
f''" inc to the Latin proverb, "rhe
;np out of lovers is the rencw'
s love- but unfortunately Mary h
CRY maiden aunt, who must have
WORM with an old and withered h
,as,s- Oh. was now on q visit to NJ
n,repts, and took upon hersel'
diNg office Of duenna. She talked t
niece severely on her encourage
y IN e If two "deluded young men, a
J. y no account would let her mee'
2 John alone; 50 the GOODNESS
oueut on the quarrel continued
l. lust at that time an uncle Oh .
g pal who was a sailor, was going on
oue to Australia, and offered {
you an his nephew with him. John G
sed' i accepted the offer, and l, in a sno
Ands he was on his way to the IAN" !,
her co., He called to see Mary before lf
son WI Init the inevitable aunt was
and they only gave each =,
. was warm hand-shake; for in tn
any o, moment the pride OF Jack "a
Is me / to tenderness.
e she Years passed, and still John
own at return. From Australia he
ne saw l1ndia. and there his uncle I
llC SV' 1lUNtlt
no. she vhim a lucrative situation II, a
< her outlt;1e house, where he hao Z Z
o the Masuutil the present time' MS !,
Town Hang home after thirty years
tie she did Meanwhile, Mary's aunt :.
Of the Both her parents hao 'ls' YIN
We seen the few years Of each o'n.'' ~.
FEARS after John left for Aus
family, alsat her aunt had been her SC
,rtyr, said:bold companion until liz
mich occurred fifteen yea
rson! We nv story opens. After she she
Nary was looking over ,.. tns
foot before her desk, she fo.'''o , ', ,'o,,
~ ,,.,f which had peei'
rber' snp p -FOUR years. It was from , 90
ID do try TO an. asking her to cores e,
lin. He was "doins wen, Il,
asn't ,' ra, md hoped soon to COME XIV u,
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