Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-09-18
THE HERALD.
PANSY PEARL.

large armchair of brown red her
light Iue dress Of lawn hung over
the arm to the floor, because il
trailed, and the ruffie in train was
frill Of the finest Bretonae lace.
Pansy Pearl was 10, and "too love-
ly for anything" as her friend Amy
Barton often expressed it. But
Psnsy was in sore distsess Tonight,
and we find her crying her eyes
ont, and her color that from which
was culled her name. Poor Pansy
cried from TIL 8, then there wac
an interruption, and the cause of oil
her woes stood in the door looking
at her. flushing her sobs, she
glanced toward the opening door,
while Or. Danton was advancing to-
ward her. DR.. Danton was going
away, and had come TO make peace
and bid his sisters guest good-by,
for he left by the early morning
train for NJ. He had scarcely
seen her that day she had been
unusually shy with him and had
been 30 attentive TO bis brother-in-
law, ana at dinner, but an hour or
80 ago. che hardly noticed him at
all and, when the little beauty
die condescend and deign TO look
upon him, it wss coupled with a
remark that had angered him. To
his assertion of bis going sway and
would she miss him. Pansy had
shrugged her pretty white and dim
pied shoulders, and laughed and
said in the most bewitching way,
Good radiance to bad RUBBISH and
looked up quickly to see how the
dignifed dicipIe of Esculapius ,o2k
it. His dark cheeks dusbed Grim
son and his black eyes strapped fire,
but he ventured no remark, and
the silence was soon broken by
Pansy. If our heroine had been
wife she would have desisted bat
we often do not know when it is
policy to stop, or go Oh, or this
story would not have been told
nor would there be 70 many ro-
marcee, intrigues. errors, and all
the various forms of misjaacs hat
go to make up life. if ne mor.sl
were more prompt TO foresoe asd
understand human nature. Fancy
p qued by j"alouey or some innate
fire of mischief, again - k9
why don't you snswer, Dr. Dsr.
ton?'
Do you wish ac answe- 30 such a
well timed compliment?
Iii tone was polished. eaes and
cultured, bu the girl de.ec'ed
irony beneath its surface in tie An.
swer he had made her. and Miss
Pearl saw, or thought she saw, al
aged man. Were l q single -
be was smiiirg as he spoke. aud
was looking toward his sister, mean
ingly, Pansy thought, bit she i'm
petuously interrupted him, while a
swift rush of color dyed her cheeks
crimson. Her secret had escaped
her 10 the quick words that fol-
lowed:
Amt you single man. DR.. Dan.
ton p
She was looking full in his eyes,
and, with the same smile on his
lips, he made answer
'Pansy, | am welded TO -
The sentence was never flushed.
Stephen, in removing tray, stun.
oled over the kitten Smut and
bang went the dishes, tray and all,
while Smut scampered for dear
life, climbing among the folds of
damask that hung in the south win
dow. A thousand fragments lined
the floor. Pansy screamed, and,
abruptly rising, quilted the room.
If Stephen had not dropped the
tray, Parsy believed she would
have tainted. She hurriedly crossed
the hall, entered the music.room
and sat down all in heap 10 the
largest chair che found then she
began to sob. Her sobs kept time
with the white arble clock tick
ing on the mantel. and the misera-
BILE child sobbed all the louder, and,
woman.like, wished herself dead.
The wretch = 30 ran her though g,
go treat her SO; winning FRI m her
all her little condolences, the politest
attentions, and all the time mar.
ried man ! No thought Of her own
cruel treatment entered her mind,
and haunted her Looks, sigbs, ten
der clasps of hands told her TOO
plainly his vilIainy. In her excited
state of mind she paced to and fro,
and stopped the clock that looked
so saucy. Mad in her grief, she
said /: Twas good he was going
away, or she would GO at once and
abruptly close her visit and leave
for D, her home
Pansy Pearl in rage IVES 10
Pansy Pearl demure. H. large
eyes glowed black with supp eese
fire. She owned to htrssI ih
she loved him, but to Iet BIN ssrj
or know it, she would rather dc
Had he guessed it from Sha 40
had said Would he come to play
the hypocrite, and invite hor 10 20
and see his rife ? A fresh burst If
tears, and Pansy cried till her heat
was breaking.
The wretch; miserable wretch!
| wish | had never seen him. am
glad | said what l did. snd would
have said more il | had ouiy known
it,
To make her feel her position
still more severely, the cruel re-
mark for her ears she had heard but
too distinctly. As she had LETT the |