Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-05-07

that she has moved here, !
and Kate is to come and spend the |
evening with Barbara. Won't II |
be a joke'
"Stupendousn said our hero. grad
ually beginning to comprehend that
he was mistaken for some one elise.
"What will Kate say when she
sees you herer CALCULATED another
maid, merrily. .,
.Ah. what, ihdeedr said Mr..
Barkdale, wondering in what words
he could best explain matters.
"Of course We shall look the 9th.
or way while You are hugging and
kissing herr said Miss Barbara,
demuIely.
"Very considerate of You, I'm
sure.- observed Mr.. Barkdae.
"Sbe's the sweetest girl in New
York; exclaimed the tall damsel,
enthusiastically. 81 am one OF her |
dearest friends. We work our sew
ing machines side by side at Ma
dame Grillard's. Has she ever
} written to you about Alice Moorei'
. 81 don't just this moment recall
that she has"
. "Oh, well, it doesn't natter said
Alice. ".Just ait down, and DE
, GOOD boy while we fix the tables.
, Aren't those roses beautiful MY
goodness gracious, how astonished
! Kate will be!' =.
t "She can't be more 80 than am
said Mr.. Barkdalc, sinking into the
n Sleepy Hollow chair, and passing
d his handkerchief vaguely across his
forehead. "Well, it's a mere mat
r, ter of fate, can't see how ! am 10
y explain my self, and yet, perhaps,
d ought to explain. Ladies'"
"Hush sh sh sh," cried the Six
It pretty girls, all in kissing chorus,
.Kate's coming; Bessie has brought
er her. Hush .sh.sh! Don't SAY
word, Mr.. Greenfield" The golden
III haired girls hand was clappe'
promptly over his mouth. Alic'
81 Moore grasped his arm spasmodi
cally. and the other four danced
y sort of bewitching little feminin
ST war dance about him, while se'
ID, enth girl entered-a pretty Mador
ne na. faced little creature like q dove
"Come and kiss him, Kate erie
uo all the others. "Now don't be
ne diculous, for we shan't take an
70. notice. Here he isl
~ "Kiss who." cried Kate, standin
" still and staring around her. "Girl
ii, what on earth do you meanT
INV "You provoking thing" said ia
Il! bara. stamping her little foot. 81
so Won suppose we are all fools' Wh
NJ of course we know all about hl!
.om It's Mr.. Greenfield-yOur cous'
Kate-the young NJ. Dr.
ror. "Whereir
ont "Why, here!'
I b;s "Notiing Of the sort" said Ka
of demurel!. IT,.
y" Our hero stood up, feeling hi
self growing uncomfortably wa
was and red.
~ Ladies' said he, "there's so
49, mistake here. said ut the out
i;ra that nv name was not Greene
= no There, cried the girls, all
Oxen once.
'"e "Thcrer echoed Rate, defiant
.;o,r "Didn't we tell your cried
girls. ,u
, tai didn't tell your ie, o, us T.,
81 ia "Be kind enough to let us K'
what your name is, slrl .,
,re- "Cephas Barkdale,' said
sn,ne wretched victim of u misundersti
ing. H..
s,;a "But said Miss Moore, "you
yonr it was Mott Greenfield
"Of course | did," said the
you,- zled bachelor. alt isn't GREEN
se it's and never will he unless ha
lies" changed by act of Legislature,
sleepy "Oh.h!- cried the girls. III
d two dear, to be sure! And We tho
which you were Kate's lover-and
Is pre- name IL Northumberland y"
field.n
O. his "Do hold your tongue, You
"a ont ulous things said Kate, hall v
ooond half laughing. "What must
trange Barkdale think OF usi'
e back 'n."N
table said CALAMITY.
lacaIo' MISS Da'o"'% ,.nor
wiches, had taken sup " pd n,
terious her pocket. QUO "''e
!, cream cal shrek.
Mt's all my fault" she excli
,lapped at was NO. % ,n ,%e horr;d
o doing turned the wrong end up
all. And the cake and the
e, bash and everything ns ;s rou n,ease
impress "St0p' laie oonr,aansly
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