Louisiana capitolian., 1880-06-12
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every one Of Paul's chums, Of course
ami Cousin Nicholas on account Of the
old family feud that had always KEEP,
us apart he was o hundred. .thousandth
cousin or 50. Aud when the English.
man was around, she just out.Ameri'
caned the Am ericaus; and nothing
but tho dread Of scene with mamma
could get her behind Colonel Rice's
horses, although 1 should have been
glad OF the chance; aud that is the
way it had been with one or another
for niue or ten years manlma said aud
Romaine was undoubtedly fixture.
4 don't know aboat your having the
right to hold yourself so inaccessible,
said mamma to her one day, as the
winding up Of talking.to that sent
Romaine out fthe room crying. What
is there about you that not a man D
America, or Europe either, that ! can
see is fit to marry you, should like to
know ? And Romaine came in where |
was pegglng way at my French,
i wish | was u Catholic she cried,
and then | could 60 into convent, and
be rid of it ALL.
well, you're not, you know said,
You're beauty, and becauyp
you're beauty you're expected
to marry: and mamma'll never give
you any peace, and you'd better do it.
What is the reason, Romaine y added
directly. why don't you like any of
theme There's u half dozen of them |
could learn to like if they'd only pro-
pose to me- And then Romane laughed
and looked-oh, so lovely lin all her
gllttering tears and rosy color. You'd
never dream Romaine was twenty
seven-she's just too sweet for any.
thing! What's the matter with them,
now-with Colonel Rice, for instance ?
| asked.
Colonel Rice, with his lady-like
mannersv
well, the ear's son. then p
Aud be looked down on by his fami'
lily forever"
'Consiu Nicholas 2
"A great broad.shouldered giant who
night carry the world, aud who spends
his life playing polo and driving an
imitation mail-coach-or does he blow
the horn' l don't want any of them
| don't intend to marry at all. IL
and then there came another burst of
tears, aud she went away to her own
room.
She was dancing that night with
Cousin Nicholas at Mrs. Chances ball.
The delicious Waltz music made my
feet just tingle. Mamma let me go to
. ball now and then to show people
what she had in reserve, Romaine said.
But there was Romaine, so listless, 80
lovely, so Indifferent, aud Nicholas look.
ing down at her so eager, 80 in tent,
aud then leading her out into the moon
light, as if he would take her away
from all these people, and into another
world. "It's no use, Cousin Nicholas"
l said, when he happened to think Of
me, half an hour afterward, and brought
me an ice; "she thinks you are one Of
les rois fdineauts, and she wouldn't mar
ry you il you were made Of gold. She
wouldn't marry anybody but o soldier
anyway all at once Nicholas face
lighted up) "and him only if he had
nearly been shot to pieces; and only
one soldier out of them, I do believe"
made haste to add, for I didn't want to
encourage him.
"How much must q man do to earn
his ease 7" said Nicholas, in his slow,
languid way, which always did seem to
make him taller aud more broad sboul-
dered than ever. He was handsome
fellow, with his fresh color, his white
forehead, his grizzled hair curling in
tight rings like that Of an old Greek
head, his teeth cleaning from under bis
dark mustache when he smiled. didn't
see how she could help being attracted to
him, being-being in love with him, you
know. How many scars must he showF
he drawled. Does she want you to
wear your uniform and baudages all the
timer And then his eyes flashed, he
thrust his fingers through the gray rings,
and saw where bullet had ploughed
its way among there. That was my
ticket to four months of funconsciousness
in hospital" he cried. And then he
pulled up the cuff from his white wrist,
and drew his fingers across an ludenta-
ton there, That lost memy sword-arm,'
be said. What more does she want? Shall
tell her ball made this dimple in nv