Connecticut western news., 1880-02-18
An Effective Cure.


 said would go, and he said I should not. Twas proud and hot tempered, with horror of being donineered over, and I insisted that I had some rights which the man was engaged to was bound to respect, and, ns have prom ised, I must go. Therefore, when even- ing arrived and an old friend came to escort me to the house of 0 mutual acquaintance, left with him, and did not stop to think whether I would have my lover act as I was doing or not.
 was older by three years than my equally hot tempered bethroted, and in vezed questions invariably settled the dispute in my own favor by waiving the flag of ssniores prsors over his head, Q proceeding which silenced if it did not convince him. He loved me, I believe. Yes, he did, with all the passion and fervor of 8 jealous boy in his first real love, and I well, I think was equally foolish 1; even my three years of seniority did not save me from pleading guilty to the soft impeachment. We had been but an hour at the house we were visiting when furious ring at the door bell caused my heart to quicken it's pulsa. tions. A servantappeared at the parlor door, saying my little sister wished to speak to me. asked the hostess to ez- cuse me, and descended, wondering at this unusual call.
 "Inez," said my sister, bresthlessly, Felix is here"
 "Where9" I interrupted, looking around. |
 "Outside," she said. "He won't come ip, and he says you must come home with him now, immediately, or else" she stopped and smiled. "I told him that you would not do it that the people in the house would make fun of you both, but he insisted on my coming and telling you" Another pause to take breath, after which she added timidly, "If you do not come home now, he says you can consider all over between you l"
 Surprise and indignation found vent in one pithy sentence neither choice nor elegant. "He must be crazy [" said. "Does he show his affection in wanting me to become the laughing stock ot these peopleP Go and tell him that ] shall see him in the morning and to stay home quietly this evening and suppor, my absence came here because ] promised to spend the evening, and he knows of old that I never break mJ word when give it. -... a~=
 turned and went up stairs again To the inquiries of my hostess I replied that 1t was nothing at all my sister forgot to ask me something and wanted to know it then-nothing more.
 Clifford, my old friend and escort looked at my heightened color and nervous manner, and intimeted by lool that if that were all it was very little tc cause my ill concealed perturbation.
 My sister had retired when I go home, but after shake or two man aged to make her comprehend my ques ton.
 "Well what did Felix say ?"
 Oh, {" she answered, becoming wide awake at once, her eyes distended tc twice their natural size, how angry he wasl Actually was afraid he set his teeth-you know how he does it-an6 his eyes shone-oh p tthis last " oh ' long drawn out, expressive of the forcible impression his anger had made upon her.)
 "Did he say that he would come to- morrow ?"
 "Indeed, he did not" was the reply in . positive tone, and then, sleepily I wish you could have seen him." Sh, turned on her side and in minute hel regular quiet breathing gave note ot her return to Morpheus's arms.
 ! believe foolishly lay awake for an hour or so, but being of a sanguint temperament and ss shaving much con ddenoe in my coaxing ways "-that ii what mo ther says-I finally fell into [ quiet slumbar.