The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-12-18


Ave. S" they manage to spill their load
'p.iorc they get to the market.tOwn;
4 1s;is those that travel a rOughcr way
sscv tough in muscle and strong In grace. VI
~" doubt" said the parsOn; thanks, and
4 ." good day!
'~jcMphine Pollard, IN YOUTHS Companion.
a AUNT ELLICE TOLD 1T.
CHAPTER
Ayp 50 you are teasing for the story
a that night-only because you heard
No refer to it, yesterday, when l was
,s.,,ing with your mother, rs the only
.lyeu,ilye which ever befel me in all my
As.sud.ifty years? And you take it
hr granted, you foolish young
noule, because l called it on
sIyenture," that it must needs be as
4thrilling" as the stories you waste
rur time in following so bresthlessly
through your modern novels, and be-
hind the iootliehts? You will be disap-
piuted then; I give you fair warning!
Il vas all over in q short half hour,
and. moreover, wasn't in the least the
heroine Of it; I only assisted " at it, as
As droll French phrase goes, which was
vplexing you in your translation yes
isrdsy, Dorothy. And, moreoyer-but
you want the story, you say, and not ten
minutes Of preface? The impertinence
dyour generation spoke in that! Well,
YOU must have the story, then, I sup
pose. Put a fresh log on the fire, Tom;
tdon't want you poking at it, present.
h, ~ you'd he certain to do, in the
midst Of the only "thrill" my small
narrative can boast Tell the maid not
% bring the lamps for half an hour;
sory.telers are owlish, you know, in
their love for the dark.
II happened to me the winter I was
eighteen years old. had been spend.
II the Christmas holidays with Cpcle
Philip aad Aunt Hester Haywood, up in
Ar; and IS always happened when !
ven. 10 them, my visit OF u fortnight had
Enlightened out into months; and Febru-
yfoand me still with them. l never
M Is happy elsewhere as at Ayr. At
home, ~ you know, had quite q patri-
xchal tribe Of brothers and sisters, to
share with me papa's affection, and the
Possibilities Of our very limited income;
bot st Ayr I reigned supreme; and I
An sure that no child of their own could
Avs held . warmer place than l, in
uucls Philip and Aunt Hester's hearts.
1hair marriage had been childless; and
twas natural that the only child Of Un-
h Philips favorite sister should be so
wy dear TO them. They were clannish
bks, always, the Heywoods; and they
never made any very friendly advances
10 The second Mrs. Ainsw0rth-g0od
hOusswiiely soul that she was! nor to
nyof Der big brood Of children. 1t was
Usually rather pointedly to Miss Ellice
Ainsworth that letters of invitation came
addressed.
had never been happier at Ayr, than
that winter ! was eighteen years old.
Aunt Hester gave me first, that year, .
responsible share in the entertaining OF
nsgsests Of whom her hospitable house
Y. rarely empty; and this was . pride
% ~ than pleasure to me, for she
Id strict old-fsshioned ideas Of the
llacs Of young girls in social
W, had Aunt Hester. l was very
happy in the society Of the clever young
reple who found, in Madam Heywood's
home, = congenisl atmosphere. And
lnong the guests was the heroine OF my
hse adventure; to which ans coming,
wsatually, Tom, in spite Of your i'm.
patent doubts to the contrary! She
v1the daughter Of one Of Uncle Philips
eelege chums, . Miss Eleanor Forester.
W must have been about twenty.f0ur
|an old then. believe worshiped
% with ahero-worship that would have
ss!asfed the heart OF Thomas Carlyle
Ansef! 1t was not 80 much that she
J. - beautiful Though looking back
ercugh the years, l still think her face,
2 certain moods, the most beautiful
- ever saw, ~ that she was at once
= i'ank and 70 gracious, no genuine,
- % sweet. She had not the some
vae fough sell.asserti0n which 30 often
.esses to women OF her power and
~srags; she had not the Anesse, the
-, false "policy" which 20 often
ooags to women Of her infinite tact
g sweetness. She wss . bit OF . Di
~ In her way, teo; I think II was
- mperb Assse3anshfp that 20 en-.
soassd her to Uncle Philips heart, at
Her physical strength and endurA
- wsfe . proverb among ~; she had
md thsm equal, more than once, in
ee6uslve ways to those Of many q
- man Of oar society; not always
~ young mans. unmixed satisfac-
Innsnbsr. ~ II i were yesterday,
~ ssen, clear January afternoon,
~, returning from . skating irolic
~ liver, W found Dick Francis and
- -. seuast sanding before target,
- eAsy lad Just ct up IN the fir.
~ Sor . little piseol.prsctics. There
eR'ain no0ents-end these are by
neaas the most vital moments Of
sAs-which photos graph themselves
- memory, without ones knowing
q how; bat there they remain,
~ "a ltesA forever. And % that
Photographed itself with mo. I
~ eyes; and again I ~ the 6r.
VII . powdssing Of last nights
IN white on tie sturdy green
e1es and Aufisg down, now and
Y . diamond. dust, ~ The sharp
~. :dsEsd and ssillsd; patches d
See, o. Ne brown carpet under
vA!ch even into ths January chm
nth . fAiat odoe, like . memory
sAsd sennsr seoas; ~ cold.
:. ], With . IN light clouds, ross
- =. nsaR saessA sailing aeroas n,
~. - swayiAg Ar.Aepe; ~ river
1cIlY ~ ~ fcoA ~ Aha 1av~.