The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-03-19

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was 90 ashamed I coulda't stand Il any q
longer, and told him I kaew Il wss
mean and I shouldn't really do Il. ~
knew you wouldn't. Come on and lets
90 skating" said he. and that Vas the
end Of Il. I dare say be hasn't thought
Of Il since, but somehow I never forgot
Il. liked John. II course; knew him
80 we'll that he seemed almost like the
boys II home, and Of course enjoyed
being with him and talking with him In
ccr an way, bu, then he Was only John
I',S.rs. and, well, he certainly didn't
hgy, Arthur Iawrie's music or his eyes
ur his graceful manners, and - WAS
,r,man,ic little goose. What could you
rNrsStp didn'I snub John, you know; |
veal out with him sometimes, and
tried To make II pleasant for him when |
he came In Of an evening, ~ he used To
do pretty often at first; but Il nov and
then rode down tn the Fort with Arthur
l.awrie instead, or he came In and found
Arthur playing on the venerable piano
downs stairs - oh, Irene, he used to
play such delightful things! Well, II
often happened 40 about John and
Arthur; l liked them both, you know,
and knew they both liked me In way,
and 80 -.
I don't know. What do you mean
by Irritation, Irene? Perhaps so, though
, there was no malice aforethought about
Il only wanted to have . good time. Ibid
feel sorry after while when John grad.
uslly left Oh asking me TO 60 skating,
d and didn't come over In the evening 80
:, often ~ he used to, but II didn't matter
20 much, because ! saw good deal
y YES. a great deal Of Arthur. I'm
ashamed 10 say II. but I never WAS half
d 80 particular about church going =
partly for the church Of course, but
= partly for the music, and sometimes "a
u look after jim.
:. Our pew was down In front, just wher'
- could always sec the Organist. 70
member his profile used to come jus
70 over one Of the carved oak panels. ant
he he looked like picture, with his hne
~, clear.cut face and his musical expires
u" sion. Not that I sat and watched hin
'as all the time, either.
And then, Irene, be always had ths
,se way Of treating you as II you were q
angel, and you kr"- docs like tina
Ut even along with, -, seriousness OF III
ere ing a miserable little sinner; and
n. though he was never what one woul
'"' call obtrusively religious, still he coul
say q great many nice things about III
'oy selhshness and remuneration OF person
ned aims and all that. And, my dear,
49, believed in him As thoroughly rs | d
" in the rector.
sed 1t was the next spring that there "
a little talk Of his leaving St. Marx
sit. and going to Albany, and we half G
III a pected he would 60, though nobo
o, knew. One afternoon q party OF
90 went up in the woods behind the couI
and farm to get May flowers. ! rememt
John didn't 20, for he was in the oil
hist at Brown and Growers then, and had
work like everything. The air '
"r'' warm as June. We two were a III
yon behind the others coming back; he
carrying my basket and looked g
PM" deal more sober than usual.
I'd. Chow can you," said !, "with
those flowers, and such sunset in y
face?" And he said he was wonder
il il would be the last time he should
- ho a. Msying in those woods and with
and same companion.
a. aS "And are you really going av
va, then ?" said I. Somehow it made
ali rather sober, too, and suppos
h.on showed it more than l meant, fol
turned and looked down at niche
,ooa tall and slender. ''Should you ca
t;r., bit, Miss Winifred, if l did go?" he
dare in that pathetic little way Of his.
"a Of had been talking just few evenings
a Tho fore about the beauty Of loving
how. friends faithfully and without dema
'on even though they might never care
, ~ half SO much for us. lcouldn't hel
area, membering it, and I suppose l blu
) omS and said OF course I should care
,or !, leland the,-well, the end OF II
M. Il that he didn't 90. q found out
tor he ward it was because he quarreled
" ,;v the Albany church about the salary
"A OF all Internationally blissful
! IN a idiots l suppose was . shining 9
= Er, ple, There was no public engsgel
Ill., IN fact he never actually and in SO
so1 ~ words said 80 very much about hol
= n;c . wedding. day, but he talked q grea
"a hsd about companionship and sympath
Il ,ook the fine capabilities Of woman's \
4 r.h~r for general sweetness and light-a
.~ sSI used to play to me BY the hour. an
...s machinery with father and praise
''"ues. voice IN mOther-and used to 8
= ~; think how refined and pale and
! ' some he was. And then, you knt
,;.h an. came to board with the Steeles
ers ara other half Of the house.
ION Are Mind you, don't Say that thu
Fsts in tvelyemonth didn't bring some
m faeI lions to Arthur Lawrie IS we'll ~
,sternsl I don't pretend to be . saint, and
family yery. very far from it then but OF
.dvsn. | can't really Judge Of the other
count it all I know is that it was with y
lea lived self like the skiing Of France, wit
ma that thousand men," who "marche
Ia them. hill, and then - marched
4 sent AGAIN." There was nothing tragi
hall Of Il II think I should have liked
" IKE il better). It wasn't falling 10 love
Il6sh. I hero, and finding out that he v,
Ok in my lain who had comm,tseGt wv u n.
ribbons, teresting and horrible crimes, ou'
irls we're waking up to the fact that he was
. for . very commonplace mOt:M' w'tl
did the commonplace love OF nls Own
:, "Will manly self. And It didn't COM
it-and once either, - the news Oh . m'
that pic. . forgery or . foraker sw'
I've It to might have Done; n w Ta.
JaAfreH grew better acq9Anteo wl. .. n'u .