St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-04-02

,rtfnl mind.
There was another voung wnn,a
N the village aho WIS Agnes mos
intimate friend. This gi,l. by siuri.
,iansrbly told cunningly linked 10
.rther the little thunghtless action
md speeches of the unsnspectin,
:irl, and finally su,.c.e,ied i:
p.isoning the mud of her lover
Her basen-ss VISA never suspected
"Cleary heard the stories agains
MS sweetheart, aud naturally .np
Josing her must iutifu' te fr!en.
would know about item. went 4
ner tor the truth. 1his wa jus
'.hat the designing girl wished fu,
.nh she poured into the ears Of ti,.
lover sneh tales of falsebood that
SEX at heart. h- turned away. TIL.
wicked girl low, i him herself, ano
h0p.d be wrul'i come to Tel. In,
ne did nOt.
"One evening. Cleary pale anj
~x,.it.d. came to my hd.ingS ana
t,li III. all. saying he was g"ir.
away aud lever return.
Il t.,ld Inn ui.i nut believe the
stories against Agnes. ami l'ade him
re discreet; but, next morning. b.
wan gone. and We have never seer
i'm from that day to tf,i..
And have yua ever hear.i oi
h;m ?" I inquired.
Yes. He went to B.,ston. aud
.fterward sailed for Europe. 80 tn.
yspers announced. Agnes, stuns
tu the heart 10y her lovers
.r-atnent and crushed by the tanntr
# hcr companions. brovdtI "v-,
.er mlsfortuues until she becaIns
insan., ard now she goes about.
constantly just Ms you saw her. look
ing for her lover. aud singing ber
sai song:
His voice Was the voice of the charme,.'
And the wicked young wo,nsr-
VIII. crused 80 much ,iis'ress." ]
a'i-"wbat became os her p
she met with u terrible accident
u railroad train. and WAS di>fi.
urrd and d.s,t,l. d for life. At first
we al though, she would die. and
while near deaths cu,r sbe con-
fsssed everything. saying she hs.;
riginat-d th. slsnirrs against
Agnes and poisoned the mind nf
,er lover, in the hope that sh.
night get him herself Poor Agnes.
W. o couli Remember noisin.. sine.
tie day her lover had left her. and
who MAS qnits rich. built the h:tl.
you ssw, and in it lives the
wicked woman. blind and tarribl,
dls6gursd. Agnes suppo ts her
and remembers only that che WAS
ner early friend. or her peridy
she knows nothing. Cleary had
eel Ia build th,s house f,r
his pretty bride. and had nearly
finished it when the n,isfnrtune ]
nave just related fell np"n him
Every day he aud Agnes used t,
come hsre and give orders to th+
or men. aud ten they would sit
i IONS unler the shade Of thu.
;rets on tile Law n an,l talk of their
'uture happiness. The poor girl
seems To remembr those happy
Jays. for she still comes tn ak for
4. .la,rt. md y tie will some day
'.ulne back To u-r. aud she :el'eats
over and over again:
"Uh. why does he tarry SO long?"
But it is likely she will never s.e
lim any IN ire, aud tile honse is rut-
,lng down aud going to rack and
ruin."
HsId:y had tie last words been
uit.re. ny nr c,,mpxninn. when We
heard y noise behind us. as if some
one sobD-d. and. 'o"k,ng around.
We b-h-ld a tall man. just in the aci
nf rising from n s,"ul. where he had
sat unot,serv-d by us.
"Cieary. my friend" J" sIout d my
,tArtIng mp n. if he bad
b .en shot.
"Pafd. n me, gentlemen" said the
stranger. c,nring forwnr"
.n,: holding ont his. hs.d. Il WAS
unintentlonally nn intr,l.ier Of y"ui
privacy. assd ha.i ZOE the power to
make known .ooner my presence.
George" he I'd led. holding my
friend hand in his. 'yoa say Agu-s
MAS inn.a.ent?'
s.lCn.,la D., (S,,I r. ,hurt mag ao,a1