The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-04-25
Selfrt Stury.
THE LITTLE GOLD Pig.


had ever had, and they had had many
or she had temper and he had tenn
per, and they were both of them impul
sive young people with very little self
control
.You are false, selfish, untruthfu
man-lke man." she said.
"And you are q suspicious, unreason'
able, unwomanlv woman" he said.
"rake back your letters she cried
ainging parcel tied with hyacinth-blue
ribbon on the floor at his feet
Il WILL" he muttered between his
teeth, picking up the parcel and
throwing it into The fre, where it hlazed
brightly for moment or two, and then
aew away in thin, uncanny black frag.
ments up the chimney. As the last frag.
ment disappeared Rick turned again tc
Lefty with frowning brow, and asked, as
he had asked before, "Do you still per.
sistsiu accusing me-ot deceit and false.
hon1 p ~
81 do" she replied, "unless you show
me tne c0arm.
II will not show it to you" be declar.
ed with violent emphasis. "If my WORD
is not sufficient refuse to give you othel
p oof. / wonder that you dare insult
me by asking it. And / also wonder
how you, believing me to be false and
can be willing to trust your
future to me. And to speak frankly,
begin TO think we have made greaI
mistake in sapposing that we could spend
the future happily together, for an
fully convinced we are anything but
two souls with but a single thought, =,
Two hearts that beat as one.' ...,
These lines were quoted with the mos
sarcastic infection. land furthermore
also begin to think that perhaps i,
would have been better il We had never
made this mislake-if we had never met
in fact" Afs"ss s'ss ,sg 90 as4-s
sOh, indeed, sir!" with great assump
tion of dignity slave You just arriv'
ed at that conclusion2 have long been
sure OF it. But there is nothing easier
than to part. Your letters are already
disposed of. Tomorrow 1 will send
back your ring ami picture. And then
when I am free once more, l can try to
please my mother four acquaintance, as
you are we'll aware, has never pleased
her) and in pleasing her | may find am
doing q pleasant as well as wise thing
for myself
care you referring to Brougham
BrowD2 2" ,.s
81 am referring to Brougham Brown
"By heavensr r exclaimed Rick seiz ne
his hat, "this is too much. Lefty, good
by forever"
But Lefty eganshumming an air from
Patience" drumming. an acoompani-
nent on the window pane, and youch.
safed no answer. Rick rushed from the
room. The humming and RUNNING
ceased instantly and the whilom per.
former listened iniently. Five minutes
passed and sill the street door did not
slam. ale is waiting for me to come
out into the hall and beg his pardon, y
she said with defiant grimace, "but
won't" and she turned again to the win.
dow as the door shut with bang
And then she flung herself on the
lounge. kicked off her slippers, and cried
like a summer shower. Rick gone and
gone forever !-Ricke whom she had
loved so dearly and who bad loved her
so dearly for two long years. And whv i
JUS, because that silly, giggling Lena
varian, with her pale blue eyes and stra v
colored hair, had chosen to tell tibs
about him. And shaking The water from
her lashes she began scoldiug herself as
hard as she had poor Rick. "rhe idea
Lefty Lounsherrv, nf your believing tha
girl before him! What possessed YOU
He did dirt with her little, that is true
but all men hrt little with girls VIII,
persist in admirng them and fat erin!
them. But he never gave her the littl
gold pig-your Christmas gift h. him
never! How she got it can, imagine
hut he would have explained it you hat
given him chance" And then the all
sent mother, gone TO Aunt Emory's TO
a two days visit, came in for share o
"If she had only let our en-
gagement be known, instead Of insistin!
upon our waiting until Rick was twenty
one. and had not heen obliged to carr
my engagement ring in my back ha'r
the only place where 1t is safe from Bs
by-goo'lness gracious! Baby!" An
Lefty suddenly remembered that ev
since Rick came in to make motnin
call, knowing Mrs Lnansberrv was a :
sent-poor fellowi he'd have staid aw
if he could have foreseen his receipt r
had been sitting alone 10 =