Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-06
A REAL SWEET STORY.
From Harper's Bazaar.

From Hsrper's Bazaar.
1t was by far the worst quarrel they had ever
had. and they had had many, for she had tenn
per. and had a temper, and they were both
OF them i'm pulsive young people with very little
self-control.
'You are false, selfish, untruthful, man.
like man, I" said She
And you a suspicious, unreasonable, unwo-
manly woman" said he.
Take back your letters" she cried, fiinging
parcel tied with hyaeinth-blue ribbon on the
floor at his feet.
Il WILL" he muttered between his clenched
teeth, picking up the parcel and throwing it
into the fire. where 1t blazed brightly for mo-
ment or two, and then flew away in thin I'M
canny black fragments up the chimney. As the
last fragment disappeared, Rick turned again to
Lefty. with frOwning brow. and asked, as he
had asked before, ''Do you still persist in accus-
ing me Of deceit and falsehood7"
81 do" she replied, ''unless you show me the
charm"
Il will not show 1t to you" he declared, with
violent emphasis. '1f my word be not Grfli-
Gent; refuse to give you farther proof l
wonder that you dare insult me by asking it.
And also wonder how you, believing me to be
false and untruthful, can be willing to trust
your future to me. And, to speak frankly,
begin to think we have made great mistake
in suppOsing that we could spend that future
are anything but
1.-TWO souls with but single thought,
Two hearts that beat as One.'"
Uhese lines were quoted with most sarcastic
inflection.) "And furthermore, also begin to
think that perhaps it would have been better if
we had never made this mistake-if we had
never met. in fact"
''Oh. indeed, sir!"-with great assumption of
dignity. Have you just arrived at that conclu-
sion! have long been sure OF it. But there
ia NOT cio TO- ~ J<x&k>
already disposed of. Tomorrow 1 will send
back your ring and picture. And then, when
am free once more, l can try to please my
mother (Our acquaintance, as you are well
aware, has never pleased herr, and in pleasing
her may find am doing q pleasant as well as
a wise thing for myself"
care you referring to Brougham Brown"
81 am referring to Brougham Brown"
SPY heavensr' exclaimed Rick, seizing his
| hat .'this is too much. Lefty, good-by for
ever!"
But Lefty began humming an air from Spa
thence" drumming an accompaniment on the
wiHd0w-pane, and vOuchsafed no answer. Rick
| rushed from the room. The hummng and
drumming ceased instantly, and the whilom per-
| former listened intently. Five minutes passed,
and still the street door did not slam. HE is
waiting for me to come out into the hall and beg
his pardon, l suppose" she said. with defiant
grimace, 'but won't" and she turned again to
the window as the door shut with ban
/
kicked off her slippers, and cried like a summer
shower. Rick gone, and gone ''fOrever"!-Rick
whom she had loved so dearly, and who had
! loved her so dearly. for two long years. And
| why? Just because that silly, giggling Lena
| Varian, with her pale blue eyes and straw
cOlOred hair. had chosen to tell fibs about him.
And shaking the tears from her lashes, she be-
| gan scOlding herself as hard as she had scolded
poor Rick. 1.-The idea Lefty Lounsberry, of
| your believing that girl before him! What pos
| Iyaf a Airf @t,,%
is true; but all men f1rt little with girls who
persist in admiring them and fiattering them.
| But he never gave her the little gold pig
| your Christmas gift to him-never! How she
| got it can't imagine, but he would have ex
planned if you had given him chance" And
then the absent mother, gone to Aunt Emory's
| for two days visit, came in for share of re-
proach. ''lf she had only let our engagement
be known. instead of insisting upon our wait
ing until Rick was twenty-One, and l had not
my back hair, the only place where it is safe
| from Baby's-GOOdness graciOus Baby!' And
Lefty suddenly remembered that ever since
Rick came in to make a morning CALL knowing
Mrs. Louns6erry was absent-poor fellow! he'd
have stad away if he could have
foreseen his reception-Baby had been
sitting alone in the dining-room in the middle
of the big dining-table, surrounded by all the
pickle and marmalade jars and fruit cans aud
| catsup bottles and jam pots out of the store
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day. and the stOre-rOOm fell to Letty's share
the foreign help being gifted with too great a
talent for smashing and breaking, to say moth
ing OF an equally great talent for abstracting
and deyOuring both sweets and sOurs. Lefty
sprang from the lounge, thrust her feet
into her slippers, and fastened where
duty had been calling her for some
time Baby sat, as good as gold, nursing
bottle OF tomato sauce, snugly wrapped in a
dish-tOwel, in the very spot where she had been
hor aiSto fn fho
| door. Only one small flask lay broken on the
floor, filling the air with the subtle fragrance of
garlic. THAT won't be Hissed," said Lefty
| Thank fortune, there is no worse mischief
| done. But the 'thank" was scarcely uttered
when her eyes fell upon the last jar Of the ia
| nous peach marmalade. the secret of the ma
king OF which died with grandmamma
and which was being carefully kept
for Aunt Emory's ,(Aunt Emory was
dollars birthday. There it stood directly in
| 'front.' of Baby, with more than half of
| its thick paper hat torn OF, and yawnng
| cavity made in its precious contents by little
scOOping fingers.
| ''Oh, Baby why couldn't you have taken any
jar but that3" asked Lefty, reproachfully and
But Baby evidently had no excuse to offer for
not doing So for she kept on grooming to her
bottie-dOll, while her sister hastily fashioned an
| other paper hat and tied it securely over what
remained OF the original covering.
Then said Baby, 'Rck tiss mice Rick!"
Oh, that is what he was doing when she fool
ishly imagined he was waiting for her to come
| and implore his forgiveness bidding good-by
| to Baby. She might have known it, for he had
always loved Baby dearly.
~ es. Baby; nice Rick, good Rick. dear Rick;
but. for all that, the ring he gave me goes back
| to him tomorrow unless hear from him to-
night. How dare he wish that we had never
metz"
But she did not hear from him that night. and
the next day the little band Of gold was released
| from Its hiding-Piace in her thick brown hair
and too faithful messenger placed it in Kicks
hands as he left his place Of business. But, ali!
what silent. sorrOwful maiden wandered about
the Lounsberry dwelling thereafter! what a list
| less. weary voice repeated the nursery rhymes
| that Baby demanded fifty times day
mo nice-no MORE" said Baby, missing the
merry tones and the happily laugh.
But Mrs. LOunsberry was not at all displeased
with the turn affairs had taken. Brougham
Brown suited her much better as a prospective
son-in-law than Richard Creighton. One was a
wealthy young brewer, the other apoor clerk In
a cOunting-house.
Lefty will soon get over it." she said to
Letty's father. whose heart ached at the sight of
his daughters sad face. "A 6rst-lOve disap-