The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-11-23
THE nIiLLES SrKiiAGEM.

She was lovely, anu saucy and i'll
dependent aud they called her the
name OF al names that comple ely fitted
hr, from hor hair OF nmbe:-goll and
beautiful brown eyes, to her slender,
high-arched foot and daintiIy turned
ankles.
Sac mad boon christeucu by tho nnlno
the girl babies OF the Delaiiolds had
been given for half-a-d dozen generations
--regal ':Beatrice." that about us much
suiteA her ~ Il pair OF spectacles Oh Il
gorgeous butteriiy-untll little by little,
ns she grow into II merry, saucy-swcet
saucy glrl--the di'uinutive OF 'Trixio"
attached to her, and when this day came
Of which We especially writo, every
body had forgotten her namo had over
been anything but Trixio Dclaiiold.
TCm Drayton was head and ears in
love with her, and Trixie-well, there
was some thing about her that pre-
vented people-even Drayton, from
Knowing just now she did feel.
There was quito littlo romance
about it all that II very few strokes OF
the pen will to ].
First, Mrs. Dray ton, Toms patcrnal
v,
with whom Tom Was chiet idol and
best beloved OF her gran sons, uud with
whom he had lived all his life, had
mi,,io up her mind. nftor tho f,,.hi,n OF.
tho Modes and tho Persntns, that Tom
should marry her favorito among her
Er"nd-dun4hters, Toms pretty. little
blue eyed cousin, Maud Fleming.
But Maud preferred somo body clse's
cousin, handsome Eyed Douglas, and so
f.r r, I'm Ia Il 81,
severed, and tour young people were in
a still 1"lrer way o! making mess of
their llic--ull because OF one naughty,
rosoiute old lady who had forgotten
sllo ran away with Rupert Drayton 1fty
years Deiurc. because she loved him.
Only Tom had really been unpar-
donably cowardly to keep from telling
Trlxio right out and ont that their
lonely lrienosnlp could not amount to
anything; aud, ns II matter OF course,
When our indcpcndcnJ little girl was
told that grandma Drayton insisted up-
on Il formal Dotrotl.al between Tom and
Maud, ana told, too, III Il half savage
way that Tom forced himself to assume
1or his own safety's sake, our Trixie
flashed out like powder
"Of c"urso you'll marry Maud Flom-
lng-dld you think didn't know tint I?
'And she is just AZ sweet Us ever she
can bc, too
DO bring her down tonight, Tom,
ana let mo congratulate her, and tell
Mrs. Drayton L think she is 50 NICE"
Aud Iom frowned nngrily.
ION, them you arc not vt all dis
surprised
II thought, maybe---"
She flashed the brightest of shining
brown eyes full in his passionate face,
on every feature Of which was SO visible
YeXod restraint
Surprised
"Why-Im delighted !
It's Just the very. 'daisy' rs Phil
says.
''Of course 1 am not in tho loast sur
prised.
EXcuse me ono moment, please"
And whom she suddenly walked off
ostenslbly to see aftcr tho grocer's boy
who came Ill tho side gate, and who
never had accustomed Trixie any such
sollcltous care beforo-.how was Tom
Dfayton or anybody else to know that
tlcre was such horrid choking feeling
IN her throat, snch IN agonizing despair
thrilling through her, such wild beutlng
oi her poor little heart?
Or--how was he to know kow firmly
sho bit her lips, and vowed to herself
10 snow no sign OF wonder or dlsmay
IN couple of minutes sho cumo
Dack-aflnsh and smiling,
what nnlsances grocer boys are. Ho
actually brought cnnned pineapple III
stead Oh"
Don't tnlk to mo about canned pine
apple, he snapped.
Icll me once again--you entirely
approve of my MARI ing Maud ?"
oucn pale, eager, yot COLI face it
was.
Irixie laughed.
You hnvo M approval and blessing
"And ii you don't go,-the budding
Tor lunch will burn, for promised
Bird get la LUX aftor 1t sure
"Look after it then" he rctorted.
mftiy, and took up his hat hastily nnd
went away toward tho pretty white cot
taRe on the side of tho bll VIII, re the
Flemlngs lived.
And Irixlc
Iroud, brave, honorable to hor very
souls centre, dashed upstairs to her own
room ana throw horself across her bed
ana crled until there were no moro
tours to como,
WM4e the orange pudding burned to a
plack crisp, and Frod Douglas, sitting
on tno piazza, amazed ut young Phil
Deahelds wratlful efforts to bring 15
1a'lo INTO proper position, wondered