The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-24

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d" iiU't think 81 afkns sou 10 take
wlh x Quincy. You kuoe % ac far
from strong and vita ateas ny laugh
De aani uHt
Nc was gone 10 long that Bertha be.
came uuca4l.
% hopo Nod isn't mmmacing ovcr
al mas things she sad 20 last %"
dare 10y I shall hnl al TIE bureau draw
err upside down Iu the middle II the
foot
bot, rs she spoke, Nod entered the
room
Ibid you end The papcr'' asked
Lena "Nby. what T. the mAiter'
Bertha 40 ,rc how Ned 8. lsugbing
Bertha looked up. and regarded her
brother curious u He was 1. rly shAk-
ing with suppressed DcrrmcnL
"hate you been playing any trek IN
my room, Ned" she asked With grave
suspicion.
Hut Nel made no rply. and he left
the room before tho question could be
repeated
The club 20 which Ned belonged
was composed Of twenty-five Members
all boys and girls under eighteen
years q. aee-who met once a week At
the house Of Judge Barsiowe. and had
n thoroughly en- oyable lime The pro
gramme Tor each meeting was arranged
b. 4 special committee. and each mem.
her was 6 ven = chHncs during the win.
ter 10 cfh.bit his " her proficiency ID
recitation. reading. music and song
Ned hsd asked Bertha b become /
Member, bat she bad refused How.
ever. when the night came on which
Ned was 10 deiifer bis essay. she con
reuied 30 accompany him 10 the meet
ing. % be evident delight.
The exercises o. the evening had al
ready begun when thew entero / tn,
Judr's parlor. There was no time 70.
inirodusiions. and Bertha slipped int,
n back scat hy a o. the windows q
soon iecsme Interested Ia The essal
then being delivered on 1.-THE Wonder
al the Mineral Kingdom" She won
dercd a. tbe young orator s,eppe,
down. how Ned NO IA hcqut himsel.
She had never beard her brother de
liver an essAy.
She felt very nervous A. he cam
forward with his roll u manuscript I
hs band; hut shc o sav thai he wa
master % the situAii0n He began b.
contrasting the sports d boys and gr {.
and TIE o~ocupafions 10 who their nat
uz instincts - ihea - engsge
The natural mel nat 90 q ever
gfd Is tgvard . diay." h. sid -
Dor ttay keep = ouru2i Of pfominsn
eFenis ha, What healthy. rigorU-'
minded specimen Of the mAsculfne -
would Indulge 10 such gash a. this n
frisuda whifh assure soa = = bon
hds oops oi . pAssags 10 the diAr q
youlg Ady whose name ! must bod 81
cred from tho curious she assures .
on The brit PAGE Of hsr book that n
sent inehts within Transcribed are b.
mot sacred and innermoss thoughts
Listen
"'MisunAcrsiood l. there a sadds
word in the vocabulary OF toe Englis
languagc2 All. in many = Young an
sensitive heart II has rung the deAil
knell u all happiness"
As these words fell on Bertha's ear
she grew deaihy pale. then aushe
scarlet She had no difficulty N rccol
nikng them rs her own and she KIN.
now why Nod had fingered so long /
hor DON where he hail gone for n
paper the night ~ the coasting part,
What could she do9 II she interrupte
him every one would recognize the "a,
that Il was from her diary that the Q,
tract had been taken. No. she must 5
still and hear II 10 the end. She tire
10 appear unconscious. and even G
sayed a faint laugh. a. the word
"Whon | am lying cold and dead. ~
frail bands daspcd over my pulselci
heart evoked q tsrrcnt OF mortimer
from those aboat her hut she WI
actually faint FROM modification. N
saw now how ridiculous the scntimen
she had imagined so Z and aud subllu
rcalhi we're In n moment her ey,
were opened to her folly.
IA Ned closed his essay therc was
general uprising, a perfect furore
argument. OF exp~ostulatlon and dcnia
Several Of the girls contended that not
Of their sex could be gu lty of wriiin
such trash. and Others declared Ned Ia
wr item the extract himself. nertha va
forced 20 listen to all sorts Of common
upon her 'inncrmost thoughts" An
thcv did her good. She was won. /
NeHa great nmusamont mazda Ia 81,