The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-12-27
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ssAn Invitation to the picnic-and
Burt Williams will be there. How
srlendill'' Phoebe looked in the glass
as She smoke and thought to herself that
she was really very. pretty, and that she
was inst the person to grace the Will
liams mansion as its mistress. g And if
II cansonlv have Burt to myself for the
day.s, she thought. /. he will surely offer
himself. lie don't know which he likes
hest, lizzie or me. If l could only
keen Lizzie from going
q But to keep Lizzie from going would
not he 80 -easy. What excuse was there
Sd make 10 her cousin for wishing her to
absent herself from the merry makingP
a sudden thought occurred to Phoebe.
It was a fearfully mean one. She could
hide Lizzic's shoes. At that moment
Lizzie had lust one pair besides her Slip
pers, and her foot was so small that she
coiifeis xssar those Of any other mem
Der Of the family.
There would not be time to buy a
pair. forSthey were miles from town,
and the general store only dealt in
rolipb boots that Lizzie could not wear.
( Eyes, ;, Phoebe said to herself, "that
would keep her at henae.n
She crent .ifto Lizzie's room, and saw
the shoes, with their tops turned over,
! sak.. anon ,lhe windOw-siH. Nothing
co,ild have favored Phoebe plan better.
me.tramp would be supposed to have
sid1en tlleii1. She whisked them away
ID an instant, and, hiding them under
her apron, carried them TO her own
room and hid, them at the bottom of
her trunk.
i. All is fair in love as in war; she
said to herself but, after all, it was not
love for the man, though she thought
him handsome, as much as love for his
estates. Phoebe was very ambitious,
and she was poor, living with her aunt
and sobliged to take everything from her
hands. There was, perhaps, some ex-
cuse for herwishing to marry, well.
Down in TIE dining room Lizzie was
laughing over the picnic. She, too,
hoped to have Burt Williams at her side
all day, and she had really given her
heart to him. 1t would have made no
difference to her if he had been a poor
MECHANIC, instead of Burt Williams
with the greatest fortune in the county.
She thought he loved her sometimes
still Phoebe tried hard to cut her out,
. and Phoebe was prettier than she was
she knew it.
ale would show his preference to-
day, . she said and as he behaved on
this occasion she would judge of HIS
heart. 'sIf heslikes Phoebe best, will
stop thinking of him" she said to her
self
"Come, girls, " said her mother, dress
and take wraps, for it is sure to be
chilly afterTdark;. and don't sit down
by the river-I misdoubt it's dangerous
And don t stand in the sun.
But the girls were off before she hat
done speaking, and in few moment:
Lizzie was heard to cry, in a melan
choly way, from the head OF the stairs
..0h, ma! / can't find my shoes.
Phoebe heard, and laughed. Int
mother ran up stairs As Lizzie pinned
the black lace scarf about her throa
with her most becoming turquois pin
she hear them decide that the shoes hat
been stolen by a tramp.
1.-THE idea of putting them on tn
sill" said the mother.
II thought they seemed damp, SAT-
Lizzie. ''Oh. dear, how foolish was
Z f@ow I must stay at home" And sh
began to cry little.
They came and told Phoebe, who wa
all establishment and commiseration
and who asked II she should stay a
home, also.
y ''Of what use would that beP" aske
Lizzie. ''oh, no. go; declare, ! al
much mn f" y o