Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28

NtMie2, ana te4y madatff aaff IN ff0te' 'sitdh With her;
,eosssqtsntiy; Nellie had sometimes made
this world paradise, sometimes a-the
ether d plsce-ylor, lack. yWAi@sr IsaP,
.se9ine tall,, weud alternately smile and |
sigh, hardly knowing what to foresee. |
/, tsrRuticiy'Nelliehchoed, Indignantly. II
should think so! Why, he never SO muqh |
"A saV me The whole niglify And ] had |
atdiak ca him aidancc, and he never cana ae |
to claim il! He was so fascinated by that
ed-haired Miss Foster that be made |
quite fool Of himself. All the same l
don't care-much!"
? ftNhsslFoeaer is a very lovely girl, and
her hau is srith aubhrn," Laura said,
with d quiet siaiIe,.tal don't see willy
Jack should not be civil to her-in fad,
be devoted TO her. Jack has always adj
m,ired Nina Foster"
swell, let him admire her. Nellie said
lretfu,ly; "but Pm sure of just one thing
Cousin Laura if Jack ever asks me TO
dance with him, again, I shah not forget
his rudeness -Of!last night Then after
a short silence: 81 think of going home
in a few days, Laura"
Laura opened her dark eyes surprised
''i.I dop Nellie exclaimed, her-pretty
eyes filling. 81 don't want tostay any
longer! Pm tired Of the nonsense of
NV so-called admirers. l think Jack
ought to be'ashaIheds of himselGi And l
shall go home on Sattirday!'I i
Dear" Laura said, bending forward
to Law her white hand on the pretty one
in Nellie's lap. 81 think ] quite under
stand you; you ere angry at Jack, and he
deserves 1t; hut yoli shquh RQ EFkef US
all suffer for his misdoings. Nellie, do
YOU acttowards hini psfihyd should
towards the man she loves?"
81 don't love himw Nellie cried angrf.
ly; and put up both her jeweled hands
ana &. bsgs en- to. to sSA; .GG9LHgt x;1 shS
mskh unnecessary force; h1t EAura drew
her chair pearer her cousin, took her
head 10 her bosom, an ,soothed it a mo-
ment silently When she spoke her
sweet voice was very low and trife sad.
II, having loved can recognize the
sweet fair opening of love-" she said gen-
ltlu .'Weare secageless Of a beam Htlch
lies at our feet, Nellie, that we torture It,
tlhy with n, wound It sometimes sorely,
becadstsh ,ifsfour -oSiLc fsllnox. NellIf,
No woman wants to own that she loves,
not even when the one' who'is as dear as
her life pleads for wf1et affection. We
would be free all our lives, were we 10
have our way; free, to win love which VIE
do not care foI; to laugh aty heaIt-aclie
/ and 1oye-power; to KEEP men at our feet,
4 and lookslown on them from the height
4 of our indifference, But when the mas
ter comes we relief against his power
,tNelhe ! we doin6t want 20 kneeiteihih b
I noble though he, may, be; we tremble at
Ills touch, his smile. but that we tremOle
cha.es us; and we deny himl cur smiles
while we turn to otliers to try for the old
forgetfill calm-which will not come back
I 60 ns,.Nelhei / read your heart, becaust
when il was too late:I learned to, read my
now bitter memories, that when love
!. | would fain answer love a woman's sol,
,yInhanee for liappiness lies in her own
hand for a single hour; that hour gon,
by, she either stancs among the loving
thappy women who ale blest by 5a,man'
, best love, or, she looks drearily at he
, harvest, which is but repretful sorrow.
Nellie,s tears had ceased TO flow; sh
! lifted her head and laid an impulsive kis
5 upon the lips of her cousin.
t~rTell me. Laura she whispered softly
"Not unless you love my brother" Lau
ra answered. 'My story would war
1 one who truly loves Soyet hesitates befor
D her happiness; ON ,careless.ears it woul
!. fall to lightly"
Il Neilie,s pretty facefwas crimson as sh
made her, confession In -eo.,sss.o,s
"hfAI think I-would if he was not s
unkind TO me, pIslie said. 'Iaura kisse
"You are scarcely Kind to him, dear
II she said with'as faiift shiiEe,, ewhat was
g last night. Nellie?,ta 81 siEt,s q. .,.ii
"I suppose it wasn't quite the thing
, | 10, butSi gavea pretty flower TO Van
which Il REUSED 4 osJaek; AMI
4 land think told somebody, where Jac
t could hear, that be and L were sort
cousins and / would like dozen moi
!, lust like him." owned Nellie.
ayes" said Laura, bitterly; sand yo
u loved him best all the tlme-s 1t. was I
:, with me Nellie;l had cold, careless, wpr{
n for the man who was all the world to m
III would turn fromahim to the most. frivl
lous among my acquaintances and trei
thim with the most utter indifference.
It favor he would ask j would grant anotl
'. er in his very presence after having d
| MED it TO him. / was foolish enough
- think that by seeming Indifferent migl
P become so, and as my heart turned mo-
d strongly toward him my manner BEGAN
T. more cold and naughty, and the end vi
. lthat-we parted. He has gone from N
" life, and the void he has left is dreal
one. Nellie. be more tender to your ov
at heart, more merciful to your own ii
| than / have been to mine."
'IfAif Jack loved roe" Nellie COZ
Y menced, but Just tnen Jack appeared
IT the doorway, his handsome face full
/ genial light.
n Laura" he said, 81 have left an Q
friend in the parlor. He can give us b
! few moments, and | know you'll
OF glad to see him again"
us Nellie was sitting very erect, but b
cheeks were burning. As Laura left
seat she asked who their guest was.
'rt arthur Vaughn" Jack answered; q
I'm lNelis,s quick eye noted the hot wave
,er j co{or that burned in her cousins chez
VAS with few low words, she left I
- room; and forgetting her anger. .aSa1l
"a ilEsY tbieMH Fas,p lover OF L
Ga F5Yes.s JACK Replied; sinking into
e chainuIauamhld vacated. "And {
- trealedHA - well, about as ! hs
- bea akka4 q he woman i love-"
HAS Miss Foster used you badly2"
ue,sl tirl questioned serenely.". "a. ia =