The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
The Plague Of His Life.

THAT girl has done nothing Lu'
provoke and annoy me ever since sh,
came from school three months ago.
wish, Carrie, you would send hel
away neutrality-suspicious. out of my
sight. She is the plague of my life
Miss Carrie Ives looked pleasantly
UP from her reading, her plump finger
marking the paragraph that had been
interrupted by her brothers impatient
speech.
"Why, Fred, what has the child done
aow?v she inquired.
His fine, pale, grave face flushed a
little, and 4 half confused expression
came into his serious, gray eyes.
This is the young vandal's latest
achievement in the impertinent liner
he said, with a short laugh of chagrin
as he pushed toward her a big volume
of some abstruse work and turned the
fly-leaf.
Thereon had been sketched an mimi
table portrait Of himself, sitting in his
familiar and scholarly attitude in his
leathern chair before his library table
an inelegant study gown hanging
ungracefully from his large shoulders
land the hand that supported q Web
sterian head elutching an untidy shock
of hair. IL was too consummate a re-
sembIance to be gratifying, and alto
gether tco exact for c~aricatufe; the
dcxterous pesciI had not in the least
exaggerated the peculiarities of Fred
erick Ives, for no had his own little
eccentricities and mannerisms, just as
w an have, L we chose to admit the
fist.
I'll is an amazing likeness Of your
self, Fred" was bis sisters laughing
evmment
Possibly, he returned in that half
mortified, half angry manner; eand i
dare say i may be good for a man to
see himself occasionally as Others see
him. But this SORT Of establishment
Is not precisely desirable III a valuable
book Of science. Jessie Evelyn is be-
coming quite TOO mischievous, Carrie;
and I fear II you cannot provide a
ona elsewhere for her, 7 shall feel
compelled To leave you
Fredi" the gentle little lady
cried II dismay. Surely You cannot
mean tiaat2 Jessie must really stay
with me while she is a minor and re-
mains unmarried. If You would be
less cautious toward her. perhaps she
would Do more anliabIe toward you.
You trea her as if she were a little
vixen, and she resents it by being as
xixenly as possible; but that is a wo-
mans way, 4 suppose she added hui
moronsly.
know nothing about women and
their wars, 7 he answered grimly.
sBut ron could try to win Jessie's
liking, Fred she returned coaxingly.
q win her liking he repeated il a
strange, harsh voice You suggest
sfhat u impossible. Carry-h Is only
100 Obvious that our protege detests
lae.
just then q dark. swift something
rushed passed the window outside. lit
ss@s only i handsome, smiling girl rid
inc i superb black horse rapidly up the
gravelIea path toward The stables; but
n che sight Carrie uttered i quick cry
" Surprise and amusement. and the
roam started to his feet, his features
aSlly and his limbs unsteady.
II advised Jessie not to ride at ali.
Il forebale her going near that horse, 4
he exclaimed after 4 long, incredulous
stare At fac composed rider and admi-
rably behaved animal. wonder she
Is not killed.
She has ~snbjugated yonr horse,
Fred just As she manages to snbjugate
everything eIsa which opposes her
said admiringly. aObserve
Ind allow her cleverness. She has
aFnorphosed my I'D black cloth
Mantle into areally pretty habit with
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