The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-12-06
astae, ,iwas'nut easily dauntea; he coulds

iaetee, ixas'nue easily daunted; he could.
otpAderetand the word "no" unless
& waa written in very plain letters be-
thf6 hind, and he actually had the aadac.
itts tAo1Gh he had never. received at any
time the most remote encouragement, to
taaaks Miss VerulAm a formal tender Of
/ his hand and possessions, looking quite
surprised, too, when she got up and told
him that she regretted he had made so
|sgfedt q mistake, such an alliance being
feissIs f@passible s7 2. he repeated. In.
: spbssfble that you should ever care for
.Me9gIw .fsdf s9l1&sis.l ssss3s.t i
|S And Percy, whose belief in himself was
|i4hdense, looked at her in absolute as
t4uishhe0t. ~1s@IIFJd -7l III srats.
|. VAaer happier auspices Birdie would
have laughed. AS it was. she turned
.fton'him With a sort of disgust, merely
saying yeEy quietly :4l.s., .. .sl5t j.
Z please leave me. Iwould rather be
!. Aahot6ush rose into Peecyis face as
she spo4e. This son Of the people i'm
agined That Birdie, being the daughter
Of d great house, was fiouting him, and
he resolved to be revengeds sl.s
Poor Birdie OF tie social chasm that
lay between them she never thought;
only Of how utterly incapable O manlike
Pefsy was TO- supplant Lucius in her
eackfnR heart.
Bttetsy angry with himself for.evok-
ing it and with Birdie for Offering, what
he was pleased to call an insult, he left
the Afbor without another word, walking
rapidly along the path toward the house.,
When he was about half way some sound
attracted his attention and he looked
aroando 'Luciua, strolling back, gun in
(hapi, and alone, had reached the arboc.
! Eand' Stopped; another second and he had
Epasasa Inside and out Of view 51nt1ss
SSSo-sos my Lady ,,.Please leave
kme; I would rather, be aloner OF
Bcosfss you would. But you will not
canJi on your little games at Abbots-
craithie if can prevent it."
In less than five minutes Amelia, fore
wGA6d by. Percy, wns creeping; along
through the .bpshwood to the back Of
] the afbor, in order to learn, II possible,
herself ubAeard, 'somethins Of whatwas
Egci9g @ E On l4etwsen her m husband h i IA and
7 "rwA1n never have come iftI had
known; but, OH LucinA 1i.thoqgbt,I, I,
4ould have borne it. Why did You let
her invite ps?'
"My darling. I did my utmost to pre-
ssesit, S bel g ysES Ss4lr Rafss Ri s sI
well, y6d:sse, = did not think you would
care -, very emucA." =. x.4.5 sssst -.
".Oh, Lucius, / should have made no
sacrifice for you II I had not really
csred, bnt Thought was drawer. II
Only Lady, Constautia would be persua-
ded to take ME home"
"My poor, poor, sweet love, BirtieY
WIS all the MAJ could murmur.
There was no consolation to offer now.
"You must not kiss me, Lucius-well,
only this sAnea my love. Now go. I
can not stand it if you stay longer-I
! can not indeed. Beside, it is not right
TO yourself or her," -
left on her lips one more forbidden
burning kiss, and was gone-net toward
the house. but down the hill on to tina.
moors. where, with nature reigning in
! Wild beauty all around him, he could
fight unchidden with his raging love.
In the arfcr. for long space the
soft, buzzing, lazy summer sounds wers
disturbed by BRIDES sobs; while out
side, with nothing between them but the
thin, bark covered wooden partition, gat'
Amelia on the ground among the under
wood, hers head on sher knees, which
were surrounded by her clasped hands.
She heard it all and was thinking itoyef
bit by bit. esA - 5'.''' osr,ft'' J VT =
What should she 1.oy Ths future,
which but an hour ago seemed so bright
to her in Lucius Fitzgerald's ,iove, had
suddenly become dimmed by mist
which looked eternal. She could not
sea through It ;. it was, thick as, that
which gathered about tha summit Of her.
own north country hills Still she mnst
try and see throagh i; and q she sst
there naotionless. listening 70 The sobs
within, and thinking more earnestly
than she had thought in. he1 ites before,
q depth od feeling was awakened in
Amelia's heart for Whichs no 0ae Who
knew her only in the light comedy OF
life would have given her credit She
was the hfst to move-veey carefally
lest Birdie should hear-and' 20 slowly
to the house. .She met Percy at tbs
door. tst-' t,7 L1l u
"wsIl, vhat was up in the arboef I"
Nothing. I believe you purposely
sent me on . wild-goose chase. Lucius
has gone down toward Roburn's fafm. !"
What an invaluable article i stupidity
in the proper place!
Two hours later tho husband and wife
met at dinner. Birdie had one o. her
usual bad headaches. No ono could have
guessed that Amelia had leaned the
truth only, perhaps, Lueius noticed
that she was even more tender and
vomanlv IN her manner than aha had