The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1884-12-13
HER CHIEF ODDITY.


sitting before mamma called me, Jamie,
for was sitting so deliciously comfort
able then"
tried to recall to my minds eye the
exact position which my odd cousin
had enjoyed prior to the interruption,
and partially succeeded.
You sat facing me, sideways. with
your right arm under the back of YOUR
head, and your left hand on the book. if
] am not mistaken"
1t amused me, and I smiled to see her
sink into the chair and start up again
impatiently, evidently dissatisfied, until
she appealed to me for aid. Then she
carefully followed my directions as if
she had been a model and | the artist,
even to the details, trying to let her
fingers drop into their old position nat
urally, and letting the heel of her slip
per slide off carelessly, favorite habit
of hers,
81 fear | can not recall the exact
angle at which you held your head,
Juliet"
Don't be ironic, Jamie, l hate it;
and | never can answer back, SO it is
taking a mean advantage of one weaker
than yourself"
Juliet was born flatterer and a sue
cessful one.
.'But truly, Jamie, didn't you ever
happen to get into lovely, comfortable
position and long to keep it, and be
disturbed, and then try to find out the
details of the way you made yourself so
comfortable?"
She spoke very earnestly, fixing her
demure, hazel-green eyes on my form
as If she were wondering whether | was
comfortable then. She seemed to be so;
she always reminded me of graceful,
coy feline, with her luxurious poses,
her rounded form, pansy-shaped face,
with its greenish, inquiring eyes,
dreamy yet alert.
II believe may have been comforta-
BILE few times in my life, " | replied.
$50 you were in that nice old chair
we used to have. BY the way, speaking
of chairs-my old pet chair has quite
come to pieces, and | must get another
Just like it, so as not to miss 1.-THE
dear old thing"
.'But It will not be quite the same as
the dear old chair, will ity'
IF it is just like the other, do not
see why it should not be. The attach
ment l had for it was based on nothing
sentimental, but on respect for GER
tain merits and points of comfort, and
II I get another Just like it-why there
is nothing queer about that, I'm sure"
Just then 8 little pet spaniel came
bounding into the room straight to her
chair, and rising put its forepaws on
her knee, and ecstatically licked and
fondled her slender white hands lying
In her lap.
Juliet dropped her book.
"You Darlington dear little bunch
of devotion! Come to me, then. He's
Juiiet's pretty doggie''-taking the
happy little animal in her arms and
hugging it until / felt vexed at the
waste of so much affection on an animal
with better subject SO close at hand,
and told her so.
Don't be silly, Jamie; you're too big
to be Rugged, and you're not a dog
get" with a wicked lingering on the
last word
'If that fortunate little beast were
10 die now, what on earth wouldyou do,
Julietp-Die too? 1t is unwise to at
tach ones self so to any animal, for it
can not live very long at best"
"Oh stop-you miserable croaker! l
love the dog, and if he were to die-Oh
Jamie, it does seem a shame, | should
miss him SO very muchr' Then with =
delightfully."- cleared face-"Why, I'd
get another so exactly like him as not
to know the difference, and teach him
all the tricks Tag knows, and name him
the same.
She said it in such an ingenuously
pleased tone that laughed outright at
her, and patting the dog, called it a
..poor, devoted little fool" and left the
room TO attend to some duty.
marveied at my sister and pitied
her hobby and her pets. That year, in
the fall, left the place | had called
home so many years, and accepted
position as teacher of ancient languages
Mt a college quite distant. was TO re-
main without interruption for two
years. At the time of my departure
Juliet was past seventeen, an attractive
and rather accomplished young orna-
ment to my fathers home, and source
of unfaiiing entertainment and amuse-
ment to the home circle. Her freaks
were as harmless as they were original.
and her many naivetes were always
pardonable and laugbable. Her
coquetry was the only habit which
might prove less innocent than the rest.
To be proof against it was out of the
question; forewarned is fore-srmed,
but with her there was no
possibility of being forewarned.
She was innately sisterly and had
an innumerable family of adopted and
self-proposed brothers and cousins, each
one more favored than the other. though
which was the each and which The other
1t was hard to tell To this family
belonged, though with more than the