St. Landry democrat., 1884-02-16

an seq .oood-bve,' an, She hoped as how
/ wonId3,t have no more poor luck, an
i She took holt If tbe arm IL d fall hand.
some man as wuz her dad I reckon.
Ieastwavs he looked down All her with
that haif-nrond balf-loyin' look thafye
see some lines >, eyes know,
| siobad Non who bowever did moi
/ know Tony went on. ..Ob bnt she
l. ,,,,,.txy sha boS soft ti,,a b.;,. tbat nov
o.. li,eeSs stiII . n,init IT i danc;n, an fbe
! f;n,o IN tho sunlight. bor aT,ne are like
/ the vi'1ats ont at f},a narl-. She i the
1,n,,tiast era1 ara,. saaea loanfins Won
| Non !, he ad5ad ,.oase,I,s;,,crII1 az be nm
feed tho droor rs, of i he red in "a and tba
n11ick o11ivo,. If her chin and NelPs face
Grew hl.iohfar, am tpII 1-a, What Nall
| Ri lie f. eand bar 4a9l s,,,,a-ano1nb
valentine newt weak n course she'll
oct beans and beans am rams she
wonI3 NOT coro for n1ipa alonoside Of
'em mt I,d feel hannv j,
..Oh TonT Iro,1iJg,;2,t that ba baarti-
f7l. bTf Won doesn't ln Sllsys where she
| lives How'u var dop,, az dlnno y
Tbnn . b,,;crh+ fbo,,ah+ ,+1,,nls hin,
She'll he sllrs to ba If tho cb,,r c aaain
on that daT for tbese ia i tba daTs as
how All them Iyav-1n folks HEM Nob
Killers Va know Oh ~ church evarv
dav now They don,t wear M fna
clothes INIT 1Tess bnmbIa Ike bnt
when The time i nast and Heir ia, dav
comas-Eastor tbeT coll INV 7tba3
how them swell ladies viii snI11Ioa Pit
she ain5t one IF fhei,, Kind. T sba2 she's
real GOOD all the time an, when she
comes out'n the church ST Valentines
Day | viii rive her NV valentino
Hours afterward. The moon RISING
over the house TONS sent beam across
the drearv street, into tbe one window of
that room. and RESTING for a n7on,ent
on Tonv's face revealed an EXPRESSION
Of ioy and hone that told how brioht
his dreams were.
The valentine was bonoht a n,ettv
thinu. on one side . hand 6oIdino 3 mar.
tiallT opened. GLOWING. rose bud: on the
other picture Of a. yonno maid scarce
" more fair than she for whom +he
card was intended.
How Tony and Nell os1oo+nd over +ba
beauty of the valentine. and specnlated
as to it's fate.
= Tn To nv, absence Nell would take
down the boy. that held the nrecious
fhInpsl TnVpTpnfiV. If and and
gaze. and then p1t it away with the
wish that it might safely reach the pret-
tv girFs hand.
It was GROWING late fhe afternoon of
ST. Valentines dav. the Ienten servi9e
at the great church was lust over and a
crowd Of worshiners issued from the
doors. A tail gentleman. in the prime
of lite. with a DAINTY maid clinpinU to
his arm fried to cross fbe street fh61ob
there was a constant press Of foot mas
senoers and vehicles.
An extra amount; of business in +ho
line had made TONY q little
late. His face finished bis darl~ ares
SHINING and holdino tbe nrpcio17s gaI.
entine in his hand he darted to meet
the advancino gentleman and vonng
oirl breatbIassIT axc1air1inos a. he ,,n7
fhe ,,aclza ga into her hands. s.Plaese
take this. COS Won we're 50 Kind To me i 7
And then . nassino csrr s;slos : st t1
him and down no went 17nda,.7 the c,,1ei
wheels. = - - : ~
The gentleman whom we win call
NJ, WS7ioh+ 49, lif+ad tbo id +ardoriy-
and callina a 70 carri .v for too IT the how r.
the receiTino hosnital for children
vbara biz hrekan ank1a NOS earef,,119
attended IL Mo sa l;+tIe Alice
WRIGHT CARRYING the valentino wbicb
had baen the =, aans If Tanr -;s'1 1,1,fo,t,1n
ata sec;d ,. be- l,astaned bon new
while ber father wont tsgs With tba iri med
how NJ $500 - 4 a. -. 80
orTonv,s wound hal bao, d,.ossod
Mr. W,ic,bt fonnd ont - bis G 1an ~ s'' 4be
lreary Mace that be called home and
1ronised do 10 coo oct n little Nall whom, he
80 " oo W 1i0'io 49, . az no