Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-03
JACKS CIGARS.
How Thcy Lost Him Ono Sweet
heart and Won Him Another.

How Thoy Lost Him Ono Sweet
heart and Won Him Another.
Jacks coming home. Jacks coming
home. mother" and Annie Houghton's
plump, round face beamed with happi-
ness as she read the glad news to her
mother from the letter she had just re-
ceiycd.
well. | declare" was all the home
". kiudly.faced matron could say as
she looked up from her knitting and
threw her hands up in that wholly in
dcscribabc manner so common to good
country folk when they can not lind
words to fit the emergency. In fact
the old lady was bit frustrated" rs
she aitcrward said. by the sudden news,
bu, her face showed how good il was.
Well II might be. for she hadn't seen
her boy Jack since he graduated, "a
wear ago last June" as she had told
every ncighbor in the village at leas, a
dozen times. Her boy Jack had spent
the year before in grinding away at
medicine, cutting up .dead folk and
SIGH up ter Boston," and then he had
taken wcll.earned vacation in Europe.
Now he was coming home for Thanks
giving. and oh! how glad father and
mother were.
$50 Jacks coming home, is hep
asked the young lady who hal stopped
in the middle of sonata, which she
was picking out at the piano when An
MES joyous proclamation was made.
This person emphasized Jacks name in
a semi-satirical manner, for she loved
dearly to quiz her friend, and she knew
that nothing leased her more than TO
poke fun at that brother Of hers she
was so proud OF. Many night after
they had gone to bel in their pretty
room at Vassar-for you must know
they were room-mates at Scholastic
had driven the frank and honest little
country girl almost To distraction by get
ting her to launch forth in Jacks
praise. and then ridiculing him till
Annie got so mad she wouldn't speak
to 'the hateful thing" Then they
made it all up. but a, last Gus Norton
curiosity had been aroused. and she
was really rather glad she was going to
see this lord of all creation whose deeds
had been Landed to the skies. and whose
misdeeds, boyish pranks. as they were'
had been condoned with all sister 5
wonderful powers of whitewashing.
There was one person in Squire
Houghton's house who really dim
know whether to DC pleased at the news
or not. She knew she ought to be, for
she had promised to marry Jack but
Harry Turner had asked her to go to
ride with him Thanksgiving evening,
and he had such tine horse and
sleighl When Jack went away he told
her not to stay at home for his sake.
and Harry used to be so willing to 20
TO prayer.meeting with her and take
her to parties and sociablcs that she
really hadn't the heart to disobey Jack.
and she went. Now. Addie Houghton
was a very pretty girl-as they went in
the country. So Jack thought when
be fell madly in love with his cousin
that first summer when she came to
live with, the squire after her mother
died His vigorous courtship. pushed
with boyisL eagcrness. having the full
consent Of tho cd people. who thought
a marriage into the family would be the
best thing possible for the poor orphan,
soon ended in an engagement which
was to last till Jack got settled IN
practice somewhere.
So when Addie heard the news she
was surprised to find it didn't make
her very happy. Jacks letters OF late
hadn't aboundcd in the ;ugsr.coated
adjectives he had rung the changes on
in the first days of his absence at col
lege. And Harry Turner would DC aw'
fully disappointed!
The day before Thanksgiving 1t
showed enough to make the sleighing
perfect Squire Houghton killed tho
lated calf and various other fatted ami
mails the original prodigal son was not
RECALLED with. viz; the fatted turkey
and the faitei duck and the fatted
chicken. Mother Houghton was up to
her arms all day in fat and dough and
mincsmeat 10 Morton looked on In
interested and bewildered ignorance
while Annie helped her mother and d.
lated on tina. wonderful but somewhat
uresome Jack.
Next morning when the stage came up
to the door out jumped Jack and threw
himself into his mothers arms with all
the vehemence Of u ten-yesr-old boy
home for his first holiday. 10 was
rather shocked at such impulsiveness
Mother was happiness all over aud the
tears fairly ran down her cheeks for
Joy. Jack recovered himself as he saw
the stranger in the doorway. and as he
turned to Addie seemed to feel that too
much sentimentalisy wouldn't do just
th,, and be gave his beloved . very