The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24
MY SISTER SUSETTA.

tfuIIy nodded arm with its dimpled
elbow.
Susetta is so pretty that everybody
falls IN love with her-men, women and
children; but she has her faults-who
has not?-and her obstinacy makes me
sigh.
She is afianced to one Of the best
Young men that ever drew breath; but
they quarrel so often that I frequently
wonder if their engagement viii ever
end in marriage.
Trevor Chudleigh is awfully fond Of
her; but she does lead him such q
dancel
Now,if T only had alover like Trevor,
how differently I would behave. Alasl
am not a beauty and although "hand-
some is as handsome does" is q very
good saying young men, as a rule, pre-
fer pretty faces to plain ones.
Trevor is away, worse luckl and be-
fore he went begged Susetta not to at
tend those awful races. 1t wasn't much
to ask, I think; but Susetta says he isa
~tyrant, and if she dosen't get some en-
ioyment out of life before she is mar
ried, she never will afterward.
She is going with those Fieldwicks,
too, and Trevor always says Mrs. Field
wick is fast.
She certainly does paint and powder
openly, as Indifferent to criticism on
that point as Lady Morgan; but she's
an amiable woman for all that. Still,
if we're Susetta, / should not seek her
society, knowing Trevor's dislike to her.
But poor Susetta is so fond of pleas
IRE. 1t is a perfect mania with her.
She always wants to be amusing her
self, and hates quiet as much as I love
It. I often wonder how Trevor and
Susetta viii get on if they ever do mar
ry, for he is so grave and studious and
she so giddy and Tightly.
He said to me one day-how well /
remember his words:
"Addie, I wish your sister resembled
You in your fondness for home. She
always wants to be gadding about. I
never knew such a restless creature in
my life!"
"You must bear with her." ANSWERED.
SHE is so young and pretty, Trevor,
and We have made such a pet of her.
She does not know what it is to be
denied anything she wants."
Il know you always standup for her,"
be observed with q smile; "you are a
good girl, Addle."
This was before he went away to Lon
don on business. He has been gone
about q week, and Susetta has had a
letter from him every morning. Hap
Ply Susettai What more can she want
since she has his love? It would not be
much of a sacrifice to stay away from
the races.
Susetta looks lovely in the blue dress,
coquettish hat and blue veil, and it
isn't likely, she tells me, that she is go
ing to stick at home while other people
are enjoying themselves.
IF old Trevor"-he is eight-and-
twenty-"doesnt like it he can do the
other thing" she says, with q laugh.
Why don't you marry him yourself,
you little prude?"
Because he never asked nee" is my
quiet reply; "but if a good man loved
me, | would never trife with his feel
ings, Susetta.n
You are perfection, and I am not, I"
says my pretty sister. "Good-by, Adj
And she hurries out of the house, for
smart four-in- hand has just drawn up
~ the door, and going to the window l
watch Susetta as she is helped up to the
Top and takes her place beside Mrs.
fleldwick, whose red ana white is laid
On extra thick, I fancy, to-day.
Then | sit down on the sofa and cry
anttle for Trevor, but more for myself.
oh, il he had loved me, how eagerly !
would have obsyea his slightest wish
put he does not love me-so WHAT is the
use m. In indulging in such thoughts?
iaey are foolish and wrong.
Mother and our one servant are not
very observant, but the fear that they
may notice that / have been weeping
makes me dry my eyes; but not before
nave made myself uglier than ever.
Ierfection, Susetta called me. Yes 1
am q perfect fright.
look at myself in the mirror. What
10 ! see? A small pale face, light
Eyes, and sandy hair. An enhancing
picture truly.
Aim Tadema says q woman with Q
beautiful figure seldom has q beautiful
ssce, and my figure is undeniably good.
ousetta has often told me SO for my