The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07

face OF an MulAuAc hA+--s -
minded Afr. Lynde OF q waiting Pup,,,
and having congratulated hlr. voiel lD..
ON his safe return, he hustled ms music
under his arm and departed IN haste;
Miss Rue wheeled the big easy-chhi
n front az the CRATE, playfully forced
her snllen sutton into 1t, and perched
herself on us arm TO hear about his Jour
nav Had he been III? MOP Then ne
must be iearfully tired. She knew ms
haad ached. Shouldn't she try to mag
netize ii, and put him 70 sleePt -,
No. he preferred that she snoolu NOV.
BE had kept his eyes closed 1oo long
a. well might . zephyr have attempt
al ~ NET an iceberg. With q shiVe!
Miss Rne slipped from her perch, ana
coated herself with her work In neigh
hor;nr rocker. What had come over
IohnS She had never seen him like tins
he1ora He did not seem bit glad 70
meet her. He turned away from the
d;stractino vision, mentally preparing
lis hriaf-this astute lawyer, as lgno-
rant ~ the nature Of girl as an ele'
infant Of the structure OF rose. frcs-
emily he began about the festival: ne
admitted that Rue had once connded 10
him her intention of participating in an
oneretta. but he had supposed an oper-
etta 10 be something like an oratorio,
not a tumble Of sill, love songs. DID
she think it becoming in herself, an en-
Gagged Young lady, to carol amorous dit
ties from morning to night with a tune
full swain.
"They are burlesqnes, John--only
burlesques. II l had dreamed OF Your
disappearing wouldn't have promised
to sing; but can't retract now.
mot when I particularly request ~
Rue?"
ing part. / can't refuse to act without
offending Mr.. Lynde."
"On the other hand, you can't persist
in acting without offending me-.
"Now, John, do be reasonable. How
should feel, announcing at the next
rehearsal that / must be excused-Mr.
Coleman was not willing to have me
sonnected with the cperetta? What
would Mr.. Lynde thinkS
"Oh, if his opinion has more weight
with YOU than mine, will retire.
John, you're too absurd. Cant you
see how ridiculous it would look for me
70 throw up my part the moment yor
come home People would say you
were Jealous Of Mr.. Lynde."
"'The jackanapes T.
"And that you were Blue beard
John, I'm not sure but they'd be right.
oIf I'm tyrant, Rufelle, you're al
amazingly fearless Fatima."
Il don't propose to be your Fatima
john ), ~,
What did Rue intend by that2 In
wrinkle in Mr.. Coleman's forenea'
deepened into trench, his brown iac
flushed like an oak in October.
s'Please lay aside paradoxes, Rufeile
Do Won mean you don't wish to MARI,
me. Rumor has told me as much.
In truth Miss Rue had meant nothing
af the kind. but her lovers insulting
tome exasperated her into silence. ia
n come to this, that she could not WIN
without first consulting his lordshlp
Her blue eyes flashed ominously, Ia
ateel hook In her fingers darted IN an
out Of her crocheting with murderer
rapidity. ;,
ssRuinor has told me as much, r
heated Mr., Coleman, as impressively
II he had been addressing jury.
''And you let people talk about :, M
John, and listen to what they say !,
81 might have known that giri WI
would not respect my dignity could y
value my esteem. Tyrant or not, ~
felle. at least I've no desire to rivet ga
}. ing letters. Henceforth You are free
smile upon Mr.. Lynde or ony other ge
tIeman."
Had he omitted the last sentence.
fectionate. kindly little Rue could ey'
them have s'made up" with John, b
this was too much for her tempe
! Snatching tho golden circlet from 2
! engagement finger, she flung II at q
, lover, with cheeks afame. !,
1 "Take back your ring, CRED ~
, ssthe girl who wears it should be Sal
!. or q simpleton, and I'm neither. Goo
Auburn head erect, chin in air. 8
swept ont of the room with all the sta
I, illness possible to q slight girl OF =
feet two She felt hers hto be rigl
> cons indignation. John bad no reas
no earthly reason-to treat her
!. She would not personate patient Y
!, selda for the amusement OF the yiilag
"John wants to bend the whole wo
TO his will" unused she, angrhy' Pc
). ing through her chamber blind az
2 stalked away chewing his black mo
= tache: che vents to bend the wh
I, world to his will, and won't be be
oar engagement is broken, and
For full fifteen minutes she was
III equivocally glad.
i waa Glad. Walking fercely on,
W souared his broad shoulders, and
at himself that the engagement had D
In a mistake-an error Of Judgment
crave. self-made man Of thirty sho
lc have been wiser than to trust his bal
u ness to the keeping Of q gny, caprici
r maiden. Why had he been so dotin
az fond Of the child, so hoodwinked by
IA coouetries? Blind, dwelling idiot
"a be vas. the sooner be was buried az
e IN the law the better. The mans soul
!. not within him. He reviewed his lon
Ite iovous orpbanhood, his sharp tn
n with the world to wiring from II
~ present competence. Not until y e
~ - had been secured had he alio
IA himself 20 think Of marrying this bri
"a Young beauty, who as . schoolgirl
ii frrf captirnfed his imagination
3, have asked Rue Haywood 70 become
Vie while he had no adequate no
ler Cor her support would have been IN
aT- -. t-~f-r.1Iv and confpmutI