Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-11-28


s"It is evidently my fate to make
|'a disagreeable impression upon,
YOU" said the bIushing May.
HDon't apologize Miss Randolph;
you have spoken nothing bnt the
TRUTH and truth ought not to
hurt"
SHUT | believe there is an adage
tlsat truth, should not be spoken ut
alFtimes,n continued May, who felt
herself placed in most unfortun-
ate position.
EsTrue,n said the minister; "bnt
after all truth will bear in weight"
May introduced Willard Mr..
Desplaines, and as gracefully an
possible withdrew to the parlor,
where she coruered Lucy and re-
lated her second 9faux pas.n
Onsher return with an arfnful of
vines, (which was in about ten min
utpS, she WAS pleased tosfnd the.
minister had departed.
s:.Why did you say that Mrs. Des-
PLANES wasn't coming until Christ
MAST" asked Will, as May entered.
aWell, she isn't; l heard Mrs.
Madison say So"
"But Mr.. Desplaines said he had
no wife, when 1 asked him about
her," persisted Will.
II didn't say it was his wife,"
said May. s'It might be his moth,
er,, or daughter, OF granddaughter,
for that matter. wish l had never
heard Of him. I have a headache
and l am going home. You need
not.g 60, for one Of the girls is going
my way. Good night" and before
Will could recover from astonish-
ment May was gone.
Soon after, Lucy came in TO speak
to May and finding Will working
alone, asked the cause of it. Feel
ing there was a tangle somewhere
which she could not unravel, she
wisely said nothing further.
The next day May did not ap-
pear al the church; ga severe head
ache detained her at home" said
Lucy to various inquiries. To Mr..
Desplaincs, who was an old time
friend, Lucy simply said:
"May felt she had been so rude
that it had given her Il nervous
headache. Please do not remind
her of it in any way, and she will,
forget it,"
II am exceedingly sorry to have
caused so much unpleasantness to
', our friend. | ought to have re-
tired, instead Of listening to her re.
mark, but it only justiies the old
proverb."
Lily Halstead entered at this mo-
meut, With Will Adams, who was
pleased with heI pretty face..and
little batteries, and withal, piqued
ut Mays manner the day previous,
therefore muFe susceptible of the
.tfccffsasses's little artsghe converse.
ton changed at their entrances, and
Mr.. Desplalnes took leave shortly
after.
OnsLucy's way home she ran in
TO see May, relating to her the
scene in which. Will and Lily
we're concerned.
81 am glad Of it," said May. 81
will write him a note tomorrow, re
qnesting linn not toscall again.
which she accordingly did-tfe re-
suit being that Will sought sympa.
thy of Lily, AMI she, nothing 10th to
usurp Mays place in Wills atfec-
tionS, gave him The pity so akin to
love
Christmas Day dawned bright
and clear, and at an early hour Lu-
cy started for Mays home. Size
found May greatly to her astonisll-
ment, PROSTATE upon sick bed, in
fact. delirious. Her mother sain
she had complained of suffering ex
tremely The day previous, with Il
severe headache, and at night she
had Teen obliged to summon the
family physician, who feared brain
fever.
He thought some unusual excite
ment must be tine cause Of it. Lucy
felt than It could not do no good to
reveal aught she knew in regard to
it, and so kept her own COUNSEL
She went on her way to church,
promising to look in on her return.
The church choir ofwhich Lucy and
May were members, We're greatly
concerned at the serious illness Of
the latter, and the solo which May
was expected to sing had to be
omitted from the programme OF the
day.
After church services, as Lucy
walked homeward she was over
taken by Mr.. Desplaines.wllo asked
for Miss Randolph, saying:
81 did not hear your friend in the
solo assigned to her. | trust she is
not lllT"
He was astonished at Lucy's re-
ply:
"She is quite sick, with indica-
: lions of brain iayer."
"Can do nothing for herr Is 1t
possible I am the Indirect cause Of
her illness9n asked the minister.
81 fear nothing can be done but
to wait patiently until sunset,when
a decision MAJ be reached. Think
an overweight brain and highly
sensitive organization have pro
duced berillneSs. She was great
shocked that you should have
heard her express herself in Il rude
4 manner. We will hone for the best,