Daily Republican., 1885-08-01

Don't be jealous. Frank I detes,
Jealous people !" Nellie Dubrey said
half-pettishly and half.teasingly.
Nelli, was the loveliest, the most
bewitching, and the most tantalizing
| little creature imaginable. She wa
All grace, from the crown of her dainty
brown head to the tips Of her tiny
boots, she was all witchery, in every
demure glance of her softly sparkling
eyes and In every bird like motion Of the
petite figure.
Am not jealous" Frank said with
. troubled look, which, somehow, be-
Lied the denial, but all the same.
do not wish my promised wife to &C
cept tho attentions and escort Of
others"
Al Hildreth is your friend, and be
is like q brother to me-" answered
Nellie, pouting q bit over the pretty
bracelet she was adjusting about one
dim pied wrist.
No man can be like a brother to
any girl when he really is not" ia
young fellow persisted gloomily. al
cares for you in another way, fancy,
and, If you seem to care more for him
than for my wishes, cannot be blamed
II ! do sometimes feel as if our engage
menu IL 3 mistake.
Nellie started so abruptly that the
unclosed bracelet fell glittering and
cIinking to the floor but the next in
stant she was her own demure and ro-
guish self again.
Such mistake can be 80 easily
corrected" she said with provoking in
difference. and a. il acq quiescing in
somsthing which he positi vely demand
cd. You need not feel uneasy about
any promises which you may regret !;
there need no longer be any engage.
ment between Is, certainly, If you 30
wish"
For nome mt he stared with an ex.
preston of commiugled wonder, pain,
aud Indignation, but the next second he
seemed almost % ascomposed and indiffer-
ent as her own tan:alizing self.
Z" I shall cheerfu,ly submit to your
decision, said he, paliug from his firm
white chin to the curves of his curling
blonde hair.
ooh, 1 always like to anticipate aud
promote the wishes of other people, she
"And, of course, l could not help OBJ
serving how devoted yon have latterly
been to Amy Selbone."
her, and his troubled features flashed
again. but with reproach rather than
confusion.
Amy is your own most intimate
friend, and besides she has always been
like sister to me-" he said incautious-
ly and with tardy conjecture that
there might be a discrepancy somewhere
In the argument.
Nellie shook her brown head and
looked charmingly Innocent and
serious.
" No girl can be like sister to any
man, when she really is not" she said
with conviction. Amy regards you
with different sentiment, l am per-
suaded, but then she cannot help hay.
ing an affectionate preference for one
who is al ways 30 attentively considerate.
am sure nothing could be kinder
than the way you accompany her
home from those evening lectures"
The young fellow frowned and gnaw-
ed savagely at point of his golden
mustache. Was ever a creature 80
perpexing" 30 maddening in her de-
mure serenity? he questioned mentally.
"You suggested yourself that attend
your friend home from the lectures" he
said moodily.
"Oh, L always try to anticipate the
wishes of every ybody-did not just say
ko?" she retor,ed with little birdlike
gesture of mocking unoonoern. "And
am sure Amy wonld be delighted If
should suggest that you and she join
our party to the beach,"
" And am certain you could suggest
q no more delie htful arrangement for
me-" he declared with grim alacrity.
And perhaps you will allow me to
compliment your uncommon sagacity
in forestalling the desires of others and
your pleasing facility in planning their
best happiness, he finished with exceed.
ing courtesy rs he bowed Low and 80
left her.
He was gone and Nellie WAS left alon Q
to ponder, II she would, upon the down.
right quarrel wrought by her girllsh
propensity to be mischievous and pro-
voking.
81 only meant to arouse him-to try
him, and he seems actually glad to t'e
free," she thought doletnlly, as she
listened to the firm tread of his foot
step, sounding each moment further
and further away.
Slow tears began to dim the sparkling
eyes, q great pain tugged at her foolish
little heart, the birdlike head dropped
with a sudden sense of loss and injury
and perhaps of contrition too.
60 believe he wanted to be free
believe he positively does care for Amy.
But he loved me once-I knew that"
she meditated as she stifled the sohs
which swellad In her slim, soft throat.
And only meant to tease him !; l did
not intend to GO to the beach with any
body else. And now he will take Amy
and 1 must 60 with AL or stay home
altogether. And shall be cross and
miserable all day. know SHALL" she
ended with a lugubrious sigh.
But if Nellie felt crosa and miserable
on the day mentioned, she certainly