The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-02-21
QUITE A MISTAKE
'fyo Only ~ Ask md tho Little
Lhfy'n MIue"

Tom
wen Why not. mg dear Jn,l, when
I've ouIy to a.s anI ths l,.o Iply
mIna' Inn mmnra taken With her,
bui Ith hunson lllut -'
The dip n HlgaH.ing oars drowned
iho rect " aho sentence but M-l Da.,y
C1mphpl les mir hammock behind The
h'iff- bad holrl enough ~ dr,irji her
peace Fearful II bstfajiug hor pres
chco by the movement 81 ID finger the
gid Day rigid O.. marble, watching with
strained c}o, two fragrant hIue wraaih-
Of moso gliding past her retreat dll
through an opening JOG ihe bushes far
thor up 'ho brook .ho caught % noctIng
glimpse ~ abrah canoe beneath the
smoke. 8ul of ihr smokers. two guy.
nubururl youths with guns and nsh.
ingrods Tom RAYMOND sat 10 the
steu, tall, handsome Tom, who bad
but now iuaa-tcd " his easy conquest 81
herself IN that moment of wounded
pride and fierce Indignation Mis- Daisy
thought chat ,he could have chccriully
seen him drown
"Oh, .he's q daisy " hummri Jack
Mckcrn and as The hooking tenor
smotc her ear Tho @TIiFrr.ng listener
thought she could have seen Jack
drown. too The saucl. idlc icll.illc'
Why need be- proclaim ~ the birds Of
The air and the fishes ~ the water that
the lady IN question. Toms little lady
"a De had Tor The asking. wa, no other
than herself, Mrs.. Bluuts cts niece,
little Daisy Campbell? How indicate,
outrageous!
Aud yel The song hurt Der far less
than Toms words. II Tom. Tom Ray
moud. could speak .1 lightly NJ her.
why might MOT Jack sing what he
pleac l. aud all Oakland listcn2 So
that VIA. the way Tom WA In the habit
Of talking about hcr' She had heard
before That Young men hy themselves
were excessively free In discussing their
lady friends, aud now she had proof Of
the iact. U%nmnuucrly. dclcstable
creatures, especially Tom!
"'Iye only ~ ask. and tho little
lndy's mine those were his very
words muancd naples. little Daisy,
hiding her hot face among the ham
mock cushions In M agony " humilia-
ton. She had always felt that II Tom
had a fault II was %sclf-conccit. but she
wouldn't have believed he could be- 10
conccited rs this. What had she said
or done 10 warrant this boasiful asscr-
tom She would challenge Aunt Abby.
she would challenge Toms sister. 10
say that she had ever been silly with
Tom. II there had been any Stiffness,
II had not been on her side. unless
truthful Daisy WINGED at the rccollec.
ton unless well, perhaps she did let
Tom hold her hand nn instant longer
Than necessary the day he helped her
over The fence. and she wished she had
not clung 10 him in the thunderstorm.
but Of eighteen what girl likes Ia be a
prideP Though. for that matter. had
she not more than oncc during their
summers acquaintance snnbbed Tom
Tor trying b make love Ia hcr2 Still.
he'd only 10 ask. and the little lady
was his. That was his version II the
story, and he had glonted over Il 10
Jack. Daisy lifted her iouslod brown
head deiiantly, aud sat b~olt.upright.
81 won't be- ~cnlshcd-l uH noiF'
she cried alond, dashing her tear, right
and left "Ill 20 Ia pinaf0rp tonight
just as ifId overheard nothing. and 4
he chooses TO ask for the little lady.
why. he may. She's sure Of her own
mind ~ last. She'll have her answer
ready"
s%pnnging from the hammock. Miss
Daisy walked with martial tread
through the garden into the kitchen To
help Aun Abby shell the peas for din.
ner.
You must have been lying In the
sun, child said that lady. %glanclng up
itom the pan in her lap dts bad for
your eyes aud bad for your complexion
l don believe that's a good place for
the hammock"
Its a horrld place. responded
Daisy, falling sayagcly to work. I'm
going to ask Abram 10 hang it WHERE Il
was before"
Ahram was the Intermittent help Of
the Blunt establishment, who carried ON
the farm and camo night and morning
u milk the cow from the day she bc.
came a visitor In the household he had
been Miss Daisy's willing slave. and
o that Mr. Blunt was temporarily alb
sent, the honest servitor took IL iipon
himself 10 look In At odd hours TO see
II Miss Blunt and that posy-faced little
niece Of bern needed doing for
May be fresh hutiermiik will helm
that s%unburn.' pursued Mr.. Blunt.
sun misinicrprtlng the cause oi Mi.s
Daisy = heightened color I'D try Il.
lou hate 10 20 TO the Falls a. red as
a hollyhock.
Despite her chagrin. Miss Daisy
smiled NJ the misuse Of p%ronouns
knowing perfectly well that n she wrrr
- look like a fright her aunt would ~.
Rret II more than she. For a sensible
woman, without undue personal vanity.
II must TO admitted Mrs Blunt had a
eomplacent enjoyment II the beauty of
her stylish niece from the city.
Il hate 10 leave YOU alone 20 late In
the evening. a%untie.' said Daisy. throw.
Ing a handful Of empty pods at the
chickens By The doer-s.onc. I'm afraid
y0uH BE- nervous sb<ut the tramp that
called this morning."
"Nonsense. my icsr; I'm not one Of
the nervous sort Islways stay BY my.
seli nights when Jour uncle goes to his
lodge meetings. II | get tinrd and
and sleepy. lock the doors aud 20 %
he'd When ! lie on my good ear
sahs hear a sound. You know. and your
nnrls esa ONE IN without waking me. -
But how does be- get IMP"
~, he takes q Key: We have two for
ne front door. There's the extra one
yer NJ elock. You'd better have Il To-
s'Ent. uen. II don'i feel like sitting up
Joy. ! won't You won't h. likely
Z hsine before twelve
y twilight NJ. Dai.y.s turhul.n,
.,.espn bad ssf,enei into ssa..hslI
Amt Abr Catered bers.If ~,
z,.. Wis. IN dim, ars, .'a 'ss
49, ~ plsrzs In. - T .as
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