Smyrna times., 1885-11-18
His Second Chance.

Morgan, Indignantly.
Mr.. Richard Carisforde looked calmly
at his wrathful little cousin.
81 don't exactly phrase it in these
terms, Hetty," said he, quietly, IF
you mean to question whether I am
intending to offer myself to Miss Deer
haven, I can only answer to you yes"
1T is trap and insist upon it that
it is, " said Hetty, vehemently.
"Oh, dear, why will men be so wise
upon all other subjects, and so IDIOT
cally blind when women are concerned?
Julia Deerhaven is an il-t9mpered,
scheming--"
"Hetty r.
"She is not your wife yet no, nor
even your fancee, thank goodness"
persisted Het y; and something may
happen to open your eyes before you
have hopelessly committed yourself"
"Hetty," said Mr.. Carisforde. rest,
lessly turning lead pencil round and
round in his fingers, "what has occurred
to give you such a prejudice-an
unfOunded one, as I sincerely hope
against Miss Deerhaven? She is GER
tainly pretty, and"
"Pretty7 Yes" said Hetty with q
shrug of her shoulders, 80 is a spotted
tiger pretty after its fashion, and Q
black and yellow leopard"
"And amiable."
mo" interrupted Hetty emphati-
cally cher temper is anything but the
temper to make a mans life happy"
"What makes you think so ?"
II don't think So" said Hetty, with
an air of calm assertion. Il know it;
she is ill-naturod, shrewish to her poor
old father, and mother, unaimable in
every relation of life"
"You misiudge her, Hetty, 1 am
sure" pleaded Mr.. Carisforde, with q
troubled look.
"Oh, of course" answered Hetty,
satirically that's always a mans argu-
ment. 1 only hope you won't find my
judgment correct, when it is too late
to mend matters.
AT all events she is industrious, or
she would never have undertaken to
lead the district school"
"Yes because she wants more money
than she can screw out of her father for
dress ornaments and inappropriate
jewelry."
"Now, you are uncharitable, Hetty."
"Oh, am /, retorted Hetty, with a
toss of her pretty little head. "Jusb
you wait and see for yourself, that's
all F; only don't say that haven't warned
You.
And she flrted ont Of the room like
butterfly in h gh In lg on.
Richard CnrisfDtlr sat with con-
tracted hrows and grave, thoughtful
eyes, MS he still turned and twisted the
ceder pencil between his singers. Could
it be possib' that there was any shadow
Of truth in what Hetty Morgan had Just
been saying to him. No, surely not
and yct-the reflection would keep
recurring to him that if it was so, what
very disagreeable discovery it would
be to make too late He thought of
Julia Deerhaven, fair, serene and dew
eyed as an angel-surely she could be
naught but what she seemed. Hetty
must be mistaken and yet Hetty was
generally pretty shrewd in her conclu-
sions, quick to understand, and an
adept in reading all tRe signs of char
Rcter.
" Is there no way of deciphering this
riddle p sighed the would-be lover.
"Oh, for a wise woman to unfold the
mysteries of futurity-for q clue of
hidden meaning of sweet voice or q
gentle glance! I remember how, as o
boy, l used to write in my copy-book,
over and over again, 'AIl is not gold
that gliiters 1" Can it be possible that
am destined to live over the significance
OF the words? If Julia Deerhaven is
not perfect, then women are more Of
dissimulators than have any idea"
And DIR. Dick Carisforde, too unquiet
to sit still, went for long walk, whose
windings took him past the one-story
school-house where Miss Deerhaven
taught young ladies how to shoot. at the
rate Of twenty-four dollars a month, and
in sight Of the lower farmhouse, under
the hill where Farmer Deerhaven HIM
self dwelt, trying to force precarious
living out Of tia sterile and rocky soil.
For the fair Julia was the eldest Of
seven young Deerhavens, and money
didn't grow on every blackberry bush
IN the pasture meadows, by any means.
es the poor tiller Of the soil found to his
cost
It was no very tempting caslIet to
enshrine the jewel Of Julia Deerhaven's
rich blop le beauty--yet Richard Caris-
forde stood looking at it as lovers will
gaze upon the homes of those they have
learned % worship, until the purple
clash car1e down. like q royal curtain.