The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-05-27

could have killed her on the
spot, II think we had better
end our little affair Gas -
if his heart wasn't inter -
ested) you are too tyran- -
ical suppose it is owing to =
the difference IN our ages you
can't appreciate youths crav-
ing for enjoyment"
How [ wanted to scream
out, you deceitful piece, and it's
wonder l didn't, for all of her book
heroes are old men, who fall in love
with young girls, and I've heard her
say hundred times, she wouldn't
marry any man, unless he was ten
years older than she was. Now, she's
nineteen and Joel thirty, but she's
trying to make him out eighty.
couldn't see his face, for he stood
sideways he had his hat in his hand,
for he never talks to ladies, not even
to me, with it on his head, but when
he spoke his voice didn't tremble, as
they do in books, but it sounded very
low and deep. | don't believe she
expected him to talk as he did [
know she thought he'd fall down ON
his knees and beg her pardon, and
then she would have felt he was all
wrong, and she perfectly right, but
she's SO conceited she thinks that
anyway.
think you are right, Belle" he
said, and l could have stuffed his
mouth with cotton the idea of his
humoring her conceit in that way. Il
am too old ever to have thought that
bright little girl could have been
happy with such an old fogy, for I'm
older than my years, this has added
untold years to my life and he
touched his empty sleeve. | cried
where | sat, and it seemed to me that
Belle must have been marble not to
cry too
'I am DID," and it sounded as IF he
was talking to himself, "and it was
foolish in me to dream that you would
be willing to give up the love and adj
miration of other men for such as l
am now," and he sighed then, and
seemed to try and rouse himself from
that dream then he walked closer to
her and said, "I've made a mistake
child, and give you back your free
DOM"
At this, 1 coul,.. see from Bellies
face she was getting madder and
madder. She don't really love any
body but herself, but she wants
the love of all she. enjoys hav-
ing string of beaux; she likes to be
considered and called belle, and she
hadn't any notion, I know of getting
rid of Joel, its too much of an honor
to have his attention he's been look
ed upon as a sort of man that would
always be constant to his dead love !;
not man to be easily attracted, and
SO you see it was big thing for Belle
to add him to her list. Then plenty
others wanted him, and he's lion in
our. place, so when she began this lit
tie fuss, she had no idea, but what
she'd just let bim feel her power, that
she could wind him round her finger.
She thought he would be terrified at
the prospect of losing her, and for the
sake of marrying her in the end, he
would let her firt with every man
she met, be engaged to all she chose,
if only she'd settle down as his at last.
Her notion was to hold on to him, and
marry him it she couldn't get more
money.
But she didn't know Joel like I do,
he must be all or none, there's no de-
viding affections for him he got his
ideas of engagements from the old
times, none of the new-fangled ones
about flirting for him; he's plain
matter-of-fact man, with little foolish
| ness about him.
Now, he's asked her, or told her, he's
willing to break the engagement, and
it serves her right. She thought he
worshipped her SO much, he'd die