Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-05-29

Ought ~ VAIN ~AA'
her"
Mr.. Forester might decline thu
warning-as enchanted people Away
do" Miss Sophy laughed. But. then
Tsrise never took the money, Susan
she is AS innocent As | am, she said |
soberlv.
But Mrs. Putncy did not concur with |
the opinion. That conscious silence,
those crimsoning bushes. that uneasliy
ayertcd face-to her seemed scarcely
emblcmatic of innocence.
Mrs. Putney. too, was character
isticallv precipitate in her conclusions;
she was not slow to credit evl!ot anoth-
er: and that the girl toward whom she
had been a benefactresS would at last
be- revealed aS adeccptivc migrate SEEM
ed TO her to be neither improbable nor
prepo>tcrOus, Aud beside. she had an
unconfeSSed apprehension of having
been rather niggardly in small matters
toward the girl-she had been chary OF
all little oifts for comfort and ornament
toward Terise-and toward her own
younr sister no less. But then girls
were ALWAYS SO prone to foolish cNtrav-
acanceS-they ought to be- restrained
rather than Indulgcd-waS her apology
for what she deemed only Il prudent
Withholding of few mites from her
abundance.
..Terise has wanted some extra
finery now she is TO he married, ana
she could not resist the chance TO take
what she fancied | should net miss
until she might be safe out of the
house. Claude Forester ought to he
undeceived about herr am sure of
that she thought with speculative
glance toward her handsome sister,
whose superior attractions Mr.. For
roster somehow had failed to appre-
ciate.
Miss Sophy at the moment turned
from a window where she had been
standing in INDECENT mconcern.
That was Mr.. Forester ringing"
she said. II shouldn't tell him any
thing about the money, if l were you,
| Susan"
Il shall do my duty" Mrs. Putney
ayowed with austere determination as
her sister Withdrew.
As Miss Sophy tripped carelcssly up
| stairs she almost stumbled over lttle
figure crouchcd on the topmOst step
| the fairy figure of Tcrise, whose cheeks
were colorless enough now. and whose
attitude expressed Il sort of detinant
resignation.
Miss Sophy started, and then would
| have passed on without stopping, but
the movement of apathy or avoidance
seemed to hurt the girl whose fevcreo
and trarless ewes were fixed with strange
intentneSS upon her needless handsome
count nance.
You need never wish to avoid me
Sophv-I shall never betray you.
Tcr:se faltered i'm voice oddly com
mingllng pity and disdain and rcproach
IL shall never forget | must be CRATE
full because YOU have been kind To INT
always; aball always remember if yol
had not sheltered me once rs you did
might have livel TO become more mis-
cradle than | am now. And | am Onl,
mirerab!e now because after | had be
licved you so good and perfect. after
had loved YOU sol cannDt bear t.
think YOU would do anything SO wicke'
so despicable. ended with
path tic and suppressed sob,
What on earth do you mean. child?'
Miss Sophy qucried as she gazed won
deringly down at the excited and dis
danful face.
.'Oh. how can yOu pretend not t
knOw?" Terise cried piteously- 'an'
when | would de before | would lie
anyone blame YOU, too, And | can I'm
derstand Just how YOU were tempted
she was so very, very miserly with yo
always, and YOU liked dainty dressc
and everything nice and elegant. an
YOU thought, perhaps she would neve
exactly know where she dropped III
bill. But how could YOU be 50 wicked
SOphy?'
FOR once that Young lady was arouse
from her indolent grace of imperturabl
serenity.
"Are YOU crazy Terise? | neve
. touched the money" she said in down
right and very animate Indignation.
You have no reason TO deny any
. thing to me" Terisc answered, in tina
: rebuking voice of hushed intensit,
They NAV accuse me all they like
they NAV condemn me and despis
, me, everybody-but | shall never t.
( them YOU took it. AMI | saw yOJ
4 Sophy. saw YOU drop your handkel
chief over it and then pick up both I,
4 gether. just before you went down I
, the dining room"
: For moment Miss Sophy stoO
4 dumb with her astOnished sense of Ell
|, lightenment.
: You little goose; you unmitigate
little GOOSE she exclaimed at length
: with an amused laugh. which had a
4 undertOne suggestive of woman's swi
A tears. The handkerchief you saw N
G pick up was tattered affair which
: used polishing the brasses of the graf
4 and which | threw with lot of pap
t rubbish in the ash barrel, when | wei
n down to the dining-room. The mono
:. is in the ashes, too, very likely. lc
e silly, ridiculous child, come dow
IS stairs with me this instant" she orde
l. ed, as she unceremoniously dragged Il
IS bewildered Terise down the steps aft
s. her.
= The girl was crying softly with mo
1t tification and relief as Miss Sophy Dire
" her toward the parlor, where som
lie what troubled young gentleman
stantly arose TO meet them, and tn
ID with manner of tenderest authOrit
s. led her to a seat beside him.
I'd Mrs. Putney had done what S
m deemed her duty. no doubt; but all t
:, same Claude Forester had declined h
l. prompt and disinterested warning.
H. 81 shall never believe any WRONG