Thomas County cat., 1886-12-02

JUS Ike We WOOcu SPEAK W L0l UTuuuci'
Wat you want TO hask i'm 20 can hask
me. Eet will be hall do sazle"
Aleck Harris looked up into her face
souarely and frankly. He had not the
slightest suspicion of what had caused
those deep bushes and bright sparkle
in those eyes. He was a mere babe in
such matters.
"Well, if l must, why I must, but I
would much prefer talking to your
brother. You know how hard it is to
move a woman when her affections are
concerned, and confess I haven't
much faith in moving you" ."-Alosine
whispered almost inaudibly: "Yo
must not say dat. 1.-THE truth is old
man Fagot, over on the bayou, has
offered me his fast mare, that he
bought in New Orleans, for one hum
dred dollars Now, l know how much
you like that pet horse OF yours, but l
prefer him to Fagot's. and l came over
to see whether you would sell. Ii
Boucta was here l know l could make
a trade"
The young lady was looking him
now squarely in the eve. With every
word he uttered her face grew paler
and paler. At last she could stand it
no longer.
"Sieur Hareese! Stop right dare. l
hall de time thinks yo one gentleman
han Railways say SO to my brudder.
but hi can no stan dis. YO come ere
to suit apoor leetlc girl hin er hown
'ouse. 70 har de most awefullest man
what I never see. Eet is too much,
too much." and she rushed to her
room and threw herself on the bed.
Harris was staggered. He could not
account for the strange actions of the
young lady. He knew he had said
nothing to wound her feelings. But
why this outburst? At last it dawned
on him that the lady had misinter-
preted his visit as one of wooing. 1t
struck him all of heap. Such
thought had never entered his mind.
He could hear her sobs from an inner
room. and they touched him. After all
it might be better for him to take a
wife. He had become tired of living
alone. As he looked across the prai-
rie, dotted with cattle, some of them
his own, he reflected over the matter.
He might do worse. Alosine was not
bad looking and was good domestic
girl. Yes. he would try it. He called
to her, but no answer came. Then he
arose and approached her room. He
was met with avolley of shrieks.
'.Alosine. my darling, will you take
me now. l. is you, and not the horse,
l want"
Alas! his words fell upon deserted
house. He had hesitated before the
closed door. He felt that it would not
be proper for him to enter. SO he called
in tender voice: ."Alosine! AlOsine"
but every thing was silent. Fleet as p
deer the young lady had fled over the
prairie, aud she never heard the atfec-
tionate call of her now lover. He
turned. mounted his pony and rode
homeward. regretting that he had
frightened the timid Alosine.
The brother Boucta called upon him
the next day for an explanation. when
Harris told of Alosines misapprehen-
sion of his object, and 4 bargain was
made for her pet horse. Not a word
did Harris say of his sudden resolution
to ask the girls hand. The episode
had, however. attracted his attention to
matrimony. and few months later ne
espoused Gusta-ine Floriel. of Bayou
Termilion. 1t was only after his mar
riage that he told the story on himself.
which. coming to AIosine's ears, sent
her to bed sick
Sitting on that same gallery of the
Pcnpon house an old lady can still be
seen of afternoons. but no hOrseman
ever aiights beneath the china tree near
her home. Her one golden opportu-
nifty had gone. Charles Z. Whitney, IN
v. o. Times Democrat