The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-07-22
CHAPTER NJ.

when L went down stairs, InouSn L
went up and spoke to her, and mother
apologized for my previous appear
ance | don't care if she gives every
cent of her money to Belle, who, when
she came in, made a mighty fuss over
her "dear Aunt as she called her.
I've lived this long without her money
and / reckon [ won't starve anyway.
At the table, and afterward | was
FREEING to Leonard. / didn't notice
= him any more than if he wasn't there.
He asked me a question, and | didn't
hear; he handed me chair, and l
didn't see. Hereafter we are stran-
gers, and [ wanted him to distinctly
understand it.
Aunt Priscilla told father that he
was looking very old, and mother
that she was very much broken Said
she thought she'd come to pay them a
visit, but didn't think it necessary to
write
Father and mother seem to try too
hard to please her l think. She's
more gracious to Belle and Archie
than to any of us. Ny nose is GER
tainly put out of joint, so give up at
once, and go about my affairs as usual.
Belle and mother take her in charge.
I never saw Belle so afable to any
body in ali my life. She's as sweet as
pie; she wants something that's GER
tain.
Anyway Pm ahead of Belle in sing
ing. Mrs. Everest our organist has
taken me in charge this winter, and
had me singing in the choir, and now
she says I'm to sing solo, all by my
self at Easter, which comes on the 21st
of April As its only February now
I've got long time to practice, and
I'm doing it hard. / go to her house
three nights in every week.
I'm getting along pretty well at
school too now.
Study better than [ used to. Though
Leonard is in some of my classes, |
haven't spoken or noticed him in two
weeks nearly He's tried hard enough
to make up, but | never expect to let
him, so he needn't try.
In the history class the other day,
Mr. Springs asked me "what great
General was defeated at Waterloo ?"
Leonard sits next to me in that class,
and seeing that / didn't know, whis-
pered Napoleon Bonaparte" 1
wouldn' t say it though knew he was
apt to be right, but said General
Washington, though [ knew it was
wrong, and made all the class laugh.
Leonard looked hurt, for he saw I
did it purposely, | didn't care, for he
can't treat so roughly, and not expect
me to get angry.
I'm worse angry with him now than
ever Last Thursday night l took
tea with Mrs Everest and asked
jamie to come after me.
At ten o'clock some one rang the
bell, and when Mr.. Everest went to
the door he said, my escort was wait
ing for me, anu wouldn't come in. /
know Jamie so well, that hurried
on my cloak. told Mrs. Everest good
night and went off in hurry.
Jamie is so difident, we can't get
him to go in anywhere. He's really
afraid Of ladies, outside of the store
He wouldn't call on one for the world
and when Belle has company, he
won't come home. He's a regular
old bachelor: just as prim as he can
be about his room, but Archie's is too
much for him (they room together)
because he's so careless.
Well-when I came out of Mrs.
Everest's l saw Jamie with his over
coat Oh, hat in hand, standing in the
porch. It was so dark couldn't see
his face. We trudged along very
slowly, though it was quite cold, but I
supposed Jamie was tired, poor fellow
he works SO hard all day, SO l slipped
my hand in his, and chatted gayly all
the way never noticed he didn't
talk any himself, for he's always so
quiet, it was nothing unusual. But he
held my hand tight in his as we went
along. There are no street lamps ex-
eept down town, and | felt how scared
I'd be if Jamie wasn't with me, in
that pitch darkness.
When we reached home he helped
me up the steps, but as soon as we
gained the top one, the hall door was
thrown wide open and Jack and o.
car stood in it.
| began then to think they had
played some trick on me. and looking
at my escort, as we stood in our light
ed passage, ard there | saw Leonard
dressed in Jamie's over coat and hat.
If eyer mortal was mad enough to
foam, at the mouth. that night | was
.nse I didn't say single word, but
didn't give that boy one whitening
look; ] think he'll remember it to his
dying day
Jack and Oscar thought if good
bke,, but 1 didn't Jack told me that
jamie wasn't feeling we'll, and Leon
ard had offered to go after me, but
considering our late difficulty, and his
eledting me be deceived. thinking it