Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-11

ority was perpetual insult TO her pro-
grcSSivc womanhood. aud 50 their
mutual antipathy gradually expanded
into solid hatred. Miss Pickett was
too thoroughly feminine not 10 b. az
grc,,ivc in her hostility, So when | Oh.
served her clo>clcd with Mrs. Tyrrcll
for two hours one day. easily guessed
what il meant. |, al came out the
next evening. on the hill behind the
house, whittier Cora. Elliott aud | hal
Strollcd. Mrs. Tyrrell leaned back
against friendly mound and looked
out into tho night-on of those ~.
qui,itc, luminous, distinctly California
nights. The scent of thousand
lowcrS-that of the orange blossom
rising above the rest ~ the voice of
the prima donna lead, AMI acccntuatc.
the song of the chorus -driitcd upward
10 charm our senses. Cora sighed a
little and then began:
Miss Pickett said | did not under
stand men at all that was too unsus.
pccting. too coniiding. She said men
liked TO play with such women. bu,
that they suspected most those women
who treated them best"
Miss Pickett loo hanged bur,i
forth from Elliott. "shc is an old
cat"
Then You don't think have done
So very wrong?' aud her velvet eyes
looked into his with q troubled sweet
ness.
Wrong? iIumph."
"llow dreadful il seems to never
trust amy one. believe would rather
h. always deceived than to come To
that Yon Sec" turning to M, Il am
strangely situated. am q widow. and
Yet am scarc'ly morc than girl
You never have heard abuu, my mar
nlg,s It occurred four years ago,
when WAS Only seventeen. and Till at
school. Mr Tyrrcll was Kind to me
ana was romantic. W. were married
in NV house at san franci.c, on Fri.
day. saturday we went to Monterey,
aud ON Monday my husband was sum
monrd 10 Mexico on business. II was
August. and they feared ] would take
the fever. 80 il was decided that must
remain a, hons. some time in Sep
tender came telegram. sent from
Zacatcens. AMI announcing Mr.. Tyr
rcll', death. a wife of but four weeks,
away from my husband when he
died--imagine my feelings. For over
three years | have lived in Scclusion.
Now YOU can understand how naturG!
IL i, tina, I should make mistakes
In her eyes rose q mist that was dam
gcrous tn The EngliShmnn's cherished
compO.urc. H. hrcathcd hard, cleared
his throat anl shifted his position. FL
nally little smile stole over Cora'S
lips. and she gave him glance that
was like carcSS--l often told her she
kissed with her cy2'.
The next lay who should arrive ba,
the English girl, Thi' advent. il seems.
was The rc,ult oi m arrangement made
some months before in England. AMI
which Elliott had not hal the nerve Ia
discountenancc. Happened To be pass
ing through The hall when Harric, Nor
ton claSpcd her lover hand in greeting.
No words arO needed To tell sensitive
woman when she has lost man. AZ
lection. Harriet knew it then and
thcrc-I could tell by the pallor tia,
ovcrsprcad her face AMI the sudden
drawn look about her mouih. Within
ten days she had departed, accompan.
led hy her dignlicd aunt, who acted rs
chapcronc Yet. though she was re-
served girl. had learned To esteem her
cycn in that short time. Perhaps II
was because her aunt was cold rs well
aS digniIicl. perhaps because W.
proved unusually sympathetic. that b.
fore she went away was shown lit
lie OF her heart
ut is very strange" ,hc said. Ter
CIV and have known each other from
childhood. I believed could trust
him utterly" Here tear wclled up
in her clear. true eyes. II have. never
loved any man but him. We were to
have been married nnNt winter. |
wonder how IL will seem never 10 sec
him again" Then her gaze wandered
over to the softly tinted mountains.
and she seemed almost TO forget my
presence. ale is honorable after a
fashion, and he would live up to his
work; hut do not care for a promise
after the life has gone out Of 1t.
II was perhaps month after this
that Mr.. Ellioit's engagement to Mrs.
Tyrrcll was formally announced. The
boarders discussed nothing else from
morning Till night. and those who at
first hal been positive that Elliott
didn't mean anything" were now the
loadcst in declaring that they had
known how 1t would turn out from the
beginning. Cora went about with n
litheness subtly suggestive of happi-
ness. vet with no undue demonstration
Of triumph. There was even an under
current Of sadness running through 1t
all as though she realized that her gain
was another's loss. Her conduct be-
gan to be pronounced admirable. even
by those who Ut first criticised her
severely, Society torgIyss ALMOST any