The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-16
AGATHE'S PERFIDY,
4 Tickle Woman's WeQ-Merited
Punishment.

love me, Agathe?'
"Always, Bertrand"
"You will never regret your choice,
my darling2 Not even # some man
richly endowed with worldly goods
comes to seek your favor; are youquite
certains"
Listen, Bertrand: such a love as
mine is born not to live but for a day
like gaudy butterfly that gladdens the
eye from sun to sun and IS never seen
again; nay. it Is enduring as yon.
der rock. pure as the blue ether above;
q love that will only end with death
and perchauce not then, | know that
you are poor, but what IS that to me?
The united love Of two beings who are
all in all 10 each other Is wealth
enough. will be true to you though
all the world prove false
And to YOU, swear it, solemn!y
responded Bertrand Argyle as he raised
his hand on high as though he would
pluck one Of the cleaning points OF
light that flashed from the blue ether,
above alluded to by Agathe de Reille.
Off to the west. where the sun but
Just now was but is no more, its after
glow SUITES the cloud wreaths with
varied tints OF purple and gold and
ruby rcd tha. are reflected upon the
ripping waters OF the lake below in
sheeny radiance. lThis is not intended
as a reflection on the Jews, only on the
lake,. A little 10 the south Of west
the gibbous moon is humping itself.
Gibbous is good word to use, as few
people know what it means. ionder.
YEARLY vending his homeward wend
along the dusty way is = gtebous man.
He. too. is half full. Softly the zcphyrs
sigh through the tree tops and the
bows nod drowsily to one another, and
from afar comes the horney-hand,
voice of the honest granger as he jaws
his hired yeoman. From neighbor-
ing swamp arises faint, misty, vapor-
Gus fog, thickly studded with the ran
dom remarks of male cow-trog, de-
livered in low. thrilling. reverberat-
ing voice.
Il could stand here forever listening
to tho sounds OF nature with You at
my side" remarks Bertrand at the
conclusion of the pause above referred
to.
Would you not fear catching cold |
If you stood here toreverP" she asks
at length, shyly, as though fearful that
her words may give otfense.
True. my love, l had not thought
Of that"
Bertrand abstractedly inserts one
hand in one of his trousers pockets
and encounters a dime. 1t brings his
thoughts to n practical turn He |
sighs, like q man who has been hold |
ing his breath while three men are on
bases, two out, and the striker has two |
strikes called on him.
"Agathe, he begins. in the low, de-
termined voice of one who feels his
suspenders giving way and endeavors
to hold on to his pantaloons by sheer
force OF will, tomorrow go forth to
carve out fortune for myself and for
you. You will wait for ME until re-
turn with it, will you not, DEAR
Forever; but do you think it will
take you very long9'
Il can not say: it may be years, it
may be more or less, but with you to
spur me on l know | shall not fail.
And before ! 90 take this: it is deed
OF tract of land in Florida, made out
in your name. 1t may not be of greater
value than some other tracts that have
been handed me from time to time by
well-meaning persons, and then again
1t may. 1t cost me $50; keep it with
my blessing
"Oh, Bertrand, you are so good"
Don't say any thing about it, please.
/ would do even more for you. But
see, the cleaning now has given way
to gloom Of night. 'Tis long past sup
per time; am hungry, and so, no
doubt, are you. Allow ME now to
guide your footsteps to your home,
even as | hope soon to have the
privilege of guiding them through life"
Thus they faded away in the gather
ing gloom.
A year, twelve months, has passed
away-a year freighted with blessings
and vicissitudes and political conven-
lions, and-well, with almost every
hing that constitutes the cargo of a
well-freighted year, on which man
pays the freight to Time, the gen eral
Of the Grand Trunk
line to eternity, But this is only by
he way.
A bearded, bronzed man, attired in
Rood clothes and q air of general
bounds buoyantly up the
steps leading to the front door of a
charming villa, and gives long,
strong pull at the bell knob.
1t is Bertrand returned after q years
toniul carving at fortune,