Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1888-09-13

member for cvermore ana hal h.s~n
Just In time b catch the up-coming
train. which whiried him away ~ the
motroI-'li-. Here he stayed two
weeks, up 10 M. ears In business. bat
never 40 much engaged that he Cor enc
moment lost from boiore his mental VS.
bon the exact color and shape 81 .
pair ~ very haunting brown eyes Hut
he would not write 10 her. Perhaps
the little spark | have kindlsd. Z" he
said 90 himself. may be eoaxcd Into q
fame II do not he TOO rash;" and he
let nothing venture. nothing have"
alone with all his might
o. the day racccoding his departure
catng Tercso Van Tassel. who. 10 tho
Infinite surprise aud dismay o. Miss
Raae. proved herself "a BE- instead ~
the child che Wa expecting = woman
grown, In fact. one year older than the
would b. adopier herself
"llow strange Il i, Tcrese." she
said. Ia her osEn blunt. truthy
way. 'thai you should have looked
Tor a professor In met And
your respected guardian wrots ~
no that could take care ~ you. he
supposed. ~ was. h. heard. making
money In thu little school. Ilow alb
surd all this talk take care u a
mature. fullgrown woman a. fully
able b WORK ~ n Had he never seen
goa. Iervas. this GUARDIAN"
Trru-o had listened with eyes as fun
81 annzemsat At this -peerh ~ we'll.
br = eyes coald consent n ba. aud u
this last question she turned her fair.
naughty iaoe lahg'iidly awy from the
little brown bundle VI cAndor. and
said. Nth the haast possible hiatt % con
tempt IN her voloe: Why ycs. Rose;
Of course he hiss"
And he thoaght you would come
to ms Tor succor and would not try ~
Eight the worlds battle for yourself
uow that your minority II endedP"
laughing. bat somow bat anxious,
nevertheless
= couldn't hght that battle Rose,
am not ~ 10 volunteer
"Fay" her voice demanding an e.
PLANTATION.
oh. what could dop- and she held
ont tao aristOcraiic, white. little hands
A. "a piirous reason for her ''misflt-
ur-a You would have taken me
bad ! hocn tho child you we're expect
ing take me- now Rose. dear. ard
viii amply repay you, D. your com
paui"n. read tp you. help you about
che house bot pray don't tura me out
upoH the charity ~ tho worldf"
And 80 Ru-. kept the helpless wom-
au A. hor companion. never guessing
la her inuucgnt heart that she Wa q
creature cold A. ice. keen a. lawyer.
hearilrss a. a sphinx.
. And Miss Van Ta---,l al humbl 10 pla
IN the sweet, dependent manner an her
owu DID whatever che zaN "a o. do -
hrlp hnr euu-ia Ro-s out wardly an
-"-s.iIty iuwarjiy something entirely
aITrrtut
Rose was busy a. q nailor" With
her school. which Wa a. close The ful.
lov Ing week, hence got small chance
a. gossip with Terc-.. or grow in 81,
way familiar Not that Terv-s minded
her iuattsution Ia the les.st. - Tar a.
ihn Eu-sipiHg vent FOR she Vas a
woman with a sill toagus. and had not
rulue clear ~ this out-of thc-wAy plarc
ga tho plea 81 orphAnaga ~ IL, the
subject nearest aud dearest " her
heart leak out
- thoy vent their separate ways an
al vacation came. and Rose. bringing
her armful ~ day books Together
with queer little memcntoos from low
ing child-hearts came home for
three months rest
Then they walked Ar- talked %
rcther, Rose joyous and unre-tralned
ia any uncagcd little brown bird. chat
sing and laughing A. II her whole life
scre taking holiday.
But Il al ended ons day. when the
curved high-brgd lips ~ Miss Van
ras-el opened and sent little ssntoaos
like harbod arrow into the gulIola~s
heart - her cousin.
They had hs'cn speaking % Roses few
friends, aud Philip Lee had boen
brought before tho bar. his friendship
weighed aul his kindness measured,
when fcreso. who had h..en listening
vrr',iily said, throwing into her voice
a. afectttian Of the deepest surprise
You can not mean H. Rose. when
YOU tell me- that Mr.. Leo came here 10
srg you -o 0ftanP'
"Oi cuurs.. Teruse. I moan Ia n a
loss 70 comprehend the hidden mean
ing - her words
And what did people say a all
thisP" cutting ont her words IN cruel
manner.
The people sayP Why. Tsrcss.
whatsoever they may have found 70
say about Il can never tell you They
did not trouble me with their opinions
on the subject | have no company.
you $50 dear oousih-they know | am
too busy"
Too -" but she checked the utter
anee q the thought she had just put
mentally into an ugly phrase My
darling Rose, shs went on. smiling
the while AZ this brave little adoptsr
no taller thAa heruslf. ~ she walked
beside her down the steep hiil-road,
Rose. darling you have sore need u
advioe. My oomPanionship may be %
service ~ you after all" And she
ooolly laid before her cousin the gossip
she said she had Cleaned from the
little suburb where people win talk.
You seem 10 have made Enany
friends hereAbouts." said Ross. her
voice changed 10 that 81 an old. old
woman all IL sweet youthfulneas