Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-02

Annls thereafter, ana TOAD was soon
relegated to oblivion by all and sundry
concerned therein.
So Annis quit DISTINGUISHING and went
to school. During vacation lad who,
people said, was Mr. Gasden's SON
George came home. though nothing
definite was known, except that the boy
had always been there until sent of to
school. To Annis he was at first super
cilious, then tolerant. Later on he
subsidized into a fervid admirer, to her
no small bewilderment.
People continued to question Gas
den's motives in thus befriending
homeless stragglers, hailing from no
one knows where.
Meanwhile several years passed on.
Tim remained much the same, except
that he grew feebler in health. Annis
developed into a sweet-faced young
woman, with whom Gasden's son
George at home studying law
fell gradually in love. Neither Gasden
or Tim had noticed the slow growth
of mutual feeling, and to George and
Annis themselves its growth seemed
imperceptible, until he, one afternoon,
came upor her seated in the hotel gar
den beside clerk from one.of. the viii
lage stores, who was trying to kiss her,
seemingly against her will.
Aswirl Of anger possessed George.
He spoke to the youth SO rudely that
the latter withdrew, after retort in
kind. Then George turned to Annis,
who sat piqued and confused, yet in
wardly pleased at her rescue.
"Do you care for him" Kissed
George between his teeth, as he stood
over her.
'Well, he is quite nice, and not at
all rude, like some / know" she an
swered.
Yet her eyes betrayed her. Had she
not really loved this fine young fellow
now bending over her all along? He
was the son OF the best friend she and
her grandfather had ever known; and
he loved her. Oh, yes! her eyes be-
trayed her. Then, as his gaze seemed
to read her thoughts, the swift bushes
came.
This crisis brought on his avowal,
and he poured forth his desires the
more ardently, because of their long
sleep just beneath the film of con-
seriousness. While her head sank upon
her shoulder, and his kisses fell like
rain upon her lips, hating step drew
near. A voice, somewhat tremulous
with age, startled them, and looking
round they saw old Tim, leaning upon
his cane, reproachfully regarding them,
oval, walr' he exclaimed, "thisf
beats me, shure. Mr.. George, wha'
will your father sayP Thish yer won't
do at all. must speak word alone
O. Annis-"
But Annis had fed precipitately
while George himself at first seemed
somewhat confused; but he put on {
bold face:
81 tell you, Tim" he said, 81 love
her, and I'm going to marry herwhethel
father likes it or not"
"Yore pap's rich, my boy" said tn,
old man sadly. "Me nd Annis air por
dead pore. He picked us up cute
the mud like. onct had money, but
lost it all, nd I've never been wurth
nickel sense. Hit 'ud be pore way O
payin' yore pap back, to let his sol
saddle hisself with a pore girl Xix,
mine. My, hits natally scan'lus, mt
me nd Annis hain't a goin' ter let "
do it."
But George remained unconvinced
and left him plunged in sad perplexity
Late that night he came into his daugh
ter's room with a large sachel in hi
hand
wal, child" he said, I'm you gran
pap, nd l brot We hyur, md l hahn
agoin' ter let you nd George GasdeI
marry eff l kin help it. Put what dud
We natally needs in this yer sa'chel
md less you md me pull out fror
hyur"
GLOW can ], grandpapP" she pleaded
f"Is it so very wrong, after all, for Georg
to love me?'
Don't ye argy, Annis Hain't 20
md paupers, all but fer Mr.. Gasden
Neve min what we'uns onct waz; th5
don't count now. / cud never face this
man again ef let We continner to max
a fool outer his son. So-don't argy-
but cUme erlong."
Poor Annis yielded much against he
will her own sense of Tins rectitud
! fighting half the battle. With teal
' and signs, she packed up change
clothing, and tremblingly followed tn
t old man down stairs.
0 The night was intensely dark, an
Mr.. Gasden, feeling the air of his be-
P room close, flung open window. Drol
n of ran were beginning to fall; the
were low lying flashes of lightning
: the north, and a sense OF suspense
/ the aic. He leaned out over the s
t reAec'ively, and listened to his sor
r footsteps overhead.
George is restless" he though
"studles too hard, / reckon. If
Q knew all, l wonder whether he wou
be so proud and ambitiousP"
+, just then one OF the doors belC
opened and shut. There came a bri
IS interval of silence, then heavy thu
that was followed by a groan, aft
Q which came shrill feminine exclam
tions of distress. s
d l"Father! father! Oh, dear! VIII
n shall d0psi
n No. Gasden closed the window, and hs
: tened downstairs and out into t
piazza. FE