Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-08-15

EeEGF All Mss 0NrHW HllS dong khe
talking. EIliiers only Ginning in now
and again With mouosylabie replies
upon as LIE In B1rm1h After a VERY
short internal the gentlemen adjourned
90 the drawing-rOom- where ViIIfers
At and listened to the quiet snoring
Of Mrs Denns and 90 the occasional
singing q the young lady After the
Lniles had retired. tae tw1 fellow. sat
up smoking aad chatting ito the
small hours >uIIsury 81 Percy
said I -ay. jack. what DO you think
to May
Pray who nay May beT
Why my cousin. Hiss MY Corn
wallis. q course
Not being a Judge % ladies' really
can not say
Bat you ought b. De- a iuige--
Ny dear fellow whea a man T.
poor Lldies especially mammals. do
% exactly worship him 10 say the
lsast- and sdlscr Fortune has been good
enough TO give me- a book in I have
had no -iucllnatiou To dahble with a.
subject so murh beyond my compre-
heu>iou
This E1s a long speech foe VILIiers
and was -alI In such earuestue-s As to
-snd >Ir Percy into a 81 o. hH<hter
-Poor fellow. BETTER put a ticket on
your buciS labeled Young Indies De-
ware-bjtrs By lowe. 0lt MAN. I
wish I hat an uncle somewhere who
would leave me- a pot % money This
p-as7s Is up TO the crown ami I DO not
know how ever I shall 70 on shortly
I really must look out for a female
CrvHsus who Will take pity on my sin
gIeuess ia n practical way said SIR
Percy half In pest. half in earues
\ deep yawu from VTIlfers WIS the
only reply and shortly after the uen
went to bod What with shooting and
a sort Of -Siag antI another. 4 m0ath
quickly passed and in the meantime
VaLIers f1esuI out that Hiss Cornwall
lis WIS becamiug very dear TO him.
and that although be tried To trlmPIe
it down be- could not prevent his love
from getting stronger day by day
1w0 facts. however. We're evident to
him. that be- wAs NOT the only cham
pfou in the field. nnd that instead Of
Nay caring for him she simply de-
Tested hIm- whv be could not imagine.
w all have likes and disIISes. with
out any reason whatever for our bias.
SIR Percy Wa very very uuch in
love With his cousin anI her feeling
towards Sir Percy WIS a natter that
cost Jaeio VIIliers many an hour anx-
iors ~punderfng One duy-a bsautf-
fII hot day for the time Of the year
however, his thoughts on that score
were set NJ rest. Going foe n stroll.
he threw himself down Ia the grass
just beside a bush and there in the sun
500 dg-eti of 10 sleep. He was
aroused by hearing voices from the
either side of the bush HIS first
Thought WIS to heap up and walk
AWAY but. them Is struck him that
those ca the other side would imagine
that he bad been delIberarely PLAYING
the listener Just then b. resugufzed
che Voice OF >Ir Percy Leudoru. say
ing
Tt awsIIly hard- but. darling I
can NOT drag you down to poverty.
NAV
Then the vo5es OF Nl- CoruwaIIfs
sait
II should uos mind being poor. dear.
I only hasf y9,L
Il expect the payment viii fall due
N a few months. and I shall hare ro
make something of Ct. Heaven knows
wtal LaasS at VlTers-by the by.
w-v 80 voa dislike him 80 mu-h7-hs
does % al money particularly.
newer lives ABOVE his pay ami. Of
course by the perverse order OF
things. cvmss into a snug dt5Is tortuna
that would have nicely set me- u9
aslia- bu1 there's ao z5Irh luck foe
me. -aui >u- Percy swlshIng his stick
v5ciousIv In the grass
Newer mind Colonel VaIrsrs Per,.v=
do not envy his good fortune I do
not Like hIm- h. Il too cold and
superefLfous- and looks down on every
body
Just then a rustic WIS heard and a
few seconds Later VlIIers made hi
appearance On the other side OF the
bush confronting the detected couple.
SAYING
Il bes your pardon, Mss Corn
wallis must apologies for being an
a-nfnteutionaI listener 20 your couver-
-arfoa with Sir Percy
Colonel yIIIfers. have You been
there. moving her head toward the
ether side Of the bush during the
whole OF the time SIR Percy and I
have been hers2 and az she asked
Ibis question her ewes flashed ire.
Yes. w1s Jack VaEIers simple re-
ply
Then You are a coward and an
eavesdruPper, which L. I can assure
YOU A very ~zen5ienaHIy and houor-
able occupation and quite coJaeIdes
with my opinion OF CaIouef vuIIerS
This she said With superb scuru-
C0loueI EIlIiers remark Wis ouIv.
4 VII not InHIcr nv uuxelenme pres-
euce upon vou any loEger- and with
oct altering Il muscle. he raised his
hl1- turned on his heel and left them.
But each word IN tie cruel sentence hasI
srrr Er-~ HFL-a a L=-EF.