San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-15
ANNA.

eS, my GEAR, l nave given neT an Eng
lish education; l have spared no pains in
bringing her up altogether a rAnglaise, and
this is the RESULT"
And pretty little Nine. Paritoff sighed
heavily and turned up her fine eyes with a
look of unutterable pathos Her friend, the
Vicomptesse de Revers. a short, comfortable
matron, fat and forty, but-like the majority
of French women-by no means fair, also
sighed and endeavored to look as sympathetic
as her absolute ignorance Of the matter in
question would allow of. The couple were
seated in one of the shady sllees at Spa, near
enough to the band for its strains to be dis
tinctly audible, but not so near ~ 10 prevent
them couversing freely. A stream Of people
passed constantly up and down, and Nine
ParitoR was frequently obliged to break OF
in the recital OF her woes to acknowledge
with stately inclination or smiling nod, her
numerous acquaintance and friebds
You we're saying, dear madam interro
Isted the viScOunteSs, after pause.
Il was saying then how inoonoeivably l
have been disappointed in my plans foS-
Anna. You know how have brought her
up-English nurses and governesees, riding,
walking, cold water, independence, liberty
que sa!s-je, moi! Everything that is most
English. | wished her to marry an English
man, for thus thought l should best insure
her happiness.
"Well, my hopes appeared about TO be
sealized five years ago, when, at seventeen,
N this very place Anna engaged herself to
young Mr.. Twickenham. His fortune and
position were good, and he himself charming.
There was but one drawback: his father, ur
John Bull pur sang, objected to his marrying
o foreigner. At first he refused his consent
altogether, declaring his son WAS too young
to know his own mind; but finally agreed to
withdraw his opposition if after six months
during which time the young couple were
neither to meet nor to correspond-they were
still firm in their resolution Well, you will
hardly believe it-before three months had
passed my prospective son-inlaw wrote to
break OF his engagement; his love had
cooled, suppose, for he discovered that hF
and my daughter were unsuited to each
other! She will never get over it.; cannot
persuade her to think Of marriage, though
several suitable parties have presented them-
selves; all men are alike, she says, and she
will have nothing more to do with them"
''DO you think then she is still attached to
her EngliShman"
''Her EngiiShpanl Oh, de grace, madame,
do not speak of him thus Anna cannot
bear him; will not even permit me to hint
at this episode i'll her life Judge then of my
diSmay and grief on hearing this morning
that he is here, actually hero, and that we
may meet him at any time. You know am
in the very middle Of my cure; it would not
be possible to leave now without grave in
jury to my healthl"
Actually Eere-Bonte DivineI" calculated
Nine. de Eevers. What complication
What theu will you do, chere smiea what
does ANA heIsolf say"
Anna" I'm little scream). II took good
care not to tel her. 1t would quite spoil her
pleasure for the rest of our sojourn here; and
here, us told you, it is absolutely necessary
for me To remain. 1t is possible that this
youn. man may, on discovering our vicinity,
have the good taste to retire | can hardly
ma:yiao he would be forward enough to wish
20 intruds himself on our nosioe 1t Is
again possible that, surrounded as Anna in
varla5ly is, she may not be aware of his
being ilSre; they tell me he does not go mnch
into society. In any case, | shall leave it to
chance-aad Providence" she added, piously,
- must try not to worry. My doctor as
sures me- and Nine Paritoff, whose
health was just sufficiently delicate to be- Of
all absorbing interest to her and not SO much
as to prevent her going about as much as she
liked, launched forth into dissertation on
her favorite topic
Little did she know that at the very same
moment Anna was walking up and down
their drawing room, in a frenzy Of excite
ment, on discovering the name of Basil
Twickenham in the list Of visitors to Spa
~ ! /.
her blind faith in the man who had forsaken
her, her girlish dreams, and then the rude
awakening, the shame, the bitter Indignation
She had lived it all down at last; she had
LlDaF that the very memory Of it would IL