St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-08-24

| Silyerware were cs r51ully Va3nSd anu oill
| proceeded to count her teaspoons, of which
she had two dozen and a half of solid Sill
yer ones. There were the dozen Cousin |
Julia gave her and the half dozen from
m.,nna and only ten of Aunt Benson S
T dozen. Thinking they must be among the
| china, Jill said nothing until the last piece |
/ vas washed.
Jack, wonder where the rest of these
spoons are; there are only ten OF Aunt |
| BeUson's here.
I expect they are here somewhere, |
said Jack, peerirg about, looking on retr;g- !
orator, table, stove and window sill. :.
Maybe they are in the other rooms"
suggested Jill.
They both went aud looked on tables, |
cha rs and floor, but no spoons were to be
| seen.
That's strange" said Jack, becoming |
somewhat annoyed. Jack, by the way, is
= very careful fellow, and never loses so
1uth as q pencil, while Jill Is APP TO be
| soaring in the clouds, aud consequently is
;uuch more careless about small matters,
did you count them2 Are you sure
YOU took out dozen?" questioned Jack.
Jill, who was now putting away the
d sin pan and hanging up the towels, did
not reply at ones, FOR she was not at ali
SIRE whether she had, but finally said,
rather CURLY:
II don't know whether did or not. l
suppose so ,.
'.lt's very strange you don't know. Do
you know whether you got ttlem all back
from Mrs. Jones that time you loaned
them to her,
Now Jill had forgotten that she had
loaned them, but now she recalled the
fact it seemed certain to Ler that the miss
ing spoons must have been lost at That
time, but she would not acknowledge to
Jack that she had been careless. Her
heart sank, for really she was feeling very
badly over the loss of her pretty spoons
B sides, although Aunt Benson was well
able to duplicate her gift, it was an under
stood thing that nothing more was to be
, expe cited from her But Jill maintained
stole like silence, and merely said:
Il can't swear whether did or not l
suppose | counted them, though
well, | shall ask Mis-. JONES' said
Jack, doggedly 81 remember well hear
, irg her tell you to count them and see if
tL1y were all there"
Jack Hilton" said Jill, in her severest
tone ''if you want TO make trouble you
lust ask Mrs Jones how many spoons she
! returned, as two are missing now, you'll
. have the biggest fuss on your hands you
ever had,
"WelI :" said Jack, weakening little
hut determined not to give in, perhaps
G Susie might have carried them of when
:, sic went home"
J, Susie was Mrs. Jones' hired girl.
We'll, suppose she did" said Jill
u promptly, ''you COULDN'T 20 out in the
:, country and search her fathers house p
= "Well, it's mighty strange you could rot
keep those spoonsT'
Are you sure you didn't throw them
- out in that pail of water you emptled I?
= questioned Jill.
e II don know said Jack, taking up a
~ lamp and going out into the darkness.
. His search was fruitless, for he returned
J., with a Sowing face.
>, jill meantime had gone to the closet
where she kept her stock OF bed and table
= liren, thinking that possibly the missing
spoons might have fallen out OF the box
AMI become hidden in the folds of sheets
" or tablecloths. No spoons came to light
~ however, and Jill emerged red faced anc
" disappointed.
l. Il guess if you get any more spoon:
10 vou'lJ know it" said Jack savagely.
- We'll, I'm not gong to worry myself
- 10 death over two teaspoons, said Jill IL
- sharp, cutting tones. The only thing
u, an sorry about is that they came from
10 yo1r side of the house "
- You wouldn't have had any ii the.
~ la hut" said Jack cruelty.
q That's all very true, replied Jill in he
]. coolest tones, "but | thought they wer
io given to me, and don't see why you nee'
- to make such a fuss over them"
% Il don't intend you shall lose them if
can help it, ard moreover, l intend to Sc
~ that you don't lend them to any one else
md
g perfectly willing for you to count then
~ AMI take care of thep," said Jill, prepar
10 i1t. to retire. .'Some day I'll buy tw
-; ~ spoons in the place of those that are lost.
~ ~ .sOh, you don't need to do that.
';;ss Jack, are you very mad with me?' sal
"a "a jill i'll coaxing tone.
~ ~ ooh, well, it's no use to talk any NOR
NO about it, rejoned Jack, showing plainl
l, that he did not feel very amiable.
~ Jill was naturally very sensitive, bu
9 while she was sorry for the loss of til
7u spoons. she felt in her heart that it wa
n na not worth while to worry very much owe
en so insignificant a matter and she kne'
W that Jacks anger would soon wear ava.
=: The next morning they were scarcel
30, awake before the subject of the lost spoo1
, no came up again and Jack, while yet e
81 djs1u6iNe," peeked cautiously out OF tt
y, ~ window to the spot where he had throw
he the water.
us "Well, if they were on the ground son
No. one has made way with them already"
an Jack" exclaimed Jill, fifteen minut
~; vn later holding the brush in mid air, h
i aS long brown hair falling about her, ''didI
lao YOU put those spoons on the dishes OF L
q, cream took down to the GreysY
:ne "That's what" said Jack slowly, as
lso recalled thu fact THAT is just whe
of they are"
Vi Funny neither of US thought of that
80 said Jill with Frightening face.
uH Jack continued buttoning his shoes, al
o o as he put on his hectic, said
;In Il am very sorry Mrs Hilton, for bell
l lne SO cross last night, and l hope you W
Wv, ,an forgive me-"
ven 'SOf course I will Jack" said Jill,
vas she fastened her collar. "4ou know
no 10 forgive you every time you say anythi
i9i = you ought not to."-E b. d. an 10
ota Housekeeping.
had Luck Whines, Labor Whistles.
t in :,
ost. eyes, it is better to be born lucky, tn
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