Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-02-05
LESSON FOR LOVERS

A LESSON FOR LOVERS
'Self-willed and ill-tempered! I'm
much oh iged to you for your good
opinion of me, Mr.. ATkright.'
/ II anything coulI have made Susan
Rays pretty face positively ugly, 1t
you'd have been the look and tone
which accompanied these words. The
/ mall rel lips had a most unbecoming
)oat, the deep violet eyes an angry and
g rnful flash, while the delicately PEN
.illsd brows were drawn so closely to-
,eiher, that the arches almost met.
The individual addressed, 10 all ap-
,earances, took this outbu2st very
;ooliy, though inwardly very much
lnnoyed.
You need feel under no paI ticular
Obligations to me- he said, quietly,
without raising his eyes from the book,
whose leaves he was turning with no
'ery definite idea of their meaning. 'It
my candid op MON, L am very sorry
o say
TndeedI Miss Agnes Ward is not
ll-tempered in the least, / suppose?'
Miss Agnes Ward is what you can
)e, wien you chooSe-a very amiable
Toung lady?'
why don't you ask her to marry
'ony / should think you would, she is
iuch a paragon of perfectiOnP
| BE ause L don't love Ler, and L do
owe somebody else
THAT somebody else ought to feel
Fery much fattered. But if you mean
ne, let me tell you tn the sooner you
ransfer your affections to her, or some
)ther lady, the better l shall be suited.
you don't meau wha: you say, Su-
sanf'
Yes, do mean what say replied
a; e young lady, her checks growing
Tery red And what Is more, l am
convinced that We are not suited 10
sach other, and that it is best that We
g5lst.'
Ar. Albright arose. He had turned
lightly pale and there was a grave
oo+z- IN his eyes, and quaint express
iioa of the lips. full OF significance in
4 MO SO habituaily calm and self-con-
sroil-d. He deliberately buttoned up
his coat and drew on his gloves. T.en
aking up his hat, he said:
You will be sorry for what you
ave said, bye-and-bye,' and left the
house.
Frank Ray, Susan's brother, had
oeen sitting upon the piazza, during
his conversation, and the windows
oelng open, had heard enough TO under.
stand Its import, and if he had not,
Mr. Arkright's grave, absent look, as
ae passed him, would have given him
An inkling or the truth.
Entering the hall, he pushed open
he door of the room, where his sister
Was sitting, in an as thoroughly uncom-
Portable state OF mind as one could pos
sbly conceive.
You'll lose John, If you are not
careful, sue,' he said, after looking at
J ler moment without speaking.
L wish you wouldn't meddle with
NY affairs, Frank, retorled Susan,
petulantly. 1T would he no great loss
f l should
You wouldn't care, 1 suppose, if lie
should enlist, as Bert, Laura Deans
OetiOthed, has?'
The memory of Laura's pale, sad
face rose up before her, and she looked
little startled.
Enlist? He has 70 thought of en-
listing. All his brothers are III the
army, and he wouldn't be likely u
lave his mother ali alone. Besides,
lie quota Is made up
4 know that, but now that they ara
IN the point of ST .rtIng, two or three
Of them would be glad to get a substi-
tute. Wylis Burt would, L know, for
he tod me So.'
Frank turned careleS5ly away as he
said this, but his words had aroused an
unpleasant train of thought in Susan's
mind, which she strove vainly to dis
pei.
'Nonsensel' she said TO herself.
Frank Is only trying 10 tease me. He
knows better. L wish L hadn't SAID
what l did, but John is so provoking.
II he would only get angry like other
peOple, and nog sit there so cool and
calm, and say such disagreable things.
/ wish he wasn't so perfect himself, or
didn't expect me o be. One don't like
to jbe always in the wrong.'
kIhe hearts of John and Susan were
tTiNwn together by strong bond of
mutual sympathy and affection, and
10th posseSSe many excellent qualities,
yet scarcely week passed without
some scene as the above, though Susin
hal never allowed herself to speak
sucl bitter words before, and never had
John parted from her in such an un-
gracious manner
Truth compels us to acknowledge
that Susan was tie one at fault. To-
gether with warm, loving heart, she
had quick, impulsive temper, which
often betrayed her into language which
she afterwards deeply regretted. The
only daughter among host of Sons. an
amount of petting was lavisned upon
her by both parents and brothers, that
would have completely spoiled a less
KIND and ingenious disposition, and
possessing unusual personal beauty,
when she reached the age Of woman
hood, she drew around her circle of
who would have fain per-
suaded her that her very faults were
Yet she showed her Inherent good
sense, by passing them all by for honest
John Albright who, though he took
her 70 his generous heart. as a most
dear and precious gift, loving h-r as
only such strong natures can love, not
only saw that she had failiugs, but
would have felt that he was falye to the
trust reposed in him, had he not done
IA 5 best to make her conscious of them
also.
Yet II Susan was most to blame, it
8 also TIE that John did not always
make due allowance, either for her
lnipulslye temperament, so different
IOtn E1S own. or her youth for she was