The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-29
HOW ISAID "YES'
BY AMELIA Il. BARR.

Tor 1t, for never was their a child with a
more mistaken name. A b~elligarent state
was my norufal condition. + DO not re-
member my nurses, tai have grace
enough to pity them. The mildest Of nv
teachers considered me stunruly," and
you can ask Godfrey what he thought of
me a year ago. Now it is different.
have found my master, and I believe !
rather like it. This is how it came
, about.
Godfrey had asked me three times to
marry him, and three times / had said
sNo," in the most decided n
But that never made the least difference
to him. He only laughed and said /
would know my own mind better next
time.
II suppose" l said, ssyou mean to ask
] me once a quarter2"
st1s that enough2n
t.Too often, a great deal, sirln
"Well then, we will say once in six
months, Miss Olive"
And then he walked smilihgly away,
and began some nonsensical talk with
father about Doctor Koch and his be-
wildering theories.
This last asking was just at the begin
ming Ct warm weather, and father, who
thought Geotfrey's opinion infallible,
asked him where be would advise us to
go for the ummer.
Z had made up my mind to go to Long
Branch and / said SO, very distinctly; but
Godfrey proposed some out-of- the-way
place in the Virginia mountains. Then
he painted it in such glowing colors that
nothing would satisfy father but a per-
sonal investigation. It was all Geoffrey's
doing, and I told him so at the railway
station. .
1T is your doing, sir,"I said, ssand
| shall remember you for it,"
Thanks, Olive" he replied; tsthere
is nothing | fear but forgetfulness."
wanted to speak Enthusiastically to him,
but the train moved, and / felt that it
would be only waste material.
At the end of the second day we got to
our destination. 1t was a pretty place; l
must acknowledge that. Nature had
done all she could for it, but art and
civilization had passed it by. The men
were simply s.frights, = and the women
were-Well, none too good for the men.
The houses were ~log-cabins, through
which daylight peeped and the wind blew
as it listed. But there was, of course, a
big white hotel-there always is. ! have
no doubt if we had gone to Stanley Falls
or Guthrie we should have found q hotel
and proprietor-the institution is ubi-
quitary. We procured rooms, and my
trunks were, with some difficulty, got up
the hill and the fight of wooden steps
into the hall.
~ suppose" ] said, with a resigned
look at father, stthere is no use in taking
them upstairs. I can have n use for my
dresses here?'
aAs you like, Olive" he replied, in
one Of his meek and mild ways; s'as you
like, dear; that gray thing you have on
looks pretty well, and it does not show
the dirt
After this remark, of course, | had every
trunk, bonnet-box and satchel taken up
stairs and the noise and confusion, and
even the occasional bad word their size
and weight called forth, were quite CRATE
full to me.
1T is not my fault, /" l explained. ssf
people will build stairs like corkscrews, ]
am not responsible
In this amiable mood we took posses
sion. and I think, If Godfrey had known
what i was thinking about it, as I did up
nv hair and put on my white evening
dress. he would have lost a tribe OF his
acknowledgements is, If men ever
al make q loss Of that kind. The first
thing that pleased me Was the supper.
Ii really was good, particularly the Der
hes and cream, which are q speciality
with me.
.sBut, SIR Inquired, ssare there any
Christians here besides ourselvesP
at is to be hoped 10, Olive. saw q
little church in the valley
uPshaw, fatherl ! did not mean
church Christians; 7 mean society Chris
tians.n
ssAh, they are different, are they2
Well, what do you think of Augusta
Pennington for a Christianao
Augusta Penningtonl Is she here9'
/ asked, amazed
ssNo, she is not, but her brother lives
within two miles, and he has D daugh-
ter about the same age az yourself. hrs.
Pennington wrote them We should be
here to-day; they will doubtless call in
the morning
Well, I did not care II they did. The
dresses in my trunks were sufficient to
inspire any woman with comfortable as
surance.U The next morning I made q
beautiful toilet, but neither Mi. o Miss
Lacelles called. Just after supper ]
heard i little stir and hustle on the stairs,
i rippling laugh, the rustic Of silken
robes, and, lsaiing On her fathers arm,
Mss Lacelles entered. She was beanti-
full: / saw that at q glance tall and
bale and lady-like. reminding yon OF .
fair white lily. We Q struck PIP 2
friendshipE girls friendship ] mean.
Same nne has said that there Is nc