Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-02-12

Jarl III go out with you into the gar
den and show you where Rosam0nd is"
For she was secretly determined. in
spite of her wrongs. to give Rosamond
every fair chance.
Franklin Jetferd looked down at the
light, agile figure as he walked besideit.
How pretty she was. What Il delicate
pink color burned on her clear cheek.
and how intensely blue her eyes
We're. And then those silky rings of
light brown hair that were blowing
about her forehead-what a bewitching
framework they made to her face,
If Rosamond is prettier she must be
very pretty" he thought.
AT that moment the sound of shrieks
and v~ituperations burst on the scented
sunmer air. and Rosanond. forcing her
way through the tail lilac bushes, rushed
into the open garden, both hands clasped
Yer her face.
Was it Rosamond-this figure with
disheveled hair, eyes swollen to nearly
twice their size, face distigured with in
Vulnerable stings. and complexion pur-
pie with rage and pain?
Its your horrid. hateful bees that
have done it. Zuleika." she screamed.
"Anyhow, | threw both the hives into
the brush and smashed them, and-Td
like to fling You after them, Yes. l
| would
lit warnt the creeturs fault, Miss
Jefferd,' explained the voice of Jacob,
the hired man. who brought up the
rear, beating off a cloud Of Infatuated
insects with the briln of his straw hat.
Bees is alters quick to take ~oifense-
an you jest slapped out at EN- when
they came harmlessly hulnmin' round
about your ear. And it didn't better
matters none when you kicked the hives
over into the brock. l shouldn't Won
der, now, eff it was twenty-four hours
afore ye could see outen yolr eyes
agln."
Papa" cried Rosamond. IF You don't
put a stop to Zuleika's obstilacy and
wiilfulness-
1T isn't papa, Rosamond,' said Zu-
leika. i'll Il low voice. as she gently de-
tached her sisters hand from the stran-
| gers arm. 1T is Mr.. Franklin JeTerd.
We came out tolook for YOU
I'm sorry you're SO badly stung,
Cousin Rosamond." said Dir. Jetferd.
"A little bicarbonate Of soda. dissolved
in water
But R0Sa1nond. muttering a few in
| coherent words Of excuse, vanished un-
der the loneysuckles that draped the
! porch. leaving Jacob to do battle alone
with the winged enemies. and Zuleika
and Franklin TO console each other.
And this was the first impression"
which she succeeded in making upon her
unknown cousin.
Was it my fault that Frank liked me
better than YOU Zuleika asked her sis
ter SIX weeks atterward. ''You needn't
scold me because l am engaged to be
married before you. He chose for him
self, didn't heT'
1T was the fault of your bees" said
angry Rosamond. Il believe you kept
them there on purpose"
Won't You speak one kindly, loving
word to me, Rosalnond, now that l am
so happy" whispered Zuleika. Say
that you rejoice il my good fortune!'
But Rosamond remained s~tubbornly
silent.
Il don't think" said Betsy Blair, the
housekeeper, that poor Miss Zuleika
ever knew what it was to be really loved
or looked after until she was engaged to
Mr.. Frank. The professor mean well,
but he'd no eyes for anything but his
books. And Miss Rosa-oh, she was a
regular tyrant! and yet at the weddin'
everybody was sayin'. What a very
amiable person Miss Jefferd is, and what
a relief it must be to her to git that
troublesome younger sister of hers mar
ried off Oh, the injustice of the
world"
Her gossip, old Mrs. Hale, shook her
cap borders.
Its what We must expect this side o
the promised land" said she senten-
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