The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-03-05
kELLY''S CRISIS.

TIT the social reason Oh Cherry Hill
had not displayed the br;lliancy that had
MARI 1t it from the time Miss ,I.~~ie
kellT had tive leadership i'll such matters
t.lr't-, upoa her was Que entirely to the
fac; eat tae yoras lady had passed
a pes,oi of dangerous lilies. At one
til they tholsht the end had come.
7 doctor thought so too. for he bent
OK her !"i m,ily minutes before he wa
81 = sui continued to breathe.
.tliyss t.iness started with i
s Old It didn't bother her anv at
L q went 70 her work at the
e -s.ry with the same regular
i ::!cteri-ed her for years.
! = to feel worse. Her
I her to remain at home
I u d&yi. but Hiss Maggie
v ns5.Ie Of it. At TIA particu-
l. IS doing another girls
' N to her own. which
II - would receive double
L 1t OF pay when the week
slrl needed the very
n ~ ied to a,tena the third
a i 1i the Social Five. which
!" '",t. ring the following week.
" ocC"-.Jn she had proposed to a
p III a costume that would delight
t. ,scf her friends and still the ad-
Vt-.tc. Ict,i of her enemies.
Mr.. SioDay Carroll. with much plead
nS;tI hlS tones. had begged of her to
accom- ~ him to the ball. She had re-
fused t-.e gentleman at first. and very !
Frankly told HIM her reasons for SO doing.
If | go with you." she said. you'll |
go OF n git ii jag on. an then yoall com |
me1ce to spont tragedy. an somebodv'u I
so~k yer ia TIE eye n therc1l be IA scrap.
! o want no scrappers til-in me to a
Dali. Mr.. Carroll was m1cl hart upon
hearing why Miss Kelly did net care TO
go to the ball with him. Then he pro-
tested against her classification.
II amt no scrapper, Mag" he said.
I'm a actor"
The young lady referred to a disturb
ance which Mr.. Carroll had started at
the last party she gave in order to prove
her assertion. Mr.. Carroll protested
with much vehemence that it was not he.
out the quantity of beer he had imbibed
on that occasion which was responsible
for the outbreak.
Miss Kelly naively remarked that per-
maps the beer might be responsible for
another such scene, but Mr.. Carroll
hastened to assure her that such would
be the case. He even went so far rs
10 hope he might die on the spot if he
"ould become involved in any quarrel
the ball. He was so far successful in
convincing Miss Kelly that he would be-
have himself if only she would 90 with
him that finally she consented.
Her mother was not altogether pleased
with the choice Miss Maggie had made
for a partner at the ball. ',Shurc," the
old lady had said. yer moight betther
had what Wild Mike Welsh. He's u nice
quiet. dacent, good young man."
! Know he Is, nav" the young wom-
an replied, He's too good. If Slob3v
o Slt full he'll be all right"
Yes. if he don't" the mother "a.
'ponded grlmly. ,
1t really &eemed as if the f&tes were
AGAINST her accompanying Mr.. Carroll.
OF the very day after she had consented
me commenced to feel III. Three DAYS j
ater she was unable to rise from her ,
)ed' anu the doctor was called in. .
Our daughter vii! have a hard time
II 1t, he told the young lady's mother. : +
\ heavy fever set in, and on the evening" ,
ct for the bail Miss Kelly was deIirions :
lheA the doctor said the critical time /
at hand. and that the young wonl- 5
n S recovery depended as much on care '
III nursing as his medicines. He said Y
nut no noise should be made that wonld .
lsttrb the patient. Miss Tessie Brady
AID she would see that the Injunction =
carried out. !
MISS Brady had come out in a new z
Ight since her friend Maggie became
i. From the very first she had been at
iiss Maggie's side.
Without her the kellys could have t
no rest. for a ceaseless vigil h
as maintained over the patient. For
ne hrst few nights Miss Brady went t. O
er own home shortly after midnir,lt. q
lr. Carroll always loitered about the
elShborhood until Miss Brady cam, v
Ut. Then. While he was walking home a
18th her, she would tell him how Mag Il
was getting along. \
"hen the physician announced that
PATIENTS life hung only by a thread.
ISIS Brady neglected her work alto
ether and remained constantly at the /.