The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-03-26
CISSIE AND CARRY.

Seymour Gladhrook was a young man
Of great promise He had Just com
nenced his third year AZ Oxford, and
every one expected him 10 take a high
place among the cleyeres men Of his
year when he went IN for his tiph
But young Gladbrook was no book
~ and owed his superiority IN knowl-
edge more TO the brilliancy Of his intel
lect than to studious application At
the age Of twenfy-one he found himself
hs own master, with an income suh-
Gent 10 keep a bachelor in every luxury.
This would have led many young men
into excuses. but Gladbrook was steady
as 9 rock. and above all things prided
himself upon being adarnant 10 the fair
SEA- fatal mistake in most cases, and
suggestive Of the Scrptural warning.
Let him who thinketh he standeth be
ware lest he fall On the night of the
university boat race, In the year 1s.
Gladbrook was sitting IN a certain stall
at the Vampire Music hall In the
ne1t stall to him sat his greatest friend
Horace Morton On the stage the SIS
tiers Pool were delightiny their many
admirers with their most fascinating
dance
BY Jove.- said young Morton. whose
head was slightly swimming. by Jove-
how those two poor girls whlrI.
Yes replied Gladbrook, they're
perfect w~hirlpools In fact they ought
TO be christsned -Scylla and CharybdA.
for they are whirlpools III which many a
craft has gone % destruction
Morton was N too drunk to remember
this and not 50 dishonorable as 70 tn and
palm 1t of as his own joke. Consequent
" next day all Seymour Gladb-ooks
friends were talking about MS latest wit
ticisrn-
Now Gladbrook was perhaps the only
man Of his set who was not more or
less intimately acquainted with Cssie
and Garry Pool. SO the whole story was
carried direct TO penn, together with the
name of the originator.
Henceforth CIssie and Garry were
known far and wide only as ScyIla and
Charybdis, and they pretended Il aypre-
ciate the jest. but in their innernost
souls they especially the elder cherished
a longing for revenge against their IN
Edious defamer.
Csse Scyllal expressed 2 strong de-
sire 70 meet the young wag who had
given her this Homeric nickname. and
as her hghrest wish was law 70 her ad-
mirers the meeting soon took place.
After this Gladbro0k seemed 10 IND
these sisters everywhere he went If he
was On q race course they were sure 20
be the guests Of a friend Of his. Ii be
went n TO supper they were always
invited. until he quite unconsciously
6rfted into tie friendliest relations with
them
1t was quite evident 70 every one bat
GladbFook that be was under VERY heavy
fire from the batteries Of ScvIla. A fire
which no man had withstoExi for long
She Was then IN the first flush of youth.
fauitlesly beautiful in form and feature.
charming in manner AMI such Il master
OF the arts of fascination that they az
peareI to BE- part Of her nature. Glad
brooks friends first chaTeI and then
warned him. He Laughed al them and
called himself a mlsdgyulst- 81 first il
seemed Is if he would prove invElner
able Ia the fnsillade 10 which the LADY
continually subjected him He trusted
to his arlno Of indifference and was tos
proud to retreat from danger. His prde
led TO his fall. He fell as only brave
men do. utterly and hopelessly defeated
The capItulation of young Seymour
Gladbrook. which caused so much diver
sion and amusement TO his friends, va;
sad TO behold The fact Of his having
been indifferent to other women all hi,