Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-01-30
WON HIS HEART.
How a Little Child FULFILLED It's
Mission Of Love.
"Drat It'll" said Roc1s.

Drat III! said BogSs.
Boggs was withered-up. little, old
Yankee, who had made his fortune and
was living in little house on a little
side street in little village in New
England Boggs was something OF q
recluse-almost hermit. His house
keeper was crusty old woman of un-
certain age, WHO furnished him his
only companionship. He sought no
other. For old Boggs had soured on
the world. to use a somewhat slangy
phrase.
To go back matter of five years or
SO: The time had been when the old
man had less OF acerbity in his nature
when he was not SO much OF re-
cluse as he now was.
Ills wife was living then--his daugh-
ter, too. was at homo. And Boggs
thought much of the one, but more of
the other. His heart was bound up in
the girl. with her lnughing blue eyes.
golden hair and sunny face. He had
planned a great future for her, for the
cid man cared more, il possible, for his
daughter than he did for his dollars,
and he determined that regardless of
all expense his girl should become a
lady, dress like Il lady and marry like
n la1y should. Boggs, of hum bic par
cntaAe himsclf-himself a hard-toilinC
man all his lifc-ieternined that his
daughter should become an aristocrat.
And SO he did not hesitate to pay over
large sums to Mime. Emile, of New
York. to whose fashiona BILE boarding.
school Miss Lucy was sent to acquire n
'fust-class edication," as the old man
proudly referred to it
SO that it can readily be seen that
when Miss Lucy returned from the
school with a diploma, which duly set
forth all her requirements, it was a
sore blow to the old man that she
should Immediately fall in love with a
penuiless young artist, who had straycd
over from Gotham to sketch some Of
the glorious scenery about Dudley boro.
But she did. And, what is more to the
point, she married him, too, in spite of
her fathers stern demands and her
mothers fearful protests. It was n Sc
cret marriage, and when the young
couple appeared before the old man it
was with the full expectation of his
rccnting and bestowing upon them his
full forgiveness. But no such thing
occurred.
You have disobeycd my commands" q"
lie said; ''now shift for yourself, girl I
never want to sec or hear from you
again. Bcgone!" And there was some
thing like curse on his lips as he
turned from the young bride and her
hus band.
1t was very dread full, of course. Lucy
hal read of such things before in
stories, which seemed very improbable,
but it never occurred to her that her
father would treat her, Lucy Boggs-
or, rather. now Mrs. Lucy BogEs Chan
lcr-in any such manner But right
there she was mistaken,
And so Mr. and Mrs. Chanler re-
turned to Gotham and art and rather
precarious existence. Her letters to
her father were unanswered; after
awhile they were returned to her. un-
opened. The old man evidently meant
what he said. The death OF Mrs
Boggs a year or so later didn't tend to
soften his heart; if possible. it became
flintier than before.
This was the situation that frosty
lated: "Drat it!''
Read that" he said, as he tossed a
letter over to the old housekceper. The
old mans tones were a triflc softer
than usual, for all he tried to appear
stern and hard-heartcd about it. The
news was n terrible blow, but the old
man determined not to bctray the fact
"Mussy on us" CALCULATED the old
woman. Lucy and her husband both
dead and their two-year-old child an
orphing? And we've got to take it or
it'll be sent to the asylum. Well, WE'LL"
YES" said old Boggs, ''and sup
pose We'll have to take the young 'un.
although how we can take care of it in
this house is more than I know"
Might get n nuss-gal?" suggested
the old We oman.
We'll, don't know about that" re-
turned old Boggs. "Mebbe SO, mebbe
so;we'l II Sec" He was wondering wheth-
cr this two-Tear-old baby looked any
thing like Lucy did when she was
shat age.
The child came, pretty, fair-haired
thing, for all the world n small pock-
ct edition Of its mother, and with the
little one young sirl, who had been
sent along TO tako care Of the diminu.
tive traveller on the Journey from New