San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-14
ms. Her remarks and comment

ginians. Her remarks and comments
often touched, always interested, him,
although sometimes they well nigh con-
vulsed him with amusement. To the
mind of the man Of the world they ap-
peared so-almost obsolete. nn9 tn'n. q
Pocahontas was generally willing
enough to tell her stories, unless indeed
Norma happened to be present, and then
the improvvisatrice was dumb. Poca-
hontas was not in sympathy with Nor
ma. Norma thought old stories great
rubbish, and did not scruple to show
that such was her opinion, and Pocahon-
tas resented it. One evening in the be-
ginning of their acquaintance the three
girls had walked down to the old will
lows at the foot Of the lawn, and Poca-
hontas, for the amusement of her guests,
had related the little story connected
with them. XII ,a-
; II think it was all great foolishness,"
Norma declared. eff she loved the man
why not marry him at once like sensi-
BILE woman? The idea of making him
wait three years and watch publishing
little tree just because his brother would
have made scene. What if he did
make scene? He would soon have sub
mitted to the inevitable and made
friends The lady couldn't have cared
much for her lover to be willing to put
up with that driveling probation"
'She did love him." retorted Poca-
hontas with annoyance, "and she
proved it by being willing to sacrifice a
little of her happiness to spare him
the bitterness of quarrel with his own
brother, The men were twins and they
loved one another, until unnatural riv-
airy pushed family affection into the back
ground. If the matter had been settled
when both were at white heat an es-
arrangement would have ensued which
would have taken years to heal-if it
ever was healed. There's no passion so
unyielding as family hate. They were
her kinsmen, too, men of her own blood;
she must think of them-outside Of her
self. g."
1.-THE welfare of the man she didn't love
must be considered as well as that of the
man she did love-more, if anything,
because she gave him so much less.
How could she come between twin
brothers and turn their affection to
hatrcdI She knew them both-knew
that her own true lover would hold firm
for all the years of his life, SO that she
could safely trust him for three. And
she knew that the lighter nature would,
in all probability, prove inconstant; and
if he left her of his own free will there
could lie no i'll feeling and no remorse."
Norma laughed derisively. "And in
this fine self sacrifice she had no thought
of her lover" quoth she. "His pain was
nothing. She sacrificed him too"
"And why not? Surely no man
would grudge paltry three years out
of his whole life's happiness to avoid so
dreadful thing rs i'll blood between
twin brothers. If she could wait for his
sake, he could wait for hers. A woman
must not cheaper herself; if she is worth
winning she must exact the effort"
II think it is lovely story" Blanche
interposed decidedly. "The lady be-
haved beautifully, just exactly as she
should have done. A quarrel between
brothers is awful. and between twin
brothers would be awfuler still"
In her eager partisanship, Blanche's
language was more concise than elegant,
but she wanted Pocahontas to know that
she sided with her.
Norma regarded her sister with amuse-
ment not unmixed with chagrin. These
new friends were stealing away her
follower. Blanche was becoming eman-
cipated. -.-... ....................-
ANY woman who trifies with her
happiness because of scruple is fool, /"
she repeated dogmatically. ........
Pocahontas held back the angry retort
that was burning ON the tip of her
tongue and let the subject drop Norma
was her guest, and, after all, what did it
matter what Norma thought? But after
that she refrained from repeating old
stories before her. and of the two sisters
Blanche became her favorite.
AS she entered the parlor with smiles
and words of welcome, Blanche held out
her hands filed with late roses and
branches of green holly, bright with
berries. r.T=aE. ....n.. ...
&c.," she said, "two seasons in one
bouquet. The roses are for your moth
er. found them on bush in a sheltered
corner, and as we came along l made
Nesbit cut the holly for me. never can
resist holly. That tree by your gate is
the loveliest thing have ever seen: just
like those in the store windows at home
for Christmas Only we never had such
a profusion of berries, and don't think
they were as bright. Do you think the