The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-05-24
EoPfNiaaT 1892 By Ritktlloss cEwsnpta Co

Eacde you feel bad My aunts good
and Lind. ard she'll love you when she
gets to know that you are not stub
born"
'She won't ever know that" OBJ
jectcd. ccasiug ray tears almost en-
tirely.
Yes she viii" he replied, quickly.
''for III tell her. I'll tell her all about
it." he continued after pause, land I'll
make her understand that you're a good
girl, and that you amt to blame for be-
ing unhappy. She'll love you then, and
be kind to you, and maybe that will
make you feel better"
stopped crying altogether after that.
for in the prospect of having some one
to love me | forgot all my burdens of
sorrow, and my heart was flooded with
a happiness had never known before.
felt that having the love of one per-
son to lean on | could bear al my
crosses and sorrows without feeling
their weight, and that, however cruelty
] was treated at home, the knowledge
that one heart heat in sympathy with
mine would make my life very happy
indeed.
Seeing that was recovering my spir-
its, my companion exerted himself to
advance my cheerfulness, leading my
thoughts away from nay troubles with a
tact worthy of much older head, and
within short time we were chatting
and laughing quite gayly.
"What is your name?" he asked, rath-
er abruptly, afterw had talked for Eve
or ten minutes.
Instantly tinge OF the old pain came
back to nay heart, but it went with q
breath, and still smiling and happy
replied:
MY name is Agnes Ovens"
That's a worry pretty NAME" he re-
marked. u like Agnes the best of any
name know for girl Don't you like
it?"
Yes, | like Agnes" | replied the
feeling Of bitterness creeping into my
heart again, and would be happier if
7 people would call me that. But don't
like to be called Ag, and that's what
everybody calls me"
THAT'S not 50 nice" he said, slowly,
''and they oughtn't to call you that"
Il don't like for them to, and I've
cried about it, and begged them to
quit bat it didn't do any good. You
won't call rae Ag, win you?"
No shall cali you Agnes, But if |
wore YOU" he added, 81 shouldn't care
about my name, 1t doesn't matter,
anyhow. Now my name is William
Hanly and everybody calls me VIII, and
that's very nice, but if people wanted
to cali me BID they could, and
wouldn't care"
''Wen." said, little better salts
fed en- that point, 81 wouldn't mind be-
Ing called Ag, so much, if people
wouldn't speak SO slightingly of my
looks. doa't like for them to say I'm
.red-heGded, and call my hair 'wisps,
You wouldn't like that, would you?"
81 don't believe I'd care much. You
see, boys amt particular about such
things like girls are, because boys don't
care much for looks. | reckon if was
girl, though, I'd feel like you do, and
lguess wouldn't like it very well.
Still it don't hurt, and If were you |
wouldn't worry any. Your hairs real
pretty, think, and know it amt
'wisps.' ! know girl who has hair
just like yours, and everyone says it is
beautiful, and they call it golden.
My sister has hair like NINE" re.
marked, land they all speak of it as
auburn Auburn locks is lots nicer
than red wisps, isn't it?"
"Well, il may sound better, but
guess your sisters hair amt any pref
tier than yours Yours is auburn, and
golden, too; and it amt 'wisps,' for it's
locks. If ] was you / wouldn't care
what folks called my name, nor what
they said about my hair, nor nothing
else. I'd just let 'em say all the mean
things they pleased, and l wouldn't cry
bit. Your names pretty, and your
hairs pretty, and you're good-loolSing,
and no matter what they say they can't
change your looks"
think the greatest happiness l had
ever known l experienced right then.
At last had found some one who did
not think me wicked and homely, but
who saw goodness in my character and
beauty in my features. For the time
the bitter past was blotted out, and all
the troubles and pains it had brought
into my lie were forgotten. seemed
to have suddenly emerged from great
shadow and to stand in the broad
dazzling light of new existence.
was happy, happy, happy.
81 must go, now" my companion
said, rising and standing before me-
MY aunt may think I'm long time
finding the flowers and come back in
search of me, I'm glad we know eacl
other, because I've come down from the
city to live with my aunt, and wei sec
each other often and won't be so lone
some"
Are You going to live here all the
timeP" asked, eagerly.
"Yes, till grow up to be man,
guess" he replied. "Yod see my moth
er's dead, and father is going to travel
so I'm gong to live out here with my
aunt"
as your father good to you?" en-
quircd, with such eagerness that tbs
boy looked ct me with a puzzled ex
preston in his eyes.
Good to me?" he repeated, why
YES, of course he is. He furnishes me
with spending money and everything
want, most, and he's coming out to sec
me every three or four months. Why
5;5 voz, ask that? Did You suppose hi