The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-30
MYLADY'S TONGUE.
CHAPTER Nv
nrrxrHFn AGAIN.

livery fhln& snS STsn0 &N1S
Raxhton sat o moment gaxsng steadily
into the fire
..Ja4i.th.. he said, at last, cant you tell
M. ..ars Knight help you, you knowt"
" oa coulin't II you couldn',!" she said,
still sehemeutiy kaittiag her chestnut
orows, which in that position were aesuraiy
| Ike her fathers. Nobody can / cant
| myself Oh Ge.Hr.r'
tits impossible TO express the rebellion
) condensed into that one "Ohi dearH The
: rrom seemed 20 reveroerale with II.
Ieughtas cos.li think Of absolutely moth
! ing 10 say iust then, 30 he edged along To-
ward Ter eyer the aeerskin rug. until he
could rest his arIn on the arm OF her chair.
.Tr.. nte. ho urged DO, Judith One
can never ell Perhaps may be the .ery
oGa To hesl. yea F."
But She SAID 'sNo," very CURLY, and
sta red over his head into the FIRE.
| PrestGt.y, however, she burst forth
a. ais
~Was there ever such a wild place as the
Tniyrrsity of Virginia, do you thinkr' she
cried,
Al, that. .sOhr' said Phil to himself Dick
iad of course teen getting into trouble, and
iai cast his burden upon his sisters plucky
title shoulders, after his usual brave
| iash.0n.
/ II don't know much about it, you know"
s.c made answer WHAT has Dick been
| 5iuy ynu"
/ fsle TAXED at him sharply.
/ ~ 40 you think Dick has been telling
NE any ti.ingr' she asked, in a rather care
| full voice.
How else should you knows" Boughton
aid, easily. "But of course don't tell me
! unless you wish"
Suddenly she leaned forward, setting one
shs.x thar- tS.1
| on her knees. Her necklace swung forward
from her bending throat, and the freight
| cast dainty, circular shadows from its beads
upon the snowy white of her neck
"Yes, l will tell you." she said, suddenly.
| Dick is in debt-the old, old sto-y TO Sis
ters-for how much do you supposed"
Il don't know" said Boughton, stupidity.
| He was not thinking in the least of Dick
| just then. He was wondering how many of
| those little soft round shadows there were
on her white breast, and whether he could
count them if he tried
swell, then-for eIght-do you hearf-for
| eight-thousand-dolla
/ That's not so very bad, )" said Boughton,
reassuringly. ave can pull him through"
"Wer' SAID the girl, haughtiiy, on the de-
| f"nsive at once. Who do you mean by
| -werf
All at once he got his arms about her. She
| felt his hot breath in her hair, on her
throat.
WHO should mean but you and I-you
and You and I!'' he went on repeating, in
| a sort of Intoxication. "Judith-kiss mer'
kiss you." she said, ''KIss your,
She was absolutely rigid with fury. Was
| ever man SO blind as Boughton!-so deaf,
| one might say. He leaned forward and
kissed the pretty blue bow, and the space of
White flesh encircled by the blue beads. He
looked up and would have kissed her lips,
but was stopped by the furious light in her
eyes. He started back and freed her in q
moment
This Is the second time" she said, with
shut teeth, as he remembered her once be-
fore to have spoken-''the second time you
have behaved like beast to me.''
'.Judith!'' he said
a es-a beastr she said, biting down on
tie word, as it were, with her sharp little
teeth
Judith" he said again, take care-take
r-rer'
-, =. Ike carer she repeated. take care
natl OF the womanhood that you don't
respecta Therei Your lips have touched
the N, they are vilep'
She lerked at the blue necklace with a
larp movement which broke it, and the
Pretty beads went rolling this way and
that over the fur rug and the polished floor.
me kitten in the Toby-collar pursued one
INTO distant corner, and thought the cpl
sooe gotten up for her especial benefit. One
or two rolled down into J1ditfl's bodice.
and felt very cold and disagreeable, but she
was too much wrought up just then to think
OF physical discomfort
She stood opening and shutting her hands
in sort of helpless gesture of rage
How dare You treat me sol" she said.
oreathiessiy- "How dare youi-dare youi
dare your
He was on his feet, of course. by this
Tune, and stood facing her with his head
well up, and his hands well down in his
pockets, an extremely angry man. The
lover was quite taken up with Indignation.
How dare you trea. me so.'' he returned.
with rather ominous quietness- ssDo you
think 1t is very-er-ladylike to call people |
'beastsrr
'Ladyiiker" painted poor Judith, who
Tor the time being could not resist echoing |
him "Ladylkel" she cried again.
"Ladylke-the DEvILr' she SAID for the |
third time, bringing down her teeth with a |
vicious little snap over the terrible word.
Boughton was actually hvid
% Pardon me,n he said. bowling and turn-
ing on his heel. Good evening" But AZ /
he reached the door he wheeled around and
came back 10 her. judith, - he said. in a /
voice that she did not at all find familiar.
meant to ask you just now to he INV
WE Vi course leave at once Twill con-
coct some story to tell your father and Dick.
Goodbye"
He went without 30 much as touching her
hand. and closed the door, opening il again.
however, 10 thrust little INST out of the
way He did not again look over in her
direction Then he went finally.
And she stood staring {. the closed door.
lnin Ang in a vague way that IT was Christ
rnas Eve, and that she had better RING 70,
her maid to gather together the scaffers5
beads and that Boughton had gone. and that
she had lost her temper and forgotten her
self utterly
mere was rigorous wind a-romp In the
narrow Railways and the locust trees vito
OUT, ana m the distant corner the kitten
was sun scrabbling about with one of the
lalsen beads Ii was quite still save for
these noises. and the sound of the WOOD
nre. which was busily threading snow.r
Sne stood there until the room seemed |
receding IN golden haze, and then she
sa.heo sunny. and, stopping down. began to
plcx mp the blue beads from the f,oor The
kitten. seeing her kneeling. scauuere, I'm
expecting froiic- She lifted the nrp4tv
Mite brute 70 her white breast and hes6 !. |
snus Enlie she went On m her Iabor;cms
search
Judith did not see Phil again until three
sesrs afserward, when she was tweuty-ose.
aao Inc CIVIL war had broken out in All it,
aotEer DE was Coloael On General
SIAN. and happened to be encauped near
Sa@rao.tesF.lie- and Colonel Page asked
himself and the General 10 dine r.
saEser declined for some reason or o4ber |
OuI, much TO Jndith's anazenen,. Boazhtoa
nos watched him s.Smount firm, n.
horse. looking through her closed windor
o-ln0s and Der heart enulzted the Acton ~
poor Irunpeser's diaphragm on The menar-
=. .o-s OCCASION three years aga. she ssr
- - - Ma orosdened great deal and was
oxoNAer-yery much bruyxner- &C. 1