Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-06-08
THE FATE OF A FLIRT.
Eer U~nprincipled Actions Brought
q Deserved Reward

The delicious fragrance of hot-house
parlorS like "reminiscences Of the sweet
south although the matter-of-E1et al
na1ae stolidly persisted in pointing cot
December a. the month. and the iher-
mor1ete- without stood uuepnforiabiv
near zero But the marble vases on
either SIDE Of the fireplace were filed
with roses and heliotroP~, from the
tropie warmth Of c~onSerratoric~ and n
single dazzling JaPonics CLEANED. ike
Aez-ved pearl among the jetty folds Of
Ella Warilz-s hair. As she stood snail
ing. listening u the r-Eretful ads-ux Of
him whom the world called her lover.
"~fSo~d-hy. Ella ] shall come again
vcry soon
Miss Wzr5lzws heart throbbsd high.
Charles PORES; had never before called
her Ella and she felt trinznphxntly
~coasctouS that her proud beauty and
her seductive 1ss= lad rerr ne1rlv
brought hiEa - the proposing point
One 90 two more such vigorous se<eS
and the fortress would he her own
She sank- vzwninz. OF a sofa a. the
door elnsed upon her lover. and elzsp-a
her white hands cArelessly over her
bead
Mrs Charles Forrest she repeated
10 herSeif-~thzt doesn't sound % very
badly. docs IL particularly a. the afore-
Sad Mrs Charle Forrest viii STRIP into
a hrown-stone palace. = carriage and =
perfect arczne OF family diamonds.
NS ! believe he i safely entrzpp-d
and If ] play nv cards a. well a. can
the matter VIII BE settled within thr~e
days, HeiEho, this Overwhelmingly Is
a wearisome business after all. and
rather h~axardouS unless o1e Is very
skillfuL That reminds me. She %dded.
starting snddenly mp and throwing q
her soft lzngDor - n might lzy aside
a useless garment I must write 10
Ralph Tbornby tonight If the love
stricken wretch should fulfill his limited
intlnaDon OF coming 70 se ne- il
might possibly he awkward
IL MAS nearly one, and the IRE had
burned very low before Ella finished
the eArefnlly-voraed note and seale~s il
with a faIry-like device Of sntznxled
initials in pink Wax
The beautiful reixet-heekod CO.
queise. with her dropping eyelias and
ro8ce attnncd 10 the sweetest and
ssfteSt key-one would not have
thought a. She placed tia. letter on
the marble mAntel. that she knew its
contents ere meant 10 break the heart
Of a noble and true so1led man
Wk.n Charles Forrest descended the
broad stone steps Of the wzrdlAw man
sion and walked along the lAnp-liShted
street he felt dizzy and happy The
sirens spell was on hin-a1d ret some
warning. Eziehful pulse down deep in
his heart kept heating the old. incon-
Prehensble tune Beware. b-war-
He passed throagh the noisy tu-nrlt
of Broadway 4 grez; hotel ofoe
threw a blane of light into the street
A crowd had assembled there-the mid
night mails had just srrivcd-ADd For
~; mingled with the throng TO hear
the Heeting runoS Of war which then
vexed the public mind
Forrest, old fellow can 1; he posi-
ble that this Is YOU
Myself and no other. Thornby. bat
thought you were safely settled IN
Chicago. Pr1ctieinx law. instead Of
Instead Of running Wild about the
country yea were going - Say. But
granted myself u Temporary holiday to
-Pshaw, ! ant tell you about IL here:
eone up 10 my room and weFn lave a
eozy, old-f4Shioned chat
The delightful little impromptu SUP
per of well-seaSoned d4intie~ washed
down by champagne. was over. and the
two gentlemen were smoking. when
Thornby abruptly plunged into the
subject which was uppermos. in his
/ mind
Charley. I'm in love-
You are2 Ny dear fellow, 80 an
l.
Il an glad Of that because you can
sympathize with me have come here
expressly TO sec her. and have the dzv
fixed for the wedding.
Il haven't got quite 50 far a. that
said Forrest smiling
But Charley. she i the loxclie<.
creature that the sun erer sho1e on-
an angel a Divinity
Hold on RAlph-not quite the lowell
est ! trust, for the lady whom / worship
Is alone entitled 20 that Superlative de
gree Of praise
You're in love. too. ny dear Dor. %
III excuse any little symptoms of insan-
itF. rejoined Thornby. laughing. but
really II ron could see Ella-hoid On
believe I've got her picture somewhere
about me
He searched eagerly in ais pockets.
while Forrest repeated the soft name
over
~Ellz7 Why that Is the name Of the
young lady whom ] admire 50 much.
and by Jove-- he added Gs Thoruby IN
elasped a little velvet miniature case
and heldii toward him that il the very
face. You don't uean 20 say you are
engaged 70 that girl?
TO be sure / 2m-what do you
mean2 surely there Is some mistake
! car show roo her last lxtfSF.s