Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-04-19

TSN-gkNANl' III into the room
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SSS&N| was reading; 81
~-ssss have bran new
conundrum for you'll"
Weir said Nan, lifting her eyes
with resigned expression, "lets
hear it,"
why are you not like mirror"
"Why am not like a mirror" re-
peated Nan, wondcringly. as it be-
cause have no mercury on my back?"
"Oh, pshaw! Give it up!"
u suppose might as well. 1t would
take more brilliant Individual than
pretend to be to guess your conun-
drums"
well, then, the mirror reflects"
shouted Will, starting for the door as
II he expected personal violence.
well, but, viii, what do you mean?"
protested Nan.
"Oh, the stupidity of these girls; you
make joke for their benefit and you
have to sit calmly down and explain it
to them. Why, look here; it's as plain
as your face in the aforesaid mirror
p tor ont OF it, either, for that matter).
IT you had been like aforesaid mirror
would you have quarreled with such a
dandy young chap as Harry Fernald,
and would he have been sitting in
church with such chump of n girl as
Mat Maynard? tell you it makes a
young brother feel mighty small to be
obliged to invite himself to go tandem
riding with young fellow whose sis
ter's given him the go-by."
"You arc ridiculous boy ana you'd
better return to your grammar and not
NEEDLE with the affairs of your elders"
returned Nan, freezingly, as she buried
her face in her book.
AS the door closed behind her brother
Nan burst into tears. The months of
enlargement from her lover had been
hard enough to bear, but to see him de-
voting himself to another girl was
simply uncomfortable.
Six months before, Harry Fernald
and Nan Somers had been engaged
lovers and were intensely happy except
for occasional quarrels, which were
caused by Mans provoking fondness
for making tests of her lovers affec-
ton, and his angry resentment of the
same.
Harry was so much In love that the girl
felt she was perfectly safe in teasing
him as much as she pleased. Nan would
never tell how it came about, but one
evening Harry left the house declaring
that until Nan made him some apology,
everything must be over between them.
Since that time not one word had passed
between them, and they recognized
each other, when obliged to meet, only
by the most frigid bows.
Nan sat rejecting" now with a ven
geance. In all these months she had
been assuring herself that Harry's
feelings toward her had remained I'M
changed, and that sometime and some
how every thing would come right.
But the sight of her lover walking into
church with Miss Maynard, girl
whom every body knew had for years
cherished regard for him, was token
to Nan that her foolish obstinacy had
lost her the man she loved.
II won't intrude on those foolish
virgin tears" came hooking voice
through the keyhole. pity Mat hat
the oil I'm off to school. Good-b
sob, Will" exclaimed his sister; jus
wait a minute. promised to send {
note to Nellie Parks to let her know i
I'd 90 to rehearsal tonight wisf
you'd leave it on your way to school,
Talk about grammar" grumble(
Will. "Where's the note?'
II forgot it until this minute" crieC
Nan, who was flying upstairs. II
won't take second to scribble it."
In very short time Nan ran down
stairs with twisted piece of paper
which she held out to her brother, say
ing: "There, didn't even stop to ad
dress 1t, you see. Pm sorry kept you
but YOU won't be late, know. Nov
don't forget to leave it, there's dear.
"I didn't say I'd leave it, did I?' re
turned Will, provokingly, as he dropped
the note into his pocket with thu
greatest Indifference.
VIII rushed out of the house anC
down the street until he turned cor
ner. when he stopped, took the not
from his pocket, UNFINISHED it and reat
MS follows:
"MY OWN SWEET Everything Is all right
Come to.nightat7:l5 Don't forgeL Your fon,
MAN"
"Good Lord.' groaned viii. "Wha
n note! Just like girl declare, !
makes me sick. My own sweet
Heavens"
But suddenly the expression of dis
gust on the boys face changed to on
of wild delight, and leaping high in tn
air and waving the note over his heat
he shouted:
"Pll do i'll l will! l will! The jok
of the season, by Jove!"
The flavor of the contemplated jolS
must have been very pleasing, for vii
fell to laughing. He laughed AM
laughed until he was obliged to leaf
against fence for support After HI
had recovered, he fshed in his pocket
and brought forth a penny which h
eyed with extreme satisfaction.
Lucky had it," he observed, as h
started off. Then nodding his hea'
decidedly, he said: "Tll do it if hav
TO play hockey and get licking"
viii stepped into drug store on hi
way, bought an envelope, into whicl
he put his sisters note after smoothing
1t out carefully, borrowed pen and in
from the drug clerk and addressed it.
up to something's" inquired tn
clerk.
"Bet your boots" chuckled Win, eS
pressively, as he passed out
viii told bis sister that night, In an
swer to her inquiry, that he had deli'
eysd the note oil right
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