The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-10-20

tar such q fuss. Give them to me as
ley are.
"What are you going to do with
them?' as he takes them from my
trembling hands.
Put them i'll tho Are' And he turns
to do Sc.
mo, no. nor / cry, ~springing for
ward and laying q dctaining hard or
his arm. ION, don't, Jack!"
WAY notg" pansing. "Yen don't
want them, and I'1l sure ] don't"
I'll do. Please give them back to
me-"
"What Sor:?"
"To keep! To remind ao''--
"Of my folly::"
COZ my cwn. y
"Your folly is ever and done with.
Our engagement is broken off," no says
mooaily. Better forget it ever exist
ed"
81 cannot do that" with an irreprcss-
ible little sob. II ar, waiting for those
letters"
Take them, then" And he throws
them dovn OH the table. Keep them
to compare with Horne's If you like. I
don't care"
'How can you insult ne so1 What
right have yoa to think me so mean, SO
heartless:' ! cry indignantly. "Aud
you cared for me once or pretended tc."
81 did care. / care now. though l
know I'm only a fool for my palms,"
bitterly. "Heartless. do yon say? How
can l help thinking you heaTtless after
your conduct last night"
Ivy conduct: And what Of yours?
II l danced with Frank, and, yes. firt-
ed with him q little, you We're flirting
all the time with Celia and Mollie, and,
oh. there wasn't n girl in the room that
you didn't Airt With You know there
wasn't"
ayes, and you should know that there
is safety il numbers, he ~retorts, fixing
his dark eyes Oh mine reproachfully.
"But you, Maud, You firted with Frank
all the time, and no n bat Frank-a
very different thing"
"And what was / to do when you
deserted me? Sit still and look misera-
Bile? Thanks. no. Really. you are I'M
reasonable"
"You forget that l did not desert
you, as you call it, till after You gave
me to understand that WASN'T wanted.
You told me to go, and I went"
"You did-on the instant"
"Aud sou blame ne fer that now?
Did you not mean me to take you at
your word?"
"Not like that, " slowly. "You went
oh, yeas if you We're glad to go. I
dare say you were, but. you needn't
have betrayed your feelings quite SO
plainly"
Il haven't the smallest intention of
betraying my feelings for your gratifi-
cation" he says, with some warmth.
"You have treated me shametully, but
l see little use in discussing it now. l
don't want to reproach you for jilting
me. You've doneit, and that's enough"
"Jilting you! Oh. Jack"
! Call it what you please, - and he
turns away YEARLY. 1--WE won't quar-
rel about that. Celia was right, l see. "
"Celia?"
"Yes. She said / would only make
matters wors il I saw you. Ididn't be-
lieve her, butt
Celia tried to stop your coming:"
IF you like to put it in that way,
yes" with a look of surprise. "But
thought / ought to bring those letters
myself, SO I came"
Cecilia seems to have been unwarrant-
ably busy with my affairs, I say cold
~. Il don't know, of course, what she
may or may not have told you, but this
l do know-that / have never trusted
her, and that I trust her less than ever
now"
You are %ungrateful surely. She tried
to spare you this interview"
Had it not been for her it would
never have been necessary. But 90 TO
her. since you'd rather take her word
than mine." p~assionately. $50 to her
and tell her that she has succeeded.
thanks to my folly and your
l break off, unable to speak for the
rising sobs that choke my utterances,
and turn away abruptly to the window.
Succeeded? Cellar" he repeats moro
to himself than to me. "Maud, what is
the meaning OF all this? Is it possible
that Celia misunderstood
"She misunderstood nothing /
speak in q dull, exprcssionless way and
without turning round. "She is far too
clever for that. 1t is you who misunder.
stood and l."
"What have I misunderstood? Oh, if
you won't tell me, 1 must go to Celia
and"-
Eyes. 90 to her. What ara von stav-