The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-27


I mp TO you., uncsasps her bands. gives
Z yon nne asst itewere bit Of ice. ans
when slies witkd,,ws il clasps then
together again, SIM Is the poetry O
freIigion. You tlaiuk yon never saw !
saint like her. But then. you never
saw a saint. After you have talked
with her for awhile. You notice that shs
has \ pretty little trick Of throwing hel
head back SO that the line from lreI
tchin down her throstSis visible, and
you remember that BaIzac SAYS in one
slf his marvellous studies that this line
| is one that does more TO attract nialI-
kind than any other And Balzac was
not talking about the spiritual man.
The hands still clasped fall IN her lap.
but yon notice there IS only one ring
worn. and that has huge white pearl
set il, it. Never changing the position
of these hands. so white and so cold
looking; hands that look as If they
might beg forthe poor or nurse the
sick-my lady leans forward and saws
| in low. almost monotonoas tones: ..If
seemed ordained that we should meet.
That We should think alike. and that in
| all this great, wide word, there should
be but the one man who understands
me, and who nneonsciously bids me
live my life as it should be. You
never knew This. but have felt it since
tie first lay met yo.,."
After this. there is "A great deal more
of such tslk, and you go away wishing
that you could warm this saint into
being a human Icing. while you think
to yourself how fine it was pf her to
| sli. cover your ability to understand
her. But this is nil knocked ont of YOU
when You drop into the Cad Club. and
You hear a fellow yon don't know tell
Ing about visit he has made that
afternoon 70 the sweetest girl in the
world. and how he intended to make
desperate love Il, her the next time lac
cause she had told him that he was the
min she was destined to meet. and the
only one who had ever understood her,
and when somebody asks her name he
gives that Of your fifteenth century
saint. who is. after. ALL nothing more
than i nineteenth century woman,
amusing herself hy little amateur
acting. You are SO disguised that, for
4 week. af least. YOU foreswear all
women. AMI tlIen you conclude to drop
in and ser Dicky Leonard.
THE MANNIsH MAIDEN FREAKS.
You remmentber Dicky when you
used to 60 t.Nsehool with her. and you
know how she happened to come by
her name. She was All only daughters
and was christencd Gertrude; bur. as
she never had brother. and her faith
was called Dickey, just for 4 joke they
called her Dicke,. Dr.. and, to Your
honor. you discovered She is living up
to her nama. The room into which
YOU are shown might belong to y
bachelor. Good etcilngs are on the
walls, and coIorei pictures of Steep
lechases. of famous io,r-in-hands and
photo. raphs of well-known horses.
mingle with them. The furniture is
comfortable. immensely so; bu, it is all
upaoisteredyin leather; the big table IN
the centre of the room has oil it a lot
of sprting papers. 4 paper-weight in
the shape OF a bronze dog; a huge ink
stand and two or three ins,seuline-iook-
ing quilts. and several boxes IF ciga-
reties On the ma.,telshelf are pictures
of some pretty young women. one of
them taken in very low bodice, and
having written across it For my Dear
Dickyp" You wonder if by mistake
you haven't gotten in her fathers room;
but in u minute she swaggers IN. The
only differences between her get-up aud
Yours is that her waistcoat is little
fancier. and that she wears sack-coat;
while you have on frock one; and
though her SKIRT is creased, still she
does wear skirt. and not trousers.
Her hair is brushed back smoothly off
her. face. braided very tight, and
pinned so closely to her head that YOU
fully realize that She has no desire to
make her hair soft framing for her
pretty face; bur, instead. she regrets
that she has it, and while it must be
neat. it certainly shall not add to her
Her hands are large, very
white, and well kept; aud she wears
couple of heavy gold rings on the little
finger of her left hand You realize
that these hand have grown larger from
driving and riding, aud from outdoor
games.
MISS DASHAwAY AT HOME.
She comes forward to meet you and
says: '.Well. Jim. thought you had
forgotten us. It's frlghtfnIly jolly to
see YOU again, old chap. Have ciga-
rette;I can recommend them. Some
Of them. those with nav initials on the
wrapper, have just enough morphia in
to please YOU How has the world been
going with youP Ever, thing is beastly
rottens think. Even the girls are un-
interesting By-the-by. / want to show
YOU the picture If my latest crush. = T
She draws out from the pocket OF her
waistcaat a Snapped lockct. and
'pening it. gives you an opportunity to
zee the face Of the girl VIII. Sc picture is
IN the mantelshelf. Then she saws be-
ween puff: Nice little girl; womanly
title creature. The sort I like. The
'ind of girl who likes Won to talk
lice to her. and who wouldn't permit
lou, for minute. Z, say ANYTHING be-
ore her that you mi2htn't say to her
Mother But even with her life. il fat.