The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-05-11
PUPPY LOVE.

three years my JuEl0r. Sweet 10! Is
there III al this world anything sweet
n? There may be other sweet slSteens,
but the comparative degree of the adj
jective II this connection has grown
rusty from long disusc. and sweet 1G re-
mains positive i'll kind and speculative
in degree.
AID Lois Tanner was 16.
From the first day Of our meeting
we We're the children Of wealthy parents
and were sumnlering by the sea-some
intangible influence, some ineAp1lcable
force seemed tc draw us to each other
and to run the lines Of Our lives parallel.
For two years We HAD known eac:l other,
and one day-it was the third sEmnler
after OUT nectinr-we sat on the rocks
by tie shore. and as the raves beat IN
rhythmic n.e:i.Eres upon the silver sand
stretching CUT az feet l looked into
Ler sweet hue e.vos :nd knew that La
chests, as SIZE drew " threads from
Clothio's spindle, Wa twisting them
into ore cord. forever iadiyisible.
In carly youth how far the eyes, I'M
dimmed by years, can see into the future,
and how keen is young love to decipher
the handwriting on the wall!
"Lois,' | said as we sat there i'll the
fading twilight,"do you know how long
we have known each other::'
"Does it seem long, Mr.. Beldon?'
she replied, with a coy little smile.
cit has been two entire years, Miss
Tanner, " said I, falling into her mock
formality of manner.
"And one learns a great deal in two
years." she added.
"In III direction Ihave learned moth
ing, Lois" I said, with q~uietness I
did not feel.
"Why, Jack, she exclaimed, "Idon't
see how you could stand still
"But 1 have" l insisted.
How" and her eyes locked her
guilclessness.
"In loving you, Lois I broke forth,
81 couldn't love you any more il a thou
sand years than l loved you after our
first meeting"
"Oh, Jack" she cried nervously,
"what made you say that
"Why Shouldn't say it." l answered.
with a logged resolve not to be put
down by my woinan's Whin.
Because, jack she said very ear
nestly, papa has beea saying all along
that you ard I Were together too mrcl,,
and the first thing the family laew there
would be a case Of puppy love to cure
"Did your father say that asked,
with the anger showing III my face.
"He did, Jack, and he saws
"Well, l don't want to hear what he
says, or has said. or will say inter
rupted. eff he says anything Ike that.
he doesn't know what he is talking about
and hasn't the most remote idea Of what
a man truly in love with the enc won-
an in all the world for him feels"
"He ought to know something about
it, Lois said hesitatinglv. "Ycu know,
Jack, he has been married three times"
THAT'S just it." growled. Hes
not 100 years old I don't know my OWN
heart and am irresponsible into the bar
gain. If it weren't for you, Lois" |
added, ameliorating my wrath to Il
slight extent. Il wouldn't have g nam
like he is for my father-in-laW under
any circumstances"
Papa isn't SO awfully bad, jack
she said i'll extenuation of the paternal
weakness.
81 never thought lie was either until
you told ne what you have I admit
ted. "But, Lois" and l grew hard
again, ''you must know that 10 father
who regards the future happiness of his
daughter can take the position he does
and assume to dictate the course of two
lives which in the nature Of things must
be independent of his.
Papa says your papa said the same
thing and agreed with him thoroughly"
she replied, arguing as women do.
Lois l said in my tir,nest tone.
don't speak to me of your father
again. IF you do, 1 shall be tempted to
do him some bodily injury"
The dear little woman laid her hand
on my arm restrainingly and smiled
with such irresistible sweetness that I
even forgot the wound my own father
had given me.
"Let it go, dear" she pleaded. "They
have forgotten they Were ever young"
The shadows We're growing into a
deeper purple, and the waves took on the
mellower shades of the evening sky.
The night wind, just rising, tossed Lois
golden hair about her smooth white fore
head, and the (: TX of the sunset brought
a roster glow to her cheeks. l brushed
my hand across my eyes and looked into
her face.
"Do you remember what I said a few