The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-02-06
W OF THEM.

She 10 a very pretty girl, though tina.
counts for nothing with either CT rs,
and her froch is yellow and brown, with
pins here and there. Some Of these pins
are nearly a foot long, and when they
arc net in use she keeps them ii her hat,
through which she stabs them far down
into her brain. This makes me shudder;
but. SO is she constructed that it does
not seem to hurt, and in that human
pincushion the daggers remain until il
is time for her to put on her jacket
again Her si-a is CD ; she can also get
into G's.
She comes here occasionally talvays
looking as if she had been born af1esh
that morning to sit in the big chair and
discuss what sort Of girl she is, with
other matters Of moment. When she
suddenly filings herself forwar6-c;asp-
ing her hands on her knee--and says,
OH know that she has remembered
something which must out at once or
endanger her health, and whether it be
L don't believe in anybody or anything
-there!' or why do we die So soon?'
or Il buy chocolate drops By the half
pound, : | a Z expected to regard it, for
the time being, as ona Of the biggest
things of the day. / allow her, but no
other, TO mend my fire, aud some of her
most profound thoughts have come to
her with a jerk while holding the poker.
However, she is not always serious,
for. though her face is often so wistful
that to be within a yard Of il is too close
for safety, she sometimes jests gieefully,
clipping her hands. But I never laugh,
rather continue smoking hard, and this
she very property pntl dewn 70 my
lack of humor. The reason we get on 50
well is because | treat her exactly as If
she were a man, as per agreement. Ours
Is a r%letonic friendship. or, at least,
was. fer she vert off half an hour ago
with her head ia the air.
TIKI BARGAIN.
After only one glance in the mirror,
she had spread herself ont in the big
chair. which seems to me to mt its arms
round her. Then this jumped t
and / thought You SO trustworthy, z,
(She always begins in the middle.
q "What have I done." / asked, though
I knew.
Yesterday" she said, when you
put me into that cab. Oh, you didn't do
it, but yon tried to-"
do what?'
She screwed her mouth, w%herenpon I
smoked hard, lest | should attempt to
do it again. But she would have an an
swer.
Men are all alike" she said indig-
nantly.
And You actually Think" I broke
ont bitterly, THAT il I did mediate
such an act {for one brief moment) I
was yielding to the wretched impulses
to which other men give way Miss
Cummings, do you know me no better
than that"'
II don't see what you mean" she re-
plled. Her directness is sometimes d
little %annoying.)
| wagged my head mournfully, and
there ensued a pause, for I did not quite
know what I meant myself.
What do you mean:' she asked moro
gently, my face showing her that I was
deeply hart-not angry, but hurt.
| laid my pipe on the mantelpiece,
and, speaking very sadly, proved to her
that | had nothing in common with
other young men, though | forget now
how I proved it. II I seemed 10 act as
they did, my motives We're quito differ
ent, and therefore 7 should 10 judged
from another standpoint. Also, | looked
upon her as a child. whilo Ifelt very old
(There are six years between rs.
And now" said /. with emotion,
stas You still think that I tried toto
do 1t from the wretched ordinary mo-
t~ive-nan1ely, because I varied to-
suppose yon and I must par. i have ez-
planned the affair to yon because It is
painful to me to be misunderstood.
Goodby. I shall always think of you
with sincere regard"
Despite an apparent effort to control
1T, my voice broke. Then she gave way.
She put her hand into mine and with
tears in her eyes asked ne to forgive
her, which I did.
This little incident it was that showed
her how different ! am from other men,
and led to the drawing up Of cur pla-
tonic agreement, which we signed, SO to
speak. that afternoon over the poker. 7
promised to be to her such o friend AZ
en- to Mr.. Thomson ! even undertook,