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

Ceftalniy ! do.
"Aad ha wonla feel sighted il o
did n9t::"
"Ho would be extremely panied"
What il his Christian name:'
"~Iholns9n's Christian name? Oh, his
Christian nalnc?: Thomson's Christian
E.ne is-aa-Hafry.'
but thought his initials were ].
T.? Those are the initials on that um-
preila you never returned to him"
lis that Sc: Then my suspicious were
correcf-the umbrella is not his own.
How like him.n
Il had an idea that you merely called
him Thomson"
Before other people only. Men
friends address each other in enc way
in company, bnt in quito another way
when they are alone"
"Oh, well, if it is customary
III il We're net, I would not propose
such a thing
Another chocolate drop, and then:
MARY. dear
"Dearl"
AAdb - NHau ! sdtu.
II don't think it worthy of you. II is
taking two chocolate drops when I only
eaid yen could have one"
Well, when ! get my hand into tie
bag, I admit-I-I mean. Thomson
would not have been SO nig~gardly."
II am certain you don't call him
Harry, dear.
Mot, perhaps. az a rule, but at tines
men friends are more demonstratlpe
than you think them. For instance, il
Thom-I mean Harry, was ill.,
but I an quite we'll"
"Still. with all this Influenza
about
She had Put her jacket On the table.
her chocolate Drops on the mantelpieee;
her gloves on tho couch-indeed. the
room was full of her, and / was holding
her scarf, just as I hold Thomson's q.
II walked down Regent street behind
you yesterday" I said sternly,i "and
your back told me that yon were vain"
II am not vain of my personal ap-
pearance, at any rate"
How could you be;"
She looked at mo sharply. but my
face was without expression, and she
sighed. She remembered that / had no
humor.
"Whatever my faults are. and they
arc many, vanity is not one Of them"
when said you had a bad temper,
yen made the same remark about it.
Also when
"That was last week, stup;dt But, Of
course, if you think me ugly
II did not say that"
"Yes, yen did,"
"Bns If yoa think nothing Of your
personal appearance. why blame me if I
agree with youg'
She rosa h~aughtily.
"Sit down"
T won't. Give me my scarf" Her
eyes were flashing. She has all sorts Of
eyes.
IF yon really want to know what I
think Of your personal appearance
II DON'T.
resumed my pipe.
Weir she said.
"Nell!''
'"oh, ! thought you were going to say
something"
Only that your back pleased me in
certain other respects" She let the
chair take her back into its embrace.
MARY, DEAR"
1t is q fact that she was crying. After
| had made 4 remark or two:
II am so glad yon think me pretty"
she said frankly. for though I don't
think SO myself, I like other people to
think 1t, and somehow / thought you
considered me plain. My nose is all
wrong. isn't it:"
"Let me see"
$50 yoE a3tuit yoa were entirely mis-
taken ID calling me vain:'
lyon have proved that I was"
However, after she had drawn tho
daggers ont o. bcr head and put them
into the scarf for whatever part of a la
dy's dress it is that il worked with dag
gers, and when the door had closed on
her, she opened II ana hnrriedly fred
these shots at me:
Eyes, | am horribly vain--I do my
hair every night before | go to bed
was srra yon admired me the very first
time we met know I have 9 pretty
nose-good afternoon
I SF~LFIsENEss.
She was making spills for me, be-
cause those Thomson matte for me had
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