The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-17

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M S.!///#NsTX&S an undue amount
r. Il 'yV3 W y ofcredit for emia
h;ii!y AMI swaetnea: CT disposition.
may rs yell state a! once that I have
nayriaGea3le brother.
Being possessed also o. 6 fair amount
G: a:a.n:, | was ucver for q moment
deceived a. 70 the nature OF the aztec
ticu Iayis!ieh unou Ut - most OF my
female frient>. E.i when my dearest
cau,n, the girl really thought loreq
me for NJ; myself alone, tod me- she
was engaged 10 b. married to lay
brother. Fred, M grief and anger
knew ID bounds
had gone over to stay all night with
-Maud. ana had laid a%al;e till 8 4. II.
exchanging condolences. and oil tbs
lime he sncal; never said word about
Erad. 81 lass I dropped off to sleer
aad was Just ia the midst OF a glorious
dream. in which ] was leading the
co!il;cu with magnificent man with
scH,ful eyes aud u hsuk account III
@evcn figures. when Maud suddenly
threw her atms about NY neck. entire
" ssutt.ng "a my wind and soaring
lue a,mog: l:i'rc, nervous prostratlcn.
all Wiz; ha:si 81 tears conEess7''
tna. she hal been keeping a se"ce'
troA, n. fur two wlu'e days. and tina:
VIC wsro 70 by really. truly sisters. no
i,st sisters il affection. as heretofore,
etc.
! managed to wriggle out from un
der Isad's arm, and then sat up il
led aad said things. I don't remem
ber exactly what they were, but they
must have been pretty bad, for FREQ
Giln' tsreaL 10 TIE for week (of course
Maui had 10 tell him, and Maud her
self vent around locking like suffer
ing martyr whenever we chanced to bt
under the same roof.
was convinced that was the mos
miserable girl in the world after that
and the worst Of it was that every
body, including Maud herself, though
that was only I'D because she was
engaged first. al inputation which
nee;i not say was entirely unjust.
I'm sure i could not see what Maut
had done that was SO won ,rful any
way. Fred is anything bu. brilliant
- sad | never considered him ever
good-lockiog, while as long as MANN:
lives he hasn't penny to his mans
except his salary, which is by NJ
means princely.
But Mand You'd have though
sle'd landed a Vanderbilt OF a poet
laureate tie way she acted.
pretended not TO notice her air:
and nursed my grief p2oroua silence
but l hs>l 10 donb! a. L~'Sas- u;
G:oSf wrongEd and unhappy creature
that ever Iivel. Until subsequen
cre0:s taught me that oar affairs ar:
arranged by au aii.wise Providence IL
whom We may safely trust. no matte
how t9ark our way may seem at th'
time. / shall never doubt the wis
dom Of Providence again.
10 begin with. found l vas likel.
t. ges q lc* Of amusement out Of thi:
engagement. Fred was madly jealou:
Ct Maud nil the time. though anyone
cpald see with lelf al eye that she
was simply mad abont him aud il
deadly fear @? losing him herself.
He would come home at least thres
times week, pale, haggard and wild
eyed, a oar bereft Of hope. Th,
rest OF the tine he was msdly joyfu
AID tailed about Maud as if she wa
severa! degrees higher than tht
seraphim. It was enough to make :
ST. Bernard dog laugh just to set
him.
also found further consolation il
the fact that his state of mind inter
fered seriously with Fred's appetite
that got all the extra pudding ant
things that Lad always fallen to hi:
SHARE Fred was always greedy
thirg), and then PerecTai Jones came
from abroad.
Perceval was e millionaire's son
with face too beautiful for words
and taste foI Ibsen.
Of course all this made him desira
bic beyond most ether men, but
must say the way the girls OF Archer
vile made different kinds CT fools o:
themselves about him was enough tt
disgust even q woman's rights advo
cate with Ler sex.
need hardly say that was smart
enough to traat Mr.. Jones Will
marked coolness. Tie first time
met him my behavior seemed to pu1
zle the pampered youth. The second
time he appeared distinctly grateful
On the third he asked permission tc
cali, and l went home at peace viii
al the world, even Fred.
For G7e consecutive afternoons
after that sat by the tea table in the
back drawing room. attired IN my
best govr, expecting Percsval-in
vain
On the sixth he came.
What delightful surprise, ! said
gusning!y. I was a tribe nervous
from waiting so long.
"Ah, thanks" he remarked, look.
ing disappointed.
And then mamm& cane in, anl in