The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-03-24

0oish's blue, that lay in a sweeping
f(Sesnt between the cliffs and sky
below them. "And a lot of crazy lit
tle Oriental things scattered around
one can pick up so many odd bits il
he Chinese quarter. carved ivory
jank boats, and great spiders with
ysllov and black splashed bodies,
sad frogs, and grifins, and things,
md they look so cute and bizarre
daastjng round, you know, Tom"
Eom's straw hat was pulled low
Saa his eyes. All one could see be.
1sath was . straight nose, and a we'll
aAapsd, good-natured mouth and chin,
~ son -committal.
vt will be glorious" Nan went on,
alter pause. ''You know I have al
uays longed for that half bohemian
eort Of existence, the kind that goes
With chatting dishes, and anytime
nsals, and artistic confusion"
Ar. Nugent had many ways of ex-
ptesetng his opinions. One was by
keeping silence.
You know that zigzag corner in the
baok parlor that mamma said would
- 70 awkward? Tn going to fix it
~ up with Turkish hangings of old
ress and those delicious dull greens
VIII gold tassels and things, and have
= three-cornered divan, and o little
eaoouret, and when you get home late
Seu have supper there"
What will you have to eat?" in
CURED Tom, with his first show of
eeave interest in the building of the
~ castle.
Anything" with comprehensive
Nave Of her hand, the left one, where
. diamond caught a sunbeam and
ehrsw it back with rival glitter.
Ion can cook anything with chat
ilg dish.''
Can't we have a stove, please?"
ana now the straw hat was pushed
heck, and pair of blue eyes met her
exn with serio comic pleading.
Nay. nay. Pauline" replied Nan,
1eeolutely. "I've lived in all atmo.
sphere OF stoves, and systematic
sousekcepins, and regular course
a1assrs, and canary birds, for twenty
ygars, and one of the great reasons
WY I want. to marry you, sir, is be-
eaase you're different from the rest:
yeefe newspaper writer, you know.
ead ont late nights. and used to ali
- outlandish ways of the ungodIy
.iiistines, as mamma calls them. and
! knew we'd live in the Barracks, as
~ called it. and have a funny, stuffy.
sele suite OF rooms, and do ali kinds |
! queer things, don't you see?"
Ar. Nugent did see, and was about
q express himself fofcibly on the
eelect, whom q breeze tossed one
led OF a soft chiffon tie across his
l9ss. and there was a laugh. and
I winsome, girlish face perilously
leas his own, and the throne of rea-
g tottered and fell before the on
I.naght.
Your royal highness may do ex-
NY . your own sweet will dictates"
: answered steadily. "Whither thou
!ssss e:ss u I will 60, what thou eatest I
Oh, don't Tom; don't take it "a a
oke. reproachfully.
I, After conciliatory moment of
alsnce. Mr.. Nugent said.
ths shadows point north. That
the first sign learned in nature
~; It never yet failed to awaken a
onse from the inner man. Let's
y 4 9ack to the hotel. Tn starving.
me air castle grew more material
ssc day BY day, until at last it stood |
] Ds,otiiui reality, and opened it's .
sis 70 receive the builders there.
~ was on the third floor of the
Fieur-de-Lis," otherwise the Bar ,
ks, up around Forty-third street. :
20 one caught a glimpse of the |
Flc stats in the Casinos roof ]
een over on Broadway, on one
- and on the other came the ,
r: ~ rumble Of the elevated, over /
smxsh svenue. There were only four
pAs, but the treasures therein 9
manifold and marvellous. Nan t
started out with the ideas of
assslne, and had never deyisted i
- eer standards. There was the /
sea ivory junk boat steering an i
sala courre above the green