The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-06
THE CAUCASIAN
LADY ESTELLE AND MISS
BETTY

BETTY
Written from Lake CnarleP, La Dess' :
Der 81, 1901
Heart Of mine, wakei
There's glory newly dawning;
There's . love-light On the meadow, and >
osplsndor on the sea.
Heart Of mine, wlk1i
Toy night hiss found It's morning:
Love has touched thy sky with crimson,
love has lit the world for thsel
Heart OF mine, wakei
There - one impatient, waitinti
Thtrs IL enc who 10 thy master, who would
teach thee ell thou ART.
A letter came to Lisbon addressed Lady
Estells, Plantegept, namesake.oi Henry the
First. 1t was delivered TO Lady Estslle.
and was . letter from Mise Eiz Ibeth
SturdeVGnt, IN which the kindest Snd most
foTgiVlng words, ~ she could command.
told Of Sir Leonard's treAeh'ry. She wOunc
uP, BY saying to blame his head and rot
hit heart, that psrbAps he wss born with 4
fckIt VuispOsition. inherited from some
ancestor, or psrhap', 1t Was revenge OF
Of some mistreatmeOt OF bis kin, who had
be- wroDgsd in the dim past, by soms
Ssss and now this paid the debt, and
SaAA thing was square. "For chickens
will come homo to roost." Commandment,
Genesis 29-b verse. But shs told lad,
EsteIle that Sir Leonard was now m TO
marry who would have him, and after this
trouble he would make perhaps . good
husband. Notice, there is an underourrsnt
In this thought, just said, that means 1
love yeu yet. Oh, what wosderiul pas.
tiou love 10 at last. Il rules the camp, II
lu'es he home, and rules the world says
Rms wise man. Animals love their yeuuR
the birds thslrs'. and the flowers speak
language Of love. Perhaps you are lock-
irg for q genuine womaA's cries Of tear
irem Lady Estslle, bat the shock was tso
great, the idol Of her heart had deceived
her, he was no longer the nLH Of her Gay
dreams, :bHt . heSItatiDg, shrinking crest
urs, like most oi Ne are sometimes, wbeR
nature tostS ~ IN war, love or iun. We
are weighed IL the balances and gouI |
wanting, In the things we are called 10 &C.
General Grant says Of himself, he founO |
cut that war feelings, At West Psint are
lot the war fseliDLs ., 80 one approsshes |
battle Geld. 1t ID tnen with lear OF heart,
and trembling OF limbs, At West Point
there 10 no battle to be fought, there 10 no
lie at stake, but when The battle csmss on,
the couThEe Of the travest 10 tsstsd and
sSms from, not cowardIcs, but ply steal
utakBssses run swEy. expect the author
y euld, for we are for peses ana not war.
We bslitvein arbitration, don't our We
1tsrd alady a. Green Lake Iav, there was
tins, ahe could not khed = tear, and abe
old me, death would have been preferable,
o the anguish Of her soul, but she
'tuldn't die, Iuch Lriet seldom kills, but
ID, how they suffer Till reaction comes.
.ady Estelle went TO her room, and shut
nd locked the door, and In the quiet there,
tsolved what best to dc, 70 be, O woman
the last. She shed lew tear, that was
II, and then was herself again, which
aeant, iull control Of her emotions
nd her feelings, and when she
net Sir Leonard In balls OF at the theatre
y anywhere else, she looked with pity, but
lot scern and not with hateful eyes, for
hey are Ihe sxpressiens Of the seul. For
he knew trouble Was on bis mind. ana she
suld read II In hll face. And alter We
nee love. anybody, II 10 hard TO forget
htn, especially, when We know they are
eva hearted, and taet Knowing The best
|Al 70 turn, and VI hat will become Of item
= the end. Have you ever been ther,
then keep out o.. trouble, fer trouble will
ever trouble ysu, II you leave trouble
lone. bus once In, II takst time, and tote
I sense 70 get cut, and Be happy again. I
Plenty Of time 10 the best healer, and then
lou may be happy again, and perhaps
lsppier, ana know how TO sympathixe
With otbt rain their lighter nilctions, that
ONE " all. know you are wondering
Betty cried. Yes, yssl and more than
nee. She cried herSSli to sleep, but more
'bOut hlss Betty. later on. Sir Leonard
ouldnt cry. There are men who cannot
'seP, and their suffering is simply torture. I
q fact u 10 that while IL lasts. They even
pee Interest In the world, and their best
risnds wonder II they have not forgotten
low TO treat frienu, their condusl is 90
Inherent when they are under the ir.
lusHce Of the suffering they are passing
brougb. There was smother girl In Lisbon;
'ho Sir leonard liked to talk to,
- she had travelled much, and
lad seen most everything OF
be world; 20 after a week Of
1ieviDg all alone, he went to see this