St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-05-16
More Ways
Than One.
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h[HTHEN 1 was young
" when were you not?" he in
terrupted, in "a voice of exaggerated
surprise.
when l was younger, then,'' sht
laughed If that is any BETTER
Il think it is-much."
We'll, then, when 1 was younger
Before I knew you?"
Long before. In fact, when [ was
quite a child"
"A very nice small child, I'm sure,'
he murmured, with sigh.
THAT shows it was before yor
knew me- she laughed again 81 was
the very worst small child you coulc
possibly imagine"
Il can't possibly ina CINE that"
IF | had been a little angel"
Il should never have met you.'
s'Oh, you might
''Thank you. But I'm afraid not
Little angels don't stop on earth''
Their glances met; her eyes caught
twinkle from his, and they laughed
together.
What were we. saying?''
II was saying" he reminded her,
shat we arranged last week that !
should come and escort you and your
mother to the Royal academy this
afternoon, and now when I call
and, as 1 pointed out, it isn't every
day that can leave my military du-
ties at the war Office to look after
themselves-your mother is lying
down with an attack of neuralgia,
and has asked you to postpone going
till tomorrow"
''Oh, yes! And then you said she
was perverse, provoking, capricious,
and all sorts of things, and i said I
believed she was, and / took after
her"
"And I said you were mistaken in
that
$50 I was going to tell you an an
ecdote of myself to prove that l was
not mistaken, only you kept inter-
rupting me-
''Please let me have the rest of the
anecdote, and I'll try not to inter-
rupt again-Ill try hard.''
He was young; what was more, he
was decidedly good-lool1ing; what
was more still, his manners were en-
gaging and persuasive, and his dry,
gently ironical tricks of speech gave
his airy nothings pleasant piqnan-
CIV, all of which must have prepos-
sessed her in his favor even had no
subtler sentiment inclined her toward
him.
.'Well. when I was small child"
she yielded to his entrcaty, 81 was
dreadfully willful, and had the most
shocking temper"
"You must have lost it before I
met YOU"
"And 1 remember one day I was
out with my nurse, and, being in one
of my wickedest moods, I insisted on
doing everything she told me not to
do. For instance, / would keep ruin
ming races with Charley-dear old
Charley
"He was only a dog
:.Ah, but you didn't treat him like
one."
"You promised not to-"
II apologize. Not another word!"
II kept running races with Charley,
and nurse kept telling me not to;
she said l was overheating myself
and should catch cold, and that, rae
ing in the middle of the road, should
be run over and killed; but took no
notice. The more she warned me
and ordered me to walk quietly with
her. the more disobedient was. and
at last, all of sudden, she managed
to catch hold of me and slapped me
angrily-"
''No-no!''
slapped me so hard that cried"
s.This is heartrending!"
He leaned back in his chair and re-
garded her with pensive sympathy.
"I won't tell you any MORE" she
said, smiling, IF you are going to be
silly about it.
..Tell me the rest he implored,
s.and ] will be wise"
.lt happened that our dear old
vicar was coming up the road
.Dear old chap" he murmured abb
sently. 'Why wasn't 1 the vicar!"
HE saw nurse slap me, and when
he reached US he stopped and spoke
to her, and patted me on the head
and told me not to cry. OF course, !
I cried more than ever
'.Naturally-you would"
.It made him fancy l was hurt,
and he lectured nurse quite severely
On the sinfulness Of letting her an
gry passions rise. He told her she
ought to be patient with me and win
NV affection, and govern me by kind
ness, not by force. 1t made me feel
good to listen to him, and know it
made me think what u bad woman
nurse really was"