The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-01-17
a Fit Of Temper
BY Cecil Hayter.

Oy OeCll 1ayter.
I Miss Anstruther was in a very ba
temper.
The previous evening she and Die
Fandeleur had had furious quarrel a
Lac Dysarts dance. It was a most in
fportant quarrel, thouIh its origin wa
ha1y and indistinct, and Miss Ans
Itruther had spent a sleepless night i
consequence.
Under the circumstances, it was mai
ural. therefore, that fate condemne,
her to sit next to hlm al Mrs BARCLAY
dinner table. 1t was a large party
and they were all going on to a dane
at the Grafton later.
Miss Anstruther had very properi,
started dressing with the determine
tlon OF thoroughly snubbing the Van
deleur youth throughout the evening
OF being icily dignifled, and in heart
assly good spirits whenever she no
ticed him watching her from afar
There is nothing so invigorating G,
so conducive to self-respect as snu5
bing some one else.
But "the best laid schemes OF mice
and men aft gang" etc. never
could speaf Scotch dialect. In pur.
suance oeS&ich proverb, when she
came tosTEt on her new frock fresh
from the dressmaker's. and which was
to form such an important item IA
the icily dignifed part of the pro.
gramme, it was an abominable misft.
The skirt hung all wrong, and, as for
the bodice, it was-well, there. no
words are adequate, or, TT .east, none
OF Miss Anstruther's WIS equal to the
occasion.
She grew hot and angry. and the
maid. with her mouth full of pins, and
her head q bewildered maze of con-
orders, grew hot and fus-
tered. BY the time the frock had
been made presentab'e it was already
late, so poor daisy Anstruther, instead
OF arriving according to the aforesaid
alluring pictures. frigid, self-possessed
and statuesque, bundled cut of the car
riage a good ten minutes late, was
asked by her hostess II she had met
With an accident, and fel. painfully
conscious that something was amiss
With her hair at the back.
Miss Anstruther succeeded in fgnor-
ng the Vandeleur youth throughout
he soup and the fish, and half way
through the first entree, de7oting her.
elf entirely to the extremely dull and
'ompous young man on her right. who
of Browning and himself
principally himself.
But during sudden lull In the con.
ersation the pompous young man
aying been temporarily annexed by
is neighbor on the far side, voice
,urmured in her ear:
4 say. Daisy, excuse me, but you've
OF a couple Of hairpins sticking out
the back"
Involuntarily her hand went up to /
cr head, and q judicious pat made
lings all right
She murmured a chilly Thank
ou" without even turning toward
I'm. and stared blankly across the
bile. But inwardly she was seething
ith rage.
i say, don't glare like that said
e voice again presently. I'm aw-
lily sorry, you know"
This time she did look at him. (
"6orrys What on Garth for?' she
ked. raising her eyebrows.
For being such an idiot last night.
u know, and" I'd
Il really don't know what il the !
'rld you a:e talking about. You
emed to me much the same last
ght as any other night. OF course. !
ur description Of yourself may be
curats. for all that, klr. vandeleur." ,
! say. Daisy, doat be so down OH
y" sold the voice penitently. I'm
lily. most awfully sorry! didn't
ow II was your dance I cut; and you =
you we:e down at supper the whole !;
nc yourself, so don't see why you
ould be In such ter1psr." c
I'm not in tem-er, Mr.. vande- y
II; and really r'ust ask you not to
I me Daisy" \
Vandcleur was about to make a re- s
!, but Mifs Anstruther turned away
took refuge Ia the conversation at !;
polnpous youus man. - he deyoscd