The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-06-27

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.NM MM when was younger
then" she laughed, IF that is any bet
ter"
II think 1t is-much."
well, then. when was younger
Before knew you?"
Long before. In fact, when I was
quite small child"
"a very nice small child. I'm sure.' y
he murmured, with a sigh.
THAT shows it was before you knew
me-" she laughed again. II was the
very worst small child you could pos.
sibly imagine"
II can't possibly imagine that"
IF l had been a little angel"
Il should never have met you."
"Oh, you might" -
'Thank you. But I'm afraid not. In
tie angels don't stop on EARTH"
Their glances met; her eyes caught
a twinkle from his. and they laughed
together"
what were we sayingE
II was saying" hereminded her. "that
we arranged last week that I should
come and escort you and your mother
to the Royal Academy this afternoon.
and now when call-and, as pointed
out, it isn't every day that I can leave
my military duties at the War Office
to 1ooly offor <bop, colvoc- -Vo,,r yrofho
is lying down with an attack of neu-
ralgia. and has asked you to postpone
going till tomorrow"
"Oh, yes! And then you said she
was perverse, provoking. caprtclous,
and all sorts of things. and I said be-
lieved she was, and took after
her"
"And I said you were mistaken in
that"
$50 was going to tell you an anec-
dote of myself to prove that am not
mistaken. only you keep interruptins
me-" s
"Please let me have the rest of the
anecdote, and I'll try not to interrupt
again-I'll try hard"
He was young; what was more. he
was decidedly good looking; what was
more still, his manners were engaging
and persuasive, and bis dry, gently
ironical tricks of speech gave his airy
nothings pleasant piquancy, all Of
which must have prepossessed her in
his favor even had no subtler sentl
ment inclined her toward him.
"Well, when I was small child"
she yielded to his entreaty., II was
wilful, and had the most
shocking temper
"You must have lost 1t before met
you"
"And I remember one day was out
with my nurse, and, being in one of
my wickedest moods, l insisted on do
ing everything she told me not to do.
For instance, l would keep running
races with Charley-dear old Char
ley" !
"Oh, why wasn't Charleyy"
"He was only dog"
"Ah, but you didn't treat him like
one."
You promised not to"
II apologize. Not another wordr'
II kept running races with Charley.
md nurse kept telling me not to; she
said 1 was overheating myself and
should catch cold, and that, racing In
the middle of the road, I should be
run over and killed; but took no no
ice. The more she warned me and
ordered me to walk quietly with her,
the more disobedient was, and at last,
all of a sudden, she managed to catch
hold Of me and slapped me angrily-"
"No-now
slapped me so hard that I cried"
"This is heartrending!'
He leaned back in his chair and re-
garded her with pensive sympathy.
II won't tell you any MORE" she said.
smiling, III you are going to be silly
about it." :
Tell me the rest" he implored. "and
will be WISE"
1T happened that our dear old vicar
was coming up the road"
"Dear old chap" he murmured alb
sently. "Why wasn't l the vicar!~
"He saw nurse slap me. and when he
reached us be stopped and spoke to her,
and patted me on the head and told me
not to cry. or course, cried more
than ever"
''Naturally-you would"
ut made him fancy was hurt. and
be lectured nurse quite severely on the
of letting her angry passions
rise. He told her she ought to be
patient with me and win my affection.
and govern me by kindness, not by
force. It made me feel good to listen
to him, and know 1t made me think
what q bad woman nurse really
vas"