The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-03


there some influence which win eall
out be exercise 1a That virtue Twas
moi Nare that you were capable oi
in any eiEeunst ances.
have always 8id That your aeF al
pef spicu prevented Your having TIE
slightest understanding Of the many eN-
eellances q nv character
TIE silver cord slowly unwound
rich harvest oE giffs and then glitter
ms langsh unbfoken BIZ prophesy or
keepsake
te have all been serves except
said Tom How has he offended Fate
that he should hs gnblessed2
Fhe end IS not vet It may be that
the last served win be the bes gnen
bered
on the sama principle hat lie who
laughs last laughs best
Hut H declines 60 laQFl Ahough
n9Ree So wisely he sits like
his rsndsire carved - er
aomethlng equally uneompronL
Hal has been engaged III more se-
j rious business than laughing o. max.
ing Laughter You cannot expect him
~ ~ a4ANart ld AAH ltAs Attt4lAsa WAesA
/ divert your inferior mind.
slf defending the iag against assaults
in summer islands makes man 50 glum
there are more Important moral than
Y political disadyanta ages IA buying 20 job
i lots 81 vagrant soil. =
am only waiting with intense ex-
citement for my fate, demonstrated
/ Hal. You were mol SO risky either,
until you found out that Fortune had
not great, evil treasuring up othfo al
/ YOU
Ah. here 1t s., said Mrs. Lacey, with
a shrek Of delight. 7 know it is worth
waiting for. Nothing bad could be shut
up in so pretty q box.
Hal opened his treasure and took a
i peep az what It containeda tiny gold
ring with pearl like a drop of dew ly-
ing In alily-shaped setting. e thought
the happiest moment Of his lie had
been VIXEN he put that ring on Kittie's
slender white finger. She had given u
back q him when the quarrel came but
he had begGed her 60 keep Z and soraa-
time when she might feel the old love
return % send It to him as token oi
forgiveness
But I shall never send It back, she
had said.
still be had tried 70 hope that some-
time she would have need Of him and
Chat ah mist send him hs mrlta invi-
ta1ion t0 come back 70 her. Now 2 had
come id 81 fate
He pnt the little box into his pocket
with an air Of care1essness and fixed his
eyes attentiYely upon Mrs. Lacey. who
was proceeding with her story with re-
neWed interest and enthusiasm, But
Hal was not thinking Of the story, he
did not care about the youth Ia the
thorny Wilderness remembering how
far he mad wandered ID the wilderness
IN the three years that had passed since
be had last sat at Mrs. Laceys hospita-
bic table and listened % Halloween
warns. He could not reoolleet that he
had ever known how that fatal quarrel
+. had arisen. He only knew that ali the
stars went out aud he was alone among
the thoFns
The company was again absorbed IN
the tate Of tile unfortunate lovers ia the
moonlight ana Hal chose a convenient
moment TO SID out unobserved He
pushed aside the heavy curtain where
the chief deity Of the Halloween care-
mOnial had entered and passed out into
wide corridor. down which h6 lzed
tin he came to closed door Ie was
about TO knock thinking that possibly
his fate lay within, when a cry low but
thrilled with terror, came from behind
The door. He opened it hastily and en-
tered a dim room, Opposite the door
was fireplace before which was the
Z. ekFobed fs'l7 Inc to beat back
the ught the folds Of
her dls mounting to her
face. He Ward, catching a
heavy cover frl table ia the center
of the hoor, and IN a moment had
thrown It around her and crushed out
the flames ia its folds
The head which had fallen helplessly
or his shoulder was lifted and the faee
Of Kittie Winston, white with recent
terror, yet with a certain luminant 10y
looking forth turned toward him
"Oh Halla her voice quaEsred out
with q sob breaking through It's pa-
thetic music. eyou have saved my lie. 4
That's nothing Kittie
Indeed she retorted with assumed
indignation. THAT may be true. but II
isn't polite for you to tell me SO"
ooh kittie you know what mean.
would be thankful to save your Iife
from every possible peril every day Of
the world # you would only put into
words the message which Fate Gas
brought me H. this little ring
Not in speech was The message con,
frmed. but the brown eyes that looked
up into his face seemed % convey satis-
factory meaning
aAfter all she said a little later
looking down al some chaFred frsg,
ments Of her robe lying b. tie hearth,
.you see I really did need you. Hal
Has Weary Wlmie'u Approval.
That English scientist who says we
are tnjuring our skins by Using too much
soap win have the hearty approval OF
the American wayside scientist
New use faF rn5anctlon.
"a Cleveland woman who seeuied an