The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-04-07
Her Beau
From
Hartford
By Zoe Andesson Nussis

Il
second block away.
ut is there that I have engaged ~
q ROOM" she told me. II engaged 4
particularly for tonight"
had not taken Oh my thinsA
started out
you will be back for dinner, Mout
your" she asked, with q wistfM ''You
won't be back for dinner, win yuuY'
air. And I had replied: no I mag
a. wen stay to dinner there. Thsy
viii charge me for It all the samAs
The room was not 20 bad a. II might
have been, and the house was hand
some one, but the general atrnoaphGl
| OF It rather struck me with amusement
The little woman VINO kept II had 3uGl
moved In from q nat The carpets
consequently fitted nike postage stampa
the furniture appeared TO have shxunk
and the curtains when they hung q
Ill hung three feet from the door.
said to myself at 6syt Il cannot
stay here"
Then began to grow in4eresoe6
In spite of the fact that several lAros
trunks whose contents should have had
to certain degree he erect Of estab-
hshing my respectabinI followed IN
my wake, was politely bot firmly -
Quested 10 pay In advanes.
did 90.
The money went TO buy neesusaxy
furniture for my room.
Having struggled some myse1fAand,
alas, the struggling ISN'T quite over ysk
II looked upon the eonvuldve efforts
Of that little woman - furnish hee
house and her table q The sams ome
with such Increased Interest that -uldt
u,atsly paid her Two wealn in d.
vance instead q ooA
Thus tie staizs wss4 eazpstsd ana
rug was eventually plsesd ak ths q
6ance In the hail
In the intervals q cooking. xaafang,
hsuing and scrahhang ths h4tis womsn
came b mo and tnad No hsg tn9o q
We.
It was - vain thae ! ~ bs1ugs N
sxpectant UpswFiese, sian4ng asnin-
caAdy DOM now and again se wa1emG
keys.
She talksd TO M. :,
- y IN for Mur1al. Ne SD 4
wa6k - mahs thst g4s,U No MuesA Nv
inG. 3lns never waA want hes .
have things she sADg1d havs-<h4nQ
Sar1s Iovs-pset0 clcthaA het4 sheaA
gloves. ribbons. I want % maize h9
'haDpy g1r1 Why. aft.e II my WIT
ysstseday what DO yea tA1nk dldp
couldn't lmagtns, but knsW MN
enough what mus % 4 I Wanesd
an butssr q my dax1y heoaA and
Whist I eouldnrt Do u shs hapG a TN
ine.
r sst . TN eAdoek mailing .
party drsss % send hR at Haz&1ueds
she informed ma 'Bh6s 1olng . Q
ban thars Tonight. haa p have q
rea6y for the expcses tAan. s6ognine.
eat Up nearly al might loag Anishfn0
~ ;,
Iswas In tbs way nat ne s,psssaSa
hsEssH taking up he DINE. .
! leaned my elbows On he tah1e -
look1ng hard at hsf. tx1sd b mssmek4s0
hsr Into going away. SD.
'6he = coming home - thyOo dayo q
four ne went On. and talked bluo
Iereak for han IN hour be6bko she
dnaI6 took hesssh Oh.
In due time abe cane, ehae WundsgfuD
Mural.
Going down 70 dinner eos wenane I
found hae n fahln
was A1ed with aseeoAnAmsnt at d.
light e hee. Her mother. with m ~
Ealk. hsd not prspaxsd NJ for her ~
au1stts beauty.
6hs was mot only beautiful but -
Q certain style ineomprshso
ahls IN girl Of her poattion. discov.
ned latef that her mother made ~
clothes. This served 10 Increase my
'uEpeise. for her mother had nsxt 10 10
lyle at all. The reason for thia, how
'vsr. was forgivabls. She spent moth !
Nc On hsrsolf and every cent that 10
ouA spare from the furniture on IL |
;trL
! confess that It gave mo q sort e |
book to ses thie. exquisite creature
AXE up the bell and ring for her moth
Z to bring In her dinner, a. II that |
mother, were a servant but the mother /
nayed the shock by explaining. She
7ouldn't allow Muriel in the kitchen.
here were various and sundry rea-
ons. 1t seemed. for this. First. the
III didn't knpw enough to pound sand d
hen It cans to cooking: second, she
COULDN'T Be bothered with teaching
er, and the thirdues. fourthlies and
fthlies ! have forgotten.
The shock was entirely dispelled
'nep found her on the following
'orning prone upon her knees on TIE
Ill door washing up fts marble. II
Hanged to respect as she swept down
V stairs. cleaned the parlor. busted
e banisters, tables and chairs. and
hen. with uptucked skirts ana dust.
p nike maid In z comic opera. she
aocked 1t my door to elean up M
ON It vanhhed entirely, ana. stoppinx
! work y way Of reward I nife6
her.
Dld you have hfcs tina at l.
ssy N Hsftfcrd, MuristYs I aated
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