The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-22
But you'll ask Agnes Oscawanda to

But you'll ask Agnes Oscawanda t.
your picnic party. girls?"
Indeed, we shall not!' Julia Daven
ant answered, with q toss of he
naughty head. can Indian girl
What would people say?"
Then 1 shant come to it" sait
Guy, independently.
Julia burst into tears.
Guy, you are too hateful for any
thing! And Helena thinks SO much
of the picnic"
Mot enough, ii seems, to treat
harmless, pretty girl with ordinary
deency,' said Guy, angrily. "She
passed Agnes yesterday in the road
without even speaking to her."
DO you expect us to receive her on
an equality with ourselves?"
Il do ret know why you should
not" vas the brusque reply.
Il believe Agnes Oscawanda has
bewitched you with some of her
fathers outlandish Indian charms
flashed out Julia.
perhaps she has" said Guy, laugh.
ing. Her fathers or her own"
Guy, it Is no testing matter"
Did l say it was, miss Spitfire? Do
leave me in peace 4 little while now"
But Helena wants you to go with
her to gather flowers and autumn
leaves"
4 shall do nothi& of the sort"
said Guy; and he adhtfed re~solutely
to his resolution.
The day of the ,m Rch-anticipated
picnic came; but Qhy, instead of
escorting Miss DicESn down to the
slope of velvet alass, shaded ii SUI,
perb forest trees, Ehich~had been Sc
lected as the site If the merry MAX.
ing, took his gun I'D started off into
the woods.
Il won't be deafeAd by~he cackle
of these girls" quoth NE to'himself.
Dead! Oh, father, he is not dead?"
Old Oscawanda, the swart-browed
Indian interpreter, listened with his
ear against the stalWart chest of the
fallen hunter, who. lag among the vel
low autumn leaves, where Agnes had
found him, bathed in his own blood.
There had been some imperfection in
the lock of the new rife-what or
where no one eve knew, but it was
blown to pieces, and Guy Davenant
lay like a dead man beside it.
They carried him to the little cabin
beside the rushing falls of the Metar-
casa, and laid him on the rude couch
of the old Indian, and then he strug-
gled his way back again to life.
who bound up these wounds?" he
asked, with a slight shudder, as he
glanced downward at bandages and
wrappings, and began to comprehend
the full extent of the peril from which
he had SO m%iraculously escaped.
Il did," Agnes Oscawanda answer
ed.
"You!" His eyes rested admiringly
On her calm, beautiful face. There
isn't n woman in a thousand who
would have had such pluck as that.
should like to have Helena Dickson
see blood without fainting away, and
for CLARA and Julia-poah!"
Just their maneuvering." said
Julia, when she had sobbed and
Shrieked away her first terror at the
frightful news &c the accident that
had happened to her brother. "Of
course Agnes and her scheming old
expect to make a profitable
speculation out of it. Why couldn't
hey just as well have brought you
They might have done So" said
iuy, calmly, but a corpse would have
,een all that was borne across the
threshold. O~scawanda and his daugh-
er have saved my life, and l shall
lever cease to be grateful to them for
they have done"
But" lisped Helena, "mayn't we
ONE down and nurse you, dear Mr..
suy? I am sure it would be a peas
Ire, and these good people, although
veil meaning, l dare say, cannot un-
.erstand the refnements an invalid
o much needs"
Your kindness is quite %unneces-
ary," said Guy, coldly. Il have every
are and attention here"
1.-THE bold, sly thing!" said Clara,
iting her lip us the three girls walk
d homeward again. Il saw her eyes
ash triumph when he spoke"
Helena Dickson, however, resolved
OF to give up the battle at this early
of affairs. She determined to
her visit into the winter
lonths.
Perhaps Guy will go home with
le, when he RECEIVERS sufficiently"
he thought; "and in that case l can
asily bring him to the mark"
For Helena mad unbounded conf
ence in her own charms and powers
t persuasion.
1t was a bright, frosty afternoon in
tie November when Guy Davenant
alked up to the door of the farm
ouse, leaning On the Indian girls
IN. Julia rose to welcome him
ome.
Il will help him into the mouse !
wv coldly staring the beautiful {
)ung girl in the face You need not {
ouble yourself any further, Agnes {
STOP" said Guy, stern1y, as his {
would have motioned his sup
,rter away. She has the best and
lily right to be at my side now" t
Guy! What do you mean?" gasp c
Julia, scarcely understanding what