The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-08

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~o< strange; ono more povort,
and no more pinctin,
We've had our share and enough of i
and nov Wen have no more
The speaker drew off her gloves lei.
arely, and held her hands to9the rudd
blaze. s,
She locked wondrously beautiful q
she bent there, her eyes d thousan
miles away through the glowing Goa
and with the freight playing aro,n
her aquiline nose and perfect lips. An
as she stood, her sister watched her i
the gathering twilight, and though
she never saw her look so beau;ifu.
nor yet 50 truly strange.
"Oh, Mabel have you really accepte,
the darling old millionaire at last
How truly delightful.r
Kitty jumped up from the sofa an,
clapped her hands, her face express
Ing intense delight. Oh, how beauti
ful to have just as much money as 70,
want. and everything you can set Vol,
mind on 1t! Truly, the prospect wa.
grand. and Kitty laughed with heI
seventeen-year-old laugh, and danced
prettily with all the abandon and jol
lily Of seventeen years.
She completed the circuit by haitins
at her sisters side, who still gazet
into the freight, with4her face filiet
with an odd mingIing of love and bit
terness. Kitty knew full we'll VIVA
was passing III Mabel.s mind, and size
but yet seventeen, could not feel, OF
had not lived long enough to feel
what it was OF what it meant.
And yet she was just a little somber.
just a little depressed, as she put one
hand into her sisters and the other
round her shoulders.
Poor Mabs' she said: chow sad you
look!!-
Il have reason to be sad" responded
Mabel, with a short, hollow laugh;
I've chosen the road that's to be mime
till DEATH
A little catch In her voice that was
not natural to Mabel caused Kitty to
draw her closer and comfort her as
best she could; and as she thought of
ALI it meant, and all it would bring to
them both, she burst into a reckless
laugh that became seventeen years so
well.
You have chosen just what / should
wealth. Oh, think of it. Mabel!
Think what our future viii be when
you are mistress Of Mr.. Johnson's
lovely mansions and fortune. But l
knew you'd do ii, Mabel. l knew you
would. It's Just what I should have
Cone myself
Don't, Kit. DON'T pleaded Mabel,
In a voice SO strained and sad that
Kitty looked UP alarmed; SOU don't
know what you're saying, and you
don't know what you mean. You have
never been called upon by stern neces-
sity to sacrifice your own true love.
who is all the world to you, to marry
all old mans Millions.
no. haven't" replied Kitty, quick
Il, with all the determination of her
experience. ''but If l had to I would.
| shouldn't hesitate q single minute
between the young love without a dol
lar, and m~illioas--and especially if the
owner of the millions CHANGED TO be
such a f~inelooking Iiau as Mr.. John
son is, and you. know she went. on.
eoioring a little, "he is really hand
some, Mabel, and he is only forty. l
wish it was me lie was going TO marry,
and not you."
A smile o~versrraaG aIabel's features.
and she laughed outright. The idea Of
such a charming slip OF ,eveiiness as
Kitty being the wife OF a middle-aged
IT was TOO absurd.
anyway continued Kitty, feeling
that something was expected Of her i'll
exten,aation of her conduct. and pout-
ing a little. 1ssou should take ii more
happily. 1t isn't right not to.'
And then, as Kitty turned TO the tea
on the rabie, the hunted, panied
look swept back into Mabers pale
and she sighed heavily.
How thonsltless she is. she mur-
INJURED, sand cruel. Ii seems a Light
thing, this, TO give up my love for pelf
for her sake. Yes she said. half
sasageis, flor her sake, not mine. If
were not for lar his money would
been as dirt TO ME. / know what
poverty is, butsfhe bitterness is sweet
compared with a life without love,
without him. And he comes here to-
night, and, God forgive me. / must tell
and a shudder shook her frame.
MABEL" cried Kitty. IS lightly and
rs happily as though ill-starred loves
had rever come her way, aiea.s all
and then Mabel tried her best
to look pleased and happy, and told
kitty what Lappeaea to her i'll her ca
pacity As daily gayerness, and Kitty
had some new story TO Tell OF dear,
delightful Afr. JehEsoa.
Dear. darling NAB thought Kitty.
her eres rested fpnaiy upon her Sis
Ter. Ire never had a trouble yet.
her dear old haart. hat what she
helped me out of Ii: and now
going tos lifs rs right onr ct Tie
worst trouble saf ~ tais heAka proT.
pfIya