The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-04-06

lrown moons are IN added charm, but
Jane had an overwhelming number.
il.r IL +. also Eas d blaze OF glory,
..Uc N.c eyes we've t@.- r., 2emins fca.
ta..@ N@al n Dr. ia,3 them, and
it "as ipa-sial, 10 talk to her with.
o&t - i .n-. one fo.z i III Go.
iiH. ss,lA,As eyes A.&,e dreamers
Of all msa
Niolrt Long ives we'll aware of the
fact to u Ing her a~A to aG.Usta2a,
for lone practice he'd ma&r her IN
adept ii ;'r art Niolst WAS Il born
coQu,t.". and the arts which nature
L9l f@jiaI 10 hostow uuvn her TWO
Years in 4 seminary had furnished
Nc.s BOAST that al the boys would
be At Eer heels had not been in vain.
an much TO james discontinue, Char
~ VAS one of the foremost To him
Violet was a revelation, her red lips,
lrwtchin4 diIhples and dancing eyes
playing havoc with his heart. He Won
d red what on earth he could ever
have seen in that frechlc-f&ced, red
hairei Jane.
In some way Violet learned of the
ctt2chm, nj that had previously existed
etTeen the two. and as her own heart
vas incapable Of har. oring tender SEN
t.'ncnts il was also proof against the
n&n-s Of jealousy, 50 nothing de-
l".,tcd har more than to amuse her
self ii ihe cost of another's happi-
rrSS. So it came about that she IA
yUrod Charley; not because she cared
az all Tor him. but for the fact that
il caused another annoyance. The
t"o were together part of every day,
diving into the country, rowing on
1a- river CT strollins along the eoua-
t. road IL thc MOONLIGHT.
marley continued to call on Jane
IS ever, but there VAS a difference
n his attitude towars. her. He looked
rDon her now as simply friend Of
{ ildhood and she accepted the chang
ed cr...ition of affairs with a forti-
tudc that was pathetic hal not Char
! IS eyes been blinded by the fash
ing charms OF The Frivolous Violet.
SO passed the summer. and when
T. '
turning to TIE city, ana Charley awoke
to the fact that for him lfe would
egome an empty vaid after she had
gone Then he asked her to marry
him.
She threw him saucy look low,
cred her eyes demurely AMI said she
would consider il. Charley had never
made study of human nature espec-
tally people of Violet's stamp, and so
went about in dream of
cstasy.
When the day for her departure
arrived he had not received his an
swcr, and she promised to write to
him as soon as she had spoken to her
mother on the subject.
During the following week Jane saw
1othing of him. as his time was all
aiken up in dreaming of the future.
md in going to and from his house
o the post office.
Finally he Voc ~c.-~"~-'"' ~-~~:-
ng dainty missive postmarked Chi
ago. He did not open it till he was
t open with wildly beating heart.
\ moment later he was staring at the
sheet in amazement-it was not his
etter at all, but was written to
girl in New York.
Violet had written two letters and
lad put them in the wrong envelopes
he glanced over the pages until he
.ame to the last paragraph. then his
ace paled and an angry frown set
led on his brow. He read it over
vice:
And Mime" it read. oyou ought
o have seen what proposed to me
used to amuse myself in picking
laysced out of his hair, and he had
ucli lovely hair, too And just think
t was the only pop | got all sum
ner: not much like the experience
le had at the seashore a year ago
Well, I've written him a nice letter
f regret in which told him that my
IA won't lei me 1t may wake him
p-"
II did wake him up. 1t showed him
type with which he was wholly I'M
amiliar. and taught him a lesson that
G would remember the rest of his
fe. And while he was thinking OF
What he had just read there came in
ruding into his mind a pair of big
lnocent blue eyes, and he imagined
nat he saw a look of sadness in their
epths. Then ne tore the letter into
and ground it into the earth
18th his heel.
When he sauntered into the yard
ane was sitting on the old bench
nder the elm. When he dropped