The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-01-11

LADY, CarmiChael'S Niece.
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Icy ARTHUR HOOLEY.

|. Phila, ,sav Carmichael said she would. SIT
~ oar ,omas said that he would be painfully
} hear. nd regrettably circumstanced II sue
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nine 50 she did
nine. rhs Carmichaels lived at Frayne
y. re Hsec 4, two miles from Lichfield. They
"A lived there, personally, or by
pr peoI eans Of their ancestors, ever slnee
r own. he biz. ugly red, brick building hau
.on erected. shortly before the COM
y Of s. tenement of the Civil War. Many
great n .hl. cact,es were DESTROYED by the
p and oole '"0.'NS L.o,.ra Hall es-
hg tron prlamentdry ioops' x,;
per bd ned because OF its excessive usii-
ess and successive generations Oh
GUY. atef,l Carmichaels perpetuated ana
rgotteu welcomed this pleasing feature wneh-
impos Ter they found it possible to defeat Tue
beach forts Of time.
ng But though their residence was I'M
I'll tractiye. the Carmichaels were not.
ubbinl IL Thomas was tall, rather Stout
in say ieasant looking. wilfnl, and my. lnes
!. He arely ouarrelled, though they some
It, 4 lines differed in opinion. These niue
aiaurbances were usually settled by
and. jpmpromise: Sir Thomas preserved MS
na dgpity. adopted his wife's opinion ana
/ two arried out her wishes, which were no"
oaken Us own.
ness But occasionally there was hitch.
to the nd the COMPROMISE was unduly de-
hyed.
Sir Thomas was aggrieyed. Il tel
70 lu' Jou once for ALL he said severely,
I'D dos MAJ ! won't have the girl And l
Pavea lont want to talk any more about the
WIN natter
plnu.e very we'll, Thomas said Lady Car
l''s michael But l may tell you. once
'nen' ie all, that | certainly will have the
salyG rl. That decision is quite fnal
y land, as you say, there is no use III
further talking. | will write at once
n neA md tell her TO come
y u III you do" said Sir Thomas, and
b lat no accontc : eb.ll civa orders that she
ns' b not to be admitted"
Nonsense. should like to see the
person who would refuse to admit my
e visitors when say am at home. And
49,. my own niece, too"
III she were an ordinary visitor l
,,,,Y shouldn't mind. But to have her IN
-, the house for three months-a mlser-
UGH Z ns,a, ."ar 60. go no.no and vii,
want to chatter about art and lltera-
ture, and all that kind of thing. Pah.
She is my niece" said Lady Car
rape'1 Michael decisiyely, land it is quite
time did something for her.
nece1 I see you have made up your nina.
[ouno1 md, Of course, you won't pay any at
Ions1 IGNITION to my wishes. But | warn you
mat II she does come l shalllet her see
re ~ pretty plainly that l consider her an
% y intruder; and if she has any nerves or
psss proper sense of what is due to me
po1ul oS-as titular head of this house she
lcuo. Won't stay long. That is all have to
W. ~" He turned toward the door.
|e'" 7 shall write to her tonight. said
LADY Carmichael sweetly. Il shall tell
eI' ser that you are eccentric, and she VIII
wv attribute any little brusqueness to that
~ muse; for, Of course, you cannot Ut
n' patively rude to her.
Cant II" said Sir Thomas, with en-
-. y0asis as he closed the door.
Eileen Leslie was an orphan with
eaan income She lived with her fath
:. rs aunt. a very old lady who resided
Ealing, and waited for the end Q
|, ne world, which she said was mucl
/. overdue. Eileen had been at Ealln:
~ our years when it occurred to Lad!
~. NArmichael that it was quite time sh'
.sh Sd something for her niece She wrot
i &, !olitely, and received in return nice
i. written ladylike letter which quit
- adsded her. Then she had the TIN
~ mttunate dispute with her HUSBAND
n mich has been alluded to. She want
- Eileen to stay with her for thre
i. Fl @orths. Sir Thomas didn't. So sh
INT the invitation, which was grace
|, Ally accepted.
4 fortnight later Sir Thomas had :
= 4 " to town on business. It was tn