Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-07-27
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rived too soon for one at least when t,npl,s
all packed and travellers all drassed tha nar
riage called to take Them to the cars III
locomotive drew them onickIv over tho r,iiS
and thew were landed nj The denot s[noo 49,
miles from, Ne5,S Lon1o f0'' '''1N wv
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NOT IT, ~ SUI p ise lua' nc vas
lad tLon%b Ill, s'n,,nsod 80 "'o I.CIyg
to nieet In o'J nt ~, h;nL daad
a. r,o. ,l,.- .''lu t.ins "'i0i ue'"' Gu
l'The ser,a,t ,rho r w tho,,, a. his
door nxna;d az @. LIS
bv s3v;nn tI,a+ ba bad a'nne ~ net tbo hr;Jga
and her 1artv for sina1IarIv enongb Nod nod
talon tancy 70 ha nnsrried in his own bonso
.tAunt Rntb with the freedom of n narent
was soon onita at home rambling abdnt tIa
house hacking into closets and commen+ino
upon what she saw: evidently we'll nleased
with the Arrangement of tbinps in General and
in particular which was a nroof that th;nlrs
were about right. for she was nice almost %
fastidiousness in ali relating to bnnsoLoid 49, y,
tiers.
The guests continued to arrive and Kate
fancied herself the observed of all observers"
1t seemed to her that every one knew her
secret and pltied the folly which had thrown
away the prize, which another was about to
secure.
Whoever had secret of any unpleasant
kind, guilty or not, who did not fancy it writ
Ten upon leglble characters upon his counte-
nance; the lawful prey Of every gazer. And
thus suspicious, one cannot avoid betraying in
his appearance the very thing he would tain
conceal; so that to the practiced eye, he can
be read like an open book
nate felt TINS, and turn which ever way she
would, she telt as II all eyes were turned upon
her. she could not endure 1t and still retain
that equanlmlty OF appearance, which by the
utmost eIlort she hao been able 10 assume. 10
aVold IL, She MADE her escape from the house,
unpercelveu as she thought, through door at
the iahdlhg, at the head OF the stairs, which
opened INTO library larry like place, where
she would gladly have fingered looking over
It's treasures OF tones, pictures, and statues,
but dared not, lest she should be discovered
and suspected OF coveting them. According
~ she passed directly on through another door,
on TO small balcony, from whence short
night OF stairs led to terrace and from this
pya hah dozen more stairs, she reached the
garden
"There then was the paradise Kate had a
perfect passion for floral garden. Botany
had always been with her tavorite study. so
that even the rare exotics were to her as fam-
liar friends 1t was lust that season of early
summer, when all nature wears her freshest
and most charming garb.
"Miss P, the dress maker, had said that
Ned had consulted the taste of his intended
bride, in all the arrangements about his premis.
es. Who can she be thought Kate. If this
is in accordance with her taste, how like my.
self she must be- Had selected and arranged
these plants and shrubs myself they could not
have been more in unison with my ideas of
beauty and propriety than they now are
"These pansies, the pinks, the roses, the
verbenas, the honeysuckle the jasmine the
spirea, every thing is arranged with such per.
feet effect. She walked to the centre of the
garden, from whence she had view of nearly
, its whole extent; of the plots with their con.
tents, and of the walks and the shrubs which
adorned the borders Long and earnestly she
gazed upon the beautiful pasture.
"SomethIng riYited her attention There
was surely the word "Kate," in Mignonette
and Royantus emblems of intellectual worth,
with the word Love-" in Oxalis emblem of at
lection, on one side, and Faith, in Blue Vio-
let's emblem of consancy, on the other.
ooh! she thought, he has faith in the con-
stancy and worth of his Kate. am glad he
has found one bearing the name, who will re.
deem it from seeming heartlessness and tickle.
ness, that he need no longer despise it.
''Near by were the initials N. and X. CON
nected in Amarenthus and Box emblems, of
undying constancy Instantly her memory
recalled time, when in their childish sports
she and Ned had twned those letters similarly,
in their own little garden, at Aunt Ruth's The
| OverDOM-
cred all her forced composure. Leaning against
a tulip tree, she buried her face in her hand.
kerchief and yaiulv strove for a long time to
check her tears and stiAe her sobs.
"'Kate. do won not like the garden q asked
a kindly voice near, 1t startled her, it was
Ned's She could scarce support herself from
falling 10 the ground.
"Tt is too bad She murmured.
"'What is too bad. that | should have inter.
rupted your meditations q
"'No. that | should again behave like A
fool
"But YOU do not answer nv question How
do YOU like the garden q
'fKate thought he was now ayenging him.
self bv ridiculing and tantalizinp her and her
indignation was lust enouoh aroused to enable
her 10 saw with some degree of caImness
"'What matters it how [ like lip
"It matters everything how YOU like it.
Katie. because lift does not please Won. I shall
wish the labor had been elsewhere bestowed
The tone was that of their manifest and mos
contiding DAYS.
"Kate turned her ewes fnll unon his face to
see if he was mockine her. as she said is il
generous to taunt me with NV misdeeds
thought you would never degrade yourself. as
have done
"He read her suspicious at once, and hasten
ed to say, You mistake me, Kate. | am in ear.
nest. This garden was intended for no other
Kate but you, and if you do not like it, | shall
feel thatit is all lost labor.
"'Can it be 9 asked Kate in a voice scarce
above a whisper, while her tears flowed
afresh.
ct can be, it is reality said Ned, gently
leading her by the arm to seat in an arbor