Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-04-13
THE REPUBLICAN.
THE ?HIL0PEWA.


and you taven'tr
aWhew, How do Won know | haven'I?"
'Aunt VI TtiI, slv<-sD. She told Kate this
very morning in her bedroom. and that if she mir
riel you lIe'd-she'd oh, | remem1er-she'l
starve in a gIrret. Before that | meant to m .rry
YOU whsn growed up
revelation. IL va, true-I WIS sure of that
Whit Dolly heard she repeated verbatim, an!
generally at the IN st inappropriate times. A
week before she had revealed to Mr.. Dix-:ho
fashionable Mrs. Dix-that Aunt Matilda va.
irving q Ipack4 in the kitchen. She had uttered
all those fr'ghtful remarks common to tho enan!
terrible "a 'Aunt's fllse teeth" and "JTncie's
wig" She heird much. listening like Young
owl. and repeating it days after wi suiienness
that foiled interruption. to the very party to whom
OF all others she shnul hot have revealed it."
So Mrs. Guio1 ihOaght Katy would starve in I
garnet il she m rried mel Pleasant. And she pro
posed Cousin thllbGrt az substitute. Pleasant
er stiI-delightful altogether. On if | could cnly
know what KItv sud- would too.
Come here. Dolly" said coaxinsly.
"Yes. when get M alm)lds.
She Ened her poekcts-ihere were three in her
rufied apron, and then. treadng d,intilv, in her
black slipper, d feet. over the crimson carpet.
ro"k her upon my knee. and talked to her she
nunched.
"Whlt id KITTY slr. Dolly"
81 don't want to ieli You"
"whvf'
"You'Il be mad"
"No."
yes P.ca.e crack this alm,nd. with your
teeth. Mr. Abingdon"
performed the opsraton--not, however, with
nv tecth-anl tie little fingers fshed out the
nut.
.Now tel me-. Dolly"
"well. Katy said she hated you both, and she
wished you would go away"
"r'm obliged tn her"
"Are YOU mad7"
81 hope not. | think am sane, now, Dolly "
IL don't mean mad like a dog. Are you an
gry7'
"Or course not. Do Hook so7"
You never do; You pretty. shoaM like
10 be- your wife when I'm growed up, only Aunt
Miiv ssvsit would be awf ul. You are so nice.
Oh. oh, phiIopena. Eat il with me, Abingdon
| took half of the do.ble nut.
-W1it," crieI DIliy. Twill it be the same il
We ave the hIlses7 How old are you7"
Twenty"
"O1. AMI I'm fite, mist six In ten years III
ben and six-yes. Ill be sixteen and YOUR
Thirty"
"Oli. what an oil nan. But won't saw phlo
Pen, for ten years. bee use WON'T have any mon
ey I'LL I'm big. and if YOU catch me first | shall
make YIN sDlrndid present. Then I'll m,rry
Cousin II Ili,ert and be- rich"
NJ .rcrnIry little Sretcii--an embryo woman."
"E -
..Oi. hut | thnn ght YOU were mad 1t me. What
awful long words Put the phllopenI il. your
pocket"
i,lia ~. mt Dolly down. and s,aiked gu, of the
dinn. roam 1T Hickory House. ! had been there
week. invii Il nv sOni old Mr. GuiJn. 10 spend
-, Indefinite time. For five good months I had
worShpprd Kitty Quinn, and she-weil me-. are
v.in Al twenty. AMI fancied she loved me, and
tn Mr.. Gu'nu itvoresl me- The only drop OF
ht'n in the conversation above recorded WIS that
XIV E,trl Cousin Hubert also Still rs cooled
ms>ei' i0wn under The hickory trees which gave
L. ~. i;uTi->'e. Il 4 name, reflected
Perh ,ps K, " only - ke = Girl sncaks when
,e,~.,i abrat her admirers Prrhlps aitcr n. s,,.
ls-i ne. wsusd trst the truth thu air.rnoon
AMI Ii she said ives" the g4teS of Paradise vuuld
Omen md If she sid mo " Dear reader. I'm
ash ,mel to own t!itt in that event | celebrated
between hin.ilg mysrfto The longe.. branch of
tn st0at Tree a. inst which leaned. or drown
ins mvself IN the ponl at NV feet. Suicide rr,.
s-utci Itself ss ,trsl ami c-.un END Ii,- NV OF
arm ling m tiers ~ such crisis. Pprilp, r..
Cen, per Il the Sorrows .: w crter" had some
thinr d. with it.
50 tn - afternoon asked Kitty Guio- to walk
with me and she went. tail, slender, verv pret
" girl nf nineteen. with hazel ewes AMI srolIen
h,ir All rings ana rinles. She wore white dress
that day and broSd white hat with ribbon. of
crruiesn blue. and r'Scs in her bIsom And she
walked placi'ily beside me, prittling of Il dozen
III ngs. until We ciDe IN spot in the woods
were Mid flowers and spring. and white
r. bble- over which the wstcr dripped and a ston.
g b tor "a seat. On this rustic bench he recIinaI
end knrl, at hrr feet and worls could not have
rsmrmhcred an hour alter, TO nv lie poured
from nv lips, and in them told Kitty Guon how
I!oved her, and asked her whether she loved
me-
She didn't.
Tha, IIernel. somehow. before she smoke. and
n r ,c-.al Il. ~
covered nv face with both nv arms AMI bur;oJ
I, in the grass ard sobbed. Oh, the plssionate.
Aeeting. slIwing fret love ola b y, bow sweet IL
10 while IL Lasts.
Krtv Wis wear Younger than 7, vet how much
more womn'y! In minute her hand rested on
nv hiir. and she saiI:
Listen to me, Mr.. Abingdon, and DON, think
hard vt me. You seemed so Young, so bovi,h.
never thought oith-- I c,n trust ron with
secret know | have been married month. and
mon.hs-nearlv vear-to gentleman much
older thin you--past thrty-whO will claim me
very soon Mnmna and papa obie ted 10 hin be-
ciusr he Wis pOpr. and s0-it WIS wronr perban2
but am his wife. AMI there is nv wedding ring"
and she showed me circlet of plain gold which
gtterrd on her finger.
.'Oa the wrong htnd." she laughed sim. T
wear It. So YOU will not be angry" she ni .sbut
b.. nv friend always. fur feel almost as ,bonob
You a Young brother of mine And nov
=
Sh,. lett m--to ds iir. said and belc;rsd
wssvery wretchcd just then, and f,ncied th1t
Wsrte-'s Snrr IVA were naii,ing to nv own. bur
did not kill myself, although I wen. awlv from
Hckp', II III That very night. To the great sur
prise Of old w. Onion. who wondered AZ my tor
akin. the c .untry "whrn the SHOWING wa. =,
good" All. fcnuld have told him that the g,me
,hu sought had escaped me.
A.iieus were spoken in III . wide hall invit,t;oos
20 "come again" as''plessant Journey good
wishes Of all kinds, and I, With nv nortm ,nte,r.
left me gate, but 10 swung to- efn h ,tds c,ugbt
it,-and tinv Opllv slipped out into the road.
''Tr. Wing l,n. take ere of the Dhionen,. nm
do Just what said Good-bye Kiss me-
pressed INV lips u hers and her lirtIe eLrek v,s
hot and vet. and her littIearms clssped ms neck
an dosn into m, heart sank sort of indescr,hIe
thrill, and strange t. sly. nv rad citv-wani
in the grOaning, slrieking train Thought moro NJ
six-v-arsold D,lly than other Cousin KITE.
g tickle boyhood, In a month had ano,bar
drinty-in twelve-m"nth anaiher I beo,n IN
firt; Wis admired To nv studio, where mint
ed portriits with hard eyes like e,. or sanub;re
and rosy cheeks of deepest vrrmillion and made
such iaealize,i limitations OF human nature "a MID
have charmed 4 wnr-h2per Of wax doll. after the
f,-hion of enthusiast. beginners To this studio
came dunes and damsels and pal ted them TO their
end nv os satisfaction. After while began
have dreams Of historical pictures. and pain, ed
one, with Queen Eliz ,beth IN 10 on a ruff of xd /,