The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-04-02
seleet Story.
KATIE sORTnS EI0PEMElT.
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katie North waS arranged, bai fyine,
Ike lcaras too ilcsF the tun. her fragile
Wigs muliedaway from her shoulders
and she grasiiaied enr,hward 50 oihcr
suppptition tp aecpaHt for her appcaF.
ance here below .would SATISFY the be-.
heldor, nulers il were ono iusolviag tho
aebala theory She seemcI iaipalpal,Ie,
iasaHgible there was no,hing enoss,
uothing 'of the earth, eArthly3 Her
light feet scarce touched the eraan.l
aud she as'med TO float along---aH airs,
unsabstautial pnss OF curls. smiles su,l
whiic nDslin Her eyes retained the
color caught 10 hcavca-- oIoGdless sap.
phiros. Her hair was printed Biih the
golden sunset cach instant changing
10 somc new shade still more i,eantifal
than the last. hut, withsi Katie had
some human attgibuies. She had an
impcrious little will Of her own. because
il had Deyer been thwar,ed Caressed
and poited by her dosing father from
baby hood up, she had mover nosn re.
slrnint or endured the pain OF having
the wish angfatifej A gricyed look
on her sunny face had ever been potent
70 bn0ish parental frowns, nnd she hud
lived on, through the summer Cf child.
hood, the happy, enreless SonehiFd that
Fears not or knows not the coming win
ter, aud burdens not It's lays with pro-
phetle sadness. e5e
In one other respect Katie manifested
very human tendeucy. She had a
great admiration for handsome young
fellows with glossy mousiaci,es; an al.
miratioD which gave her father some
uneasiness, for he was anxious to have
his daughter comfortably marie ], and
occupying respectable position 10 30.
cioty; and ho knew that, as rule,
handsome young men are not 30 we'll.
todo, SO 'solid," as uglier and older
men. This rule can only be accounted
for BY the great law Of. eompensaiions.
Beauty, gcfssUs and wealth are seldom
united in tho Same person. Every
blessing has It's offset; evcry charm Is
matched by'some unpleasant quality or
condition. Youth and poverty, age aud
wealth, beauty, and simplicity, genius
and uglincss, are oftenest paired with
each other.
Mr North had takea note Of his
daughters unworldly disposition, her
uncalculating nature, her preference of
youth, beauty, aud rags fmetaphesiealIy
speaking, to age, ugliness, aud wealth,
and it troubled him not little. lie
loved Katie and could not command.
while wise eonnsGl as to good matches,
with illusions 10 certain middle-agcd
and solid mon, was thrown away on
her. She could not understand, aud
was obstinate. Knowing nothing of tho
Intricate maehinery by which green
backs are manufactured, nor Of the
trouble and application necessary to suc-
cess in business, she imagined that mo-
hcy was one OF the most plentiful things
IN the world, and agreeable qualities
l.the most scarce She continued TO
throw ersmiles away upon handsome
young men, aud to pout her pretty lips
at the heavy suitors introduced BY her
iather. In this dilemma J,attcy Lasni.
las determined to oresort to strategy.
Tho son Of an old friend had lataly
returned from Europe He was wealthy
intelligent, distinguished-looking and
Of polished manners, and Mr.. North.
set his heart on having him fora son.
inlay, He knew that Katie could have
but two objectiops to this lover; he was
over thirty and wealthy 10 remove
one Of these objections, Mr., Nerth re.
/ oiyed that .Arthur Langden shonld play
the part OF ''poor young man. while
he himself wousdenact the purse. proud
indignant parent. Il was almost Ger,
J tain, in such case, that Katie would fall