The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-08-13
NIGHT OF TIE BURGLAR.
CHAPTER II.

81 consider, Madeline, said h ate to me the
morning after our arrival at Mrs. Denbigh's,
THAT | am here IN kind of honorable i'm
prisonment. My father looked guilty when
he told me | was coming, aud | feel persuad-
ed that he has sent me that | NAV not see
Raymond 50 often.
Il have no doub: that you are quite righ.
in your surnises" I replied.
We'll" continued Kate, mot being par
ticularly gifted with patience, do not hno X
how long | shall bear it. | see no Justice III
it. Because that proud Lady Carleton sees
tit to think am nos good enough for her
son, am TO be baulshed from my pleasant
home However, there ia one thing certain
neither opposition. imprisonment, exile,
or any other agreeable little treat that the
heads of either house NAV think well to
iuhct, will make the least difference to
Raymond or to me-.
Kate vanished as she spoke, and heard
her singing, two minutes afterwards, True
AS the stars will be to thee"
| had no doubt Whatever, that, come what
might, Kate would be faithful to her young
lover, even though she should never see him
again. She was one of those devoted
women who could love but once, and that
love would endure for q lifetime Sorrow,
trust, or constsncv. She was, as the song
said True as the stars
The first week of our stay at Kendall
Villa passed quiet enough. The Dpnbigh.
were exceedingly kind to US. Her own
relations did not love Kate more than they
did. She behaved chsrmingly. Two or
three times she spoke to me rather bitterly
of the gossips of Clifton.
Madeline she said 10 me one day.
suddenly, ''do you know why people call me
fast"
81 sm not quite sure, was my cautious
reply.
"ls it," she said more eagerly, "because,
instead Of being quiet and dull, l like TO
enjoy my life and everything IN 1t 2" Kate
was getting warm at the recollection of her
wrongs. "Answer me, Madeline" she said
"G on know | cannot bear TO wait so long
for q reply
81 hardly know what TO say, Kate. love
YOU said, land can see fault in you"
Yet you are well aware that all the cid
maids in Clifton consider themselves iusti
fed in calling me fast" said Kate,
II know they do So" | replied "but
fancy the reason is because you are 80 diff
ferens from what they were when they were
young
''ID what am different ~ said Kate. "Is
it because | can ride 'Saladin' without run.
ming the risk of breaking my neck p
NO" | answered, thoughtfully, cit can
not be that. | ride well; so do many young
ladies | know; but no one calls them fast
for it,
Then why in the world 90 | deserve
such character ?" she said again, lmpa
tiently.
"Why," I answered, hesitating as I spoke,
you shoot well and say everything you
Think"
Kate laughed scornfully as she replied
$50 my title of fast is given me because |
speak honestly, and know how to use pistol
properly"
81 suppose so,' replied "Tbose are
the only two things in which you differ from
the other girls l know"
"1ou must have some fine acquaintance,
Madeline, if am the only frank speaker
among them said Kate.
"Oh Kate | cried in distress, ~ DO not
mean that. The difference between you aud
some others il that you say anything which
p0iteness furbids
'Polteness, indeed ~ was the angry re-
ply; Il dislike tina, word almost as much as
90 ny mothers favorite expression of gen.
tility."
NOV Kate ] demonstrated, THAT is f.
fast speech; weli-Dred young ladies like both |
words, and use them frequentlr.
Thank Heaven | AN not one OF them - |
was the abrupt comment.
What do you imagine any of those good |
ladies' at Clifton would think if they heard |
gu say you did not like ANYTHING because |
ii was geuteel ?" | continued.
l. i.
Il care not jos what any of them think OF
me-"
But you should do So" | said each
one OF Us owes "a Difference to the opinion
and prejudices of others"
Madeline" was the next half angry,
malt amused question, ''are you lecturing
me ?"
No." replied vet with suspicion that
was nearly doing something of the kind
Two SOFT arms we're arouno my neck in q
,le lovely, laughing, bright face was
iiiten To mine, two rosy lips rested on NV
cheek. "Maddy, darling, forgive mel I
am go impatient" said gentle voice and
INA. was the worst quarrel we ever had
Nate was too honorable to corresn,,d
with Raymond. At their last interview .ha
told him not to seek her presence again ~
even to write to her, until his parents ba5
altered their decision, for she would Dsvsr
marry him without their approval. It was
in vain he entreated and stormed Kate was
a. frm as rock, and though Raymond
might think her decision hard he could bn,
respect her the more for it.
Our host, Mr.. Den beigh, was nervous
invalid l should imagine him to be abou.
nifty, but his delicate health made him some
years older
Talk of old maids, Miss Denbeigh was
one. Years ago she had q lover, gallant
yonhg oihcer, who was ordered with his
''s'me Mt abroad. He asked her to go with