Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-05-15
HFfLMToWM JUNATA COUNTY fENsA, MAY Is 1873
"You have played it before, Kathie 2
l asked, gravely.

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Never"
you have heard it."
} She blushed rosy red.
"There is some mystery here that
} do not understand I said, speaking
slowly. and looking with steady eyes in
to her face. You never told me-
II had nothing to tell you," she said
quickly. interrupting me.
Nothing that you wanted to tell me-
you mean,' answered, more hurt than
| cared to let her know.
She went on with her music without
another word. and | turned away to at
tend to some household duty. But from
that time there was a shadow between
us-an inexplicable something, which
lessened the warmth of our kisses and
the clasp of our hands 1t did not show
itself in words, for we were too true to
speak impa.iently Or unkindly 10 each
other. We were motherless, and from
the time of earliest childhood had been
all in all to each other l was two years
kathie's senior, and for that length of
time we had been separated, while she
was at school in an Eastern State New
ertheless. during that probation had
believed that shared her every thought
the inmost secrets of her heart, as she
had mine.
A day or two after this incident, a
messenger came to US with our letters.
and package of books and papers l
noticed that Kathie caught eagerly at a
letter that bore her name, and when, a
moment after, turned to ask her some
tritiing question. found that she had
stolen softly out.
'kathie has some secret love affair.""
| thought, more troubled by the convic-
tion than | had ever been before by
aught concerning her. Bnt | did not
question her how could /? Her con.
fidence had been given heretofore spon-
taneously and without reserve v hen
she withheld her secrets from me.
thought had no longer a right to know
them And yet, of our loves, or our pre-
ierences (for we had not gone beyond
them, how freely we had conversed
how readily shared each other thoughts! |!
II We had been in any other save that
secluded spot, | would have written to
my father at once Yet | see now that
my way Of reasoning was weak in the
extreme. A danger to Kathie was
thousand times more to be dreaded there
than it would have been in the heart of
home, among friends who loved and
cherished her. And yet, after all. had
so little upon which to ground my fears
"a floating strain of music, which, after
all, come wanderer might have played
as he rode across the prairies-a note,
letter, which she did not see fit to share
with me
But from that time Kathie played up
on her violin as if by inspiration. The
old difficulties which had obstructed her
way melted before her, and she made
such rapid progress as astonished me,
and still she seemed to be going further
and further from me.
One day as we sat by the open door
U speak advisedly. the door was always
OPEN, we were startled by the sudden
appearance of large Newfoundland
dog. He came towards me first. but as
| reached out my hand, he caught sight
of Kathie With short joyful bark, he
bounded past me to her side.
"Leo!" che cried. putting both her
arms around his shaggy neck. How
glad am"
She slapped short and looked mp into
my wandering face.
what does it mean. Kathie2 Whose
dog i, itl
Il think shall claim him myselfif no
one calls for him." she nswered, evad-
ing my question.
l atooped down to read the name en-
graved upon the silver collar about his
neck. 1t bore the dogs name, Leo, and
the initials, G. NJ
"What does G. NJ. stand for?' .!
asked. pointing to the letters.
"How car tell p
"How did you tell the dogs name
Why were you go glad to see him p
The look in her eyes grew pitiable as
1 questioned her. ,G
"Dear Lula, dear darling!" she cried,
putting her arms about me, and looking
down into my face. 81 can't tell you-
at least nothing but this. Fate seems
against me, or for me, whichever way
you will. l came here to evade it, but
it follows me. Don: question me fur
ther. love you-rest on that"
Darling blessed Kathe ifshe could
only have shown me her heart then, l
might have saved her ! -fl
All that day the dog Leo watched by
her, following her whichever way she
turned. When she sat down he lay at
her feet; at night. when she slept, he
kept close by the bedside. But sense
of coming danger was upon me, and
could not sleep. If lost myself for a
in uneasy slumbers, l was start
led by my own dreams-of some terrible