Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-15
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society, and she did not Avoid me,
but treated me precisely as she would
4 younger brother Not just that,
either. for she was q little more re-
served; and yet we had some very
pleasant chats together. She could
talk sense, and prided myself on my
abilities in that line, and so almost q
week slipped by before l knew it.
al think Ishould find it very dull
here but for you,n said to her one
day. "Odd, too, when l dreaded
your coming So"
She looked up wonderingly. -
dreaded my coming?"
Yes; / feared you would be one OF
the slashing kind, and would dress
to kill, and talk me Wild. And give
me no peace.n
"What gave you that idea ?"
don't know unless it was being
bored to death by my chum, Fred.
Gorden, about a Captain Kate the
belle of the season, and / thought
you might be her style"
land did you ever see the Captain
Kate p" asked Miss Whiting, lifting
her calm lakes of eyes to mine.
I" No, but I can imagine her / an
swered. HNa~
"And what did you imagine her
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Thereupon gave her description
very much like the one 1 had given
Fred, and closed by saying:
Now, that style of girl I cannot
tolerate, and fearing you were one of
them, no wonder / dreaded you.n
"Then you don't consider me at all
like Captain Kate?'" she queried
archly.
" Not az all y said decidedly. GAS
L said in the beginning, but for you /
should feel stupid and dull. Your so
ciety renders it very pleasant, and
you are in all things the opposite OF
my fears -
She said it so dryly that ] looked
up to catch the hidden meaning of
her words, but she was reading and
her face was as usual.
The next day Fred came. ] was
standing at the gate, when he came
up from the hotel, and after greetings,
Fred brought his hand down ON my
shoulder.
$50, Ben my boy, you jumped from
the frying-pan into the fire, didn't
you? Ha! ha! good joke. How do
you like ber?n
L turned in establishment. "Like
whom? What do you mean ~
"Why, Captain Kate, of course"
al haven't seen Captain Kate,
thank you," 1 replied, with dignity.
What, don't Miss Catherine Whit
ing board here with her step-aunt
Mrs. Dearborne ?u
l jumped at least three feet into the
air" You don't mean" / be-
gan, when Fred interrupted me, cool
ly;,
"As jumpist you are a successist.
As stupid blockhead you also excel,
yes Miss Whiting is Captain Kate.n
"But Fred" Isaid helplessly, "she
is so innocentand childlike, and bare
ly pretty, and SO sweet and quiet"
"Al put on,p said Fred, shaking
his head gravely. -" She is regular
fiirt, and those are her arts. She is
weaving her net around you, / see,
successfully"
The emotions of my heart should
find difficultto explain. But / found
Miss Whiting in the arbor half an
hour later, after Fred left, and I lift
ed my hat with a flourish, and knelt
at her feet.
"All honor to Captain Kate" in
mock humility.
She closed her book with almost a
yawn. - y'
"You'vefound out, she said, "who
told you9' Ea
Erred. Shall ask your par
don for remarks / made yesterday"
Certainly not,n she said, sweetly
"You had never seen me then.n
And now | have a proposition to
make" began. ave are to spend
several weeks together here, and re-
port calls you terrible fiirt-"
$50 it does you," she interrupted.
al heard of you before I left town."
Every WE'LL" L continued, "the
more need of my proposition. 1t is
this: Let US enter into a league to
have a grand filtration; each know
ing there is no danger of broken
heart on either side. Thus we have
nothing to fear, nothing to guard, and
and can be very happy"
But what is the need 90 she ask
ed. ave haven't f1irted before-why
need we now"
Because we couldn't help it; and
it is better to go about it with a full
understanding, than to go sly about.
it in the old way. Thinking you
harmless, Miss Whiting, I could have
idea," Kate answered from my
shoulder.
l said goodbye again, and went to
see Fred.
By the way, Ben" he said, ''now
you are going, shall propose to Kate
and settle matters"
81 wouldn't" replied, " for she is
going to marry" @
This was rather abruptto Fred, but
he got over it, and his uncle really
came from India, and gave him a
handsome fortune, and he married
my pretty sister and is very happy.