The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-23
A WOMAN, LOVE.

o''guC winter morning, and
M Deg rist TWO pretty niects had Just
C me Down stairs fresh as Hche Aud
PINK checked as the roses of fragrant nv
acinth bells In the south window. wher.
the sunshine bad gone into such nope.
|, So tahgIe with the ivy vines and rost
puhS and teathery sprays of fern
Very pretty girls they were, in 1eli-
cate "'manly fashion, although mob 10Y
would ever have been reminded by them
ut the Venus de Medici, and not Nh arts,
hsd ever ih"Lght of asklrg hem to sit
f"r Madonna. L. is he everyday style of
beauty that wears best, AID Liza ana Cora
sighed for nothing rarer or more nrec,ou.
$50 ne has tailed, has her" said Cora IT,
her uncle, who had just been promuIgat-
lag the news "t the day from behind his
newspaper. What pity! and he was So
nlce and agreeable"
"Failed!-Mr. Kirkwoodr' echo+ a Lisa.
'ler rosy cheek losing shade or 80 of TIA
SATIN bloom. Gu, uncle, how did that
happeuS'
"As most failures happen, my dear, said
Mr.. Segrist, folding up his D. per, and
laying his spectSclsS ON one side. prrpars-
tory To the morale e meal, "ToO much
press ut canvass aud too little ballast
Some people never will learn w'sdom.
Yes, it is pity; be was a good Young tel
iw enough, and this will throw BIN back
ii good twenty years"
Lisa sat thinking, Her pansy blue ewes
liked lntently On the pattern at the IA ble-
Goth. her red lips apart, until her sisters
clear, bird like voice reused her from the
TEN pO'asy abstraction.
Upon my void, Lisa" the elder cried,
u.errily, II de- believe you are il a trance i.
Why 'tldn't y"u answer my question:" b
Lisa started. both cheeks suddenly
erin oning.
III Was only thiaking, Cora. What
Was II you .sked meS"
About nur bSll-dresses for To morrow
evening | think lunches of silver bar
hy would be prettier 10 loop them up
han the common. place roses. Everybody
~ ears Roses"
"Oh! C"ra, cried downright Lisa, show
can you talk about ball dresses when
when you remember who was To have
taken ynn there?"
"Mr. KIrkw0od?" said Cora, calmly.
"O' course he'll not go now. but we Can
Then you really mean To g":"
"Of course Why shouldn't |? Surely,
Lisa you can't ex'ect me IT, go into M urn
ing because Guy Klrkw BOD has failed! He
WAS NO relative of ours"
Il hiuk he loved yru, Cora" said Lisa,
Ia Low Voice; land you Thought 81 too. =
HE must learn to unlove me, then"
said the elder sister, with musical little
laugh. Mr.. Klrkwood, the su, ces. tul
merchant, Was very we'll, but Nj. Kirk
wood the beggAr, cannot expect to ill.,
uige In the luxury at wife. o. course,
Sil that Is over for good and all"
Aud Cora calmly poured out u second
cuU nt eff G for her uncle.
"But, Cora" pleaded her sister, "it ISN'T
"e il you yourself were poor. You know
We will have lIt IL money of our own "
Very true, wise Lisa. but | mean g..
keep my own to myself, and NOT spent il
III bost, ring up the ruined fortunes 0l
any unIucky Speculation. No, no, child,
ny husband must bring money OF his
own, not bs drain upon IA, slender re-
sources
Lisa shook her head
"FhAt sounds verv worldly" said she
"Doesils Now ] think it has Just rho
c0mmoR'sensical sound TO 1t. Penple must
look ut these things from plpctlcal point
Of view
"Uncle," cried Lisa, almost passionate
~, "d"D't you think she ought to- like
him all the better because he Is in trouble
and need?"
My dear, rmy DEAR" said the old gen
tieman cnnpisedly, crumblng up bit of
dry toast on his plate, IL can't pretend to
judge of these things. You girls must
manage - settle these things between
you" u
"Mv mind is quite made up, already"
said Cora SegrIst, calmly.
And when poor Guy Kirkwood's card
came w that afternoon, to the room where
the ivy" sisters were arranging tue bunch-
es OF silver barley ears that MADAME
Flchu, the mllDIner, had Just sent ROUND
IN lnamoth paper-box, Bessie, the maid,
came curtsying delnurely down into the
parl"r. with lgsaW* }auHaL
"Plea 9, sir, Miss Cora is engaged" g.,
Guy K'TkwOnc went slowly and sadly
away, without answering single word
II only she had remained true To him.
be believed that he could have breasted
the colo wavesOf all other fare; but now
Well, such WAS the way of the world.
He must make up his mind TO take the
bitter with tue sweet, as it came. ,-ss
But the sweet had been honey-sweet,
and the bitter was as galll
"Uncle, can / speak to you for min.
uteg
Mr.. Ssgrist, setting away the piles OF
dusty papers in his law library, started al
the sound of the soft, bell-like voice
my child, / thought you and Cora had
gone 10 the bal"
4. Cora has gone, uncle; but thought
weuld rather remain quietly at home.