The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-02-12

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ter into details N regard To t. e proceed
'ugs OF the day suffice it to sa,v,fhat the
"""man Question" did not suff.-r n con
sequence and Rosam"nd pi owed b. rself
an orrtor desnite her sex. Charles -
wards wondered, as he listened, b..w >be
could be ether than h. trnrst ard ro.
| blest Of women, bat K te Hamilton had
bcen gradually poi on'ng bic mind.
until he firmly believed thai lie had he
proof from R0sam7nd's own lips that she
had Intentionally .Aecelvfd him, bet she
was AMI eser had been crquette. Kate
| finding this did not bring mbont the d.
sired result, had also leo bim e. believe
that his friend Mark, had 1T last won h,r
love. and bad gained her promise 10 be his
wife. Kate weif knew that there WINS O. cold
mess between the tlienAs, SO that there was
no fear OF contradiction. The real truth of
the matter was that Maik, more than q
year before, had confessed bis love to Rosa.
mond, ord met, OF course, with a refusal
| He accepted her friendship instead Of love.
! and had ever since been her firm and true
trend Rosamond was aware, even before
| this, that what Charles Edwards had told
Ter was indeed, too true. She did not I'M
dersand her own heart at the time of the
separation. Mark sO0r read the truth, end
like true friend he determined 10 effect
reconcilat ion it was delicate matter
there was TOO much pride on hu1h sides. also
he hardly knew what construction TO put
upon hi" friends attention to Miss Hamilton.
In the meantime Miss Kate was getting i'm
patient; she saw that another step rust be
taken, and indicate as it was, the willy
gir did not hesitate, Il was The day after
Commence and lhey accidentally met IN
thP front parlor at! or cow rising awhile,
she suddenly changed she subject. and spre-
tending o ltel deedry; tc'd him that she had
been suffering very in ensely Tor some time,
on account of remarks made in regard to
his attentions; people ought to know, OF
course, that they were only friends, but
they Gid not seem to. and it was certainly
very Gisagreeable to listen TO remarks of this
kind She disijked 10 mention t,bnt perhaps
be might put a stop to the annoyance
Charles Edwards slened TO her words and
felt Just as she desired he should BE saw
that by his thOughtessness young ard
! m .Srl ~ tine4ah 10
position he could make no preparation ex'
cept by marrying her Tue thought was
m4ddenng, but what else could he do? He
must have time 10 decide. Making some
excuse 0 close the conversation. he left for
his own room that he might be alone to
| think
| AS Miss Hamilton left the room. instead of
going into the hall by the way she came, she
went through the back arl0r INTO The libla>
ry as she PASSED along she nciiced ook
Ling on he floor, and near the window an
easy chair appearing t. have he recently
occupied This verified her suspicious. for
| during ner converra@i, with Mr.. Edward
she had heard slight noise and sho imme-
dateIy concluded that Minnie had been lis
tening TO their conversation, as sh' knew
that there wss no Que else in the house ex-
cept the servants.
The truth was, Minnie had been reading in
the back par,or and was so interested in her
book that at fist she did not notice what
they were saying, but, hearing Rosamond's
name, she became conscious that she wss
listening 10 words not intended Tor her ears,
anG hastily made her escape, but not before
she had heard enough to prove what she
already feared.
After breakfast, next morning, Minnie
went into the parlor to practice new piece
oil music Kate followed her and common
eed accusing her of eavesdropping Minnie
explained how it bappeHed-that sne was
not an Intentional listener, but told her
frankly what she thought of her deceit and
lfSlsehood. It was not the custom of Miss
Hamilton TO restrain her temper in the
presence of the mekabers OF her own family,
aud OF course, she became very angry. SO
angry that she forgot all caution and exposed
/ the whole tissue of fasehood that she had
! been years in weaving. The library door was
ajar, but just as Kate was going into thc
par0r she had seen her father and Edwards
leave the house, $50 SIZE thought of course
there was no one there, bnt inst as they
reached the street they met Mark Fleming
aud Charles, returned with him 10 tie libra
ry, while Minnie was playing. SO they had
not been heard as soon she ceased they
could distinctly hear Che conversation and OF
course, as gentlemen. their first impulse was
80 leave although they had no though that
| anything would be said in reference to them
selves, Sut just as Edward had bis baud on
the door knob. he heard sentence that riVi-