Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-13
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After Years Of Waiting

II shall see you tonight Mrs. Kath-
lane -
AT the Grangera Yes, l shall be
there. hope it won't be Il crush"
'Why? | rather like crush"
''Oh i crush makes me feel Vicious
Rupert Thornbury smiled as he looked
down at the speaker. Something had evi.
IDENTITY put her out. Are you often
vriously sposcd, MIS-. Kathlanc? ? 1t Is
news to me"
Il wish you would not call me that, Ru.
pert. Mrs. Kathlane ou do it on pur.
pose, and don't like it,
The last words were spoken like petu.
liant child and there was cloud on the
face which looked up for moment from
the. soft, vividly colored woods which the
white and slender fingers were knitting in
to some incomprchensible "lancy-work. -
\ very beautiful face it was, and very
beautiful woman was little Mrs. Kathlane,
and no one in the wide world was more
thoroughly convinced of The fact than Ru-
pert Thorubury.
She was slight and small of Ggure-cirl-
ish looking still, despite her four and TWEEN
ty years. No other woman would haze
dared, with her complexion, to wear the
colors she did : often in defiance of ordi-
nary rules. She wore. this morning, a
deep royal purple dress. with purple bands
i'm her dark hair. and looked as no other
woman could have looked-charminy.
Her hair drooped over her forehead in
lustrous waves. and was fastened behind
with hyh, golden comb. Her face was
almost marvellous in its perfect form and
brilliant covering and her great dark
eyes. with their lashrs, We're enough OF
themselves 10 turn an ordinary mans
head.
II don't like il. y she said arain. clancino
at her cumpanion. who was a5stractedly
tanglinn the Jriaht WOODS. appareptly lost
in thought. land | shall be seriously
angry with YOU if YOU persist in being so
formal For il is formal. af,er you have
known me since | was a little child. ia
sneak rs though we were Strangers
.I,u not call Won 81 aoain. Nilliccnt
Onlv--u Mr.. Thornbury paused.
"Oniy what p, returned the imperious
little lady. riyIur him another searching
Glance
"Tbiucs have CHANGED q GREAT deal since
,,,,, war. q chili NiIj;rn,t You ore q
woman NOW wealthy. copried aattcred
and lint il is no oood TALKING of these
tbinos | must be ooino. Will Won prorn.
! ;se me- tbe first waltz to.riohr -;
/ "Crrioinlv hone vou annreciafe my
Lipd,.es I waltz very r,reIv Won Epoyv .
~ T., o,,,,ro,.;o,o = md now r,ust rc
l,,,.,, 70 ,La, .st,,rid oil Office nc ,.o, coil
:, o,d r,ol,o ~, f,,r lost ,i,ro c;,od O,orr.
;no ,1;uicont dor,t f,rce, ,.o,,r ,,ror,iso :.
,n6 ,bc, he v,,s cora Cone and urcor.
scious os he walked swiftly down the
s,roo, that ,InIicont K,tbI,nr,s dark eve.
,...r,. Io,.r-i,,o, af,er. him, and that whom ebr
,rrn.d hocE ,o her work , soft sirb Hp,.
,erod from, ror. heop,ifnI lin. and = shadow
,Jo,dod ho,. e,oo
Jr,h,d l,ro,,.,, bor os ebo ,,id since ,be
,.,.. 1;,,1o. ,,,;ld o,d I,o . s,r,,nc rud,
la t,,d I,,..l ,I,o ,,,,.,,. c,.od li,,ro 1Iir,
cont do,rI, orJ whor at the ago o
.ioh,oen be h,d bccp sopt AWAY from hi,
hon, 20 o,al,r, bimselr 70 ,I,v - mart II
| a.. Ill ,,,.,,.. o,,,,,. =, l;o, .hot Mill
cou, ,his T,la Niuv =, was married. /
-, ,o,. c,,h,r.s wish the ooss;ns said
NJ Tou,Ioro ,he spitor was immenseI,
uo,r,hv and bavipg bcrn fascinated o,
Nru,icent,s bcoutv her porent,s had use(