Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-24
POOR KATE.

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creature. with soft, foolish sort Of a
face, and she had an air about Der that
:oid of good living, and freedom from
al care as to ways and means.
Her dress vas a handsome one, suit
abb. for travelling and in her hand sht.
carried a leather bag.
Closing the door softly behind her,
she hurried down the garden path,
aud at the gate found her hand elias ped
by the strong hanl t:f a mana baud
some, saii fellow, though even that
light one could see that he was not a
refined person. Indeed the man was
her mothers own nired servant. with
whom she was about to elope.
To say why she had been SO foolish
rs to take fancy to him to explain
the feelings that Induced her, young,
beautiful and educated, the daughter
of wealthy woman, with a good POI
sitiOn in society-to fall in love with
fellow who had nothing but certain
amount Of coarse good looks to recon-
mend him, WonId be to succeed where
ali thu wise men III the world have
failed thus far.
Who has ever yet been abe to give
the reasons for q wo,nans infa' uation
Tor her lover? Indeed, she has noie.
ont she asks htrself-'Why did / owe
that nun 2 and cai fl1 no answer.
a man can generally >ay-'She is
pretty in tie same case it does not
p-t 4 even that to makA Il woman All
I,Iin'. Aud sol cin"ot tell you why
h,:te Arm"ur i~ft her t,appy hom~. her
uuti,er, WHO iov. i tyr, l,er fri "a
l,,A all 3. 7 :uzuvi-s, for thu Kisses anJ
Il {, ,f " no
+, 81 20 hon" { W 'r!h to armpsn~at for
n:s iycl at education and :uauners.
q sil,. did, '.rw"ver. tu2 the two
v.-re married in the nearest town.
tom StrOtc;,~r having DO d,tuhs what
.y.Y that Mrs. Armour WI i re:t.u:
y"l,.'i Ia beard t;iat her g.rl WAS really
married, AN: shat he should lie down
j ia cover for til" rest OF his days. FL
/ re"knn.i 'i,nut his hnst, however.
J The mother replied to her dtughter',
] first letter by forbidiang her ever t.
write again.
. When the answer came the groom
was very angry. However, he WAS l.,
| love in his coarse fashion, just then,
! anu after sulkiDg an hour or two, he
! :urpcd to his wife aud sald-
Well. you re as hand ,ome as PC
| ture, any ~ay-aud hang the wom,D
Then he took her by both arms.
holding her SO tightly that he left the
! IN III Ks Of his fingers upon them. ard
Kiss, d her on the neck. A fierce,
hot kiss, from which sac shrank with
t hc'le scream, crying
Tom, you bit me !
So he had. At least, it was a sort OF
bite. She ,iId not know what to make
ONT Afterwards she learnt.
1t was tue first lesson ht. lad dared
~ give her III the diffrrt nce between
he love OF brute and the love OF IL
gentleman. And 1t was not long be
tore she learned tuat passion utterly
without sentiment, falls like a curse
upon any woman life.
Tom had 30 sentiment. Yet, for q
whiIe, her fresh beauty charmed him,
aud was better with them than II
was afterwards for while it lasted
he behaved decently.
He fOuEd work suited for linn; and
did it.
H.. spared her what he could, "a he
said, for fury and, though she be-
gan TO understand the q Iferrnce be
tween b ing Miss ArmoAr and Mrs
! T. IL Scotchrr. chung to him long
az na y,G tod her SIZE was the pref
tie-t gi;! anywhere"
For "a year. she was often uncomfor.
table and very remorsefui when she
thought of her mother. but she was
still blind enough TO be happy al
tunes. Then little babe lay ON her
bosom, and she was very doi:cate and
began TO fade little, and them Tom
came home tlpsy onca or twice, and
| she could not tell Which were worse,
his lquor-Aavnrei kisses, or his curse :
Ana Observation-Disclosures t having D G
gun Oh both sides--a red 'heeked girl
hambermaid at ii low tavern. mali
her ieai"u..
Jealous of Tom Scother
And reprO1chIng him with ii, and
n" Il I'd . glass, aud feelishly twittiue
him 0irh tie fact that she had lef,
! w-4.tii aud luxury for hun, and nigh;
hav'- married we'll, he struck her 81
h,r love ended ard the lowest DEF til
II N scry WAS reached. Sac saw the
man ste belonged 10 for life in bie
tru cOlors
! And now he often tod her that she
bad lost all her good looks, AID was
] nothing but drag ~ a young fellow
vino could marry "the rrethest girI
going II he were single.
''Uh, mother, mother. if you only
knew" the girl often Bobted III sccres
bat she could not go home with SEQ CHI
er s baby III her arms.
! 1ude"d. She hai not tine resolution
necessary ~ enable her TO run way. A
little, soft, Hil = th,og she was still, and
ever would b..
SEQ cher, with his habits lost one
piacS after another, and they no, ed Oh
and ~, living here aud there. Some
10 81,
with half enough. until the child vas
5cotyher ha7ing found work in a neigh
bOrlng town, or SO declared, they
Il aveiied together across the country
tile wife Carrying the baby on her arm
and bundle in her hand.
Kate Armoar hao disdulned to carry
the tinIest parcel.
They had come to spot in the road
whele grateful shade fell from
some Ia &c elms, aud here they Sd;
down to eat and drink. Tom was in
his best hnmor for soms reason, and
made joke at which his wife laugh
ii. On that. fiattered bv her appre-
cint'on. he told her that anyway her
srstt were like pearls
Praise i sweet to q woman, and sh G
lad heard 80 compliments for q long
time. and she smiled at him again.
I'D grow good-looking again if we
Tad better times" said she. "An,i
there. mother with box full of mon
y, ard no one to spend it on
why, what do lou mean. girl p
said Scotcher. BOX tull of money !
Her mon.y is in the bank, I suppose.
IKE other folks" Kate laughed.
Mother never will put money in
''tnks. She SAID. She sure they'll
fail She has it 1nEestt in other
aavs; but she mas thousands some
times in an old red box under her bed
She throws thiLgs on top, and says
tha is the best way to hide it. I've
ften worried over it at home.
Yes said Tom, sits foolish, but
women are mostly fools"
Then he flushed his bread and
/ cheese and arose.
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