The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-10-28


?. grave mistake iE bringing me there
/ never had an ideal my busy life in
college and my money to live at al
: afterward had. aliowe1 no margin f0l
dreams. But am sure Kate Mars.
ton embodied all the elements which
. would have composed my ideal IL
I had possessed one.
. She was small, perfect brunette
with glorious eyes, which might
: sparkle with love or hate red lip:
and cheeks, lustrous black hair
; white, shapely teeth, and in fact
everything that Is charming In wO'
i man. She treated me very kindly
!, very gently, because /, her fathers
Z friend, was an invalid. II / had been
apparently strong and hearty, she
would have suspected her fathers
motives, and met every advance with
q rebuff. He had brought several
eligible young men to his house, but
Kate had sent them about their busi-
ness in anything but 8 complimentary
style. All the ladies who had been
5 hired as companions she had won
over to her cause. They abetted her
In her disobedience, and were dis
charged In disgrace. It was planned
y q
and seeking kindly offices from her,
| should watch over her, keep with
her as much as could, and excite, IL
possible, the jealously Of her lover,
and tempt him to some desperate
action.
felt Immediately that 1t you'd be
8 pleasant task, although had been,
as / appeared, q young man OF landed
Il EaA. n - ew-M
with great zeal. For q few days
everything progressed smoothly.
Kate was assiduous in her attentions
to my comfort. 4 would lie on the
sofS, and she would read to me in her
dulcet tones. ! enjoyed this heartily,
for she was really good reader, and
TenHyson or Byron from her lips was
the sweetest music TO me.
} When my head ached, and / often
had severe spells With my head, how
tenderIy she bathed It with those deft
fingers OF hers. ] would have been
content to live aud bask in the SUM-
shine OF her presence forever, but OBJ
servation showed me that there was q
necessity fer action. Sometimes Kate
would shut herself up In her room for
an hour or two. Meanwhile L, on
whom time always hung heavily
when she was absent, placed &. my
chair by the window to look at the
passers-by. Invariably saw man
| pacing up and down, in front of the
house. He was Of medium size, ligh
complexion, blue gray eyes, long side
whiskers, a mixture between fiaXen
and brown. Most people would have
called MIN rather goOd-iOOking, but
close observer of character would
have noted the strangely shaped fore
head and the gradual sinking in OF
the features at the bridge of the nose.
was not long in finding out that
this was Kats's lover, and / took
strange delight in watching him.
caught him looking at me with a
malignant scowI. With Kate's re-
appearance he always disappeared.
was certain that they were keeping
up correspondence, but never saw |
him receive any letters. / now be- |
gan to concoct plans to prevent this. |
l begged her as a great favor, to help |
me in writing some letters which was |
a necessity for me TO write, but which, |
on account OF my weakness, / was
unsble to do. I kept her for long |
hours writing letters about all sorts
OF things, to imaginary people, which,
of course were never mailed. l have |
some Of them yet carefully put away
Ia my writing desk. Then we took |
long rides, and she, believing me to |
be stranger in the city, pointed out
objects OF interest, and answered the |
numerous questions which chos to |
ask. l think at those times she must
have thought me very stupid, and
possessed Of very little Information,
but she always answered me with the
same unwearying kindness.
With all her firmness, aud, as her
father termed it, obstinacy, there was
always in her that gentleness and
sweetness which characteriZes the
true lady, IOnly sighed that she had
not betowed her love on some worthy
object yself, for instance. Luckily |
1 met no one who knew me as David
Moss, attorney and solicitor, bat near
Iy always passed somewhere in our
rides her lover, whom her father had
told me was called Waiter Reveaux.
At such times Kate would bow and
smile, while be returned a haughty
nod, which brought frightened, Rriev-
ed looks 10 to Kste's fair face. Then
an insane desire would seize me to
jump out Of the carriage and give him
the thrashing he deserved but dis
cretion being the better part OF valor,
I would, on reflection, remain seated, /
and by playful bsdinage endesvor to
coax back Kste's smiles.
had been at MsrstOn's house near.
ly q month, and had been treated as
an honored guest by both master and
mistress. The change in my life
seemed almost as wonderful as the
miracles wrought by the genil of
Aladin's lamp. 1 came slowly down
stairs on this morning, little earlier
than usual, and entered the dining
room. / had expected to find no one
there, and was astonished to see Kate
kneeling before her canary, weep
ing bitterly, and between her soDs,
saying: Goodbye, Sweetheart"
for SO she called the bird. I enteIe
unobserved, so / slipped out again,
closing the door softly after me, de-
termined to closely watch affairs.
l came down late to breakfast, and
found Kate and her father already
seated. There were no traces of agi-
tatiOn about Kate; there only seemed
TO be added sweetness and gentleness
in her manner to her father. I COM
planned of having passed a bad night,
and OF feeling badly. l kept my room
most of the day, but within its pre-
cincts ragged furiously. To let her
escape with that scoundrel seemed to
me would be to let the last of my life
depart. Mol / was determined to
prevent IL even at the cost of my life.
The day wore away in slow, inter-
minable length. l did not tell her
father what 1 suspected, but prepared
to keep my vigil alone. BY ten
O'Clock the house was still and silent,
l knew that Kate had gone to her
room, for / had heard light steps on
the stairs sometime before. I lower
ed the gas, opened my door slightly,
and prepared to listen to every sound.
The town clock struck eleven,
twelve, and one before my patience
was rewarded then the creaking
OF the stairs drew my attention.
Looking out, saw in the dim light q
dark-robeC figure stealing down, then
cliking of the locks in. q mo-
ment 1 followed out through the
gate, down to the end of the square,
where closely covered carriage was
awaiting. arrived Just in time to
hear Walter Reveaux's voice say
Ing:
"Kate, darling, knew you would
come" when l took her by the arm
and said
"Kate-Miss Marston, you should
not do this mad thing. Return with
me TO your father"
Then Revesux's voice. in passion,
cried
"HOw dare you interfere ? l will
teach you better manners !r
Before could avoid it he raised a
pistol and fired.
1 felt dull pain in my side /; then
came blank.
When l returned to consciousness,
l heard voices faiutly whispering:
"He cannot last much longer, poor
fellow ~ ! aEl
hal an idea chat the room was
full of people, but L recognized no
one. Then came another blank.
/ had been badly wounded in the