The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-10-28

Just a. the sun from the west was gid
ing the capitol dome with the last beams
cf departing day, the train from Baltimore
came putting in. 1t was Christmas eve,
aad the busy crowds were hurrying to their
homes.
Two days before, David Moss, attorney
and solicitor, seedy and threadbare, had
left Washington for Baltimore. This even
ing the tram brought back David Moss,
elegantly attired, Gentleman" 1t is as
tonisbing how ones dress increases their
self resprct. No do1tt PoIonius thought
of this when be said to bis son;
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy.
For the apparel oit proclams the man.
What char ge it had made in my feel
ings. A few days ago so despondent, now
buoyed up by hope and my increased good
looks. l felt as happy as king, Ny mir
! ror had told me the same fattering tale
which it tells many belle. My almbrosial
locks were curled in style, my blonde mus
tache was waxed to perfection, my blue
eyes sparkled, and my manly form was i'm
mcrsed in an elegant suit Of broadcloth
Besides all this, had cultivated becom-
ing pallor, for was to enact the role OF an
invalid. A carriage was waiting. | was
assisted into it by the obsequ;ous footmar,
and sank languidly on the cushions. was
tC al Iy
host, and almost carried to luxurious
chamier. | was too fatIgued to 90 down
stairs that evening, but the amount of sup
per which / contrived to swallow, and the
wine it took to wash it down, would have
astonished a restaurat eur.
In the morning my head was SO bad that
| took my coffee IN bed. At dinner man
aged, with sCme assistance, to get to the
dining room, and for the first time, met
Kate Marston, the young lady whose dear
est hopes | had come to overthrow. After
the first glance | began to think that per-
haps old Mr.. Marston had made grave
mistake in bringing me there. | meyer had
an ideal; my busy life in college and my
strifs to i've at all aGterward had allowed
no margin for dreams. But | am sure
Kate Marsson embodied all the elements
which would have composed my ideal if l
had pos s5essed one.
She was small, perfect brunette, with
glorious eyes which might sparkle with loVe
Or hate: red Ii rs and cheeks, lsstrous black
hair, white shapely teeth, ard, in fact every
thing which is charming in women She
treated me very kindly, very gently, because
had been apparently strong and hearty she
would have suspected her fathers motives
and met every advance with rebuff. lie
had brought several eligible young men to
his house, but Kate had sent them about
their business in anything but compli-
ment4ry style. All the ladies who had
been hired as companions she had won
over to her cause. They a5etted her in
her disobedieDce and were discharged in
disgrace. 1t was planned, while draw ing
on her sympathy AMI seeking kindly Offices
from her, should watch over her, keep
with her as much as could, and excite, if
possible, the jealousy of her loved, and
tempt him to some desperate action.
| felt Immediately that it would be a
pleasant task, although had l been as
preared, a young man of landed estate, |
would have entered into it with greater
zeal. For a few days everything progress
ed smoothly. Kate was assiduous in her
attentions to my comfort. | would lie on
the sofa and she would read to me in her
dulcet tones. | enjoyed this heartily, for
she was really good reader, and Tennyson
or Byron from her lips was the sweetest
music to me.
When my head aehed, and l oftel had
severe spells with my head, how tenderly
she bathed 1t with those deft fingers of hers.
| would have been content to live and bask
in the sunshine of her presence forever, but
observation showed me that there was
necessity for 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 view
passers-by. Invariably l SAW a man pao-
ing up and down in front Of the house. lie
was OF medium size, light mplexion blue
grey eyes, long side hisker., mixture
between ha1en and brown. Most people
would have called him rather good-looking,
but close observer of character would have
noted the strangely-shaped forehead and
the gradual sinking in Of the features at the
bridge OF the nose. was not lorg in fiud-
ing cut that this was kate's lover, and !
took a strange delight in watching him.
caught him looking at me with a malignant
scowl. With Hates temperance be al
ways disappeared. | was certain that they
were keeping up correspondence, but l
uever saw him receive any letters. l now
/ began to concoct plans to prevent this. l
begged her as great favor to help me in
& NElbsif- Stlit lttkSiS " lilCH were a necessity
( for NE to write, but which, on account of
my weakness, | was unable to d. | kept
her fer 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 in my writ
iug-desk. Then we took long rides, and
she, believing me to be a stranger in the city
pointed out offsets of interest, and answer
ed the numerous questions which | chose
to ask. | thiak at those times she must
have thought me very stupid and possessed
of very little information, but she always
answered ne with the same unwearying
kindness
With all her frr.ness, AMI, as her father
termed it. obstinscy, there VAS always in