The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-03-29

day be fine, and mother will call you an
angel from heaven" ~
Next day is fine; SO the phaeton is at.
the door al A o'c ock.
"Where goest thou, petite~ asks st.
Jermyn, lounging up the walk to where
a fairy figure stands arrayed in a most.
bewitching carriage dress and charming
telt hat, that looks more stylish than
comfortable.
81 am going to drive, DEAR"
"Alone? BY the way, love, isn't your
hat dropping otfT' .sa4g
"Thank you, no. lam obliged to wear
| 1t SO to be in fashion-it is Madame
Chapeau's strict injunction"- says.
Kate; answering the last question first;
"and am not going alone"
''Then / am going with youW
"Nn, sir, l believe not;" drawing on
eeltish gloves.
."Who might it be then-lady or gentle
mann"
"Unhitch Jetty and TIL tel;' and
when the black pony starts briskly off
from the curbstone Kate turns and. says,
~ hope he'll live to be gentlemanW
Poor St. Jermynl Out from It's dark
cell crawls the demon of jealousy, glar-
| ing and yindictive. Ha! she has not
SAID who 1t was--a man, though, at least,
lgrowls the demon. Why do you not
| follow her, fooll Your Luciler is a
swlfter traveller than her pony-can she
| be SO deceitful? Find Gutl find out!
"Saddle Luciier!' he cries to the SER
want who answers the bell.
| Meanwhile Kate reaches the little bare
cottage and finds the Philip she used to
| know grown quite tall, and, ah, SO thin!
81 have come to show you my new
pony, Philip, and let you try how easy
nv DhaetOn pOeS,V saws Kate
"Oh, ,thanky, t1anky, Mrs. St. Jermyn,"
cries the weary mother, with a cross
| baby under one arm, and q bundle or
bedclothes under the other.
"Come, Philip, let us go before the
sunshine leaves the tree tops. Iwant to
show you how the little hazel bushes
have grown since you and went nut
tingp .s.As. a... ..... ....--.-.
''Oh, the beautiful country! Kate, this
noisome city atmosphere is killing me !;
| ii could get out into the country know
L could get WELL" says Philips faint,
longing voice. .-. -.
"Let us go and find place, Philip,
Gomez" and in another five minutes the
tall lad is being BOWED carefully along
| the avenue that leads into the country
| roads.
At sharp turn in the road horse
man dashes across their path and reins
in powerful animal directly.in front of
the astonished party, who stops outright.
''Kate!' almost shrieks the horseman.
"Oh, what has happened, Rupert?'
cries poor, little Kate. ....
"What has happened, indeedY / find
you driving about with a strange gentle
man, that is ALL must beg you to alight,
STRIP says the demon IN Ruperts stead,
as Luciter brings his master to where a
Ia cif 70 nt of a. n
with fine black eyes, straight handsome
brow and sensitive mouth, above which
there is faint suspicion of. down.
"Alight, sir, or will drag you downW
All, then the key that Kate has had
but a glimmer OF comes looming up its
ugly shape, and the small hands OF Ru-
perps bride takes it prisoner.
"Stay where you are, Philip" says
Kate, laying tiny hand lightly upon his
arm.
"Philip!v shrieks the demon, and, as
the name comes through the shut teeth,
the sick lad, with a low moan, faints
away. atss
sHfhere, you have killed him, RupertW
cried Kate; and st. Jermyn, seeing the
drawn lines about the blue lips, aud the
dull, vacant-looking, half-closed eyes,
and livid cheek lying against Kate's
shoulder, believes her; and, with a cry
or horror, he puts spurs to Lucifer and is
pone-witn no thoughts of the little bride
or how she may manage to get home with
Philip. Y.-...
But she does get home to the mother,
who comes with anxious eyes to well
come back the tainting invalid. And
Philip will not tell, when, after a weary
while the eyes unclose, how the st. Jer-
myn jealousy has done 1T all.
i IuT + dn n hoI nd
4 when L say that by the end of the week
| the dark cloud has lifted from our Kate
and Rupert, and that the last named in.
diyiduaI has found Philip a country
| nome and has sworn to believe in Kate
forever.
1t is within a week OF st. Jermyn's
birthday, and Kate is busy at work max.
ing Il love of lounging coat for pres
ent to her contrite hero. Many little
> quick snatches under table and bed does
the poor coat get as the master or the
+ house is heard approaching, and flush
will insist upon climbing up the soft
ladder OF her rounded cheeks, While hel
! tell-tale eyes try to hide their knowledge
Of any secret. But tue demon does moi
) let these little signs escape his grea
, green eyes; and, though st. Jermyr
| Tries his best to choke the beast, it viii
rear it's baleful head whenever q ligh
.. football is heard in the boudoir and thu
locked door is slow to open.
And once he comes up the wide stair
case and knocks at his Wife's door. I'm
> mediately there is sound OF hurryini
footsteps, window is opened, light
smothered laugh rings in his ears, an,
/, little red-iaced Kate meekly opens til,
/, door.
.sIt seems that my presence cause
you great deal OF annoyance. trus
i am not intruding?7 but his brow low
ers ominously.
''No, indeed, love; but is this you
faith in me?
III ssI heard this window open, Kate" say
/ | her lord and master, striding across tn
v floor. "Ah, what is this ?" for there lies
8 | alack a coat--a mans coat-with lii
J. ings OF a strange and unfamiliar hue, i
n a tumbled heap upon the steps withou'
/; The great purple veins upon ST. Jel
Q myn's forehead swell in his jealou
e agony, the fists clench, the muscles {
@ his throat grow like iron, and in hi
. madness the brain loses its reasonin
+ power. Before the awful storm tha
j. follows Kate does not falter; ana whe
!, the rage is spent and the poor infuriat
/ lies sobbing in Kate's arms, then sh
d tells him OF it all; for Kate is no big
tragedy queen, but only q patient, To-
: ing. little woman, who throws selfs
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