The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-05-12

! q "Please, Kate, take the box, do;2 he
said it so earnestly and gently that Kate
took it and said, impulsively:
You have the best disposition l ever
knew of, james. But them" she added,
sneeringly, "you haven't any pride"
" No" he said, 4" l suppose not"
Then, with rare witchery of manner,
for she was as changeable as a summer
day
+" Please forgive me if have hurt your
feelings. But you will not forget?"
+" That you are an angel? No, Kate"
"Pshaw! how tiresome. Well, good
by" and she went away, leaving James
Henry unhappy and anxious. He had
not much pride, it is true, nor little am
bition, but what little he had was aroused,
and not again to be caught mapping.
For the first time he realized that his life
thus far had not been manly nor mastery,
but he would change it. Kate should be
proud of him yet. He would win fame,
honor and wealth-yes, and scholarship
for her sake.
1t was no light task he had set himself
about to work out, but he had persever-
ance, if he had lacked pride and ambi
ton. Love for Kate had supplied the
latter qualities. Hitherto he had never
applied his mind to study, because, like
so many of his Class, he moderated its
value. Now all was changed And
education he must and would have,
though he realized that his poverty and
ignorance were to be serious drawbacks.
He applied to Rev. Mr.. Grey for ad-
vice. Happily advice was not all he
received; for the minister, seeing his
earnestness, and being one of those who
delight to impart knowledge, at once
| promised to assist him with the loan of
books and to hear his recitations James
Henry, in return, agreed to keep the
minister's wood-pile tlourishing.
The lessons went on in the low cham
Der under the caves, and he labored over
his books harder than he ever worked
before. But after a time, as his mind
became disciplined to study, he found it
more agreeable, and astonished Mr.. Grey
by his improvement, which was really
extraordinary
None were made acquainted with this
change except Mrs. Arnold, whose eyes
glistened with pleasure when the minis
ter, as he occasionally did, spoke of her
| sons success. In Justice to James we
must say that Mr.. Grey's wood pile pre-
sented a fine appearance. The neigh
bors wondered and specialized as to this
one-sided friendship, as they called it,
and still more whom could he be going
to marry, for he had newly shingled the
house, painted it a neat white, and
discarded from the windows the old rags
with which Mrs. Arnold had hitherto
cheated stern winter, and substituted
an unbroken array of glass. The fence
was mended, and the gate left off its
tipsy maneuvers to sing soberly on its
| hinges. A neat row of vegetables be-
! hind the house evinced more cultivation
than Mrs. Arnold could have bestowed.
Certainly radical change had taken
place in James Henry. No wonder the
people speculated as to its cause.
Kate noticed all these signs, and that
James Henry had ceased quarrellng with
the modes and lenses, and evinced ac-
quaintance with Webster; strangest of
| all, he began to respect himself. She was
sorry more than she liked to admit, when
he called to bid her good-by. He was
| going away, but where, or for what pur-
! pose, he did not say, and Kate would not
! inquire. There was manliness in his
appearance that precluded a patroniZing
manner, and that was the form in which
she had hitherto thought it proper to
manifest her interest. She shook hands
with him at parting and said kindly: g.
| hope you will be prosperous, James, "
! uIth in wi ho,
wish was to be centered. '.. j.
Thank you, Kate, he replied. "Fort-
une helps those who help themselves,
and | mean to aid the old fellow all l
can"
He went away, and Kate more than
once caught herself thinking he was very
much improved, and rather goodlooking.
James Arnold was going to college,
but no one knew of it save his mother
and Mr.. Grey, who had used his intlu-
ence to get him the place of janitor,
where he could earn his tuition. James
energy, aided by what little money Mrs.
| Arnold could spare, went some ways to-
ward getting board and books. With
! such prospects he left home From the
smallest beginning he had in three years
been fitted for college, and Mr.. Grey felt
proud of his pupil, and not without
| reason. r....r.... .., ....
4 Time went. Mrs. Arnold remained at
the little cottage, the neighbors plodded
on in theisame manner, to mill, to meadow,
to meals and meeting, while Kate grew
handsome and stately in her fathers
house. Lovers she had and plenty, but
| all Jared the same, even George Clifford,
who was worthy, handsome and talented.
Her temper had become less sharp and
| her words less thoughtless, but otherwise
she was the same bright, sparkling Kate
of old. 3ae.Hgg1g ...-..,s,fi g..
One day a rumorstarted up somewhere
that Jalnes Henry Arnold had gone to
Europe with a great invention of his,
worth thousands of dollars. Next the
particulars were circulated. Kate heard
them from old Martin Foss, the gossip.
He was working for her father, and
came.into the kitchen, ostensibly to warm,
but in reality to tell Kate the news,
which he had worked over to his own
satisfaction. ih'." 100 ntI'.G IHt .
"They do say,"h he began, rubbing his
hands over the warm stove, FLAMES
Henry Arnold is agoin' to make power
full rich man, and he deserves to be,
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