The Red Cloud chief., 1877-03-29

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which ran the length Of - grind old
house. which was bsr Nina Wa
passing the library door, vhen her
,ather called her to come in. On enter
ing she found him with N open letter
In bis hand. =
II have just received word from my
friend Seymour, that he viii visit %
next week" said he.
Kate shrugged her shoulders; "papa's
friends" are not generally very enter
tanning to young people.
He Will Be accompanied BY his
nephew, for whom he has been guar
dian, who has just returned from IN
extended foreign tour. He II . young
man of excellent family, and heir to m
immense fortune. It has long been
SeymOur's wish-as, also, mine-that
you and his nephew should marry when
you had reached suitable ages. You are
now twenty, and that ID quite old
enough. They will be here on Tuesday,
and I desire that vol look your bst
and be as agreeable
He was interrupted by, Kate. who.
being possessed of considerable spirit
did not relish being summaHily Disposed
of. do you think l am going to marry
man ! don't know, and never saw ?
she asked, Indignantly.
"Do you wish to sell me, - II I were
ashare in railroad stock, or had no more
heart on soul than q lump Of coal?""
Kate" said her father, sternly, TO
whom are you speakingr
Il don't care!" she cried, excitedly. Il
hate Seymour and all bis relations, and,
if his nephew were rich as Cresus l
wouldn't marry hint ThereF g
1t had been q ~favorite project Of her
fathers, and Kate had heard 1t limited
at ever since she had been out Of school.
She had only laughed. The idea Of
things assuming such a tangible shape
had not occurred to her.
In vain her father ooaxed, scoldel,
threatened. Kate was obstinate and
declared she'd never even speak" to
the obnoxious sutton. Thus the tenn.
pestuous interview ended, and Kate
went to her room in q high state of
indignation. Throwing herself on .
low couch, she gave vent to her feelings
in 9 hood Of angry tears. She soon
dried her eyes, however, and began to
think about the means by which she
could vanquish the enemy. One thing
was certain. She wasn't going b stay
home to be bored by q conceited swell
who parted his hair In the middle, and
drawled his wOrdszpQssibly lisped.
No; anything was better than that
Why not 60 to Grandfather Howards'P
They were always wanting her to visit
them. Why not 60 novfS So she inn
mediately wrote to them, saying she
was coming, and telling when to be at
Stanley (the nearest station) to meet
her. Grandfather Howard lived in the
country, about one hundred miles from
the city. He Wa q warm-hesrted.
pleasant old gentleman, and he aad his
wife lived alone IN . great stone fS,m.
house. The peseefu quietof their lives
was occasionally erlivened by q visit
from grandchildren These, however.
were not frequent, so when Eate,s letter
arrived announcing befconhe -
quite an event to tier. flesars
chamber was aired and rearraneed. and
An endless variety Of good things pre-
pared to tempt her appetite. For
said Grandma Howard, the dear, child
is fed on cenfeetionery and Ffdbch
cookery and good xholes6use TOD Mn
do her good"
Monday was the day .sppointed for
her Arrival, and at s O'Clock that after.
noon Mr.. Howard got out the fualins
top and drove to the depot stsStanley.
Kate was accustomed to doing q she
pleased, % Monday moznine found her
at the depot awaiting the arrival of the
train. Her brottnr Charlie was With
her, and when the train came in he d.
posted her safely in the csr, with the
brotherly advice mot to step from the
frying pan into the fire. and fall in love
while she was gone" gave her q rartine
KISS and she was left alone, without a
friend in the crowded car. She opened
the newheok ihe had brought, but nnd.
ing It uninteresting, began to look about
her to Q who were her fellow passen-
gers, for nothing % amused her . the
study Of character. ~
The car was crowded. Near the
front was q nervous old lady Who held
her ticket tightly gEasped In. one han6
and her portemounais in IT, ether
: all the while looking fearfully about
her. Evidently she was not much nsed
70 steam transportation. Near her :
yankee peddlar was trying to convince
stout old gentleman 1t his side that
his ~"blacking" wa the best that's
made. SIR" CHANGING down the car the
usual number Of gentlemen enerossed
In their newspaper, and Of ladies In
novels, mel her eye. These, with Q
few tired. dirty children, and IN invalid
sep upset her o.9Ree. oOtt'e: made
sfe hone!s thought Che swho1UOk a II
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