The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-30
KITTY TnORNE's 4 T

We might mortgage the place" said
\ Miss Kitty, signing.
: And retire to the air shousc, ch?"
returned her sister.
But what alternative i, open to usp
Shall We allow Tom To come Ia grief p"
Tom richl, deserves all the grief
tina, will fall To his share. poor fellow
Such a schemer. Expected Ia make n
fortune for US all, forsootb. tina, We
might fiaunt in our ~velyets. drive our
1Gan. and fare s~umptuously every day!
Nne dollar for us aud two for himself, I
reckon. Whs, should such u boy know
about speculation It's the old story
over and over. Speculation with other
peoples money is q little indiscr,et. To
say the least. ! should have chosen
sackcloth and ashes rather than ~yclve,s
won by such means"
Certainly But now that Tom IL
involved. nothing but money will cxtri-
cate him. There's my watch. the heir
loom from Grandma Pentecost; there
are fifty diamonds bedded in the case. IL
there's one"
Rose diamonds, every spark II
them"
Not Ia mention the pearls and en-
eralds."
''Double,s and split pearls. I dare
sly ,,,,,
We must have the money. don't sup
pose that the watch would bring a tenth
IT the sum. but Il would help. Dear!
dear! there's Hannah de Rothschild.
with 100000 Of income, while you
and ] can't raise 5000. though We
should break our tearts-not even to
ave an old and honorable name from
contempt, and n foolish young fellow
from ruin. Alas! xlasr'
You know. Hitty. II might have been
different" suggested L.iddy. her eyes
wandering toward the old-fashioned
J square mansion browning the'hill with
in sight, with its fringe Of elms and its
spicy orchards beyond. You might
have had enough and to spare. Kitty
enough to keep Tom out Of tempta-
tom
And IL was "a temptation 10 poor
NDm. no doubt" returned Kitty. ignor-
ing the allusion. seeing SO much mon
ey lying idle, and such n chance for
doubling II over and over. rs he fondly
believed"
.'Pshaw! A Thornc had no business
to be tempted. Was our grandfather
tempted ut the time of the embargo,
when he could have had false papers
made out, as everybody was doing. and
sayed his fortune. and left us all indie
4 PENDENT II we mortgage the place. it
won't bring 5000; and who could we
call upon To take the mortgage, and
what should We do afterward-live In q
tent, gypsey style! Oh, Hitty, IL only
YOU hadn't been so hcadstrong about
Searle, oil this would have been spared
us!"
Don't speak of it, Liddy; II hurts
me- still. How could l know what
would be, best!" and Miss Kitty, pacing
the long room with head bent, paused
at the easement and saw the sunset red
dening upon Searle Hill, and touching
the window panes into jewelry. The
twenty years Of happiness which might
have fallen to her share up yonder had
proved twenty years Of silent endurance
A merelS. She had watched the seasons
as they passed over the hill with nm In.
terest which she hoped would die. but
which had only strengthened with the
years-the lovely dallying Of the spring
time, the summers overflow Of bloom,
the splendor that autumn wears. the
white m~agnificence borrowed from
winter. II. twenty years ago, Kitty
had loved Arson Searle we'll enough to
die for him. II need be. she had loved
little Tom Fell enough to renounce hap
piness and children and love for his
sakeeand to live on through the barren,
hopeless days without q murmur. Tom
had come TO her arms Q forlorn and
helpless two year old baby. without
father or mother, when Kitty WA eigh-
teen. and her love had grown with her
growth and strengthened with her
strength. Toms mother had eloped
with hernpusic master, and had broken
her fathers heart; and when the old
gentleman died, he had left . rcspccta-
able fortune, the interest for the benefit
Of his two living daughters, the princi-
pal falling TO their children; and only
in case Liddy and Kitty died without
leaving direct heirs could anything
more Dan the merest trife revert 10
poor little Tom. Kitty had beeh en-
gagged TO Arson Searle . year when old
Mr.. Thorne shufiied of the mortal coil
and this unjust will came TO light. and
Searle himself WAS at that time only o
young lawyer wrestling with circum-
kance0k with no great amount Of funds
at his Command.
"And nothing for little Tom but this
paltry sumr' groaned Kitty, when the
will had been read and the estate ad-
ministered.