The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-05-16
nevertheless to love some one else was
certainly dishonorable. a5II y.

show spark Of his love for Kate. He
kept his secret well, but it came out one
evening, accidentally Kate had been
puzzling him with mathematical prob
lem to solve, on which he had used some
old letter backs that he had in his pock-
ct. After he had gone, the scraps of
paper were strewn ever the table. Kate
tossed them in the fire, gone by one, alb
sently, but as she Lifted the last scrap,
she was caught by seeing her name
written thereon. She read what was
written, as any enc might have done,
for Kasson: had said the papers were
nothing, This was what she read, :,
a. I am heartily sorry for you, Ed, It
seems hard that the only woman you ever
cared for should be engaged to another man.
run awAy from Miss Reid before any one
can guess that YOU love her. II fkl6a0c1
Kate held the scrap in her hand for q
second; then tossed it in the fire. -, iy-
ultantly. 1871 s@ l1'iiI 'i1i'ls gsbhi2
Like dash Of water on a hot coal
came the memory of Howard Winslow:
Kate dropped, into the nearest chair,
and cried little. 1t seemed very hard,
indeed, that she and Winslow must mar
,ry each other when neither cared great
deal for the other. ew3M .gTea95
After considerable reflection, Kate
came to the Iconclusion that she could
not marry Howard; it was an impossi-
bihty now. But she could not tell him
the reason why. she had changed her
mind; and, again, Kasson was going to
leave In d week or ten days, and he
would not ssay aword to her, except
friendly ones, while thinking her en-
gagged to Winslow. 1 Then the result
would be, Kate would have no lover at
all. A vision, of old-maidenhood rose
up before her "a vision Of lonely years
at school 7teaching, over which she
would grow gray and Grabbed. Kate
did not share De QuinceY's notion that
the higher the civilization the more old
maids there will be- 1 She hada no wish
for . lifelong. Virginity. She could not
solve her problem at all, but she finally
did send Howard 2 most friendly note,
telling him She ceuld not marry him be-.
cause she loved some one else. eqi4e
Y The evening after She sent that note,
there came in for a call the minister's
wife, Mrs. Van Week, and little Mter,
Edward Kasson. Kate had just written
letter to her bosom friend, Millicent,
Sheppard, and; the clump of note-paper,l {
the pen. and ink, still Iay on the table.
She fingered the letter impatiently as
Mrs. Van Week rfiahndered away about
some fair that the church people were
getting p.o Email llysI shea turned to-
Kate, and saida ,E,eliJq In ssm .Yir
= And And we want yoH4 to act as secrer,
tary, my dear. we want you. TO write
a note to Mrs. Morse, asking for flowers
but just take that piece Of paper, and
put down the list Of your dnties.'' 4i9t
!. There was no escape.a Kate drew the
sheet of paper towards her, and made a
list of the things she. must do for the
Fair. af,,,;4se,.-, i,f,,,..Io sT,...f !.
'fAnd now,'''' added Mrs, Van Vleck,
finally, with 9 patronizinqg smile. towards
Kasson, g you must write notes to MI. .
Weeks and Mr. Kasson, asking their
aid in some heavy work, such as putting
up tables.n iislBaI,aI4 & ba8 .d9moT
Kate laughed. st3 oat b5g .9mooniI
III write, Mr.. Kasson's note right
away, !" she said, beginning to do So ipt
fact. .,f.a.t.,,s,.,a
:, While you are doing that, = said
Mrs. Reid, ssI III take Mrs. Van Week in
the dining room to look at my home
make lambrequins.'' .no1s9fIass 81 sa
They. went out of the sparlor, leaving
Kate writi4 an absurd mote to Kassons
She had hardly finished it, when her
mother called her. ~, as.t,...,4 \
q "Come here just a minute, Kate. - ,i.,o
il Like a fash there entered a thought
into Rates BRAIN. On the table lay TVS
notes, one to Millicent Sheppard, one 1
to Mr.. Kasson!i IJ.took but second to 4
thrust the letter TO Millicent into the en-
velope directed to Kasson. Then she, J,
handed if to hin him with q smile, saying as
s:Hsrs M sFrss your JJunrscoan commands. hands llo Ial
Il AS she went out Of the room, Kasson'
opened his -riote and read thus: i3eH
have time but for few ' lines, but but the! they
which ! have just discovered myself, andtI
which Is making me very unhappy, i4nT4 /
= Kasson read this in amusement; then
brushed . lock Of hair off his forehead,
and continued, fsgaS
4 You know 4eafy wei that 1 didnr love q
Howard Wfhsl0w when i Iengaged myself
10 him and I told him that franklys We were.
simply excellent friends, But now / love
else, and I wrote Afetter to How
ard to-day, breaking off the engagement. Tl
could not marry him while l. loved Edward |
Kasson, the gentleman ofwhom have writ
ten you before!j = tHJff1si T5H9et y
. Kassoa read No more. He under
stood now that Kate had handed him
bhe wrong note,a He glanced on the
table, and saw, the other note. In a
second he had put, the letter to- Mill
cent in the right envelope, and was