The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-09-29
KATE's PRINCE.
by GEO. MANvILLE FEM.

door again, Miss Jenny declare TO
goodness you children would worrit
the patience out of n saint"
"Oh, never mind Sally" ! said
painting, after race TO get into the
house flrst-a race | had won, for
Lii and Cissy were yards behind.
"Never mind, indeed ~ cried Sally,
"and there's your fine cousin coming
down to-day from London. | won
der what she will say when she sees
you raciug about the meadow like so
many wild colts, and your arms all
brown and scratched, and the hooks
of your dress. / never saw such
children; never"
Sally was our housemaid, parlor-
maid, and nurse-maid all in one and
il used to seem TO me that she spent
all her leisure time in quarreling with
the cook and snubbing us; but for all
that, one of my principal recollec-
tions, during the fever had so long,
was waking at all times to see Sally's
red face watching by my bedside /;
and know she did all cooks work
for six weeks as well as her own,
when poor cook had such sad ac-
cident and cut her hand.
We three-Lil, Cissy and had a
long discussion about cousin Kate
and her visit and we all felt what
dreadful little ragamuflins we should
seem to her, for I'm afraid we had
been running wild though papa on
ly used TO laugh about il, and would
come into the school-room when
mamma was busy with us over our
lessons, whenever ii was Il fine morn
ing, and cry, 'Now then, girls, the
sun shines and the birds are calling.
Out with you! Learn lessons when
il rains"
knew afterwards why this was.
Papa had horrible nervous dread of
our growing up weak and sickly, for
his was delicate family, and | had
heard that our cousins were often
very i'll.
~ can guess why cousin Rates
coming to stay with u.s." said Lii.
81 kuow why she's coming"
said.
ats because she's i'll )" shouted Lii,
for fear should show my knowledge
first.
"Sally will take her up new warm
milk and an egg in ii before she gets
oul VI bth III illt HdiN ,loEN
solemnly; "that will soon make her
we'll"
"She shall have all the eggs Speckle
lays" said Lii, "and Jenny will take
her every morning to the old garden
seat under the trees. She's sure TO
get well there"
And so we did, for cousin Kate
came that afternoons tall, pale girl,
with sad, weary look in her face,
as she gazed wistfully from one TO the
other.
We three girls stood back, quite in
awe of the well-dressed, fashionable
looking body, who was so different
from what we had expected, while
mamma went up TO welcome her, and
took her in her arms in n tender af
fcciionatc way, saying: "My deal
child, we are so glad to see YOU"
Cousin Kate threw her arms round
mammals neck and burst into fit Of
sobbfng, hiding her face from oul
sight. We did not see any more Of
her that day but our young Interest
was deeply excited, and somehow
perhaps, fostcred by dark hints drop
ped by Sally, who was blighteo
flower, having been crossed in loy'
affair with the housckccper at ,
neighboring farm! We girls got I,
think of our cousins illness as a kline
of mystery connected in some way
how we did not know, with tn
heart.
Our awe of the sweet gentle cous
in fell off the very next day, when W.
took possession of her, and led he
round our dear old country home
with its Wilderness of an orchard
great garden Strawberries and pleas
ant meadow.
This desire to show her attention
came natural TO us; but on my par
il was increased by few word
which heard pass between papa AM
mamma, mamma saying that she di'
not think poor Kate would eve
grow strong again, but slowly wlthe
away.
She had come to us in the spring
and the months flew by till II wa
the height of summer; and many ant
many night had | turned my fac
TO the wall, and cried silently till IN,
pillow was wet. For knew so wei
that Kate was weaker, much weake
than when she came, walk acros
c.lawn to the old garden-seat in tn
shade being as much now as sh
could bear.
cousin Kate" / said, one da
when we were alone, Lii and Ciss
having rushed of 10 get some flow
ers, couldn't any doctor make yo
well 7"
She looked at me with a. will
strange gaze which almost startle
me, before she replied, and then in
way that made my heart beat sll
sobbed out:
"0nly one-only one !" and then
If to herself, III u low whisper, sll
added, "and before he can come
shall be dead-dead ~
She did not know heard her las
words, and sat chilled and Fighter
ed, gazing at her till my sister can
back, when, as we frequently die
we sat down about her lii got upo
the seat, Cissy sat on the grass wit
her head against one of Hates hand
which hung listlessly from the co
ner where she leaned, and threw III,
self on the grass nj her feet, so as
look up in her gentle face, which ha
now become calm with its wear
look.
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