The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-26

notes, one OF Millicent Sheppard. on
to Mr.. Kasson. 1t took but second t,
thrust the letter to Millioent into thu
envelope directed to Kasson. Then sh,
handed 1t to him with smile, saying al
she did SO:
Here are your commands"
AS she went out of the room, Kassor
opened his note and read thus:
II have time but for a few lines. but
they are enough to tell you secret g
secret which l have just discovered my.
self, and which Is making me very IN.
happy"
Kasson read this in amazon emit; then
brushed lock OF hair off his forehead
and continued
You know very we'll that I didn't
love Howard Winslow when l engaged
myself to him, and 1 told him that
frankly. We were simply excellent
friends. But now love somebody else,
and l wrote q letter to Howard to. day
breaking off the engagement. 7 could
not marry him while / loved Edward
kasson, the gentleman OF whom have
written you before"
Kasson read no more. He understood
now that Kate had handed him the
wrong note. He glanced on the table,
and saw the other note. In q second he
had put the letter to Millicent in the
right envelope, and was reading his alb
surd commands when the ladies re-
entered.
1t was hard minute for Kate, but
she was good actress. Not u dash of
color redeemed her cheek as she turned
to kasson and said
Can you perform your multifarious
duties for st. James church,"
She saw that he had his own note in
his hands, and she understood and loved
him for what he had DONE This square
faced, clumsy man had something of a
woman's delicacy and quick witted tact.
II rarely have received orders so
pleasant to perform" he said, with
double meaning to his words, which he
had no idea Miss Reid understood.
The rest Of the evening passed auiet
lv, and not until the two days later did
kasson performed his pleasant duty"
10 spite or the knowledge he had that
Kate Reid loved him, he hardly knew
how to ask her 20 be his wife. He was
not going to tell her that she had hand
ed him the wrong note, and that he had |
thus discovered she loved him. No, in |
deed. He would never lisp syllable OF
her fortunate mistake. These thoughts |
ran through his brain as he sat near |
Kate, and talked with her absently. !
no uISI luil tnat came In the converse
lion, he took advantage of saying
M ISIS Reid, is it rude to ask when
you last heard from Winslow?"
II have not heard from him for over
! week." she answered, the color com
ng in her cheeks now.
A short silence followed. Then Kas-
ION said bravely-
You are going to marry him next
prlng. are you nOt?"
II shall never marry him." answered
Kate.
They were not sentimental boy and
'irl, and the rest Of the tete-a- tete I do
lot propose to chronicle, On account of
to 1nooherency. However, it resulted
satisfaction for them and bewilder.
lent for Mrs. Reid. and subsequently,
Or the gossips of Shatemuc City. As
Or Winslow, he took it philosophically
nd married another young lady last
I'll. It is something of problem in
~ mind whether or no Kate Kasson {
I'LL ever confess her stratagem to her {
usband, or whether he will confess to
or that by a mistake (?) he saw the t
liter she wrote to her friend, Miss
leopard: SO far, neither has hi nted a
ord OF their respective secrets. It is .
~ belief they never will. c