The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-05-16

sish or bashful. Now, j must 90 up to
my room, Howard, and renovate nv
self little for luncheon. There is the
Tribune on the table, if you haven seen
It already.n With this she left the par
lor. ~ - - ~ '''o POI ~
About week after, Edward Kasson
called one evening. Heimpressed ate
with sense of squareness. He was tall.
ana had square shoulders. His fore
mead was square; his eyebrows arched
very little; his chin and jaws were
squared off rather heavily, and his mus
tache stood out quite straight at the
ends, instead of dropping over the
straight, firmly closed lips. Moreover,
he had little, straight cleft in his chin.
he was neither boorish nor bashful.
however, though he was triAe clumsy
and had very little idea of dancing.
school grace. Kate took fancy to him
straightway, and after he and She had
talked together about a little of every
thing, and he had gone home, she wrote
letter to Howard, containing the fol-
lowing paragraph: u Q ef0 i'tN
Your friend, Mr.. Kasson, called this even
Ing; and both mother and liked him yery
| much. He seems so pleasant tempered, and
Is certainly very agreeable talker. We are
| going together, next Sunday. to hear Dr.
Morrs preach at the Presbyterian Church.
Mr.. Kasson has heard DIR. Storrs twice, and
gaYe.such glowing eulogy on his preaching
that lam quite anxious for Sunday to come.
And not only was Kate; pleased, but
SO was Kasson, and though he did not
write many letters to his married sister,
when he did honor her with an epistlei
he devoted few lines thereof to Miss
Reid: .liIa
She is very good-looking and sensible,
and has introduced me to several pleasant
people. 1t is she to whom Winslowais en-
gagged, and he has chosen with excellent
taste. Hope shall have the entree of their
New York house. IgsG III U89N391 III
So you see it was all a sort of mutual
admiration society in the beginning. 1t
did not last, however, for very long
time. ~. s...ez5 -.
Kasson became disgusted with Wins
low first. He was such an ass to be
engaged to so charming girl, and in
stead of living in her smiles, go off, to
Florida to get rid of the cold weather.
What was cold weather compared to the
tender passionp Then Kate; she was
so happy without her love that she sure
could not care very much for the ab--
sent one, although they did appear on
such excellent terms with each other.
Kasson leveled a great deal of unlneces--
sary vituperation at the heads of the en-
gagged, people, but nevertheless, he went
to the Widow Reid's on every excuse he
could devise, and a good many times
when he had no excuse ataH Along in
February, however, he put himself
through severe course of self-examin-.
alton. What was he going to the Wid-i
0w Reid's for? To see Kate 6What
business had he to devote himself to a
girl who was engagedP And thereupon
he shook his wicked inclinations fierce
", and did not go near Kate for ten
days. ~.
) Finally she met him on the street.
g Have you been away?" she asked,
smiling up at him in a most friendly
fashion. aasa; eag aa3 IoTloI
stOh, no." said Kasson.. IN 5f'i.aa|
".Been sick, thenp" persisted Kate.
81 should think not,''' was the reply, i
given with a healthy mans contempt
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scare you mad at mepr added Kate,
cleverly mimicking child's pout. bonFiI
"Good Heavens! .No!,,' exclaimed
Kasson. I" The fact is, am fool, and |
I have been busy, Miss Reid, and I'll be
down to see you this evening, if I shall
not bore you.n itolsla 92Ei ~ 3il1
"Ym are, never a bore to mother and
me-" said Kate; "tand don't overwork
yourself, Mr.. Kasson, but take time for
sxx1r ro1n rsk
Il In. truth, Kate,s philanthropy was on
ly skin deep. She liked Kasson's COM
pany, and hardly deceived herself when
She urged him to take time for social re-
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1 Kasson obeyed her, and the result
was they were together more than ever.
She stored up all the funny stories about 1
her pupils to tell him. She made him !
read the articles in magazines of which !
she. approved. She, scolded him for /
stunning his political duties, and, in |
short, treated him as an old and favored |
friend. As for Kasson, he sat at the
feet of this charming female Gamaliel
and learned not only to- discriminate as
to magazine articles and to know his
whole duty as . free: citizen of the Unit
ed Ststes, but also received q variety of |
other decidedly interesting information, 4
He threw ont q vague remark once about /
being fond Of music, and Kate resumed
her neglected practising again. When
she woke up to the fact that she was |
practising for Kasson's express benefit,
she was ashamed of herself, and took !
her turn at mental discipline, and wrote |
Howard s,ch an affectionate letter that |
the recipient was nearly struck dumb
WithIsurprise.e f;slfGgSap a3i1smI
= He was to return in the latter part of /