Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-15

upon the mother who, she Knew, ilat
come Ia throw some additional load upon
her Young shoulders, heavy us was thu
one she already hal Ia bear.
The apartment of Kate WAS simply bu
tastefully furnished. In II were fuun,
the few books she claimed as her own
her guitar. her portfolios of dried plants
and many little nick hacks such us Young
girls like Ia collect around them
The walls were covered with pencil
sketches made by herself, fancifully
framed with autumn leaves. Among then
was found the shadowy outline of young
mans head So lightly drawn that the fan
artist seemed afraid. to make it too dis
tinct lest it might he recognized. 4
wreath of wild flowers hung over it, and
concealed the words family traced he
neath-"Mv ideal. "
The head was certainly very noble
and handsome one. and Kate deserved
credit if she had drawn it from her own
conception of what is true and grand i'll
man.
Her mother glanced around as she came
m,unwillm" Ia look straight at rdaugh-
ter, and see III her face the signs of the
bitter struggle she knew she had been
! passing through. Her eyes fell on the
| phantom head, and she SAID;
This Is something new | have not
seen it before Have You taken to draw
ing ghosts, Kate for tins seems nothing
more.
That is the ghost oi my happiness,
mamma. said the girl. YEARLY. and it
will soon % to the grave that is being dug
for it. -
What stuff! | see now that it is II
highly idralizrd akctclof Harry Conrad
head. and yon have placed it there as II
| shrine, ! suppose, before which you offer
your silly alteration do declare, Kate,
You are II most absurd ynnnp wnman
Absurd as may he. mamma, until
to-day You seemed To sanction my attach
ment to Harry 1t is cruel cruel To ex-
pect me to tear my heart from him nj Il
moments warming. | know what you
have come Ia say, but | would rather not
hear it. All the pcrsuasluns self-Interest
may prompt you To utter will he power
less to change my feelings toward Mr..
Conrad
You dreadful girl is that the way
you brave me to my very fnce? You can
not-you shall not marry Harry Conrad.
Have | not given you to understand that
SUCH II union Is bill III inc 'hAStlpH .-
that it will bring destruction on all You
are bound to care for in this world -
Kate grew pale, but she quietly said:
MY refusal Ia sell myself for gold can
only affect myself. mamma. Your fnte
and that of Edna cannot. in any way, he
controlled by my discarded lover
Can it not when he owns the very
roof that covers us the soil from which
our scanty living is drawn? 1t is true,
Kate He holds II mortgage on the place
for money advanced To Luis, audmy dow
er right i'll this poverty-stricken home is
all that stands between us and starvation.
That is what came Ia tell You, and this
is what you must consider before you an
GER, by refusal, the man whocertainlv has
the first claim on You.
Kate fell back ms if she hal been shot,
and the courage she had hattled 50 hard
to sustain deserted her Her breath came
i'll low. gasping sobs, and after II long i'll
tcrval of silence. which her mother
thought would never end, she family
said:
Il understand that my fate is settled,
then shall he allowed no choice Oh
| know too well that | shall he forced To
submit my will Ia yours, and struggle rs
NAV, the net will close around me and
compel me to give my hand to one mnn
while my whole heart is i'll the Possession
of another. Oh, mother mother. how
could Won have suffered things Ia come la
such II pass ~ this? Paupers depend
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fine heath nf kai, the prnspect of wealth
nust mass from them all
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.ouch of her sister and Mr. Loser deyo-
ed himself tn her assistance, He WIS a
rrpot helm fl, her for IA, hal stu,lieI mr,I-
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