Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-30
gloves, almost exhausted, for close to him,
down on their knees, were two calves,
sucking his ears
HOW THEY CAME TOGETHER
AGAIN.
HOW

HOW THEY CAME TOGETHER
AGAIN.
"Now, Kitty, you don't mean so?"
81 do, Will"
''Then give me back that ring"
Quick as thought off came the ring
from Kitty's tapering finger, and in an
other moment it flashed in the palm 81
Will Graham's hand. Then the two
looked at one another aghast, as if a rreci.
pice had suddenly yawned Between
them.
Time to leave the grove! Cars com.
ing" said voice, nearing them. "Oh
Kitty, quick, if you don't want to be left y
And her sister, Nellie Barton, who had
been searching for her, came forward to
grasp her by the hand and hurry her of
to the picnic train waiting for the flushed
and tired party from the city.
| "Hang the train :" said Will, rejecting
afterward that it would be rather hard
thing to do. "What am to do with this
ring? I would like to crush it under
those locomotive wheels. And Kitty
What have done!"
i
| along, was too late for the train, and had
the pleasure Of walking into town, ten
miles.
"Good enough for him." said the vexed
| Kitty in thoroughly feline way, as she
missed him in the train, pretending not
to look for him, and yet constantly dart
ing sly glances in every direction to see il
he could be near. "Good enough fo1
him." she said, when the cars started.
More tender thoughts came at last
"Poor WILL" she nfally murmured
"When he comes round tonight, I'll
make rim comfortable in that big arm,
thing all right. But will he come
round?" A look at her naked finger sent
a SILVER over her, and the precipice
yawning between her and Will? I won
der it he'll come tonight"
| No Will came. The big arm chair
looked empty enough, and Kitty felt like
tying piece of Grape ut. Will reached
home thoroughly tired out by his walk,
an Il thoroughly disguised with himself
for his treatment of Kitty.
Cool" he said to himself: as he drop
ped asleep. And that was just what
Kitty said to herself. They were foolish
At the picnic party there had been lit.
tie jealousy and then little sighting of
one another. Kitty thought Will cruel,
aud so the end was that Will walked ten
miles that night with plump little gold
ring in his pocket. Both went to sleep
saying in self-accusation, "Foolw
Both woke up with intentions to make
PREPARATION the next day 1t is easier
though to make break in dam than
to mend it. When Will Graham went
down to his late breakfast, he found a
short but peremptorv letter waiting for
him. 1t was war time Will was lieu
tenant in his regiment. The letter was
| a summons back to his post, for the enc
my were reported to be intending a
serious demonstration. Every man must
be in his pla.e. The sentences of his
letter ended sharp as pistol-shots, and
| Will was off by the next train. He sent
message by lady friend to Kitty that
he wanted her t0$write and be would as
soon as possible answer it, and that she
must not think anything Of what had
happened. Would she forgive him2 he
asked. But the lady friend, who CHANGED
to be visiting in the place, was suddenly
hurried home by symptoms of approach
ing sickness. The sickness proved fatal,
and Willis words found grave with her
As for Kitty, she wrote little note be-
| fore leaving her room that morning say
ing she was sorry, and gave it to. little
| boy to drop in the Office. The game OF
marbles played on the way sent into
happy oblivion all thought of his Grand
and when he did think of his note, he
couldn't find it. 1t probably dropped
out of his pocket in pulling out bag OF
marbles and was finally picked up by
the next tnterprising chifiOnlcr that
went round crying Rags, rags"
Will wondered why after his message
Kitty didn't send a letter, and Kitty won
| dered why after her letter Will sent nc
message. The result was that a certain
pretty little finger went minus colo
ring
1t was weary autumn, and wearie1
winter Kitty thought, that followed
The dead leaves whir]ing in the vino
never seemed so mournful, and the SNOW
never seemed SO much like a shroud
mo Will" she said, "these long winter
evenings! Nothing but war reports
sounding like batteries going off ali the
time"
s'What is the matter with Graham?'
said Wills mess-mates, as they ruminated
after dinner on the subject Of his depres.
sion, sending up their inquiries toward
the tent roof through dirty rings OF
tobacco smoke. And Kltty's friends
wondered why she was so dull and averse
to society.
ooh, father and mother are both feeble
and need me-" she said.
Three weary years went by; Will hav.
ing no heart to come home. In the
meanwhile, Kitty married and left the
place,
"Gone to T." some one said; mar.
ried a rich old fellow that she didn't
heartily love, all for the sake of maxim g
her father and mother comfortable"
1t was just about so, but only when
Kitty had grown heart-sick waiting to
hear from Will. Reading at last in the
evening paper that Lieut.. Graham had
been killed, she gave up all hope. She
made grave as She thought for the old
love and gave herself away to rich old
friend of the family, Mr.. Carleton.
"'Twill be good thing for father and
MOTHER" said Kitty. Mr.. O. took
his young bride to the city of T. In
two years, Kitty, found herself widow
Mr.. Carleton had been kind husband
and Kitty, though unable to give any
thing like a hearty love, sincerely re,
spected him. Love, however, is plan,
that can't live on respect alone. Kitty's
affection had been given to somebody
else, though Kitty did not know it that