Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-06-03

IL was with very stern face tina,
he entered the parlor where Kate
was sitting, and he would not see the
hand she held oui to him. Wher
they were alone, she asked at once
'Why won't you shake hands, Arch,
lie p
'How can you expect me, Kate, to
take the hand
"That robbed me.s Say il if you
wish
Il vas going to say it. Why did
you do it p
Because you were torturing little
Maggie, and | will not have her wor.
ried about few letters. They were
hers, not yours
Il think they were NINE
That shows mans honesty ia
love matters. The letters were sent
to you under superstition that you
We're to fill certain relationship to
Maggie. You were found incompe.
tent for that position, and the fayors
relating to it ought to have been re.
turned. A dismissed ambassador
might just as well keep the insignia
CT his office
sit down, Kate, and don't put
yourself in a passion. Have | ever
done an unkind thing to either Mag.
gle OF You since we were children TO-
gether? p
No, Archie, you have not
DO you really think l would p
You said you would tell Sir John
things about Maggie, and that would
be unkind. Maggie loves Sir John
very much
4 would never hurt Maggie. AS
your pastor, and as your cousin, let
me say | think you have behaved in
very improper manner
'Archier
Very improper indeed. You ought
to have come to me. l would have
given you the poor dear little letters;
and as for telling Sir John anything
to open his eyes, like him Tar too
well. The only way to be happy in
love is to be blind
you think that is very satirical, l
dare say
No. | do not. / am waiting for
your apology, Kate. You know yoa
ought to make me one.
Kate sat, with burning cheeks, tap.
ping the floor with her foot, and
Archie stood calmly watching her.
AT last she said, 'You are right, Ar
chic Then, putting her hand III her
pocket: Here are the letters. Do
what you like with them. | trust
you
de took them tenderly, and throw
ing them into the fire, mournfully
watched them turn to gray ashes.
Hates eyes were full of painful tears.
Archie she said, forgive me. l
acted very impulsively and very i'm
prudently. am ashamed OF myself.
There is something else | must tell
you about this miserable affair. |
saw a gentleman il your parlor, and
| gave my self a false name to him.
ooh, Kate, see how one fault leads
to another. IT you had been doing
right. you would not have been
ashamed to confess that you were
Kate Leslie. Do you know the lady
whose name you borrowed?'
No, | know nothing about such
person.
then | will go with you, and you
must make an apology to the family
'Must do this p
you must. 1t is the least you can
do
Very well, Archie, | will do it.
But this part of her punishment
was long delayed. The next morn.
ing Kate was very i'll, and severe
attack of rheumatic fever confined
her for weeks to her room. Then the
fatigue and excitement consequent
on Maggie's marriage threw her
back into the inertia of invalidlsm,
and the adventure was almost forgot.
ten in its painful results.
AS the warm weather came on she
aud began to go into So
ciety again. One day there was to
be a lawn party at the bishops, and
she promised to meet Archie there.
She was sitting resting under great
oak, when she saw him coming to.
ward her. A gentleman was with
him, whom she recognized at
glance; she had introduced herself
once to him as Miss Crowther. What
was Archie going to do to her !? She
felt almost like crying but she stood
bravely up as they advanced, and in
her white muslin dress, with roses at
her waist and throat, she made a
very lovely picture.
'Good-afternoon, Cousin Kate
Cousin Archie, good. afternoon
Kate, this is my friend Mr.. Henry
Crowther.'
She bIushed violently, but she did
not lose her selfpossession. 4 have
met Mr.. Crowther before, once, when
! was on little private masquerade,
and assumed the character of his sis.
ter. / hope | am forgiven
IF i had a sister, she would have
been houored by the assumption.
Since the momentary favor I have
never ceased to regret my want
They sat long under the pleasant
shade, and in the evening rode slow.
ly home together under the July
moon. Before they parted both had
acknowledged to their hearts an in
terest that might be a dearer tie than
even that of brother and sister.
For few weeks Harry Grow Their
was constantly coming with Archie
to call on the Leslies, either for one
pretext or another. Then he began
to come BY himself, and to come
without any pretext at all. 1t had
been long evident to Archie that
Harry md Kate loved each other
very dearly, and at last evan the dim
eyes of her grandfather began to
perceive how matters stood.
'Kiity, be said, one night, after
waiting patiently through a good.
night" that lasted an hour and hall
kitty, why does Harry Crowther
come here so often p
because We do not believe in writ
ing, grandfather. Love letters once
nearly cost me my life > and leaning
fondly on her grandfather neck,
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