Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-06-03
"Archie." she said. "forpive me. ]

"Archie," she said, "forgive me.
acted very impulsively and very impru-
IDENTIFY. lam ashamed of myself. There
is something else I must tell you about
this miserable affair. saw a gentleman
IN your parlor, and I gave myself false
! name to him.
"Oh, Kate, see how one fault leads to
another. If 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 bor-
| rowed?"
"No, 1 know nothing about such a
person."
"Then will go with you, and you
must make an apology to the family"
<'Must do this?"
"You must; it is the least you can do. -
"Very well, Archie, I will do it,
But this part of the punishment was
long delayed. The next morning Kate
was very i'll, and severe attack Of rheu-
matte fever confined her for weeks to he1
room. Then the fatigue and excitement
consequent to Maggie's marriage threw
her back into the inertia of invalidism.
and the adventure was almost forgotten
in its painful results.
AS the warm weather came on she i'm
proved, and began to 60 into society
again. One day there was to be lawn
party at the bishops, and she promised
to meet Archie there. She was sitting
resting under great oak, when she saw
him coming toward her. A gentleman
was with him, whom she recognized at a
glance; she had introduced herself once
to him as Miss Crowther. What was
Archie going to do to her? She felt al
most 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 very lovely picture.
"Good afternoon, Cousin Kate
"Cousin Archie, good afternoon.
''Kate, this is my friend, Mr.. Henry
Crowther.''
She blushed violently, but she did not
lose her selt-possession. 81 have met
Mr.. Crowther before, once, when I was
on little private masquerade, and as
sumed the character of his sister. I hope
I am forgiven"
eff I had sister, she would have
been honored by the assumption. Since
the momentary favor have never ceased
to regret my want"
They sat long under the pleasant shade,
and in the evening rode slowly home to-
gether under the July moon. Before they
parted both had acknowledged to their
hearts an interest that might be dearer
tie than even that of brother and sister.
For few weeks Harry Crowther was
constantly coming with Archie to call on
the Leslies, either for one pretext or an
other. Then he began to come by him
self and to come without any pretext at
all. It had been long evident to Archie
that Harry and Kate loved each other
very dearly, and at last even the dim eyes
Of her grandfather began to perceive how
matters stood.
.'Kitty," he said, one night, after
waiting patiently through a i" good night %
that lasted an hour and a half; "K1tty,
Why does Harry Crowther come here so
often?"
because we do not believe in writing.
grandfather. Love-letters once nearly
cost me my ife," and leaning fondly on
her grandfather's neck, Kitty told him
the fault of which she had been guilty
and the pain and shame it had caused
her.
"Never pays, Kitty, to do evil that
good may come; the price is too high"
'You forgive me, grandfather. .
eyes, Kitty, with all my heart
"Harry has forgiven me too. You
see, after taking his name in Jest, it is
right make the 0nae,ade honorable by
taking it in earnest. So, grandfather, If
you let me, I am going to be Mrs.
Crowther instead of Miss Crowther. MAY
Harry ask you Tomorrow
"Yes, he may ask me. He has asked
you, I suppose ?"
"Oh, yes"
''And we are to have wedding, and
no love-letters. never heard Of such a
thing"
"a wedding, and no love-letters,
grandfather. Love letters are slow, and
old-fashioned, and very dangerous. We
have adopted visits and telegraphs in
their place"