The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-06-30

was you a-rlnglng, which Mr.. Archie
never rings that outrageous way
What be you wanting sir?"
Il want to know, Martha, who
that young lady is that left the
house twenty minutes ago"
Well may you ask, sir, which to
do shows your good sense. That is
Miss Kate Leslie, sir-Mr. Archie's
cousin-a very beautiful young lady,
sir, and good one, and proud her
grandfather is of her"
"That is all, Martha"
Very well, sir"
When Archie returned he found
Harry Crowther pacing the room
in the greatest impatience. How
long YOU have beenl" he exclaimed; ;
land here has been the most beauti-
full girl waiting for you; and, by
everything she says she is my sister !;
and, still funnier, she did not know
that | was her brother"
''What do you mean Harry ?"
"Just what | say"
"Oh, this is too bad must ask
Martha about it. She ought not to
permit strangers to come into my
rooms"
Stop, Archie; have asked Mar
tha. Her name was Miss Kate Les
lie"
my cousin Kate. Now what
could have brought her here this
wet day ?'' He thought immediate
ately of his interview with Maggie,
and of her anxiety about her letters.
''Poor little girl" he said mentally,
Il must not punish her any longer,
| will take her her letters to-mor-
row.
So the next afternoon he put on
his hat and coat, and went to the
cabinet for them. OF course they
were not there. For one moment
he was confounded; the next, his
mind had instinctively OWNED the
hand that had robbed him. He was
very angry with his cousin Kate.
He knew at once it was altogether
her doing If Maggie had ever dar-
ed to try, she would have screamed
in the attempt, and betrayed her
self.
1t was with very stern face that
he entered the parlOr where Kate
was sitting, and he would not see
the hand she held out to him.
When they were alone, she asked at
once: "Why won't YOU shake hands,
Archie ~
How can you expect me, Kate,
to take the hand
" That robbed me- Say it if YOU
wish"
Il was going to say it. Why did
you do it?"
Because YOU were torturing little
and | will not have her
worried about few letters. They
were hers not yours.
Il think they were mine"
THAT shows n mans honesty in
love matters. The letters were sent
to you under a supposition that you
were to fill a certain relationship to
Maggie. You were found incompe-
tent for that position, and the favors
to it ought to be returned.
A dismissed ambassador might Just
as well keep the insignia ofhis office"
'Sit down, Kate, and don't put |
yourself in a passion. Have l ever
d one an unkind thing to either Mag
gle or you 81 nee we were children to-
gether ?"
"No Archie YOU have not"
"Do you really think | would?"
you said YOU would tell Sir
John things about Maggie, and that
would be unkind. Maggie loves
Sir John very much. "
II would never hurt Maggie. AS |
your pastor, and as your cousin, let /
me say l think you have behaved in |
q very improper manner"
Archie"
Very improper indeed. You |
ought to have come to me. | would |
had given you the poor dear little |
letters; and as for telling Sir John |
to open his eyes, | like |
him far too well. The only way to |
be happy in love is to be blind"
You think that is very satirical,
| dare say"
"No, | do not. l am waiting for
your apology, Kate. You know |
YOU ought to make one"
Kate sat, with burning cheeks,
tapping the floor with her foot, and |
Archie stood calmly watching her.
At last she said, "You are right, Ar
chic" Then, putting her hand in |
her pocket: Here are the letters.
Do what you like with them. |
trust you.
He took them tenderly, and |
them into the fire, mourn |
fully watched them turn to ashes.
Kate's eyes were full of painful |
tears.
"Archie," she said, forgive me. |
acted very impulsively and very |
imprudently. ! am ashamed of
myself. There is something else !
must tell you about this miserable |
affair. saw a gentleman in your
parlor, and | 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 as
shamed to confess that you were
Kate Leslie. Do you know the
lady whose name you borrowed"
"No, know nothing about such
a person"
"Then | will 90 with you, and
you must make an apology to the
family"
''Must do this ?"
"You must. 1t is the least you
can do"
"Very well, Archie, | viii do it. "
But this part of her punishment
was long delayed. The next morn
ing Kate was very i'll, and a severe
attack of rheumatic fever confined
her for weeks to her room. Then
the fatigue and excitement conse-
quent on Maggie's marriage threw
her hack info the inertia of invalid