The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-22
ROMANCE OF A GLOVE.

gether. he talking g3lly, she with
troubled look in her face. After
duly admiring the place she put a
3 &timid hand on his arm and said:
"But, Arthur, dear, lets have no
wine in Il.
AWhv?' he asked in surprise.
sBeeaase | have resolved il | am
ever the mistress OF a house there
shall be no liquors kept in it-no
. social glasses for friends" "
"Why, Katy, you are unreasona-
bic. ] did not know you carried
your temperance opinions so far as
that. OF course / shall keep wine
in my house, and entertain my
friends with it too.
She raised her face appcalingly.
Arthur" she said, in a tone Of
voice which he knew how to inter
pref.
Arthur's brow grew cloudy.
.'But YOU cannot fear for me ?"
lac said, with halfoifended pride.
Il must fear for you, Arthur, il
ven begin as he did. And fear
Tor Others besiCes-Ior the sons and
husbands and fathers who may
learn at our cheerful board 10 love
The poison that shall stay them"
They went up the steps again and
sat on a sofa in the dining room for
few moments, while Katy put on
her hat and drew on her gloves,
The argument was kept up. Ii is
unnecessary that We should repeat
All that was said on both sides. 1t
ended at last as similar discussions
have ended before. Neither was
wiling to yield-Katy, because she
felt that her whole future happi-
ness might involve in It; Arthur,
because he thought it would be Civ
ing way to woman's whims, and
would sacrifice too much of bis
popularity with his friends.
lie had bought this house. paid
for it, and furnished it handsomly,
and in 4 few weeks was 10 bring
KATY as its mistress. All the
afternoon they had been looking
over it together, happy rs two birds
with newly-fnished nest. But
when Arthur closed the door and
put the key in his pocket, III the
chill, waning light of the December
afternoon, and gave Katy his arm
to see her home, it WAS all broken
up between them, and . notice,
"To Let, was put over the door of
the house the very next morning:
at was the most foolish thing to
do: but then lovers can always find
something TO quarrel about.
They parted with cool Good
evening" at the door of Katy's
lodging house. She went up in her
room to cry; he went home hurt
and angry, but secretly resolving to
see her again, and give her a chance
TO say that she was in the wrong.
lie would wait a few days, however
it would not DO to let her see that
he was in a hurry to make up"
"He did wait, nearly a week,
and when he called at the modest
looking-house where lac had won't
to visit so often, he was told that
Miss Gardiner had been gone three
DAYS.
Gone where?" he asked, slow to
believe.
"She did not tell me, SIR. She
said she was not coming back. Her
aunt lives at Bristol"
He then took the next train to
Bristol and investigated but Meth
er there nor in any other place,
though he searched for months af-
terward, did he find any sign or
trace of Katy Gardiner.
An this happened more than a
year before / saw Katy but we
three factory girls" who lodged at
Mrs. Howell's with her, of course
knew nothing about it. She came
to the factory and applied for work.
The superintendent thought her too
delicate for such labor, but she per-
sisted; and, in fact, she improved
in health, spirits and looks after she
became used TO work and the simple
fare of the factory girls.
She was a stranger to US, and it
seemed likely that she would re-
main so. But one day Mary Bas-
CONS dress caught in part Of the
machinery, and before anybody
else could think what to do Katy
had sprang to her side and pulled
her away by main strength from
the terrible danger that threatened
her. After that Mary and Lizzie
Payne and /, who were her dearest
friends, were Katy's sworn allies.
We all lodged together then in
the ibig Factory boarding-house."
But Katy took it into her head that
we should have so much nicer
times in private lodgisg to our
selves; and when she took any
thing into her head she generally
carried it through. In less than a
week she had found the very place
she wanted, arranged matters with
the superintendent. and had us
sheltered under Ms. Howell's vine
and fig tree. We four girls were the /
proud possessors of tolerably large, 1
double-bedded apartment, with a |
queer little dressing room attached |
-'and the liberty Of the parlor to /
receive callers ina proviso at
which we all laughed
This was "home" to us after the /
labor Of the day. Indeed and in |
truth, Katy made the place so charm
ing that we forgot the factory girl"
when we got to it.-She improyised |
cunning little things cut Of trihes |
that are usually thrown away as
useless, and the flowers growing in
broken pots in our windows We're a
glory to behold. She always had a
fresh book or periodical on our Ia
bles; and better than this, she |
Brought to us the larger cultivation |
and the purer taste, which taught /
us how 20 see opportunities within
our reach.
"What made you take TO our
style Of life, Katy?" asked Lizzie
one evening. as we all sat in the
east window watching the out-com-
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