The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-09-17
GENTLEMAN GEORGE.

Colonel Dysart's Office and told him he
wanted to marry his Kitty. the ruined
old colonel turned Ia his wrath and
bade him leave his presence
"We amt got down to that" said he.
"and you have mighty lot of assurance
to ask for her."
Yet Kitty was only little waif.
Colonel Dysart had raised kind of
waiting maid for his two daughters she
had been given no advantages in the
way of education, but everybody in the
house had made pet and plaything of
Kitty, and she was as pretty az wild
rose-just the faintest color in her cheeks
gave slight suspicion of quadroon
blood, but her beautiful brown hair was
no curlier than Fanny Dysart's. Her
form was lovely her hands and arms
studies for sculptor, and Gentleman
George, as Faulkner was called. had
tried by every unfair means in his power
to WOO and win her. tried and failed and
loving her all the more for her sweet
strength of innocence he fortified him.
self with some Virginia tanglefeot and
walked up to the cannon's nsouth--ini
other words. be bluffed the colonel. and
demanded Kitty's hand in marriage.
"A loafer and hoss thief, continued
The irate colonel, when Gentleman
George springs at his throat Ikea bull
dog
Take that back " he shouted. I'm
no boss thief no mon you are. Take
it-back," an athletic shake with every
word.
"welI, well," gasped the choking
colonel. ''mebbe you amt; but you'll
,llow you're moonshiner and
gambler"
"Oh," smiled Gentleman George.
showing his handsome teeth-there was
more than suspicion of color in his
blood-"you gamble yourself, colonel !;
that's gentleman's game; what's you
a-goin' to do about it. and the law is too
close on little whisky. and revenoo
officers a mighty hard lot. Ef that's Ill
you've got agin me, mought as we'll let
me have the gal."
"Ill see you hanged first" said the
colonel, smartly, and the negotiations
ended then aud there,
Colonel Dysart was of the old vir-
ginia stock, -blooded gentleman,
living regally with open doors, while he
had snything, and maintaining q great
family of dependents in as good style as
he lived himself, white or black.
Touch one of Colonel Dysart's servants
and you touched him. lie was a faith
full steward while the estate lasted.
That was why he hated TO give mp Kitty.
She was almost like his own, though he
had picked her up in the highway n
squalling three-year-old, and ridden
into the door.yard with the kicking
child under his arm. He transferred
her to the cook, thence she went to the
housekeeper by degrees she reached
Mrs Dysart, who made her an especial
pet. as long as she lived, and dying. be-
queathed her to Fanny, her eldest
daughter.
The Dysart gels were good to her.
but indifferent. Kitty missed some one
to love very much, as she did good Mrs.
Dysart. and her heart went out to the
handsome follow who smiled on her at
barbacues, and met her at preachers
meeting, aud tried TO entice her of TO
claIdestine tyrsts.
But Kitty was wide awake, and knew
that if she had neither blood or birth to
boast of, she had reputation, and Cen
tleman George was known 20 be wild.
SO shs held her own and compelled him
to ask for her duly in honorable mar
riage. You have heard what the colonel
said, but when did love ever fail IN hA
undertakings and who came TO the
rescue but romantic Louise Dysart. the
youngest daughter of the coloael, whom
Kitty had contided in, aud she planned
the whole thing an elopnent, carriage
and paiE, marriage before justice. and
herself as witness. Then she went home
and laughed to hear her father storml
All this happend the year before We
went TO the Planters House, on the
Horseshoe Mountain, where we had
made up party for the season and we
heard from Colonel Dysart that Kitty
had made a fool of herself. aud he had
sent Louise 10 a seminary North to get
some sense in her head, and he'd be
hanged II he'd ever help that sly Kitty
not If she starved And then We learned
that he bad inquired all along about
them, ana found ont that Gentlsmnn