The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18
ROMANCE OF A GLOVE.

"On, III is Splenulu l. coulu Hot
have suited myself half so well, had l
been left to choose"
"But you have not seen the wine cell
lar yet. 1t is a treasure OF its kind.
Let's go down again"
They went down the stairs together,
he talking gayly. she with troubled
look on her face. After duly admiring
the place she put timid hand on his
arm and said "But, Arthur, dear, let's
have no wine in it..
"Why?" he asked, in surprise.
"Because have resolved, if am ever
the mistress of house, there shall be
no liquors kept in it-no social glasses
for friends.
Why, Katy, you are unreasonable.
L did not know you carried your tenn
perance opinions 80 far as that. OF
course 1 shall keep wine in my house,
and entertain my friends with it, too"
She, raised her face appealingly.
"Arthur /" she said, in tone of voice
which he knew how to interpret.
Arthur's brow grew cloudy.
"But you cannot fear for mep" he
said, with half-offended pride.
81 must fear for you, Arthur, if you
begin as he did. And fear for others
beside-for the sons and husbands and
fathers who may learn at our cheerful
board to love the poison that shall Stay
them"
They went up the steps again and sat
on the sofa in the dining room for few
moments, while Katy put on her hat and
drew on her gloves.
The argument was kept up. It is I'M
necessary that we should repeat all that
was said on both sides. It ended at last,
as similar discussions have ended before.
cause she felt that her whole future
happiness might be involved in it
Arthur, because he thought it would be
giving way to woman's whims, and
would sacrifice zoo much of his
popularity with his friends.
He had bought this house, paid for it,
and furnished it hands omely, and in a
few weeks was to bring Katy as its mis-
tress. All the afternoon they had been
docking it over together, happy as two
birds in newly finished nest. But when
Arthur closed the door and put the key
In his pocket, in heichill, waning light
Ketty his arm to see her home, it was all
C. broken up" between them, and " To
Let" was put on the door of the pretty
house the very next morning.
1t was the most foolish thing to do !;
hut then lovers can always find some
thing to quarrel about.
They parted with a cool GOOD even
Mg," at the door of Katy's lodging
house. She went up to her room to
cry he went home hurt and angry, but
secretly resolved to see her again and
give her chance to say she was wrong.
lie would wait few days, however; it
would not do to let her see that he was
lin &c hurry to "make it up"
He did wait nearly week, and when
Ghe called at the modest lodging house
where he had been wont to visit so
often, he was told that Miss Gardiner
had been gone three days.
"Gone where ?" he asked, slow to be-
Ieve.
"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 Bris-
tol, and Investigated, but neither there
nor i'm any other place, though he
searched for months afterward, did he
find sign or trace of Katy Gardiner.
All this happened more than year
before saw Katy, but we three "factory
girls" who lodged at Mrs. Howell's with
her, of course knew nothing about 1t.
She came to the factory and applied for
work. The Superintendent thought her
too delicate for such work, but she per
sisted, and, in fact, she improved In
health, spirits and looks after she be-
came used to the work and simple fare
of the factory girls.
She was a stranger to US all and 1T
seemed likely she would remain so. But
one day Mary Bascoms dress caught in
part OF the machinery, and before any
one else could think what TO do, Katy
had sprung to her side and pulled her
awsy by main strength from the terrible
danger that threatened her. After that,
Mary and Lizzie Payne and I, who were
heridearest friends, were Katys sworn
allies.
We all lodged together then in the
big "Factory boarding-house." But
Katy took itinto erhead that we should
have so much nicer times in private
lodging yourselves I; aud when she took
anything into her head she generally
carried il through. In less than week
she had found the very place she wanted,
arranged matters with the superintend-
ent, and had us sheltered under Mrs.
Howell's vine and fig tree. We foul
girls were the proud possessors OF a toll
erably large double-bedded apartment
with queer little dressing-room Mt.
tached-" and the liberty OF the parlor
TO receive visitors ina proviso a.
which we all laughed.
This was "home TO us after the Ia
Dor of the day. In deed and in truth
Katy made the place so charming tina
we forgot the factory girls when we 90
to IL. She improvised cunning LITTLE
things out of triAes that are usual,
thrown away a. useless. and the aower