The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-06-14
GOOD FOR SOMETHING.
How Kathleen Severn Met and
Married DIR. Ware.

the culprit lay the crushed roses amid the
gltterihg ruin.
ooh, Maud!' cried low grieved voice.
A white robe, dainty and perfumed,
flashed through the open door in angry
haste, and paused beside the gngham
dress Of the culprit.
II knew it2" retorted higk.pitched
voice in calm despair. Each day sees my
oPihion of you verified, Kathleen. You
are not to be trusted!"
Surely, Maud, you do not think l pur-
posely broke your vase7" asked the girl
in gingham, looking half proudly at the
angry face Of her elegantly clad companion.
Maud Severn shrugged her shoulders
she had learned how from her French
master; and with her head on one side,
the action gave her quite d foreign air, she
thought.
"What matters it whether you did it
purposely or not?" she retorted contempt
uously. "Those great, awkward hands OF
yours are forever doing mischief they are
truly good for nothingln
Kathleen looked down at her brown
hands, and smiled sadly.
True" she said, asshe heat down and
gathered up the lovely roses. That seemed
to cling tenderly to the 1.-THE, brown fingers
-"true, good for nothing as things count
in yonr world, Maud; but we are not at
the end OF time yet, and my record may
read differently, them"
"What nonsense! You will never be
lady-like or graceful, SO do your best with
your other virtues!" cried Maud, angriIy,
as the proud, quiet manner OF the other
betrayed a natural dignity she could not
initiate. "Put the roses in another vase,
and clear away that rubbish'''
Kathleen was locking at the broken
glass with glad relief in her face.
81 can mend this, Cousin Maud" she
quietly said; "and 1t can be used with
safety"
at will take gentler fingers than yours"
laughed Maud, coolly. "But do as you
please. Only, Misunderstanding back
over her shoulder-"you need't think it
worth while to appear tonight. Mamma
thinks three unmarried daughters suffi-
client to entertain the guests without"
"a portionless niece OF her dead hus-
band's," quietly interrupted the girl with
far away smile. II understand Maud.
Don't think shall regret it. do not
like good-for-notbings any more than you
do"
Maud stamped her foot angrily.
"At least the new doctor is good for
somethingp she cried, eagerly, betraying
her own tactics for the evening"
$50 he should be, to I'll the position he
assumes. trust he has more ambition
than vanity, or the poor Of Clifford will
suffer-"
Kathleen carried the vase within doors,
and though she was quick at repartee,
there were tears none the less in lier gray
eyes, and wlstful pair in her heart.
But she quickly completed her task Of
arranging the table and flowers, besides
numerous little touches Of fruit and ices,
without which the effect would have been
marred, if left to the one clumsy servant,
Or the indolent daughters Of the house.
When all was done, she felt free to seel;
her own pleasure on the lovely June even.
ing, And a strange pleasure it was for
one so young!
She took do*n d broad brimmcd hat
from lis familiar hanging place behind the
kitchen door-it was needed too often in
her daily duties to rest idly beside her
cousins on the haIl-and in her simple
gingham dress with its neat, white collar
hastened quickly through The back garden
out on the highway, and took the road to
the village.
"Thenew doctor!" she pondered. "And
how he has disappointed me! did hope
that n clever, earnest physician would
come to Gilferd, and help the poor folks
and instead we have a fashionable, gay
young man, who frequents lawn partiss
and flirts with silly girls. Oh, If wefe
only man."
Cathleen was crossing muddy patch ir
the road as she arrived at this wish, anc
making quick spring TO the dry side o
the road, turned her ankle With o sicken.
ing pain and fell prosttatcupo the grassy