Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-30


f"r men who are remarkable iur spirit
and energy. t" he better pleased with
those whose prominent traits are soft
ness and dclicacy. rather than tho>,
similar To their own.
.'katc atlcrtcd more independence
and Vivacity than would have been nat
urai Ia i,rr. even had her heart been at
ease; and She soon found that it began
to have the effect she desired. Such nm
restrained cXhuhcrancc oi spirits offend
cd the taste ui Frankland. and he often
turned from tine brilliant and sparkling
Nat" t" contemplate the serene lowell
hess ni Isabel. Ii he could only have
seen the anguish that lay concealed be-
Meath the mask oi smiles she wore-if
he had known how difficult il sometimes,
was for her I" prevent the gay notes nf
S"iir lively song from breaking out into
the means "i agony-hut he neither
SAW or kncW-hr never knew. So we'll
did She act her part, that he WAS ever
otherwise than perfectly Indifferent To
her"
"And did Isabel know" said Eliza.
"Ncver-it would have poisoned all
her happiness, for she was tcndrrly at
ta,hcd t" her sister"
~ am glad tha, She did not said
Eliza, sit would have been So selfish
and ungcncrous in her. ii she had, To
receive Leonard Frankland's attentions
"kate did not mscalculate her own
strength, and, when one evening Isabel
folded her arms around her and told her
that she was the ailanced bride of Leo
nard Frgnkland. she felt calm and salts
fled. How, indeed, could she feel
otherwise, when She knew that, had she
herself been Frankand's bride, she
must have turned from the altar to stand
beside Il sisters grave? How, thought
She, could have ever looked on nv
wcddin" robe without imagining it to ',c
stained with drops wrung from broken
heait?'"
"And We're Frankland and Isabel hap
py," asked Eliza. LATTER they were mar
ricdr"
"Ies, rs happy as it is possible to he
in Il lie where We can drink of no cup
that is not dashed with gall, and wear
no flower that does not conceal the worm
or the thorn"
care they still living, aunt
"Ies, and surrounded by group OF
lovely and happy children"
-! hope that dear Kate was married
to somebody that she liked great deal
better than Leonard Frankland.
That would have been impossible, SO
she never married"
"What. did such lively, handsome
girl as Kate, without one bit of starch
about her, live an old maid?"
"Shc did"
.'And what could she find TO do to
make her time pass plcasantly?"
"What does your Aunt Hannah do?"
asked her mother.
"Oh, Aunt Hannah is different from
other single ladies'. If she had been
married, don't know what l should
have done, for ii | have a new dress to
make she always assists me; if my mu-
sic or drawing perplexes me, she knows
how to put me right, and if am sick
she nurses me. And then, YOU know,
when you and father want to 90 on a
journey, she always keeps house for you,
so that you never feel uneasy about the
children while you are absent. 1t is the
luckest thing in the world for us-and
Aunt Margaret Waldron, too-that Aunt
Hannah remained single"
Then you are glad that your aunt
never married?" asked Mrs. Herbert.
81 am sure have reason to be-" re-
Piled Eliza, "and SO have you-haven't
you, aunt"
"Yes, reason to he glad and thankful,
to-"
81 knew SO, for there is no other sta
,ion in the world that you would be so
happy in yourself, or make others SO
happy"
at is not the station that has made
your aunt so happy" said Mrs. Herbert,
"but because she early found out the
true secret OF happiness"
"And what is the secret, MOTHER"
"ln Whatsoever situation you are in,
to be therefore coatcnt."
81 would give smost anything to see
Kate and her sister, and Leonard Frank
land. | don't believe he was so hand
some Il man us Uncle Waldron is-was
he, aunt"
ayes, he was handsomer than your
Uncle Waldron is now; for Leonard
Franklaml was then in his youthful
prime"
81 wish you would tell me who Kate
really was" said Eliza.
Her mother smiled and looked signi
ticantly at Aunt Hannah.
Eliza sprang up from the stool at her
aunt's feet, and threw her arms around
her neck
"Why, how stupid | was not to guess
it was you all the time" said she. al
might have known that there was not
another person in the world beside dear
Aunt Hannah who would have acted so
nobly and generously as Kate. And
now know, too, that Leonard and Isa-
bel were Uncle and Aunt Waldron."