Middletown transcript., 1883-11-16
ROMANCE OF A GLOVE.

"Oh, it is splendid ! should no
have suited myself half SO well had
been left to choose"
"But you have not seen the wine Gel
lar yet. It is a treasure of its kind
Let's 60 down again"
They went down the stairs together
he talking gaily, she with troubled
look on her face. After duly admirint
the place she put timid hand on hi
arm and said: "But, Arthur, dear
let's have no wine in it,"
"Why ?'' he asked in surprise.
g Because / have resolved if am evel
the mistress of a house there shall be nc
liquors in it-no social glasses fol
friends -
"Why, Katy, you are unreasonable
l did not know you carried your tenn
perance opinions so far as that. Oh
course shall keep wine in my house
and entertain my friends with it, too. y
She raised her face appealingly.
"Arthur - she said, in tone OF
voice which he knew how to interpret.
Arthur's face grew clouded.
''But you cannot fear for me-" he
said, with half-offended pride.
81 must fear for you, Arthur, if you
begin as he did. And | fear for others
besides-for the sons and husbands and
fathers who may learn at our cheerful
board to love the poison that shall slay
Them"
They went up stairs again and sat on
a sofa in the dining-room for few mo-
ments, while Katy put on her hat and
drew on her gloves.
The argument was kept up. tis un-
necessary that we should repeat all that
was said on both sides. 1t ended at last
assimilar discussions have ended before.
Neither was willing to yield-Katy, be-
cause she felt that her whole future hap
piness might be involved in it !; Arthur,
because he thought that it would be Civ
ing way to woman's whims, andwould
sacrifice too much Of his popularity with
his friends.
He had bought this house, paid for it,
and furnished it handsomely, and in a
few weeks was to bring Katy as its mis-
tress. All the afternoon they had been
looking over it together, happy as two
birds with a new finished nest. But
when Arthur closed the door and put
the key in his pocket, in the chill, wan
ing light OF the December afternoon,
and gave Katy his arm to see her home,
it was all "broken up" between them,
and a notice, "To Let" was put over
the door Of the pretty house the very
next morning.
1t was the most foolish thing to do !;
but then lovers can always find some
thing to quarrel about.
They parted with cool Good even
ing" She went up to her room to cry;
he went home hurt and angry, but
secretly resolving to see her again and
give her chance to say that she was in
the wrong. But the chance never came.
When he called again she had left town,
and he could find no trace of her.
: 4
All this happened more than year
before 1 saw Katy ; but we three FAC
tory girls, 3" wholodged 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
persisted 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 stranger to US all, and it
seemed likely that she would remain so.
But one day Mary Bascom's 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 away by main strength from
the terrible danger that threatened her.
After that Mary and Lizzie Payne and L,
who were her dearest friends, were
Katy's sworn allies.
We all lodged together then in the big
" Factory Boarding House." But
Katy took it into her head that we
should have SO much nicer times i'll a
private lodging by ourselves, and when
she took anything 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 Mrs. Howell's vine and fig tree.
We four girls were the proud possessors
of a tolerably large, double-bedded
apartment with a queer little dressing
room attadhed-" and the liberty Of
the paFlor 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 charming that
we forgot we were " factory girls"
when we got to it. She improvised