The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-10

Fredericksburg he was wounded and
| left for dead, but managed to crawl back
to camp and recovered. He is now {
naiOr-general brevet. Added to al
this, he is enormously rich and has one
Of the finest estates in Pennsylvania
He is said, too, to be as accomplished az
! ne is brave. Of course all the celebri
ties gravitate together-the hero of
dozen battles and the heroine Of d0zer
trunks, A poor country girl, Kate has
no chance"
At this moment General De Courcy
came that way, Miss WoggIes leaning OF
his arm. Apparently he had asked who
Kate was, for his companion answered
with & toss Of her head, loud enough tc
| be overheard, Il don't know-Shoddy,
suppose"
Poor Kate bIu8hed scarlet, especially
as several strangers, hearing the reply
looked rudely at her Frank waited TILL
Miss Woggles was out Of car,shot, anC
! them whispered to Kate
swell, that's cool. You shoddy
when your ancestors fought at FIodden
to. say nothing Of Bunker FIilI and
/ Yorktown. I'm afraid it's Miss Wog,
giles antecedents that won't bear inqur-
ing into.'
Later in the evening, as Kate sat alone
in the hail, her mother having retired
with headache, Frank made his ap-
pearance with General De Courcy.
"Kate," he said, 'you have often heard
our father speak of Colonel De Courcy,
who was in his brigade in the war Of
1872. 1t turns out that the general here
is his son and he asks the honor Of an
introduction
Rates heart was in a tlutter at the IN
miStakable look Of admiration with
which her new acquaintance regarded
her, and in truth Kate looked bewitch-
ingly lovely. Her slender graceful figure,
dressed in simple white, attracted atten-
ton, by the absence Of the meretricious
ornaments 50 conspicuous all around
There was that something in the car
riage Of her head, IN her every move
ment, which people call high-bred. Her
face was fresh and animated, with eyes
of rare beauty, and a mouth Of captiyat-
ing sweetness. General De Courcy men
tally contrasted her with the common
place looking heiresS he had just Ieft
and wondered if this charming prairie
flower exceIIed as much in mind as she
did in person.
81 suspected who you were, he said,
"0s soon as l heard your name, We have,
you must know, a portrait of your father;
and I recognized the likeness between it
and your brother. But thought your
family lived in New England"
s'We did," answered the brother, "ut
one time. But, to be frank, we had to 20
out West, in hope to better our condition,
l am but q poor country lawyer; and !
suppose, he atdedlaUghingiy, we have
no business here: but we are travelling to
old Massachusetts tovisit the place " here
our family lived for two hundred years;
and | Thought I would take Newport in
my way. in order that Kate, who has
never seen anything ofthe Kind might
have Fl glimpse Of this modern Vanity
Pair"
After that the con} ersati0u became
general, when De Courcv found that
Kate was as witty a. she was beautiful.
As s9u~5 Wogglys went by. leaning ou
the arm of millionaire, She @ye a
Stare of surprise at seeing who DE
Cohrry was talking With.
The next day Miss Wu--I4~ oordlH
herself. All the ladies d,clace,I her
breakfast dress even more ravj>hin-
than the one She had worm the day be-
fore. and as for her dioncr@"~unc. 'no-
body out Of Paris, as Mrs, Les Nodes
said. "couId invent ~och love or q
thing" DE Courcy had been assigned 4
seat at Miss Wog4les. table, and STE eA-
rrred all her charms t. fa~4uvcr hIrn
Kate who supposed he WAS sitting there
from choice. was the least ojt Jealous;
for no woman can easily forgive SDecr
in another, much less likes To- ST. that
woman preferred to herself IJ21ever,
she reflected she WAS only q country
girl, And I am glad Prank t,lu hlm
bow poor We are" she added. YOU see