Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-26

''but you viii come with me, Kitty, for
you love me-"
81 love you, but shall not accompany
'But you must. I have spoken to
the old priest, and he is ready to marry
u.s."
i'Kinloch," she said, looking up into
her lovers face with a sweet, serious
smile, "you have made me love you, for
I could not help it; but you cannot make
me marry you"
ooh, but you viii, darling; won't you,
Kitty" he went on eagerly. "You know
can marry now, because came of age
the other day, and I have much more
than my pay now. Is that what you are
thinking Off"
"HoW could I think about that? Why
will you not understand, Kinloch? Your
proud old father and your silver-haired,
stately mother; how could they bear for
one of their sons to marry an Irish peas
ant girl?" ;, ,o, g.
highest lady in the land, my darling he
said, fondly; and younger sons are not
expected to marry heiresses.'
"But she shook her head resOlutely.
"'And this is how you lightly fling
away mans happiness for ife|
GA few days pain now to save you
years of regret in the future
"The young man looked at the girl
perplexed. Where could she have
learned such sentiments? Where had
she gained the strength to express them
so freely?
HE then said, slowly and solemnly, as
if taking an oath: Look yonder, Kitty!
That is the evening star. So surely as it
will shine in the heavens five, ten or
twenty years, as surely will my love re-
main unchanged for you. Bid me come
back when you will, Kitty, and if I have
breath in my body and strength to do it,
I will come
"'Come back in ten years, Kinloch. I
will be true to you and wait till then. I
will try and improve mysef-make my
self more worthy of your love-
Keep as you are, Kitty-remain I'M
changed said the young man, jealousy,
lest when I come again shall not see in
you the last look took away with me,
my life, my loveP he murmured passion
ately; and kissing her sweet brow and
mouth, folding her in one last embrace,
he sighed and left her.
"She turned to go into the cottage. A
large downy moth which had been
humping against the little window sailed
in before her, circled thrice round the
candle, and flew into its alluring bright
ness. The candle f1ickered and went
out; the moth dropped down with thud
upon the table, dead.
"Kitty, with eyes blinded by tears and
with shaking hands, relit, though some
what tardily, the light.
Kitty, my girl said the old man,
pointing Significantly to the singed in
sect, don't be as foolish as that silly
thing. Its eyes were dazzled, and it had
no strength to resist the fatal fascination
Father said the girl, STOPPING down
and kissing his gray locks, you may
trust me-"
Here Aunt Bell stopped.
"Is it interesting? Shall l 90 onY
ooh, dol Did he come back ?' said her
niece
"Well, the years passed on, and the
| girl was ioked and leased, and had many
| offers of marriage; but she was firm and
would listen to none.
cat last the young fellows grew weary
! of their fruitless attempts at lOve-making
and the greater part left her alone.
ga few, more unkind, would ask when
she expected her young gentleman home,
and tainted her in cutting speeches and
insinuations.
Nine years went by, and then there
came the battle of Waterloo, when OIL
GERS and men went down in hundreds to-
gether.
"Still no word from Kinloch, and Kit
! ty's heart, which had never failed in its
| lightness, nor her step in its speed, now
sank and faltered for the first time.
"Early in the next year-in fact on
! New Years night-the officers gave a
ball, and every girl and young man for
miles around was invited.
Il IN, Il
went down to my aunt's house especially
for that night.
Il was anxious to see Kitty myself,
and to find out how the years had passed
over her head.
"You think, perhaps, 26 was rather old
to be called a girl-do you, Kitty?
"Well, I felt almost the same as I did
when I was Is, and quite as ready to en-
Joy a dance or Irritation, I can assure
you.
"Kate Danly-that was her name
went tohelp the ladies unshawl them
selves, and to be ready with needle and
thread when an unhappy damsel with
torn skirt or founce should require her
assistance.
"She was then %, and the young girl
! ish beauty had developed into the most
lovely of women. Only when her face
was at rest, and you caught the suspicion
of an anxious heart upon it would you
have guessed her age.
"She wore a pale tea-rose-tinted gown,
with ruffles of lace of her own making at
| the neck and sleeves.
cit was wild and stormy night with
out, just such a one as this, but it only
served to enhance the brightness and
animation of the scene within.
"The dancing of the high-heeled shoes
and the silvery laughter rose higher
than the wall of the wind, and the tink-
ling wine-cups drowned all sound of
rain.
suddenly therewasa lull; we stopped
in our dances; a chill blast seemed to
have entered the room; we turned and
saw a silent, dark figure standing in the
! doorway.
Gle was tall and handsome, but his
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