New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30

Of her folly and weakness would work
a radical cure OF his passion.
If Kate Chambe was surprised
AID puzzled by his manner, she was.
also fascinated by It.
He seemed to have grown as vari-5
able as the wind; at times tenderly
gallant in his treat ment Of her, at times
bitter and sarcastic.
And Hates meekness was q wonder
to behold.
To be sure she quarreled with him,
but much as a naughty child would
quarrel with its lawful guardians.
The fercest never seemed to keep them
apart.
Wherever Kate was, the young au-
thor was sure to appear in his shabby
coat,sometimes smiling and debonair,
sometimes with coldly, careless ex-
preston, which made him doubly
handsome
Matchmaking mammas whose
daughters were attracted by his fine
face and figure, were won't to say of
him:
"a handsome young man, but so
very poor, you know, in spite of his
talents y
It mattered little to him. He had
eyes and ears for but one woman. He
denounced himself hundred times a
a week for being contemplate fool, if
not a knave, for lingering about this
woman whom rumor had betrothed to
Lord R, yet night after night found
him in her presence at ball, at opera,
hiding his pain and passion under a
careless exterior.
But the end was near.
Lord R-was expected in Paris soon
and Kate's aunt's had been
showering reproaches upon the
girl for her reckless disregard Of
appearances in flirting so desperately
with "that poverty stricken scribbler,
who hadn't adecent coat to his back, !"
and Kate was quite desperate.
"Lord R returns next week, and
what will he think OF you?" pursued her
irate relative. :.
cit matters little to me what Lord
R-thinks,' replied Kate, very calmly,
though there was glitter in her dark
eyes.
Mrs. Chamberlain, who affected Par
islam manners, uttered little shrek.
"And you are as good as engaged to
him! What can you be thinking of?
I ain sure he is coming here to propose
to you. People consider it settled
affair already: and you are the envy Of
half the women in Paris strange,
perverse creature!"
"Aunt Louise" said Kate very de-
cidedly, "Lord R is not coming
here on my account, l think he
understands that I shall never
marry him. You have been kind to
me, and have shown me many favors,
for which l am truly grateful-there-
fore regret to disappoint you, but
honesty compels me to confess that I
shall consider myself a happy woman,
when Alvin Sutton asks me to be his
wife"
And she swept away, leaving Mrs.
Chamberlain in a, condition bordering
on frenzy
Kate was so sure that Alvin Sutton
loved her. Had they not vowed eter-
nal constancy in the old days? Had
she not kept his image. pure and UNI
detiled in her heart, while she waited,
waited for fate to bring them together
once more.
She laughed, with blissful tears in
her eyes, thinking over the old days
and their more recent intercourse, dur
ing which he had not scrupled to con-
denim her frivolous life. She would
show him some day how dress and
fashion had not quite spoiled her!
How she would keep his house, and
get up delicious dinners for him outof
nothing, and economic in any way SO
that she was with him his happy, low
ing wife!
That very evening, at the Russian
minister's reception, she met him.
He led her into the conservatory
presently, where the music OF the band,
softened by the distance, mingled with
the splashingo OF a fountain. Shelook-
ed like a bride, in. her dead-white silk,
with creamy roses in her hair and
bosom.
Alvin's eyes chung half sadly to her
SMILING face, as he said, slowly:
~ suppose I must congratulate
you"
"Upon what?" queried Kate, look
ing up in surprise
He laughed bitterly.
How innocent you are! I have
learned to-day that your fancee, Lord
b.. returns next week l must, of
course, congratulate you, as we'll as
bid you farewell; for business demands
my presence in America. My new book
to he issued this spring Our little
Irritation has
Stop, sir!''
She had arisen and stood before
him, white and trembling ia every
limb. q s
ALI the anguish that mortal seemed
capable ofsuffering seemed to be crowd
ed into that one cruel moment. Even
the sensitive pride, which is awoman's
shield, was thrust asideby the sudden
ness OF the blow which had struck
home to her heart.
For a moment there was a silence,
broken only by the far-off crash OF the
band.
At last she spoke, tremulously, de-
SDitH her mighty Str1pcle f0r Saloon