Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-09-11

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resent ly the 1ool sofs conste rnation
gaye way to q pitt wing smile, and q h y
gently said
stP oor child, who has been wins per
ing that nonsense into your ear
Obi its nonsense, is 'erhaps
there ism & any Kitty Goryden9 s
But there is; and she has called up.
on me at my office. 5s.s.
rs q ,eS, and you are going to lind IS
house for her here in our Village?s ,'.S
81 have promised her that Twill do
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Oh, how eoolly you take it! =
But, my dear Joseph ine will you
listen to me for just one minute. Let
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No, sir! i will not! want moth
ing more to do with you. Go to your
Kitty! Oh, don't tell me! She's been
II your Office, how many times? AT And
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Well, what more? Let US have the
whole charge. = S..
AOh, didn't you didn't you only
yesterday, when she got out Of the
coach, didn't you oh, you false heart
ed mani .==< I'll II. @.,E=
Didn't Iwhat, Josey?"
Don't call me Josey! Don't ever
dare to do it again! Oh, you took tool
Kitty in your arms - 8 q l .t,$.s3
No, no, + deny thatin toto" broke
in Henry, smiling in spite ofhis efforts
tothe contrary. sl Il. @
well We you-you kissed her! So
there!'''' :. - II, r.@& .
my dear Josephine, to that I plead
guilty. & !. 49, Il. e .ss: 81. T. !
"You-you do" gasped the stricken
girl, utterly confounded by the mans
impervious audacity. She struggled
up from the blow, and pointed to the
door. .. z& IT,,
'"There!-there, sir,is the door! Go!
and never let me look upon your
face again. Nota word. Ihave heard
enough. Col"
He gazed upon her for a briefsr ace
a few seconds-and then with some
thing very much like smile upon his
frank and honest face, he turned and
left the room-and left the house, say
ing to himself as he went: ~
"Poor child! I will not blame her.
If she did not love me truly and we'll,
she would not feel SO deeply" :"
He knew very well who had made the
mischief. A certain maiden, who had
sought in vainto win his smiles-who
had thrown herself almost into his
arms repeteadly;a and whom he had been
forced to repulse-had seen his fair
client alight, at the door of his office,
and had very likely, seen him kiss her:
for he had done that thing; and had
done it most lovingly
Meanwhile an unhappy maiden sat
all alone in the great drawing-room of
Judge Archer's (he had been judge of
probate) imposing residence. She had
never in all her life been so unhappy
before.
As she called back the face of her
lover, and again, in fancy, heard the
rich music OF his voice, she could not
believe that hewas traitor.
Could he be false to her? Oh, she
would not believe it'll
"And yet-yet--that kiss-Kate and
Belle both saw it; Or Kate did, at any
rate. And he acknowledged it, too!
Oh, that is too much. If he had sis
ter, orcousin, or anything Of that kind
but he has not-he has told me SO
himself"
Thus sat the maiden of the crushed
and bleeding heart, buried beneath an
avalanche of horror and despair; hor-
ror-stricken at the perfdy other lover,
and in despair because he would
never come back to her-never any
nlore-thus pale and shivering-when
her father and mother entered the
room.
They looked at her in wonder and
alarm.
"Josephine!-my dear child! what in
the world is the meaning ofthis? What
has happened?"
So spake the Judge, with hand laid
tenderly upon his daughters head and
his voice betraying an emotion deep
and fervent.
She did not answer him. She only
bent her head lower, and sobbed more
violently. Then her mother spoke,
but without the depth OF emotion
that had characterized the. speech OF
her father:
Josephine, this is nothing but a low
er's quarrel; and all on your part, I'll
Rebound. You've been doing some
thing foolish"
The girl was upon her feet upon the
instant, her hands clenched, her teeth
set, and her eyes flashing.
"a lovers quarrel, 'she gasped. "On
my part. Oh, you don't know-you
don't know what the-the -wretch has
been doing. ,Heis false! false! false!"
"But, my dear child, what has he
been doing?"
Hes done enough. am not his
first love--not his true love. She-she
has followed him here--his sweet Kitty
Coryden, and he Rugged her-and-and
kissed heron the very sidewalk
Ellis What?-his who?" asked the
judge, choking and gasping AS he spoke.
Ellis Kitty Coryden!" snapped the
maiden with terrible vindictiveness.
The effect upon herfather was mar
velous. He sank down into a chair,
his face pulled and purple, and when
he could catch his breath he burst in
to, an uproarious fit Of LAUGHTER; and
he was laughing with the tears stream
ing down his cheeks, when the door
communicating with the front hall
was l1ncerem oniously opened, and
Enter Henry Gilman, Esq, leading
be the hand alady--for a lady she GER
|stainly Was-a mild-eyed, sweet-faced
woman, petite and plump, a wealth OF
golden brown tresses escaping from be-
meath a jaunty little hat OF lace and
ostrich feathers in short, a woman
whom anybody might have loved at
sight, for she was not only very beau
tiful. but she looked good, and true,
and brave. .55z. H. + @& 3: s5
She was certainly older than was
Harry Gilman; but, then, many q