Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-28
Hates Victory.

Do You know, Mr.. Varian, it always
seems to me as if they belonged to a
different order Of beings from US"
81 don't know why you should draw
such an inference as that" said Mr..
Varian.
Kate laughed.
"DOn't take my nonsense al 8eTleltT,"
said she. "Have you any relations
among the factory girls?'
"Not that 1 am aware Of" Mr.. Varian
quietly answered.
''Then I don't see why you should
espouse their cause" laughed Miss
SelWyn. "Look at that fat little dOWdy
with the checked gingham dress, and
the broken-backed feather in her hat,
and the tall woman with the scanty
shawl and the high-heeled boots. Was
there ever anything so ridiculous"
And then the whistle blew, and the
train moved on, md the smile faded
from Angus Variants face as he watched
the merry sparkle of his companions
eyes, the dimples coming and going on
her rosy cheeks.
The very next station was Keyford, !
where they must alight- And he had
not told Kate Selwyn yet-he could not
tell her. Let circumstances develop
themselves; ne had not the heart rudely
to plunge a dagger into that innocent
young breast.
ne uEu CLldLCCu " 10 COlL4L4lS 44O1l
Albany, and had acquiesced in DR.. Sell
wyn's request that he should bring Kate
bone from boarding schOol-bloOming
eighteen year old Kate, who had just
graduated with all the hOnOrs, and who,
having spent two vacations with favOrite
schoOlmates, had not been at home for
two years.
"And," DR.. Selwyn had hoarsely added,
"if you find fitting opportunity, Narian,
4 to ha OH Ervr
things have changed at home. She'll
have to know it sooner or later-and it
may possibly save her a shock"
But either the fitting opportunity
had not presented itself, or Mr.. Varian
had tailed to avail himself of it. And
here they were Slowing up" at KeyfOrd,
Kate springing joyOusly from her heapo
travelling shaWls, novels, flowers and
bOnbOns, with the cry Of Papa! Oh, 1
see papa!'
And the next minute she was in his
arms, kissing and hugging him, while
she thanked Mr. Varian for his kindness
in escorting her home.
you'll come and see me sOmetimes?"
she said, ''if have not wearied you out
with my school girl chatter"
Mr.. Narian smiled, lifted his hat and
went away, while Kate, leaning fondly
on her fathers arm, looked around in
quiringly.
"Where is the carriage, papa?' she
asked, "and the two darling old greys?"
wen walk, my dear, "said DR.. SelWyn.
cit is but step. The-the fact is, we
are not living where we did. We have
moved"
"Moved, papa! Moved from Selwyn
Granger cried Kate in amazement.
"And we don't find ourselves able to
afford the expense of a carriage any
longer" said DR.. Selwyn huskilY. Didn't
Varian tell your"
''NIr. Varian, papa? Tell me what?'
said Kate, with vague sur prise.
"Isee that he has MOI" saidDr. SelWyn.
"Then 1 must tell you myself. We are
very poor, Kate. We have lost all our
property. 1 was foolish enough to spec
ulate and have failed. So we have lost
everything-the Grange, the carriage,
the lighthouses, the picture gallery, and
all. We are living at Dean Cottage, and
1 think your mother will be very glad to
have you back again to help her with
the homework. Why, Kate, my child,
what is the natter"
Kate chOked down an immense sob.
"N-nOthing, papa" said she. "Only
1t was so sudden. L have never dreamed
of such a thing"
"I have been too abrupt" said DR..
SelWyn. 81 am used to the idea myself,
and did not know how unpleasant it
might affect you. But you'll bear 1t
bravely-eh, my darling, for our sakes."
yes, papa, III be brave" said Kate in
low voice.
Kate Selwyn was a stubborn aristOcrat.
All her lie she had walkedOn roses, and
smiled serenely down on the workers of
the world, as a gold-plumed canary in
its glittering cage might view the brown
winged sparrow rolling IN the dust
And nOW-nOW! Alas, how sadly it
was all changed
But Kate was a heroine in her way,
and she sat down to tea in the dingy
back room of Dean College as brightly
as if it had been the stately dining-room
of Selwyn Grange, even while no slight
est detail % the shabby house keeping |
that surrounded her escaped her eve.
oh, the mended carpets, the faded
window draperies, the table-cloth darned !
and patched, the poor glued chairs, and
the windOw-pane cracked across, and /
mended with a piece of brown paper. /
Kate could have flung herself despair /
ingly on the thread5are sofa and cried /
her heart Out-but she was too brave for !
that.
And after tea there were no wonder |
ings among the flowers, no sitting at the |
piano THAT had been sacrificed In the /
general wreck also), no watching the red |
and opal effects of the sunset in dreamy !
ar 7ient6 visions. There was no ser
wants, and the dishes were to be washed, /
the room swept, all the household cares /
to be attended to.
They were in debt as well. Kate dis |
covered that the next day, when the |
butcher presented himself, declaring |
that "his orders were to give no more /
trust until old scores were settled up" |
and the bakers cart clattered by with |
out taking any head whatsoever Of Mrs. !
Selwyn's reckoning finger.
Mamma said Kate, Eve cannot live /
So"
at is very hard, my dear" said Mrs. |