New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-14
KATIE'S RIV Az.

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Lee is, and cannot be any thing more to
me than a friend; 50 if you respect my
wishes in the least you will not men
ton his name to me again
And Katie Lane flung back her bright
brown curls as she spoke, a little dis
painfully, perhaps, and bent little
lower over the piece of crocheting she
held in her hands.
will not stop to tell you that she,
my heroine, was handsome; suffice it
to say that she was the belle OF the
pretty village Of M; and, as a mat
ter OF course, was sought after and adj
mired by all the young men Of the
place, not only because she was witty
and accomplished, but because old Guy
Lane was the Wealthiest man in the
place, and would one day leave his all
IN the hands Of Katie, as the only legal
heir.
Maud Anthony laughed low and tri-
umphantly as she returned:
Really, Katie, you need not speak
SO angrily. Everybody thinks you
are going to marry him, and for my
part, think he will make some one a
kind husband
ties about him why don't you marry
him? When l see fit to get married I
shall take whom Iplease, despite what
everybody says
The curls flew again, and the spark
ling eyes glanced saucily at the finish
Jed coquette opposite her.
y ooh, ho SO my pretty young lady
is getting angry, eh? If that the case
l must flee. Only remember I have
done my duty. I thought you ought
to know how peoplear talking
''You need not trouble yourself Miss
Anthony, to look after my affairs;
you must have enough of your own to
look after. When Ineed your advice
| will surely let you know. SO bid
you good afternoon"
The ,queenly little head rose proud
ly erect at this, and with ascornful ex-
preston on her lips Katie walked
quickly away into the shadow of the
- SIIuODefy OIL tle garden.
A AS she walked hastily On a footstep
n on the other side of the hedge checked
her flight, and in amoment Wilkes Lee,
the subject Of the little conversation
under the elns, scrambled UP into
sight, without seeming to have seen
Katie, and FASTENED away.
The strange little heart of Katie gave
a sudden start as she recognized her
old friend and-lover, and she paused,
murmuring:
~ wonder if he heard what said?
Iwouldn't have had him for all the
world. A plague or Maud anthony!
She forced me to say it. Isuppose she
, is glad, too; for NOW she thinks don't
care for him."
- For q moment Katie was silent as
she worked 1aervously at the pretty
diamond ring that encircled that
chubby forefinger. 1t was q gift from
Wilkes, q betrothal ring.
II don't carer'' Katie at last broke
out, po;1tingly. .ssNow, that We said
it, IN show Miss Anthony mean it.
There!" she said, as;she drew the, dia-
mond from her finger and cast7t away
into the bushes, sthere, lie there and
rust, for all / care. Much good may
1t do you, Maud, too. You can catch
him, / know, but what do I care?''
More than you think, my pretty
heroine; We shaIl,see.
A moment Kate stood therelooEing
in the direction tof the hedge; then
clapping her hands to her face. she
burst into aquiet shower of tears.
Or, tho c1Go. of+ lo yXy:Il-...
Lee strobe quickl!y,away, sayingsheep-
ishly:
.'Nela, we'll, "a pretty scrape vou
came near gettinginto my boy. Didn't
mean to- he a1aeavesdropper, certainly;
accidents wll happen, you know. SO
she don't care for you, eh? Well see.
III warrant She DON'T know her own
he 1rt NOW Ithink;I'll run away q
few days, and let hercget over her fit"
And the young man disappeared in
the underbrush that lined the road,
leaped over the fence, and was soon
ost to View in the distance.
n * &
Katie waited patiently for many
days for the visit of her once ardent
lover, and then, concluding that he
had not only overheard what she said
that day in tine garden, bnt had taken
her at her word, commenced not to
look alone, but to mourn him as lost.
to her, indeed.
And Maud Anthony, to whom ALL
this was due, reGoiced that Wilkes
seemed to have suddenly ceased to:
. visit the Lanes, AND strove with re-
.newed efforts to entangle the hand I
some young f6llow-for Wilkes Lee
Was considered the best catch the VII /
!tage afforded. Butt with all The pleas
ing ways she could effect, Wilkes seem
'cd!impregnable to her ATTEMPTS In
deed, no one KNEW that he even no
tieed her, save Katie, who looked OH
jealousy, thinking she could no longer
alold a place by her side. In Iatie's
presence alone did Wilkes seem to care
an tlae.teas for the tsirt. After awhile
he4cast even her off and disappeared
entirely. All, Katiea the battle was
more than halt fought when you cast
the :lovepf man, pure;