Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-27

must have absolute quiet Kik answered
with unnnilant ob8tLnMcy.
sKit don't intend - BE IctviI said
/ his sister, who wns Whimp BRING plain
lively ii one corner ok tho big hair cloth
sofa. ssHe Is very fond Of you. just IS
we ALI ar0; he appreciates your unselaah
sympathy for us and your generous desire
70 assist un And to be sure 70 neveK
needed q friend IS we do now.
ssYou have no Immediate cause 70 feel
disheartened, Sis, the brother remarked
with 3 disappointing glance toward the
I small figure cr0uched on the sofa.
All, then there is really no dangers
dear hrs. Dolitel will recover, interpo-
| lated Maud, mistaking the import of
| what had Just been uttered.
.sOh, mamma viii soon be well again.
| But misfortunes never come Gingly and
we are in such trouble" was walled
| from the sofa.
The young lady looked very interested
| and commemorative, and Kit frOwned and
turned away as il the topic were no less
| Improbable than distasteful.
ssAll the whole year Kit had been so
unfortunate about getting work, con-
tined the weeping Miss Dolitel. unheed-
| ing the frown sand where there is so
much illness and no employment there
are always debts and difficulties about
rent and everything. To be sure the
rent is not 50 much to owe; but we must
| pay the quarter at once or we must leave
the apartments, the agent says"
Elbow very sad, murmured Maud,
4
felt that her unselfsh sympathies we're
being tested too severely just then.
81 do not mind q bit for myself, +" the
other resumed, exit and can always
manage somehow | But mamma is too
weak to be taken away; the excitement
would be fatal to anybody just conva-
lescing as she is. :"
Dear Mrs. Dolitel could remain with
me, you know that, Maud said, hastily.
and with another uneasy glance toward
Kit. for whom she had an unaffected par
TALLY; 'tbut am afraid my room would
be entirely too unquiet for her disordered
nerves. she would be distracted by the
eternal prating and screeching of the
odious parrot cannot understand why
Rachel Lennard keeps such a disagree
able bird; but then she is not the sort of
girl to have any consideration for her
neighbors. I"
Kit, standing by q window and gazing
impatiently down into the busy avenue,
smiled dryly beneath his handsome mus
tache.
Smother would not mind the parrot, "
he interposed, coldly, .'but she would
decline being burden to you. We
shall not impose any such inconvenience
upon your generosity, Miss Maud"
s'Ah, but you know / am willing to
do anything in the world for you, /" Maud
iterated, with an air of inconcealable re-
lief.
TO be sure you would, y Miss Dolitel
fastened to say; "and if my brother
were not so absurdly proud he would not
hesitate to mention one thing you really
can do for us. He knows you would only
too gladly loan us for time the amount
which the agent requires.
''Sisl" her brother calculated, in &C
cents of rebuke and CONSERVATION.
But there was another grim smile be-
hind the handsome mustache, as he
noted the suggestive expression of the
pretty, brunette features.
sAh, what an unlucky body ami"
Maud exclaimed. with gesture as if of
unutterable regret. ~ have just made
a most expensive purchase some fnery,
so costly that / shall be Obliged to scrimp
my own board money for q long time to
come, fear. am so sorry you did not
mention the matter before had invest
ed all my savings, and good deal /
have vet to earn beside
1--WE know you are sorry, dear, . Miss
nrl& al esr full D.4kx knE~r
the will for the deed, and thank you
just the same. You mnst not fret about
us. Maudie. she added, as the young
looked only amused as the door closed
behind her.
II have q notion our worries have un-
settled your wits, sis, he said, with
look of profound annoyance ''You
must know | should never request nor
receive such q loan from any young
woman, and assuredly not from Maud
Kayne, whose refusal is precisely what
should have predicted, the lovely zouave
jacket and sundry specions tribes not.
withstanding. People who so zealously
thrust undesired tribes upon their neigh
bors are often the people who deny the
one thing which would be beneficial and
really priced" he concluded, senten-
tiously.
AS he still fingered by the window,
his mind reverted to the deprecated
young music teacher who had never
been prodigal of her neighborly civil
ties, who had held herself alo0f with
gentle dignity, and who had nothing to
love but great green parrot.
ssBut even great green parrot is
preferable to an insincere friend, he
thought.
Just then there was sound Of foot
steps on the stairs outside, then sweet
voice responsive TO q deep bass, which
was unfamiliar, and then q timid little
tap upon the door.
.sCome il, the maiden sister called
fretfully from her disturbed rep0se
AMONG fhe anfa cushions