The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-01-21
A LUCKY GIEL.

If. as son, KITTY Price, said Mr..
HGr.as Mortimer Only TO think. you
hage been in New York only a month.
and Mr. Carsford has asked you to
marry hing
sIrs. Hughes Mortimer lived in
stately b-J,ya-st0ne house on a fashion
able square, Kitty Price, her sisters
oh. q rom the country. sat in the deep
bay-windCw. hall-hidden by maroon
velvet curtains and draperies of en-
broiduTed lace.
Kitty was very pretty. Her complex
ION had not yet been injured by late
hours. midnight suppers, and ''the ger
man. There were many in society
more brilliant and beautiful than was
she. bat, in spite Of all this, Mr.. Caris-
rasd, the rich banker, had fallen in love
With Kitty Psjce.
t:rs. Hughes Mortimer was delighted
79 d this social success,
Kitty. vou re a darling" said she Il
hayen't been so delighted since Mr.
Earhas Mortimer gave ME my solitaire
diamonds. How angry Angeline El-
fer} viii bg!-and those Brookes rirls
WHO have been angling for Carisford so
iranenarently all the season. 1 shouldn't
wonder, dear, if YOU had a quantity of
wedding presents. There are some very
line heirloom Jewels in the Carisford
/, family, I'm told. and"
s'Stop, stop, Aunt Olivia!' Kitty col
ored deeply, and twisted the stem of
pioDon Qette that she held mercilessly
about her tugers. Il told you that Mr..
Carisford had asked me to marry him
.Wenr' The nsatron lifted her hand
some, light-blue eyes inquiringly to Kit
tvs tell-tale face.
but l didn't tell you that | refused
| him." added the cuIprit.
Refused him! Katharine Price! Are
you joking?"
Never was more serious in my life,
| Aunt Olivia" protested Kitty, standing
bravely to her colors.
Refused MIR. Carisford! Refused the
| best match in town. cried out Mrs
| Hughes Mortimer.
you wouldn't have me accept him if
| | didn't love him?"
Love" scornfully repeated Mrs
Hughes Mortimer. My dear, your
mamma has brought you up with most
visionary views Of life. Love is an ex-
| tremely improper expression. And, be-
| heve me, you viii soon learn to esteem
any worthy gentleman who"
That's past hoping for, aunty," sau-
cilv interrupted Kitty. If you'd only
| consent TO hear iny story out you'd save
| yourself d deal OF trouble. The reason
T refused Mr.. Carisford is that l accepted
his nephew, Frank Elyr'
Kitty
'Is there anything so remarkable in
my preferring one of my own age to
man old enough to be my father?"
! Mr. Carisford is 40"
And that's twenty years too much to
suit me- Aunt Olivia, | know this viii
be sad blow to your system of social
! philosophy, but | can't help it. l love
Frank, and | would not marry Mr.. Car
isford if there wasn't another man in all
the world. So there!
In that case" said Mrs. Hughes
/ Mortimer, grimly, Il shall send you
| back to your mother tomorrow. | can
! not for an instant countenance any OF
! this sort of thing. The idea of your
marrying a slip OF bank clerk, with
out penny. when YOU have the alter
native of becoming Cleveland CARTS
ford's wifer'
Don't be vexed, aunty,' pleaded
! kitty, putting up her red mouth for
kiss. Il can't be false TO my own ideal
! Of womanhood. / can't give my hand
to Mr.. Carisford when my heart is
| Frank Elv's already"
Great was the astonishment OF Kitty 5
! parents on learning that their daughter
had refused a match so desirable in
every respect.
The girl must be crazy said Papa
Price. who had seven younger daughters
to dispose Of.
Mad. Infatuatedr' echoed Mamma
Price. But we must write to her. she
shall not come here to put the same sort
OF nonsense in her sisters heads.
So while Aunt Olivia was writing to
her sister that Kitty must 90 home at
once. Mrs. Price was writing counter or
dars that Kitty must on no account be
allowed to return until she had learned
70 behave herself
To this state OF affairs Kitty very soon
! recoueiied herself.
Very well. Aunt Olivia said she.
calmly. You viii not have me. Mann
ma declines TO receive me back at home.
Does it ever occur to you what is to be-
come of me9"
My pet" coaxed aunt Olivia, ''all
viii be well if you will but consent to
become Cleveland Caristord's wife.
'Neverr' said Kitty, resolutely.
Then you VIII have to shift Tor your
sell the best way you can, said Mrs.
Hughes Mortimer.
Ii is but justice to the latter lady to adj
nit that she did not mean ali thai her
words implied.
Kitty, however, took it all in earnest
S., that very evening, she went around
to a little ivy-draped church in ;hf
naighborhood and married Frank Eiiv.
.shiv own dearest!' he murmured
Sod grant thar may prove faithful Il
v,ur irust.