The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-10-16

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x Kate Ingleby stood at the drawing
room window III Cursor street tapping
the tip Of her little Wellington boot
impatieptly with her riding-wI.ip.. A
sharp summer shower was .pattsriny
down. upon the street, aud Kate was
waiting until twas over,to 60 out for
her daily ride. Not that shower of
rain made, US a rule, much difference
to.Miss tlgleby for she was accustomed
to 90 out III all weathers, She vailed
to-day, simply because the friend she
had promised to ride with declined to
goont in a heavy thunderstorm, for
which exercise If wise discretion Kate
heartily despised her. She was getting
very impatient. There seemed no end to
the straight white rain sh ats that came
swiftly down from thu heavy clouds.
Miss llgleby's chestnut mare, Ted by
groom, was walking up mud down out
side. Kate loved her dearly;'sbut there
is limit toequilie affection, and at
last she got tired Of watching her. Oh,
the opposite side of the street was a
bookseller and librarian, to whom she
was accustomed to subscribe for tie
fey three-volume novels, which at odd
times she skinned through. It struck
hsrallut once that heruncle was dining
at his club that night, that she herself
had Encouragement, aud that she had
i. ny =. book ofsn exciting nature where
with to while away the solitary evening
She gathered up her habit in one ha.ld,
md s'illsd forth, picking irer way gin
CRY across the muddy street. She went
into the back part Of tue shop, and
stood turning over whole heap of
works Of fiction Which lay piled together
On the counter. ~ t8 rs g Ss
Miss Ihgleby had a tail well made
figure, Which louked its best in riding
habit. She wa,a handsome girl, and yet
her beauty Was not of the order that is
universally admired. She had bright
brown eyes, a sma i retrousse nose, and
a mouth that was full Of decision and
character, and n small head well set
upon her shoulders. She wore her dark
br,wn hair cut short all round her head
like a boys, aud in Il profnsion of thick
crisp cnrls, upon which her riding-hat
now sat little bit to one side, with q
decidedly rakish air. Miss lrglely had
many accomplishments, but they were
all Of one character. She could rifle fish
and swim; she MAS good actress and a
clever mimic; moreover, she could
smoke cigarettes with enjoyment, and
shout rabbitswith precision. In addition
toall this, she was the actual possessor
Of fifty thousand pounds comfortably
Invested in Government securities.
With all these advantages, it was per-
haps not wonderful that this young lady
had very high opinion of herself Kate
had heard it said that if you wish others
tothink we'll of You, you should begin
by thinking well Of yourself She was
determined to stand well in the opinion
ofotlsr people: to be liked and admir-
ed was monomania with her; SO she
set good example to MANKIND by ad-
miring and liking herself immensely.
As she stood in the far background
of MIR. Adams the booksellers shop
there entered two gentlemen, who came
running in for moments shelter, and
who stoodin the doorway with theil
hacks turned towards her, leaning upo'
their dripping umbrellas Mr.. Adams
Bowed obsequiously and addressed on
of them as My lord begging him &
taken seat. ''My lord, however, a slim
yonny man Of absat twe.ty-eisht, de
clined to be seated and went ontalkm
to his friend Kate glanced once at III
two figures in che doorway, aud she NJ
ticed that my lords freud vas tall an
fair, broad-shoullered and decided,
goodl,oking She did not thiuk, how
e~.s that she had ever seen either {
them before, 81 she paid In particnla
attention 10 them, but went on turnin