Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-12-17

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moments silence, our call had beer
quite long enough and was rising to go
when Madame Burr,ll relaxed the hun
dredth part of n degree, and said tc
Kate:
"Comc again; l like young com
. pany."
"Thcn will be your company" said
Kate, catching at n straw, "if you viii
lot me coax you up to the point of part
ing with your pitcher. Is II bargain
Shall como and read aloud to youP''
al like to hear reading" replied the
old lady, warily.
Then will come. Shall IL be Thurs.
day aftornoonP have an engagement
tomorrow.
Thursday is my poor day." said her
tormentor. "ro-morrow | shall be sit
ting up"
"very we'll" said Kate, rccklessly,
"l'll come tomorrow.
When we were fairly away from the
house. my cousin said to me: "Ihat
pitcher am determined to have at any
cost. And now am going home with
YOU, for must see Louise minute"
Louise is my balf-sister, dear little
thing, always ready to I'LL any niche
that other people fly out of. have inn
posed upon her good many times my
self, but love her dearly in spite of it.
We found her at the piano. Louise is a
fairly good musician, and has been
thinking of giving lessons.
"Go on practicing, dear" exclaimed
Kate MS we entered. "Only let IL be
something gaycr, more festal, and suit
able for merrymaking. Little Addic
Cathcart has birthday party to-mor-
row afternoon, and | promised to play
for the chidren's dances. But i can
not 20, and you must take my place,
Louise, like an angel you are"
"But do not know the Cathcarts,
protested Louise.
"Never mind that; Mrs. Ben Cathcart
is charming and will make you feel mt
home in five minutes. will write her
| a note tonight and explain matters BE
there at three. I'll do a bigger favor
than that for you some time, dear child.
And will mix sherbet for you myself
in my big blue and white pitcher when
/ have won it.
Then off she went leaving me to tell
the story to Louise, who is of such an
oblging disposition that she could not
refuse to help the affair along. The
next day at half-past two, rs Louise was
putting on her hat and gloves for the
long walk before her, heard wheels
before our door, and looking from the
window saw George Cathcart, whom |
only knew by sight, alighting from an
elegant little phacton. In another mo-
ment the bell rang, and Louise was
soon summoned.
Mr.. Cathcart was very easy and in
different in his manner, she told me af-
terward He came, he said, at the re-
quest of his sister, who feared the walk
would be fatlguing to Miss Upham. He
assisted her into the phaeton with great
politeness, and when he found she en-
joyed driving, gave her an extra turn
through the park. At the house she
was received cordially by Mrs. Ben
Cathcart, and enjoyed the children's
party extremely, playing all her prct-
tiest and merriest pieces for them.
"And | think" she said, with glad,
shining eyes, "that | can have little
Addie for music scholar, and maybe
two or three of the others. Mrs. Cath
cart encouraged me so much, and
praised my playing"
at will have been a lucky afternoon" :"
l said, laughing, 'il it wins Kate the
pitcher and you fortune"
But the pitcher was not won in an af-
ternoon; Madame Burrill took good care
| of that. At the end of week Kute re-
ported progress.
II took SIX different books around for
her to choose from she said, land she
would have nothing to do with the Life
of Lincoln, or poems of any kind, or
even Dickens So began The Woman
in White, and that she enjoys. have
been there four times to read to her. "
''And what about the pitcher?"
asked.
"Oh, carried her big brown one,
SO that they need not mix buckwheats
any more in my glorious beauty, for
was afraid Miss Janet would break it.
So now it clean and bright up in the
corner cupboard, and look at it when
ever go there. | shall get it at last,
Harriet Upham!'
1t was during one of these reading
visits of Katc's that the doctor came in
to attend Miss Janet, who was far from
well. He told her plainly that her con-
stant confinement to the house, and her
waiting upon her mother by day and
sleeping with her by night We're break
ing down her health. sapping her vital
ity, and if he kept charge of the case he
must insist on her occupying separate
room at night, comfortable and we'll
ventilated one. So Miss Janet, wanting
to live and to get well, exerted herself to
prepare a small room off the kitchen,
and at night, after establishing Madame
Burrill comfortably in the grand old
high-post bedstead, bctook herself to
her own modest couch. There she slept
the sleep of the innocent till near mid
night, she was awakened by clutching
at the bedclothcs, and heard trcmu-
lous voice pleading: "Janet, Janet may
lie down on the floor BY your bed?"
And then of course janet heart melted,
and she threw open her bed to let the
old lady lie down by her warm side.
That ended the prescription.
"And do you think an old lady like
that will give you hcrpitcher?" asked,
when Kate told me the story.
"Oh, she's coming up to it," said
Kate. ''She used to say she never
would part with it, but now she says it
doesn't seem as If she could part with
it, and that. you must see, is encourag-
ing. Oh, am sure to have it at last.
But it is provoking sometimes. l have
had to refuse two invitations to drive
with George Cathcart."
"Arc You engaged to him, as report
says" | asked. bluntly.
mo, oh no." she said, with con-
scious look; 'but we are the best of
friends"
"Then," said /, 81 would not refuse
his invitations"
Work first, then play" she replied,
with an arch smile. That means