The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23
TOLD BY THE TWILIGHT

Kate said, but last winter fairly outdid
myself"
.Wbnt did YOU dor This in chorus from
the croun seated around the blazing wood
fire.
81 stole horse" she replied, with perfect
gravity
.sstole n lorsolr echoed the chorus ''tell US
about 1t, Kate"
"Verv well. She said Bring me my knit
TIM. Jack. viii vou pleased hate to have
nv tongue ny only busy member. Cant
end III Well, mover mind; come SIT down,
and I'll find i5 myself"
While Kate l. searching for her knitting
will Won not allow tho q orus to he presented
IN voug we. the o,,cggs, are Hates guess
a, her charming oil homestead in Sussex.
We are not all sopranos and altos by any
mcong. there are IN equal number Of ex-
tre,ncly agreeable tcnors and bafitones. Fol-
Kate the door Of queer things, never dem-
oneirated her queerness by inviting lot Vi
women TO spend October with her in coun-
try house only 70 leave them 70 lan9uish be-
fore each others eyes
Nor did she trust 20 such men as the town
might offer; she imported her own sped-
mons. and wnosocvcr received an invitation
to "Aiorninrsiden could rely upon the choice
ness of the specimens THIS lad heff -, IN
the days when Eat was entirely "fancy
fre, and lived at "Morningside" with a
chaperone as charming as she was useless,
and now that the grand old place had II mas
ter as well rs mistress the same rule OF
agreeable pairing of was still adhered To-
Which proves. does 1T not, that Kate was
glorious exception TO tho rule of average
YONG married women, who, being quite
content with thCiT own life cavalier, dream
not that other maidens may sigh for other
companionship than hisi
This wns or first October at Morningside
since katc's marriage, and, on the particular
evening whereof | write, we were seated in II
semieifcle around the blazing logs, Kate in
the middle and Jack, hcg husband very near
her. when size announced her last oscapade
Il smile might have been seen lowering about
his lips, amused al first then melting grad
ually into one VI extreme tenderness, which
said quite as plainly as words that Rates
story was one oi interest e. hm.
do YOU believe ia the deprayity Of mani
mate object Kate inquired when she
Joined us again
Il do. / ava willing t. swear that | left
this knitting CA yonder liable. ] found it in
the library uud,r chair, where il had de
hberatcly hidden itself away from me"
1T must be feminine, said Berry, casting
reproachful glance al Laura. and therefore
bound TO be as ccsrayating as possible"
~ knew very vel You would chase it,
Kate" said Laura calmly.
Imagine its disappointment fyou hadn't,
Kate" said Jack, smiling saucily nj Laura.
b.
they never run away except they are morally
certain Of being cLas.d'
Is Emitting They asked Jack, gravely
no, but women are You know what /
mean
"Dut the story. said Laura. who did moi
fancy the turn the conversation had taken.
"Oi course. the storyT We exclaimed to-
gether
"Wcl,n said Kate, settling herself com
fortably in her chaig. "IOu know | spent
winter before last in Boston, and being
thoroughly tired Of hotel life, and not caring
to take a house of my own, ! went TO large
boarding house need not describe it. you
know that by some mysterious ruling Of the
unseen fates a boarding house is nothing
anore nor less than Taliying ground for
widows, and mine was no exception TO this
rule There were widows in every stage Of
bereavement and every stage of mourning:
from the indisputabie hue of real grief to the
delicate tint of questionable sOrrow. Some
were natural widows who had really lost real
husbands, Others Of that variety called grass
because they spring up everywhere, just
as grass does. ! suppose. But all called them
selves widows or one only shall | speak,
Mrs. Otis From my arrival 10 my depart
ure Mrs. OTIS was constantly Oh the watch
for Inc 10 do queer things And | did my
best to crafty her desire; 1 never disap.
pointed her, if could help il. When | failed
90 furnish her with a weekly morsel TO roll
under her tongue SIZE was positively offended,
and looked upon it as personal aifront.
Yet in spite OF my genuine efforts to be useful
to her as a moral wleTewith To adOrn her
many tale OF feminine idiosyncrasics she
never appeared specially grateful to me. In
fact, We were 80 mutually antagonistc that,
although noolen warfare existed between us,
IL was evidcnl enough that We were not
friends One Of the bright young girls in the
house spoke Of Mrs Otis always as my par
ticuiar enemy But enough OF that. She
has since married, and had 1 longed for re-
venge | couldn't have iad sweeter.n And
Kate laughed unsteady.
WHY we clamOred
Because She married the man she didn't
want But no more Of her now You know
no one can live in Boston without becoming
tainted with literary and intellectual ambi
tions, and was no heroic exception to that
rule That winter Browning was the idol
worshiped lie has ever boon my idol as you
know, and from my enthusiastic study Of his
vigorous poetic philosophy Of life | was
deemed tit 10 conduct Browning class. We
met at the house Of a charming woman who
was such a sufferer that her couch was liter
oily her home She lived in one of the lowell
est houses have ever SEEN one Of the lowell
est lives have ever been brought in contact
with But there was this disadvantage, so
far "a l YVES concerned, her home was some
eight miles from tho city, and most ideally
remote from the vulgar convenience Of
railroad Consequently l was obliged TO
drive over One very cold January after
noon was waiting impatiently for the con-
yeyance that was 10 take me 10 W. ]
was ready, warmly wrapped in furs and pre-
pared 10 defy the cold, aud did not relish