Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-01-18

one else WAS IneTe. Inc committee OF
ladies, the gentlemen invited 10 meet
them; the graceful and persuasive
speaker who was to convince them, but
not a legislator.
Some OF the ladies said they must be
bashful. and some said they feared the
weather, and the gentlemen declared
the proper refreshments had not been
promised, and when half-past four
came Judge Roberts said in low tone
to Katherine that she was right in her
estimate of the relative Importance of
hats and arguments, and 50 took his
leave
In the evening the Judge went back
TO his office, and on the way he stopped
to see Katherine and to condole with
her He found her sitting in front OF
the IRE. Her bonnet lay on the table
She still wore her velvet dress and she
looked tired.
"You have not been long IMP" he
said, glancing at one gloved hand
'NO. l staid TO dinner with Mrs.
Elliott"
"welIP" he said.
~Well?" she replied.
Were you disappointedf'
because the legislators did not
come? No, was not.''
Your dress was all right?"
81 was over-dressed- There wasn't
a rich woman there who was dressed as
l was, and they were all rich"
"There was not a woman there who
was as beautiful
And 1 ought not to have worn a
bonnet"
"You looked well in it. You were
right about it,
She gently sighed and began to un
button her glove.
81 am sorry" he said, "that you
were disappointed.
~ was not" ;" she answered, looking
up, quickly. "You don't suppose
really care SO much for dress? 1t was
a whim. or course 1 am sorry 1t wa:
such fiasco."
"You are tired" he said, in an snx,
! ious tone.
''No-yes, L am"
What is the matter with you
katherine?"
She looked into the fire. Then she
| glanced at him with a mixture OF shy
ness and defiance in her eyes.
Tonight. she said, "Mr. Elliott
was very cross. He was annoyed be
cause his wife put herself in such 4
position"
Mrs. Elliott is very lovely
woman" replied the Judge. 81 have
great liking for her,"
Yes" said Katherine
''He did not scold you?" said th'
| Judge, after a moments silence.
''No." And Katherine colored and
smiled. "That is the very trouble.
envied her. L was more to blame. She
! trusted to the good faith of others.
was silly, vain, ridiculous, and there is
no one who cares enough for me tC
scold me for It"
'Do you want me to scold you?'
mo" she cried. ~ want you u
forget all my fooIishness. Tomorrow
will be wiser. L am tired nOw.n
The Judge looked at her In great
surprise. What a very woman she
was. He had thought her superior 10
the little toibles OF her sex. And how
very nice she was.
He walked about the room a mo.
ment, and then he went to his Office.
Katherine cried a little. She was
certainly very tired. She had never
before been so lonely. She hated heI
rooms. She hated the legal status oi
women. She hated inspectors, and
hated music lessons, and she felt thai
she was very cross, and quite right il
being so.
The Judge was not cross, but he did
/ not Ike his Toom nor his office, and he
began TO stop still more frequently Il
see Katherine, tut he gave her no more
points" Neither did he scold her
and yet Katherine seemed satisfied.
tie wanted her TO be married in the
/ poppy red hat, but she declared II Wa:
horrid and all out of taste, and She
much preferred her gray beaver. But
l the Judge did not. He liked the reC
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