The Penn's Grove record., 1888-01-14

one else was there. The committee OF
ladies, the gentlemen invited to meet
them; the graceful and persuasive
speaker who was to convince them, but
MT 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 a low tone
to katherine that she was right in her
estimate of the relative importance Of
hats and arguments, and so 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 IN the table.
She still wore her velvet dress and she
looked tired.
"You have not been long IMP" he
said, glancing at Il gloved hand.
"NO. l staid to dinner with Mrs.
Elliott"
"Wellp" he said.
"Wellp" she replied.
"Were you disappointment"
because the legislators did not
Gomez No, l was not"
"YOur dress was all right?"
81 was over.dressed. There wasn't
a rich woman there who was dressed as
| 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"
''Yon looked well in it. You were
right about it,"
She gently sighed and began to un.
button her glove.
IL am sorry" he said, "that you
were disappointed"
81 was not" she answered, looking
up, quickly. "You don't suppose l
really care so much for dress? 1t was
a within. or course l am sorry it was
such a fiasco."
You are tired" he said, in an anx-
ious tone.
"No-yes, I 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.
"To-night." she said, "Mr. Elliott
was very cross. He was annoyed be-
cause his wife put herself in such q
position"
MRS. Elliott is a very lovely
woman" replied the Judge. 81 have
a great liking for her,"
Yes" said Katherine.
"He did not scold your" said the
Judge, after a moments silence.
smiled. "That is the very trouble. 1
envied her. | was more to blame. She
trusted to the good faith Of others. I
vas silly, vain, ridiculous, and there is
no one who cares enough for Int to
scold mt for It,"
"Do you want me to scold you?"
mo" she cried. 81 want you to
forget all my foolishness. Tomorrow
l will be wiser. am tired now"
Inc Judge looked aJ nef In great
surprise. What a very woman she
was. He had thought her superior to
the little foibIes 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 her
rooms. She hated the legal status OF
women. She hated inspectors, and
hated music lessons, and she felt that
she vas very cross. and quite right in
being SO.
The Judge was not cross, but he did
not like his room nor his office, and he
began to stop still more frequently to
see Katherine, hut he gave her no more
points" Neither did he scold her,
and yet Katherine seemed satisfied.
He wanted her to be married in the
poppy red hat, but she declared 1t was
horrid and all out of taste, and she
much preferred her gray beaver. But
the Judge did not. He liked the red
bonnet,