The Irish standard., 1888-11-03
.~e from the cou1try, and suppose youare
one Of the family. $50.
Merely an old friend,'' the Captain ex-

ore from the cou1tsy, and suppose you xo
ono Of the family. ~
..Merely an old friend, )" the Captain ex-
planned. -.
IS An old friend, chi Then I'm glad took
the precaution Of speaking to you. You
must deal gently with her, for she's seen
about as much tronble as she can BEAR
and il you're going to worry her with any
bad news or other unpleasantness you won't
see her at all, aud that's plump"
The Captain felt very uncomfortable.
"The piano mans. been here this morning
and taken the instrument away, though she
starved herself to pay the hire, AID too
proud she is to let me help her. Lord above
knows what she'll do if some Of her people
don't turn up-but, gracious, I'm letting my
tongue wag, and precious mad she'd be II
she knew I'd let on about her troubles"
seMay see her, pleasea" the Captain
asked, meekly.
eyes, I suppose must tell her you are
here" the woman said, reluctantly "Walt
few minutes and will fetch her"
Left to himself, the Captain began to de-
plore the obstinacy of women in general and
Kate Frobisham in particular. Why, in the
name of goodness, couldn't she let his boy
alone? But he would bring this young per-
son to her senses before he left the city,
sure as his name was Daniel Winthrop.
Suddenly the door opened and Kate
Frobisham stood before him.
Now, it is one thing for an elderly gentle
man to make big resolutions and another to
carry them out when he is confronted by
lovely young woman looking exasperat-
ingly beautiful, and piercing his very heart
with glance Of pitiful entreaty. Such
hot oh hot
fortune should deal so hardly with her. So
propriety Of her conduct, he found himself
holding both the girls hands in his and
drawing her to him with fatherly kiss.
II was so surprised to hear you were
Gomez she said, III shy, soft tones.
sand so glad, my pretty-say you were
glad too"
II think am glad-nay, Twill say am
sure I am glad, CAPTAIN Winthrop"
For an hour they talked, yet not word
Gid the wicked Captain say Of the object
which had brought him to the city; and so
confidential did they become that when she
showed him some water-colors she had
sketched III the vain hope of selling them,
he had the unblushlne inendaoity to declare
that he knew q picture dealer who Yves ach.
ing to secure just such things, offering, il
she would entrust them to him, to transact
the business for her-which he did much TIC
her wonderment and satisfaction.
Then be pleaded that sha must nave pity
On his loneliness in the city and 'show him
about Bit" and even succeeded in In.
weighing her to dine with him at his hotel
and drive IN the park with him, and alto
gether conducted himself in such repre-
hensible manner, that I am sure the reader
has lost all confidence in him. !; s 49,
The next day was repetition Of tho pre-
vious one, and the more he saw OF the
charming girl the more his heart warmed
towards her, and ne became so demonstra-
tive in his affection that he scandalized Mrs,
Wilson, Kste's landlady, so that she felt
it her duty to warn the young lady agains'
the danger OF the elderly gentlenan's ad,
miratjon, which brought the first smile she
had seen in Kate's face for many q day.
BY and by they became more confidential
and she told him many Of the struggles
through which she had passed and her man.
ner OF enccuntering them, all of which tend.
ed to more deeply impress him with the fact
that she was jewel Of q girl who could
hold her own under any difficulties.
But the crisis of the Captains incOnsisr
tencies came upon the third day of his visit
to New York. Bright and early he was al
Mrs Wilson's house, for Kate had promised
to accompany him on q trip to Staten Isl.
and. AS he sat in the little dingy parlo1
waiting her arrival-for Kate was not with
out the feminine weakness Of being wee
bit behind time in getting ready--he saw
scrap Of paper lying on the floor and recog.
missed at once Harry's handwriting. I make
no apology for the inielicacy Of his action.
Tor am simply g historian, but the wicked
Captain picked it up and deliberately read
it through. It was a portion Of letter con:
tanning the following:
"While acknowledge that he is the best
father man ever had, am deeply panied
to add that there is no sign of that unrear
scnable ani1nosity to the name Of Frobish.
am wearing away; and il, as you say, you vii