The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-11-06
A TRIP POSTPONED.

How It Happened That Katie Did Not
Go to the City.
Mr.. Foster was in the hall gathering
his letters and papers into convenient
package as he spoke. .i 'l, H
BE sure you are ready, Katie, when
come. i cant tell when it will be, but
! shall be certain to be in hurry. and
have no time for waiting; SO remember,
If you want to 60 you must be on the
watch. 'fGJ "a 'u Hfht
81 will papa Katie said, positively;
"you needn't be afraid. ! shall get
ready this morning. and be looking out
for you all the while"
Mr.. Foster smiled on his young
daughter. kissed her, then sprang down
the piazza stairs three steps at time.
to catch passing car. He was very
busy man. and was nearly always in a
hurry. On this particular day business
was calling him to the large city, which
was only thirty miles away from the
small one where he lived. Katie was
very fond of going to the city with her
papa, partly because she had friend
living there who was always glad to see
her and did everything imaginable to
make her have good time, and partly
because papa was such busy man he
rarely had time to take her with him.
So when she returned her fathers kiss
and assured him for the second time
she would be sure to be ready, nobody
could have been more certain than
Katie Foster that she was speaking the
truth
An hour afterward Mrs. Bennett, the
housekeeper, called out to her on the
piazza where she sat teasing the cat,
II should think you would go and get
ready, Katie. How do you know but
what your papa will come soonP"
'Tm going in minute" said Katie,
"but papa will be sure not to come this
morning; he can't get away from the
Office in time for morning train"
Ten minutes more and Irish Kate
looked out OF the window and spoke
good-humoredly:
my name is Kate, and I've more
sense than some people Of that name
that know Of II certain Kate of my
acquaintance was going to the city SOM
time to-day you'd see her brushing hel
hair and putting on her best dress in I
hurry"
Katie laughed.
1T doesn't take me so long to prinl
as it does you, Kate" she said; "rl
be ready in good time; don't you b.
afraid. Papa is always later than h
has any idea he will be-"
Another half-hour and Katie hal
really made her way upstairs and lai'
out the dress and ribbons she meant Il
wear, and begun to brush her hair
Then she espied the Sunday-schoo
book she had been reading the after
noon before. 4f..
II declare" she said, stopping shor
in her work, Il forgot all about tina
book. l wonder what became G
Norm Decker I do hope he got TO b
somebody. I'll just read few pages
there will be plenty Of time to dress
after that; papa is sure not to come be
fore the two o'clock train. ! know q
we'll as want to. that we shall not &c
back tonight. I'll put up my nigh
things in bag and have them all ready
and papa's too, 80 he can be comfor'
able if he has to stay, but first I'll rea
just little bit. +" tlt.
So saying she pumped herself on
the white bed which Irish Kate ha
made up nicely for the day. and in tw
minutes more was so absorbed in th
fortunes of Susie and Nettie Decker,
say nothing Of Norm and Jerry, that a
thought of dressing or Of packing we
forgotten. One more warning she hat
Her cousin Edna who was youn
lady and had charge Of her uncle
house, looked in and said: "Wh,
Katie, you ought to be dressed, DEAR
heard Uncle tell you he might come {
any moment, and it is nearly iunc
time"
"rll be ready" said Katie, dreamil,
papa is sure to be late"
But it is late already, child; Il
lunch bell will ring in fifteen minutes
well, it doesn't take me fifteen mi
utes to dress, and papa won't go befo
the two o'clock train. ! feel sure. Edn
you ought to read this book; it is re
exciting"
I'm afraid you will be excited in a
other way before long," was Edns
last warning. but she shut the door al
went on with her work.
: Five, ten minutes more. and a fai
r tinkle of bell about to ring made Kat
. realize that her few minutes had be-
: many, and that the morning was gon
{ She raised herself slowly to 9
' ting posture. still with her eyes on h
, book. II she could only find out whet
D er the General was Jerry's father $
/. would be content to wait for the re
D Suddenly she threw the book from i
: with such force that it landed on t
a floor. kicked off her slippers and beg
= TO button her shoes with anxious has
! She was thoroughly aroused. 1t "