Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-10
LOYAL AT LAST.
A Tale of Love and Adventure in
 tho Late Civil War.

arc from the country. and l suppose you arc one of the family
 s.Merely an old friend," the Captain cx- plAincd
 An old friend, oh: Then I'm glasi I took the prccauton of speaking to you. You must deal gently with her, fer she's seen about as much trouble as she can bear, and if you're gong to worry her with any bad news or otherunpleasantness you won't see her at all and that's plump"
 The Captain felt very uncomfortable.
 ''The piano mans been here this mornlng Q and taken the instrument away, though she starved herself to pay the hire, ard too proud she is to let mo help her. Lord above knows what she'll do if some of her people don't turn up-but, gracious, Pm letting my tongue wag, and precious mad she'd be if she knew I'd let on about her troublcs.'
 May l sec her, plcasc!' tho Captain asked, mcekly.
 "Yes, suppose must tell her you are hcre," the woman said, reluctantly. "Walt q few minutes and will fetch hcr''
 Left to himself, the Captain began to de- plorc the obstinacy of women in general and Kate Frobisham i'll particular. Why, in tho 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, w
 Suddenly the door opened and Kato 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 exaspcrat- mgly beautiful, and piercing his very heart with q glance of pitiful entreaty. Such q sad, sweet face, too! What a shame that fortune should deal so hardly with her. So instead of reading her a lecture on the i'm propriety of her conduct, he found himself holding both the girls hands ill his and drawing her to him with fathcrly kiss. "I was so surprised to hear you were come,' she said, in shy, soft tones.
 And so glad, my prctty-say you were glad too.''
 |" think am glad-nay, will say l am sure am glad, Captain Winthrop"
 For an hour they talked, yet not d word did the wicked Captain say of the object which had brought him to tho city. and so confidential did they become that when she showed him some watcr-colors she had sketched Ill the vain hope of selling them, he had the unblushing mendacity to declare that he knew a picture dealer who was ach- ing to secure just such things, offering, if she would entrust them to him, to transact the business for hcr-which he did much to her wondcrment and satisfaction.
 Then he pleaded that she must have pity on his loneliness in tho 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 q repre- hensible manner, that am sure tho reader has lost all confidence in him.
 The next day was a repetition of the pre- vious one, and the moro he saw of the charming girl the more his heart warmed towards her, and he became 50 lcmonstra- tive ill his affection that he scandalizcd Mrs Wilson, kate's landlady, so that she felt it her duty to warn the young lady against the danger of the elderly gentlcman's ad- miration, which brought tho first smile she had seen in kate's face for many 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 encountcring them, all of which tend ed to more deeply impress him with the fact that she was q jewel of girl who could hold her own under any difficulties.
 But the crisis of the Captains inconsis- tencies came upon the third day of his visit to New York. Bright and early he was at Mrs. Wilson's house, for Kate had promised to accompany him on a. trip to Staten Isl and. As he sat in the little dingy parlor waiting her arrival-for Kate was not with out the feminine weakness of being wee bit behind time in getting ready-hc saw a scrap of paper lying on the floor and recog- nised at once Herry's handwriting. I mako no apology for the indelicacy of his action, for am simply historian but the wicked Captain picked it up and deliberately read it through. It was portion of letter coll- taining the following:
 "Whilc l acknowledge that he is the best father man ever had, am deeply paincd to add that there is no sign of that unrca- sonable animosity to the name of Frobish- sm wearing away, and if as you say, you w,!I