Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-11-13

MRS. nIn, Katie's mother, looked on ana
wondered. After all her endeavors to
make Katie see the advantage OF accepting
| Herman Schornn, after the fearful scenes, in
which Katie protested her devotion to
Charles, without one word Of explanation,
Herman was taken into favor, and Charles
| was gone.
1t was year since Mr.. Wurtz had been
taken to his last resting-place, and Her
man Schornn was bustling about in his
own home, preparing luncheon for wis.,
itors. The house, his own property, was
situated on the outskirts of the city, where
he transacted his business, and where Mrs.
Hills modest home lay. Often he had
talked to both ladies of his house, his
garden, his paintings, and at last had
| invited them to drive out and lunch with
him.
Il will make Katie give me my answer
to-day" he said to himself, as he hustled
| about, driving the servants frantic by his
fussy orders. 'She has played fast and
loose long enough. Today she shall say yes
| or nop'
But Katie, as if divining his resolution,
kept close to her mother until late in the
afternoon, when Herman, having given Mrs.
| Hill an immense portfolio Of pictures, reso-
| Iutely drew Katie's hand through his arm
ahu ACu nCI lulO a bLuth44 EOOlu1 udlI ADTdTy,
| half business den. Before, however, she had
been a moment in the room she took from
shelf small article, which she examined
with child's curiosity.
'What IS thisp she asked. ''HoW pretty
It is What is it made oft'
THAT is what would give ten thousand
dollars TO know" was the answer, in q
quick, savage tone THAT is Wurtz's con-
founded patent"
"Do you mean Charlie Wurtzp' she asked,
innocently. "Why, he was an old beau of
mine. But never knew he invented any
thing"
sold me the right to manufacture and the
machinery the old fool blew his brains out"
"Oh, how dreadful Was that the rea-
son Charlie and Berta went awayl"
II suppose So"
"But, il you bought it all, why don't you
make thesel l don't believe you did buy
it," she said, in a coquettish, challenging
tone.
Don't youl" he said, opening drawer
In large desk. "Read that"
"But what is it,"
1T Is what Charlie Wurtz would give his
eyes to hold in his hands. 1t is the bill of
sale his father gave me, and which was
fool enough TO pay for without learning the
ScCTcJ Judt IndQc IL Oh any VAlu0."
"But it is Of value, is it notP'
"No. But II it did not exist Charlie
WurtS could work his COMPOUNDED patent
without hindrance. And so keep It. I'll
have my revenge for the old FOOLS swindlel"
81 seei 1t was in this envelope, was It
mott What pity it is of no use. Would
you get me glass Of water, Hermann i
see you have cooler in that corner"
But as she took the water she handed
him the envelope, which he put carefully
away In the locked drawer just as Mrs. Hill,
mindful of the proprieties, entered the
room.
"Just year to-day since l came here"
Charlie Wurtz thought, as he entered the
small room of a boarding house that he
called home, land am as far from Katie
as ever. My patient, loving darling. But
for her letters l think should utterly
despair. But while she is content to wait,
surely am man enough to work"
Then he espied letter, q bulky docu-
ment, under the blaze of the gas he had Just
lighted. A folded paper dropped as he tore
it open, and lay at his feet as he read:
'At last, at last Charlie, send you the bill
OF sale that frees your invention. Don't blame
me for the coquetry that won my way into
Herman Schornn's house, where mother and I
luncheu To-Day. ana don't think L stole this.
Ihave put into the envelope that held IL two
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. notes, part of my little
patrimony, dear, which you shall repay me
some day. He has the full price he paid, but
| has not been driven to suicide. / saw Mr.
! Pratt about week ago, and he says every
| thing Is as you left IL, as both he and MIR.
| Warner were hoping that either you would sell
| your secret or Schornn his interest and they
| get back the money they invested in the ma
| chinery. Burn It'll Tear 1t upl 1t is yours far
more honestly than it ever was Herman
| Schornn's. And come home, Charlie, to
''Your faithful, KATIE"
Tear It'll Burn it'll After reading it,
Charlie Wurtz did both, and packed his
trunk for home and Katie.
Herman Schornn clustered and swore
when he passed the factory in full work,
with Charlie Wurtz directing the men, But
when he hurried home to find the docu.
ment that would shut the doors once more
he found only the price he had paid, and
said some words about woman's treachery
that will not bear repetition.
But Katie Wurtz, the wife of the grea,
manufacturer, who makes her happy as the
day Is long, can never be brought to admit
any wrong In winning back what was
fraudulently obtained, by strategy, when
the full price of purchase was repaid.
But" she says sometimes to Berta, once
more an inmate Of her brothers. home, 81
really would have to count to tell you how
often Charlie has paid me that thousand
dollars. Anna Shields, In N. Y Ledger
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