The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-08-20

O-A-o It's nonsense, Is II feFnapS
there isn'tfzny Kitty Corysien p
But there is. and she has called upon
me at my ofiee.'
~Yes, and you are going 50 find house
for here in this village
I have promised her that I viii do
So"
Oh, how cooIly you take IT -
But, my dear Josephine, viii YOU
listen to me just for one momenss Let
me-
No, sir. I viii not want nothing
more to do with you; 90 to your Kitty
Oh. don't tell me-she's been in your
Office how many different times And
and
WeII-what more? Let Us have the
whole charge"
OH Didn't you-SlidR't you-onIy
yesterday, when she got out Of the
coaeh-didn't you-Oh, you faIse-hearted
man -
Didn't what: Josey ~
Don't call me Josey Don't you ever
dsre to do it again Oh, you took your
Kitty in your arms
No, mol deny that in toto" broke
in Henry, smiling, in spite CT his Efforts
to the contrary.
well-you-you KISSED HERi So
there -
My dear Josephine, to that plead
guilty"
You-you do = gasped the stricken
girl, utterly confounded by the ma7's
impervious audaeity She struggled
up from the blow and pointed to the
door.
There there, sir. is the door Go,
and never-never let me look upon your
face again. Cor
He gazed uDon her for brief space-a
few secondhand then with something
very much ike smile upon his frank
and honest face he turned and left the
room-and left the house, saying to HIM
self as be went
Poor child 1 viii not blame her. If
she did not love me 50 truly and we'll she
would not feel 50 deeply
He knew very well who had mzde the
mischief. A certain maiden, who had
sought in vain 70 win his smiles-who
had thrown herself almost into his arms
repeatedly. and whom he had been fore
ed to repulse-had seen his fair client
alight at the door Of his Office, and had,
very likely, seen him kiss her for he
had done that thing, and had done it
most lovingly.
Meantime an unhappy maiden sat all
alone N the great drawing-room of Judge
Archer's he had been Judge Of probate)
imposing residence She had never in all
her life been SO unhappy before. As she
recalled the face Of her lover. she could
not believe that he was a traitor Could
he be false to herr Oh, she would not be-
lieve IL And yet-yet-that kiss-Kate
and Belle both saw it or Kate did, at
any rate. And he acknowledged it, too !
Oh, that is too much
Josephine, my lear child = said her
father, at that moment entering the
room, what in the wide world is the
meaning Of ali this What has hap
pened ?"
She did not answer him she only bent Z
her head lower, and sobbed more violent /
ly. Then her mother spoke, but not with (
the depth of emotion that had character
lied the speech of the father
Josephine, this is nothing but a low
er's quarrel, and all on your part, III be /
bound You've been doing something
foolish
The girl was upon her feet on the in
slant. her hands clenched, her teeth set,
and her eyes flashing.
4 lovers quarrel :" she gasped, on
my part Oh, you don't know what the
-the-wretch has been doing He Is
false false false ~
Bot, my dear child, what has he been
doing ,"
He's done enough. am not his first
love-not his true love. She--she-has
followed him here-his sweet Kitty Co
ryden, and he hugged her-and-and-
kissed heron the very sidewalk oh, /
on, oh F
His what his who g' asked the
Judge, choking and gasping as he spoke.
His Kitty Coryden..v - snapped the
maiden, with terrible rindictivenesss.
The effect upon the father was marvel
lous. He sank down into chair, his
face puffed and purpe, and when he
could catch his breath he burst into an
uproarious fit of laughter, and be was
laughing, with the teas streaming down
his cheeks, when the door communion
ting with the front hall was unceremo-
niousiy opened, and
Enter Henry Gilman. Esq, with I
Iady-for a lady sh. certainly was
4 mild, blue-eyed, sWeet-Elced woman,
petit and plump, q wealth of golden
brown tresses escaping from beneath a
jaunty little hat of aceand ostrich feath- Z
ers in short, 3 woman whom anybody
might have loved at Eght for she was
not only beautiful, butshe looked good,
and true and brave. She was certainly
older than Harry Gilman but, then,
many a match has been made between
parties more widely separated by age
than were those two.
Judge Archer and Mrs. Archer, have 4
the pleasure Of intrDncing you to my
mother"
The Judge had reco-ered himself i'm
mediately upon the entrance Of the new
eomers, and he was nd all surprised by
the introduction Henry had spoken
with him on the subject of finding 4
house such as mother would Ike TO live
in, for he had persuaded her to come and
make her home neal him, If not with
him.
Mrs Archer was somewhat surprised
for she had not known that Henry was
expecting his mothers arrival and she
was furthermore surprised upon behold
ing Ia that mother woman so young