The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-07-12
THE TWO KATES.

Don't look so doubtful. mother and
Nate Everett wound Lcr arms round
her mothers waist, sinking down be.
s'de her at The wCmFnt with a pretty.
graceful attitude an her own.
on DE not appreciate lIl the diff
Guilty hniic. Aud a4l then 10 think
that you mus- teach i1r uur daily food
while ! sit iiIy here, tiod down 6v INV
ill-hcaith Oh, Kate, % IS very hard to
hcar,
1T Is right uat Il should be so
mother. II % bad not been for vorr
love. your Sind teaching, ] should mot
now be 81 Tor the liir before me. You
hHst taught me. and from my alphabet
20 the last sonata / pTacicel owe ali
| know % You Is it not Just that /
should now repay yOu,my dgar, patient
mother-
Mrs EvrFct's hands nz=sel cares
siugly over the bright cur.s hat shaded
her child beautiful face. but SO an
not answer. Only iu flp tender taf.cb
OF her small white hluI did She give
any token OF how her heart vas ulect-
cd. She had been widow lu- fifteen
years and siara Katie was q wee bthv
bad let her affections geutUr In hcr
child's life. Her marriage had mt
been a happy one 10 bad been mld6
by her parents. and she q slv tImiJ
girl, bad lct herself be- Influenced Bv
their stronger will Years before. when
she was schoolgirl. hUF life bad been
rilded Tor the time 1y ilc dgasm Of love
thlt opens every woman ne TO hIEh-
er thoughts lW Err sutton was poor
and Obscure the SON Of au ambitious
carpcntlr. who was spending bits lli To
educate tht' boy, aaI her father bad
fruwued down rLa IrCsumpll0gs youth
a. bis tist cali He was modest,
dreamy, and poor she, shy t.mid. and
obsd.gnt; s1 they separated With only
l0gEi1E Eh over their Castls-builG-
ing b -llsiy and Coitly caird. And
vixen as she reached uGmlgbU8I Kate
seyl rIr beard OF doe rDFlsl. Of rho
Figb Leigh Everett, she wondered o
little bow DO learned % love her iu
their shurg acquaintance 10 social cir
cles bui quietly submitted tg her moth
ors wish. her fathers command. and
became hi, wife Fonr years later DO
died and ia bis grave bis willow tried
20 bury the memory OF bitter sorrow,
ucZiret, Lar-lur-s. cutting sarcasm.
and the uukiGdjy used vie taat had
made her married lie maEryrdom-
He LEFT her wealthy. aud she spared NO
expense On the education OK her only
child. the Kate % Ribs slarg. Every
lesson was given Ga her 5Tl presence,
her patient care directed every hour OF
auil and practice. while fIe rccrea-
tons were iutici1Usly paHusI 20 give
hegith % the childs graceful form and
animation to her movements. Riding.
dancing. aud walking were daily in
sisted uulu. EHL now. % 10, hate
EUorgtts suuuy LllFr perfect bea.tu.
ard graceful manners spoke az g.o-
qaenIly " her mothers care as her
fluent conversation in French and
German. Dor brilliant lingering Of tie
piauof1rIe LeTs nF beg cultivated tastes
and pursuits. And just as the fond
mufheFs helitn ugvcr strong. began 10
Er0U mggl feeble, a crash came ia
business Affairs thgr swept away her
large ic-1mc. IflTiar her mere pit
tanec iu place OF her former wealth
SIZE had never saved. for both from her
u4rrnts aud husband she had Inherited
money. and Size Iirad fully lp 90 her IN
come. dispensing large sums DO en'Ii 4,
ard liyiag iu luxury. The lilo" len
heavily upon her. She was ia-'ts.eu ~
cone with Poverty. and she shraus with
a sIsE sbuid.rfn. from the idea o.: see
inr Kate working for her living Al
wars timid and reserved, sHa gave up
utterly for times while hatc, In every
moment Of leisure nursing iaIt IeN
SOUGHT for some means OF earning her
bread. One 0i their friends, anxious
70 aid her, told OF child whose iAs.'e'
was seeking a EuTerness, and iN'te SP-
piled by letter Tor the si'u-.loh- 9L 1l
had already sought and found g sIAt.l
house. which she furnished from lhelt
own large mansion, and there on tAe
day our story opens We md the Two
haJeS- .,- ,--,-.-,-
n long silence. ''has some disease OF '"t
SHINE that makes her incuraDly IALie'
and her father wishes her TO nave
goycrncss who viii teach her orally
ana be careful that she does not under /,
take TOO much mental eNeTtlon. L sH"t'
be there only five hours every aaS' 80
we will still have our afternoons auu
greetings together. IL
And the narlc2n asked tho mother
Inter 20 at once.
&c see Myers
''MVoTst An, hLtlr, AohEr 4DHE So,
when i went TO b0Iriing-schoo.. haa
a lover named Myers-Horace Myers,
..Ten me about it, said Kate. with
a girls eager interest in love story
@There is very little TO tell. dear.
The COLLEGE where he studied was IN
the same village where Invent to school.
one day, in a high wind, I lost my veil
and he caught il. This led TO speak
inc acquaintance, and we met very re
o'ently at little parties given ia the
VILLAGE. One summer we both re-
manned at school during the holidays
and thon we met every day, for there
Was Int little restraint in either school.
He \, /, very handsome, with gentle
,rirning manners. We were both re-
served and shy among our companions
and having no associates IN sc1yol'
nerhaps made us happier together 9at
ii if Well, dear, we fancied then that
III wound be very worthless five could
mi, mass it together; but, after l LETT
school. my father was very angry be
cause Horace was poor and the son o,
, carpenter. and so, dear, be woulI
not allow him to visit me. and / heard
Int he went to California when the
GOLD fever broke out. don't know
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