The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-07-11
ny shall be fIIl o. ihankfulness II l see
that; and if the employment adds to your
to..3,Ay

fhat; ana II tue employment suue ~ your
happiness" -.
will mako ME very happy, II 1 succeed"
Dearest, / never like to question you
about yourself,s said Rose, in a pleading
tone, "for I know there are h~eart-wounds
which should never be touched. But 1
should be so glad II you would tell me frank
ly, fully, what you are going to do9"
II cannot, dear"
Cannot! o Kathleen, is not that hard
between such sisters as you and me?'
.tAll my life has been hard since tho s1Jt
of May"
And l am to be told nothingp'
.Nothlng more than Ihave4 told you al.
ready. Ihaye taken upon myself an avoca.
early every morning; to be out sometimes
not to be uneasy when I am away from
home"
~ cannot help being uneasy. l am anx-
ious about you every hour Of the day. Why
cannot you stay at home, Kathleen, and lot
me take care Of you? / could get you work
that you could do in your own room; shell
tered, safe, protected from the pollution OF
the streets, from the hearing Of foul lam
guagc, from brushing shoulders with disrep.
utable people,"
~ hear nothing; feel nc degradation. I
think nothing, am conscious Of nothing, but
myown business"
"Is this Observation-Disclosures Of
q good Catholic?"
Eyes, it is respectable. There is warrant
for it in the Scriptures"
Rose looked at her with acutest anxiety.
That pale fixed face, the strange brightness
of the eyes, suggested an exaltation of spirit,
a state of mind which touched the confines
Of madness. And yet the girls voice was
soft and gentle, the girls movements were
quiet and deliberate. There was no wild.
less of gesture, no sign of actual unreason.
Kathleen was terribly In earnest, that was
all.
From that hour the girls health seemed
to improve; both mentally and physically
there was a change for the better. Her eye
had a steadier light; there seemed less Of
cxaltation, of feverish excitement. Her
whole being seemed braced and strengthen
ed, as If by some heroic purpose. Yet there
were times when the light III those stead
fast eyes, the marble lines of the firmly-set
lips, were almost awful.
u OaAAp iiStt . tiiup soNo IA - W
of yours p said Durand's artist-friend, the
~graybeard who had been one of the wit.
| nesses at the double wedding. THAT face
would be magnificent for Jael or Judith, for
Charlotte Corday or Salammbo. That girl
is capable of anything strange or heroic or
deadly. She has the ~tenacity Of a Redskin."
Durand Smiled a sad incredulous smile.
poor child, how little you know herr he
answered. "You clever men are so easily
led away by a fancy. Kathleen is one of
the gentlest souls I know. She adored her
husband, and herRrlef at his death has turn.
ed her q little here" pointing to his fore
head. but she Is incapable Of any violent
act"
"She is capable Of a great crime in a great
cause, as Charlotte Corday was; the gentlest
of souls, she, till she took the knife in her
hand to slay him whom she deemed the
scourge Of her country. / am not led away
by ~fancies, Durand. Faces are open pages
to the eye Of a painter. 1 a read that one,
and know what it means"
Philip took this for the illusion of an
habitual dreamer, and attached no weight
to the opinion. Kathleen had given them
no cause for uneasiness since she com.
menced her "avocation." Her life passed
with an almost mechanical regularity. She
left the house every morning before seven
sometimes even before six. She had beer
observed to go out as early as five. She
came home again at any hour between nine
and eleven, breakfasted alone in her own
%sitting-room, did her homework, her little
bit Of marketing, and then slept or rested
for an hour or two. Then, later in the aft
ernoon, she went out again, to return after
dark.