The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-10-19
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and vaned. Tic col OF the year drew
on apaco. The groves about Ternwood
turned from emerald 10 ruby and gar
net, then so0e9cd Gown TO dull topaz.
Katherine was much out of doors with
Star, who had not been well through the
sumner Twice had he lain very low.
She had called Dr.. Mcneil, the old Scotch
| physiciau, from Southwick. Notin pride,
not in revenge had she called in the new
and forsaken tho old Katherine was very
humble row. Her past was ever before
her, sometimes to accuse and reproach,
always to humble and soften her. No
one would call her proud now nor
naughty. But she had called Dr.. Mcneil
in order to spare herself and out of pity
to herself.
Il cannot endure to see what have
lost she thought; s.thas might have
been mine, but which now belongs to an
other"
She did not know that by so doing she
was wounding yet more that true heart
which was trying TO believe that Kath-
crime Weatherly would never more be
aught to him; that by rejecting his
help which she had promised never to
do she had cast away forever all thought
of him.
On one of these fall mornings, as she
walked The wood paths with Star, gath
ering the Few late wildaowers, John
Pidgin came through the grove, market
basket IN hand, on his return from relic
huntin',n IS he termed his marketing, in
his contempt for northern grown garden
stuff. "As purity as u pictur'l" he ex-
claimed aloud as his appreciative eyes
caught sight Of the beautiful mistress Of
Fernwood, her lilac gown dropping down
in long folds from beneath little shout
der wrap very soft and white and cling
ing. Fer crown Of snow white hair
ali, white now as the driven snow--her
dark brows and darker eyes, the hutter-
ing pink of her cheek, formed q picture
indeed SO quantity sweet, SO poetic one
might fancy she had stepped down from
an old bit of Dresden china into the
midst Of the dry arltuAin wood and the
dying year. Little Star at her side
was very like his mother in feature, the
same straight brows and brilliant eyes.
His dark coat and scarlet cap were in
pretty contrast to Katherine's garments
so dainty and ethereal in coloring.
John Pidgin's admiration Of 'sthe
Missus" was unbounded. He had stood
patiently for hours, and sat uncomplain-
ingly on a relentless wooden chair for
many half day while Katherine made
various charcoal attitudes and oil stud
les Of him. His plain but honest face
hung in the Lean exhibition at North
End for the benefit of ST. Lulze's hos
pital and the mission to Ramapatam,
the study being chosen rather for its
vigorous execution than for any ideal
qualities in the subject.
Il heard tell some news over to North
End, Miss Katherine" began John in his
drawing voice. 1.-THE Methodist minister
is welcomin' his seventh daughter bible
number) and both the muses. are leavin'
st. Luke's today. Miss Loomis is goin'
to polish up at tumor- and-cancer hos
pital in New York, and little Miss STUFF
fer is goin' homo to get married"
Katherine bent low over clump of
goldenrod. her whitening face deep ia
the feathery blooms.
'sShe has a purity face, little Miss
Stuffer, and they'll miss her voice in the
choir come Christmas and Easter con
tinued John.
Still no response.
Wonder how the cowboys and ranch
ers viii appreciate her singin' Tie Deuns
and SUCH John chuckled with sense
of his superior culture. "She's goin' to
live on the frontier, you know"
Katherine turned like a statue on its
pedestal.
Whom does she marry, john"
"Oh, some blood relation or other,
uncle or cousin, they say. That's con-
trary to Church o. England doctoring.
Miss Stuffer pears ndddlin' pious, too.
reckon she must have skipped the last
pages Of the prayer book. Torn out, per-
haps."
But Katherine had fed the place.
"What ails your mother, Star, boy? ]
think she's took with chill or faintin
spell. She looked 80 scared like, and as
white as this celery stick that's been I'M
derground FOR months and just come tc
the light O. day. Let's so in and see"