The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-04

leiSurely turning over his tubes OF color,
"don't it strike you that this is very like
telling tales out of school? 1t isn't like
ly the young ladies meant you to repeat
these little jokesl"
'But they was dead in earnest
wheezed Tom.
"Much you know about it," said Fill.
ard. 'sNo-you can't have the rod.
Clear out, and remember for the future
never To tattle."
Tom Mix retired much discounted
and Wayne billiard began to paint, but
as he painted be pondered.
''If I'm really the sportof battle" said
he, 81 ought to surrender myself at once.
Pretty little beauties they are-fair and
dark, like a sunbeam and a shadow. side
by sidel
"How happy could I be with either.
Were t'other dear charmer away,
Kitty Farrar is my possessor, Ell? I do
really think l ought to have given that
young marplot the fishing rod after all. y
He laughed as the idea grew in his
mind; yet more and more he liked it.
He had noticed Kitty and lilly oftener
tlir1 bLcJ HAL 0ICe1lllt0 VI. 16 KNEW
that Kitty was the clergyman's niece,
and that Tilly's dead father had been a
colonel in the civil war. He was quite
aware that they were pretty and grace
full, with sweet low voices, and a pictur-
esque way of wearing flowers in their
hair.
"They began a joke" said he to him.
self, s'Tl finish it'll"
Kitty Farrar was spreading table nap
kins out to bleach on the grass beyond
the lawn tennis court. lilly stood hold
ing the basket for her when Mr.. Hill.
ard approached. But the instant they
saw him a gentle ice of Understandable
dignity froze around them. They recog.
nized his greeting as two young duch-
esses might have done.
II can't do it," he told himself, and
fell to talking about the weather. How
he wished that scapegrace Tom had hello
his tongue. But after that he observed
Kitty quietly and often.
'She is a violet in the shade" he
thought. "a dewdrop hiding from the
sun. Yes, I really think I shall ask he,
to marry me, but ! would like my In.
Gle Churchill to see her first"
Uncle Churchill arrived on the scent
"a handsome middle aged lawyer, with
dark eyes and q shrewd mouth.
(Which is lt?' said he.
"Oh, you must decide that for your.
SELF" laughed Wayne.
'"That's hardly fail" said MI. Church.
hill.
ITS SO important that you should be
entirely free from bias or prejudice
pleaded Wayne. "At the end of a weeb
let me know what you think"
AT the end of the week Uncle Church.
Ill reported.
1T can only be lilly Grey" said he.
"She is perfect-simply perfect!"
"Tilly Greyl" repeated Wayne. "Shs
is a very pretty girl, l admit; but as com.
pared to Kitty Farrar'-
81 can only say what I think" said
Uncle Churchill
'"Take another week to consider it,
said billiard.
81 will" said Uncle Churchill.
Kitty and lilly, however, were moi
entirely unobservant of matters, and one
evening when Churchill and billiard re-
turned from a days fishing two stolid
German madchens were waiting al
table. The girls had gone home.
"Their folks wanted Them" Mrs. Nil
said regretfully.
wei follow Them" said Mr.. Hillard
soto voce.
"An excellent ideal" said Churchill
promptly.
Kitty tarrar sat on the doorstep of the
old house with a black kitten in her lal
when Mr. billiard came up the walk
She colored like a carnation-
You see l have found you out" sale
he. "Kitty, were you running away
from me?'
"Not-not because l was afraid" an
swered valiant Kitty.
"Well, wherever you run for thu
future | shall follow" said he. ..becans,
love Won Kit+y y
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