The morning call., 1890-06-01

i: TheHuoney had come from his mothers side
3:04-1Le house, and win il cODSumptve taint,
E3yyhItH now DEVELOPED itself aud for years sent
- ll5n* every" winter TO the south OF Eurore. He
-: .ifTi4llv -ojtgeWit. and when we'll Oh toward 80
:;iIade'hiS way back 10 America.
:lLeialIed awhile IN his native town, but many
E.3-dtIs DID friends were dead or had LETT The STATE
= ;tid things seemed yery duli and dreary 10 him
;tlyi DAD: lie had heard many wOndTous tales
=: . 81 lie gfowth:aiid beauty Of New York aud de
:; frmueit0 try Winter there, and, beng some
it ld-fa shioued in Ills tastes he kept clear OF
:.Ii e Grand hotels with European names, Content
Iii himself :witlr.a paTlOr and bedroom in
ar class boarding house IN lower Flttb avenue.
-IUWasTfally an elegant establishment, quiet ana
:.:-rehnedi and was presided over by widow whose
. - husband had be n a member OF tie bar OF O.
:*CobniE, The lady, recognizing The Importance
~ .ofsddiug everything in her power TO make tie
sJuggei- IS comic table possible. proc eeded
-. 10 engage launci ess for him. and KNOWN that
le:Wds ablt OF a crank on The question Of ironing
.bY:smGChlHery assured him that Mrs. Nolan
:z-lreyer. scented to bear any Alwlll against shri
e.. tAtlons. neither rubbing them Oh nor pounding
-. ssIDdeed: nd re, continued Mrs. Finch, his
laHdl4dy5@l n perfectly convinced that you'll
-. .be.peased with Mrs, Nolan's work. Her prices
- area lle higher bdtyoull not object to that"
~. '::Nhete does she hive ' asked the Judge, be-
cOilg interested mi bis paragon Of laundresses.
- ..iiliHetta lane" WIS the reply.
- " a b; goUd.!! answered. Platt, with visions of
i. gC cen. mi eadoTs - l. always like 10 have my
r. CLOTHES. d led, on the: green grass l have
:lQ on:tllat a man Will never get the rheumatism
= :. MIS- Finch smiled and changed the subject
= Nj rs, No Ian was: Qlite as much pleased with
~. ;fhe:ludge as he :wtilheE and he never failed 10
" Chat about the weather. and also, by pretending
10t3t0. have any change, 10 take good care that
IS got ihe6 better OF min their weekly settle
(. SCI: TIatt was now getting. uncomrortably
= cse 10 90 but scarcely looked his age so erect
WIS. his figure. SO eldstichis step and so hand
j. :soine sand clear cut were his fea ures But,
" = although ageniaI and Socs bic man, there was
iE avs a coating of Judicial ice over his manner
s no one seemed quite daring enough 10 put
j. =: low: tapsat his door one day aroused him
Come TO-, he cried, without taking the
..:=tr0uble o leUk around:
:, wa, Your things from. Mrs. Noan's Sir" said
spfti gifish voice.
wilma yawn, Plat fumeled in his pocket for
--<;Some mon Y, then with growl about get
e.. ting old, sent the shade up with run.
I" Excuse me-" be stammered, as he turned
toward Ills YislIori did you say Mis-. NOlan?"
8" Yes, sir I'm her daughter Here's the hill
Plat reached out for it, dropred It picked II
up, stuffed il Into his pOc--s handed il bach TO
1ier, begged pacon b2T dozen times ana
1nay ended by ii6sufng out teu-dollar note to
/" Cafes. Oh. I can't change that, sir ~ exclaimed the
gill, confused by his confusion.
Win no little difficulty Judge Piatt AT last sue
ceeded in recovering his judicial serenity, paying
The bill and Diminishing Ills caller.
AS the door closed behind her, Plat. murmured
o.. ~ Joye What mossrose bud Can it be
possible that sac is Mrs. Noan's daughter? Her
f. big. Cfay-blue eyes are superb, simply superb.
and then her smile, her teeth, her complexion;
could anything be more periect2 l made fool
Of myself over The girl. but it's not the first lime
sG6n eyes haVedstuthed my. peace of mind"
Hearing Mrs, Finchs voice in the hallway, he
called her into his ROOM ::
= Oho5: Judge; lake care cried that lady,
you ate not the hrst OF my bQafders 10 fall III
love with Kitty Nolan, the: belle OF MInetta
-.lanez: But there's one thing about Kitty-she is
rs Indifferent as she is pretty. ! don't think she
can:haVe any heart at all Tor; her mother tells
me size laughs at the laddies Wha.Want TO die for
80 never saw a prettlel grip cried Plat
pS flad han eve .KpltaF ba
that she Was:not only fancy free but extremely
;. haGds'r 10. please: II grapes didn't hang high,
- foxes would never want them.
- An; those eyes. those eyes, " unused Plat 10
- himself ana his thoughts went back to his old
= .::;hofie litfe county OF O-,;and he himself
=: seated beneath The figure OF Justice in the old
:Cjufl-huuse, and II seemed 10 him that among
lie ciowd that filed the gallery he could see one
.;1%hose large gray-blue eyes were beaming upon
!. =: lin andthe sweet word wife" trembed on his
r.. lips.@:- - =. -.
II he Judge was called upon to submit to a great
Ideal. Of good-humored ralllery when it became
uown at Mrs FincPs that pretty KITTY Nolan,
the belle OF MineLia lane, had disturbed the ju-
= diefal placdily of his daily life. He made no
-. SECRET OF his admiration.
.::lf 1NHeIe twenty years younger" said lie TO
- lis lornentoTs, I'D let grass grow under my
..+.~feet until had transplanted that hover to a
=: gaIden worthy OF its bloom and fragrance"
- Whenever Mrs Nolan MAIDS her appearance
- the Judge never failed TO inquire most particu
/: <larly ailerKty, and from time to lime sent her
r; :montbes-for Kitty was a diIiernt resder aud
very ambitious 70 get what Mrs. Nolan termed
= H.. ..Sure,, said the good woman. to Mrs. Finch
- :. hate KIN draw nov as ma ely as liver wan OF
=: them artist chaps Pllbe after shown you wan
=: !. Oi.herplctchures, man,
-: To show The peiciure " TO Mrs Finch was,
-: :; Of course TO let the Judge see il.
=: Al, what did tel you? How could It be
- otherwise? Why the goddess OF wisdom herself
.. =. lladn'tsuc apair Of eyes as Kitty Nolan"
.:s1he next day Plat handed envelope 10 Mrs.
- finch, with the request that she mail Mrs.
q. =: Nolan with his compliments.
- declaration, Judge ?" queried Mrs. Finch
e with mischlevous twinkle in her eye, II so,
III take II myself, personally"
= "a declaration OF my confidence In Kitty's
.,aitstlc ability, that's all for the present." he
-. said laughingy.
The envelope contained notice that Miss Kate
Nolan would be admitted pupil 10 the art
class OF tie Cooper Union upon complying with
:. eeitain requirements
II was quite 10 order for Kitty to call and
ihank.the Judge for his kind interest in her wei
fare.
=. This time 1t was not a basket of clean linen
she brought Will her. but a small Dor folio of
drawings
Platt more and more pleased with her vi.
vaeity and intelligence. No grammatical slips no
ineegant expression, no slang marred her speech
she bad native grace and dignity that was at
once charming and seductive. Once or twice as
they sat looGiDg over the drawings her little
O. head came near the Judges face that he
caught faint trace Of sweetness, which her
bfeal D left in the air, and at once his nina re-
called The dwelling place Of the fair maiden, Mi
=. META lane, aud lie wondered il he would ever
meadows Of that locality some cool summer