New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-11

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TO my arm asking me aGain aid again wha' IL
was Nothing. nothing I said There, wait wait a
mi,ute don't YOU know that shall lose you
into m nlef face. 81" it is not that You know YOU
will not lose me- There Is s2methinS else '"e
matter All. Jim went in cab and
Jim is all right. answered rcughy eeiin:
her hand fall from my arm. In that way, at
any rate ~ not ofrailn she answered stoutly.
"if YOU and Jim are all right"
! fook here Kitty | said. making up my mind.
sit down want to talk 70 y ,cId hor I'll With
some Urls il might not have been the best course,
hut Kitty is not like most of the girls | meet
I NOWADAYS -one-haf of whom are blue stockings,
with no more aptitude for the duties Of wives and
mothcrs than the statuctes in n shop window
and the other half are misses III white muslin
who are always either giggling pcrtly or sitting
with their thumbs in their mouths Kitty is,
! companion. a hclprect: God bless her She
knows that Wellington did not night at ltlenhclm
and She does not think that Lucknow is in the
/ Crimea She knows no Greek. and she loves dane
higher very eyes dance at the thought of II.
But she would rather SIT at home with the man
She loves than waltz at marlborough House And
if she has not learned little forifcation on the
sly and does not know how many men stand
between Jim and his company. | am a Dutchman.
Lord when | see n man marry girl Tor pretty
face-not that Kitty has not . pretty face. anu
sweet one. too no thanks TO her fathcr-I wonder
whether he has considered what u WIZ DC 10 sit
opposite my lady. at, say. 2o,9oo meals on an
average. Thaugh That is the test, sir.
So told Kitty ALL and the way Way she too took it
showed me that ! was rlght' a.. Wna,' sme eN,
she had listened treathlcssy. with her face half
turned from me. and her arm on the nant'l-
piece. is that all. father
My dear" l said sadly. You do not under
stand I remembered how often had heard
ay, and sometimes noticed-that womens ideas
OF honor differ from rcn's.
Understand! she nctorted. fiery hot. 4" l
understand that You think jim has done this
thing tins mean, miserable, fwretcbEtl thing
Father" she continued turning with sudden
carncstness and laying both her hands on my
shoulders. so that her brave. gray eyes looked
into my eyes. 81 il three. people came TO you and
fold Won that had gone into your bedroom and
taken money from the cashboX in your cupboard
10 nav some bills OF mine. and that when had
done II had kept II from You. and told stories
about t-if three. four. five people told YOU that
they had seen do IT, would YOU believe them ~
Never Kitty ! said. smiling against my will,
mot though five angels told me 30. my dear
II would be absurd. know YOU too well ."
And this is absurd absurd. do YOU hear.
father? Do YOU think l do not know him
and love him ?"
round the room like mad thing. stopped SID.
denly. and looked AZ me with tears in hcr eyes
and her lips QuiveIinc
could not but take some comfort from her
confidence.
Nd and il seems hardly possible that the lad should
turn ont bad. But the photograph, my girl
The photograph What do you say o. that 1t
was Inn ! can swear. could not oc mistaken
could
There is no one like him. she answered softly.
Very we'll. And then ] have noticed that
he has been in bad spirits lately bad con-
science. ! fear
me with both her little hands. That was about
me- he has told me ali That. He thought Mr.
Farquhar-Mr Farquhar, indeed
oh. that was IT, was II ~ said Well that
look YOU here. Kitty; was he not rather nervous
about his examinations?
a little" She answered with reluctance
And. nevertheless did lie not come ont toll
Seventeenth Thirteen thousand four hundred
and twenty-six marks. Kitty replied -Ibly.
~rmph' And if he had failed he would have
:. Not scrap And, besides, he did not fail,
But lie may have thought he would suffer
I answered, ~ be failed. That would be sharp
She did not reply at once She was busy rolling
Up some ribbon Of her frock into The smallest
possible compass, and unroline II as'in. ~ LAST
She SAID:
Il know that he did not do il, but that is all
do know. ! cannot prove t. you That whltc
f. not black but II is not. and know ~ Is not
We'll, my dear hope Sou arr u;h,'
answered And II chccrcd 10 find that She
at least was worthy OF confidence.
She promised readily Ia let ne have the hrst
word with The lad when he called neat day
and as for undertaking 10 have nothing more Ia
do with him if the charge should prove 10 be
true, she made nothing OF fhdt-lccdu>', ~ she
said II really meant nothing.
A Jim who had done that would not be my
Jim at all she explained gaylv, but quite a
different Jim-a James. sir.
Certainly, "a girls faith Is 4 wonderful Ting
And hers 80 far affected me that regretted had
not taken bolder course, and. showing the photo,
graph 10 the colonel had the whole tang thrc>hei
out on the spo'. Possibly ] might hhFe saved
myself very wrctched hour or two. But no. Oh
second thoughts | could not how the hoy
could De innocent. ! could not help pieclng The
evidence togcthrI-thc damning evidence, as II
seemed 10 mc-thc certain identity OF jim with
The original Of the photograph, The arrival of a.
letter from FIouic where the lad had spent the
last weeks previous Ia his examination, the fears
he had expressed before the ordeal and his success
lcyond his hopes AT II: these things seemed almost
conclusive ! had only the boys character. hls
fathers training and his swecthcarts faith to Set
Ills swcetheart's faith did say All, well!
when came down 10 breakfast next morning
whom should | find in teers-and she, as a rule.
the most cquablc girl I'm tho world-but Kitty
UulIol" | said. What is all this p
At the sound Of my voice She sprang TO her
feet she had been knccling by the fireplace, crop
ing with her hands inside the fender. Her checks
Yerc crimson. and she was crying-ycs. certainly
CRYING although she had tried by hasfy dab
Of the flimsy thing she calls pockethandkcrchief
!" "Wcli'" said, for she was dumb. What is
IT = havc-tora up letter she answered a"
little sob dividing the sentence into two:
" So | see answered drylY. And now,
suppose YOU sorry for H.
Iii vas a horrid letter. father, she cried, her
eyes shining like electric lamps in Shower
about jim
Indeed, said, with a very nasty feeling
inside me "What about Jim? And why did
,'"n tear H. up nv dear? One half Of IT, should
say has gone into the lire" -
II was froin-a woman she answered
And presently She told me that the letter, which
was unsigned accused Jim OF having played with
thc affections of the writer, and warned Kitty Ia
bc ON her guard against him, and not TO be party
10 tie wrong he WAS doing an innocent rlrl
pom | said, with contcmptuous laugh.
THAT cock will not fight, my dear. IL has been
,inI o,c~ and over again. You do not mean 10
say that that has made you cry
Whv If 80, you are-you are J"su
os lilo a fool as any girl ! ever knew. And.
Indeed | was surprised 10 find that kittys ialth
in her lover which had been proof against
rharge made on good evidence. failed before an
uncorroboratcd. unsigned accnsation because
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