South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-10-23
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FRIDAY. UCroBEe 2s. 1871,
BITTER BUT WHOLESOME.


Of the Library por,iere came tb
sounds OF . CONVERSATION Katherin,
could hardly h.ve avoided hesring.
l don't see bow, ~i.h his fassi,ii
BUSINESS. BIZ can endure boarding there
said Mildred.
Whist | fail to unders:s and II how
with her Intellect, she can force,
neatDess Ia the degree she due.
added May.
| kstherine's . gooj cook. Mildred
con ioued. At least The results Of be.
efforts In the culinary line taote veil
One ~ho kno~s Katherine however,
feels iriffe uncertain ,ac.rniuy the
possible stage an article may have
pas Ell through before tcac:.ing the
tsb'e an entity.
Another vOics-wiih panied Sc L.
sation K Ath,rinc recosr,z al It 90
that Of Helen Armous. the Hal, girl.
guest -in.srposed:
Now d. you know, girls, I don't be.
i.eys We given thought 10 her look S
since our frs: meeting. Don't you
think her very entertaining Ii
seems to me she remembers every .
thing she has ever read. How at home
! she vas among those foreiE photo
grabs ! brought you'll There does
nut appear To be topic OF the day
that she isn't familiar With. Don't
you remember how delightfully."- will.
ing she WAS to sit down and pay us
hat Schubert AIR We were discu ssine2
thought her Just charming.
SO she is. that way, exclaimed Mil,
dred. Sloat of the tims even | for.
get the rest. Perh.p, that &C.
counts for DIR. NesIe's long s,ry.
Her merits Gin he. tau!ts.
But di,.n't she lonk Extremely IN
tidy coming up the walk just now ?
| couldn't help speaking plainly. /
hope you won't think u, too;crisical
VI cur friend. Helen. Her Lear: is ali
right.
That's AZ said May Haze, K.,be.
rIne is true blue. We arc very fon
Of her, INDEED. Helen.
katherine Orr stood waiting quiet.
ly on the side steps, when Mrs.>H
brought her tie recipe shs bad rua
over to borrow. Sue took the paper
absent'y, AMI hurried through the
gate in the fence dividing tue two
hoinssteads.
So ths,'a whst they think Of me,
she pond.red, mrchanic lily taking off
the shabby ha, she wore, anil idiy
Whiriing u ~ her hand, as she s1aye.i
aack AMI forth ia the old ki;ch Il
rocker.
Katherine Orr w.s Gear headed
ung goman, and always weighed
thugs. As her fTieuds declared, it
WAS strange that. b-iug so veil bal.
anc.d, sue seemed unable 10 discern
her greatest defect. But Cow she
bad begun TO think.
Is til, true ! she daprecatinyly
Questioned. AZ sue glanced with
critical eye about tue sunny kitchen
che beheld affirmative ev,deace Of her
friends words.
The hard plank a ,or needed q tho /.
rough oiiing. the wipdo 20 showing
decided lack OF care. the rusty iron
aux and the copper pump mottied
with gr.en as umed new aspects la
Kstberines quIckcned sight.
Sue sighed 80 ste turned from the
loom TO bsrself. The indigo b.ue
Wrapper spottsn with dust aud water,
.he dizzy hands, the long Irregular
line OF black showing on her arm 40
the loose sleeve was pushed up, we're
all silent but eloquent messengers TO
K sthe'ine's thought.
There VAS no Joubt that she ad
fault TIA. ueeded cradle ting. But
general overtarD meant endless talk
and wonder among those very friend
who n.o-t eagerly desired such a
change. The untidy habits had grown
upon her slowly. In the ssDe al
most Imperceptiole manner they mus,
be pat away.
She could understand now phy Il
was that tire one boafder shs Wished
10 Keep TO exc out her own and her
ipvhlii mothers small Income gss
Awsys 10 state OF goin,.
The Orr homeGead, with its green
lawn. its vide verada, its large. sun-
nv rooms, seemed delightful abode.
scanned snpeIhcislly; bVt Ihers was
sn atmosphere abou, IL that proved
unheslthfll TO every new Gunner.
Katherine fe!t the oppressiveness OF
II TO day.
"A boy md gill. Kuherine Orr and
Donald Neale had fought against each
o:her for fret rank ct school. Which.
ever Won, tue other took the dsfsat
good nsturedly.
IL vas . great dissppoi ntmen. N
them both when Donald iiDsd the
freshman class ct Harvard, that tbs
death Of Katberine's father left her
Uithout sufficient means to enter tbs
Annex.
Katherine bore the deprivation
hravely, determined that II NOT by
one way tben by another she would
match Donald's attalnmeots. We'll
she bad succeeded ia part, but had 4
not been a. . coat.
She bad neglected her housevors
end d'sregarded bee appearance. 4.
study. think, and. write. She va
vhst The world calls . cultured 20
man. Was she, 10 truth, a refine,
one 2 Katherine had Courage TO an
> sger that question Alright. She ga,
che hstie rift within the lute'