Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21
THE RED FLAG.
CONTINUED

NNNA ~ ltAt as 10 NbHs
THAT cannot be. She is more than
u sister to me. She is the one love and
care Of my life. Work would loSy all
It's sweetness il l did NOT know l WIS
working for her as well as for myself
! am sure you are good and generous.
[ dareyay You would be kind to her
but You might grow weary of her. bad
times might come, and YOU might think
her a burden. I viii run no risks, |
should feel as ii 1 were giving her a
stcpfather.
And you have made up your mind
never TO nuIIy:'
Never, while Kathleen is single. II
she were well married 1t might he dit.
ferent.H
Then 1t shall be my business to lind
her a good husband, said Philip,
with such a pretty girl there can be no
difficulty
But Philip Duraud was a poor hand
at matchmaking. While he was think
ing about the business, and wondering
which Of the men he rubbed shoulders
with mt the workmen's chamhe. was
worthy to mate with Rose OIIar's
sister, Madame Schubert, who was an
incorrigible schemcr in the matrimonial
line, had brought Kathleen face to face
with the man whom Fate meant for
her husband.
The fourth guest and only stranger
at Madame Scnubert's English tea was
Castor Mortemar; and that evening
completed kathlecHs conquest, He
was her adorer and her slave from that
hour. II seemed TO him as if all life
took new colors after that evening.
The leopard cannot change his spots all
at once; but the leopard's ways and
manners may be considerably intiueuc.
ed; and although Castor was still
Voltlirian in his way of thinking, still
Il lnycler in politics, he worked more
earnestly and more honestly than he
had ever done before; for ne had as
stunned the responsibility Of winninE
a bright future for Kathleen O.Hara.
The wooing and winning were easily
done, for the girls young heart vent
ont to him rs G%retchcn's to Faust. A
little walk on the bridge in the summer
twilight, a flower or twu-hought i'm
the tioy-er-market, but cherished as If
it .-cre a blossom of supernal growth
"A chance meeting in the sunny morn
ing. when Kathleen was marketing,
and these Two We're pledged 10 each
other for life. But Rose was terribly
wise. She seemed the very spirit of
woridliness, and she refused her con
sent to an ]imprudent marriage. When
Castor had saved a little money, and
could earn, say, three ]napoleOuS a
week which was less than the skilled
cabinct-makcr elrncd-kathleen should
be his wife; not sooner. CASTOR was
earning on an average two napoleons
weekly, ana there was not much mar.
gin for saving out of that.
Hitherto he had found himself just
able to live, clothe himself like a
gentleman, and keep out Of debt. And
to DO even this he had been thrifty ana
~sclf-dcnyiug. But what viii not love
doy He became rs sparing as Pere
Grandct; except when he wanted to
offer a little pleasure, Il theatre or q
cafe chlntant, t. the sisters.
Such offers were but rarely accepted.
Rose watched Kathleen like a lynx,
and allowed few tcte-a-tctcs between
the lovers. Never was girlish, simplicity
guarded more closely from all peril of
pollution. But, once in "a way, this
severe damsel rcleuted So far as TO all
low the two lovers to organize an even
ing's dissipation; and it was on one Of
these occasions, almost Immediately
after Kathleeu's engagement, that Su.
zon Michel saw Castor ana his sweet
heart together for the first time.
II was a sultry August evening, the
Seine shining in the golden light of the
western sky, the air heavy with heat
)urund and Castor had bought tickets
or the side-boNcS at tile Ambigu,
where a new play, by Dumas the
Younger, was being acted, to the de
light of all Puris-or, at least that in
ferlor and second-rute Paris which had
not migrated to fashionable watering
places and mountain springs. kath-
leen aud Castor walked ;rm-in-arm
along the quay, so ]engrossed IN each
other as to be quite unconscious Of
passers-by. Faces came AMI went be-
side them, voices sounded; but il was
all dim as the sounds and faces In q
dream. They lived, they saw, they
heard, they breathed only for each
other.
Close behind them came Rose and
her faithful swain; and Rose, even in
her tender moments, was mindful Of
her sister. She was fond aud proHd
Of her stalwart. -goodlookiug workman
lover. who was 50 fine a specimen OF
his rank ana race. as much q gentleman
by nature as Castor Mortemar was "a
gentleman by hereditary instinct; but
She was not lifted off this duh earth by
her love.
As they walked towards the Point
Neuf. with their faces to the west and
the sun shining on them, Suzon Michel
met them. She slw them ever 50 far
,ff. tba faV sIirhf NyBrp OF the man,