The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-11
KATHY'S CONSCIENCE.
why she Don't Believe It II 4
astiu, Small Voice.

3aUtH-E ,l~T4EH EgHH n tW.1
II hayenS any conscience" said
Kathy Ward, standing h the window
and addressing Georgia Greene, her
new DOM mate, who was still bending
over her book III the dim afternoon,
light
= Julius Caesar, Aalus Plautius and
Suctonius, Roman generals invading
Britain, I" murrnnred her more stu
dious roommate. eyEhY, Kathy Ward,
Of course you have! Everybody has .
conscience y
Kathy shook her head Not J." she
answered, sadly, sg.and sometimes when
it is half dark, and. 1 remember how
far away from home an, il scares me
70 think abaut my conscience
/" Julius Caesar. Aulus Plautius and
Suetonius.s just now yon said you
hdda't any conscience. Roman generals
invading Britain, Z said Georgia, with
her eyes on the ceiling.
Kathy turned toward the window
with q sigh. Censcieneeor no con-
science, she was truly sorry for her
past negligence, and those lively un-
lawful whisperings which had been
punished by her separation from her
chosen friend and usual roommate.
Jennie Randall.
Kathy was d shy girl. To few peo-
pie could she unreservcdly open her
heart; but Jennie had charmed her.
Now. sorely missing her confdante, she
had tried to speak her thoughts to this
newer friend, whose companionship
had been thrust upon her for her Inn
provement
II suppose It is net having a mother
that makes me different Kathy went
on. Mothers can make you under
stand things, but apnts can't Aunt
Octavia talks To me about a still, small
voice, but ! have never heard IL, have
you2 Hare you, Georgian. 7.
why, yes, Of course have.. an
swered Georgia, impatieptly. 'sand so
have you, and SO has everybody. It's
wicked to say Won haven't tGaul
was conquered BY the Romans fifty
years before Christ and divided into
four provinces; three centuries later it
was overrun BY savage tribes, among
whom the Franks had the ascendency
and gave their name to the eountryp
You had better study 5Yopr review for
Friday, Kathyi II II awfally hard
Ore Egerton's school had for years
been Of high repute III The part OF the
country where Kathy Ward lived.
Young ladies were sent from among
the best families within a radius OF
three hundred miles to acquire their
education there,
OF the two hundred pupils Of her
time, Kathy Ward was perhaps the
most sensitive and the most impulsive
by nature. She was d sweet, honest
faced girl Of fifteen, with much ability,
and q degree of ~self-respeet which
should have bettered her conduct re
ports; buteshe had faults, and they
\ were Of a kind to interfere greatly with
her success in school life.
Kathy,x tallest stumbIing-block was
that she was easily led, and had failed
70 select . wise leader. Kathy had be
come a close friend aud admirer 81
Jennie Randall, the prAttiest, bright
est and moAt INSCRIPTIONS girl in hel
class.
On the morning after Kathy had re
preached herself to her new room
mate, she was led once more into mis-
chief bg The blonde Jennie. The
earlier reeitatioas were over, and tht
class Fad been for the past hour undel
the instruction Of the singing-teachel
in the chapel
II was a large room With a RAISED
platform, before which stood rows D
scttees Against tie walls stood /,
cabinet Of curissities, Of various sorts
given by former scholars IN
The singing hour wasG over, and III,
process Of marching and haltinj
necessary to the orderly withdrawal o
the class had begun. Miss Nance wa
busting and rearranging the little col
lection Of curidsiGes Several stnffei
birds and well-fylea trays of coins ha,
been removed from the cabinets an
placed on Me back s~ettees, which ha
not been insusg during Inc lesson.
NhileAshe marched slowly along i
her place, Katfy saw Jennie Randa
reach quickly towam an.open case cor
tanning a little heap ST dinGylookIn
coins Of different sizes Jennie MISE
her mark, glanced backward at Kath,
shrugged her shoulders showed hi
empty fingers and laughed
In a few moments kathy was o
posite the box 10 her turn. With u