The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-12-07
CLEAR AS SUNSHINE.
The Happy Termination Of q Low
ers' Quarrel
Copyright, 1893, by the Author.

copyright, 1893, by the Author.l
''What are you two fellows snigger-
ing over?" cried Capt. harrington to a
couple of subalterns who were giggling
like brace of schoolgirls over pho
tographs, Something nasty, I'll be
bound"
NASTY! Never made worse shot in
your life, old man. Eh, Colthurst?
It's about as nicey-picky picture as
ever you saw Ask Colthurst."
"Ratherr' chuckled Colthurst appre-
ciatively.
"And it's not fancy picture,
either, for took it myself with snap
shot OF my kodak, said Perry.
Here! Chuck it over if it's present.
able,' cried Darlington.
Perry SKINNED the photograph
across the room to the captain, who
stopped, picked it up, glanced at it, and
them sat suddenly down with the ex-
clamation which seemed to have been
wrung from him by turn of the rack
my Godr'
"What-what's the matterp Are you
ill?'' cried Perry, starting up and hur-
rying across the room to harrington,
q
Presently he forced himself to look
again at the photograph, when he
again groaned and gasped hoarsely:
'Where-?"
"Where?" echoed Perry in perplexity.
"Whele did you take this?" cried the
captain, with a sudden fierceness which
made Perry recoil step.
"I--l took it somewhere in Ireland.
Where the deuce did l take it now? Oh.
to be sure! 1t was near Inchichree.
| There was sudden shower, and l ran
for shelter to ruined castle and was
only stopped at the entrance by the
sight of those two spooning together.
Just then the sun burst out again, and,
avs they were too much taken up with
each other to notice me, could not re-
sist taking snap shot at them with
my kodak"
''It was gentlemanly thing to do,
Mr.. Perry" the captain said, in keen
and cool tone, with a surprising recov-
cry of his self-command.
What do you meanp" suffered
Perry, blushing scarlet.
''If you were capable of understand
ing my meaning you would be inca
pable of this" he cried, in tone that
cut like whip-lash, pointing to the
photograph.
Then, with whitening look at the
two foolish lads, he stole from the
room.
Perry turned an inquiring look of
perplexity to Colthurst, who promptly
answered it.
you've been and gone and done it
now, my boy, and no mistake! It's the
girl he's engaged to. Inchichree cas-
tie or house is her address, for I've
posted letters to her for him more than
once"
Good heavensl' cried Perry, aghast
"But, hang it all!' he added. "Hes
well out of it. An engaged girl, like
that, who would sit on another fellows
knee, with her arm round his neck and
her cheek against his, is better found
out before marriage than after"
This also was the consoling conclu-
sion the captain tried to persuade him
self that he had calmly come to; but
his wild, mad love for Kitty Power
cried aloud against it. If only he had
not knownl If only he had been al
lowed to live in his Elysian illusion
FOOLS paradise-but such a paradise!
but no. He was driven out from it
with this flaming sword which pierced
and burned and scared his very soul.
AS he paced his own room to and fro
he had again and again tried to force
himself to look at the photograph once
more and make assurance double sure;
but he could not for long time.
When he did at last look at it, he struck
it savagely with his clenched fist and
cried:
"By -! He'll answer this to mer'
And for some time he really did cher
ish the absurd hope of duel with his
rival in Belgium-a hope which, like a
lightning conductor, diverted his fury
from Kitty-but soon, seeing it's fool
ishness, he was again torn and tortured
with thoughts only of her.
How he loved and hated herl Wor-
SHIPPED and scorned her! Her? Whom
should he justly scorn? Himself-him-
self alone! Had he not been warned
again and again and again that the girl
was fiirt? Did not his aunt no later
than last week complain to him in a
long letter of her conduct with Ir.
Rolleston-this very man proba
Knowing his aunt's English j.
maidish prudery he had been imp. ,.ent
of her wooden warnipgs-assured that
she had misconstrued the innocent
gayety and guileless abandonment and
the wistful winsomeness of an Irish girl
through putting upon them q matter
of-fact English Interpretation.
But '.firt" was mild name indeed
70 give girl who. while writing