The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-06-27


distressed beauty, but he stop
ped, just for a moment, and spent tie
morning With Kitty in sweet and low
converse. She grew little more
cheerful at about the third hour, but
not to all llnseemly degree. OF course
she had not the bad taste to mourn
the loss Of one man to the very face
OF another; It only in her manner
that her sorrows We're observable.
She spoke of books, and chapel, and
sewing, was very domestic in mild
way, and never became so interested
in her game as to forget her lines. 1t
was q master stroke for her to decline
Saxe's invitation to go to the hop with
him shat night, and she realized it.
At twelve o'clock she excused herself
to write letter to catch the after
noon stage, and the man went away
with the firm conviction that here was
at least one faithful woman. He
thought Appleton a lucky dog, but
went no further.
AS for itty's letter, it was quite a
model Of frankness, so far as the tell
ing OF facts was concerned. A woman
can write a letter or tell a story, all
the truth, in which no fact or phrase
may be omitted, but with the position
OF a word, or the changing of pune
tuatlon mark, or even with telling the
whole thing too openly, she can con-
Vey an impression very different from
the real matter; nor does she count
this as dishonesty, either. Kitty was
not given to analyzing her sentiments
aloud, she considered it destructive of
the feminine charm Of incOnsequence.
Nothing had happened that Appleton
was not made acquainted with, and
yet he was entirely ignorant of all
ne should have known. SAKE persist
eel III his error, making, it MANIFOLD,
and in time Miss oster came to the
clusion that the mantle Of sorrow was
threadbare and would soon become
transparent so she threw it away al
together. SAKE asked her to 20 to the
next fortnightly hop, but she told him
with only a due amount of regret in
tones, that he had been forestalled. 1t
could not possibly have been jealousy
Which made SAKE gloomy for the rest
of the day, but Kitty was pleased to
put that construction upon it, and
chuckled.
One day she told him that he was
very like Appleton in appearance. "Do
you know, if it were dark night,
couldn't tell you apart" she said, and
Sake was undecided whether to lie
charmed with the comparison or other
wise.
But seemed to go just so far and
no further. Kitty could not under
stand this, and was FESTIVE. She be-
gan to fear it was becoming a sort of
Platonic friendship, and that was a
thing she scorned, being convinced
that only strong minded and unattrac-
tive women could indulge in them.
AS the time of Appletons return drew
near, she strained every nerve-with-
out apparent anxiety, however-to
make Sake commit himself. He would
not, and she maryeled. It was quite
beyond her conception of human mo-
tlVes that one man should be so loyal
to another as to hesitate to make love
to friends promised wife. She fear
ed that she was losing his allegiance,
and in her fear took several false
steps. In fact, she began making love
to SAKE when SAKE would not make
love to her. Under ordinary circum-
stances, he would have drawn off at
this. but he was past seeing any fault
in the girl whom he had censured so
severely once. 1t was quite too soon
for Kitty that Appleton came back,
but she did not let him guess this
from her manner.
NOW the fourth error was one which
seemed to have no direct connection
with the matter. 1t was the digging
of post hole in the wrong place. And
the hTth error was again Miss Eos
ter's. OF the three dances which she
gave to SAKE, she sat out two in a
corner, half-hidden by a garrison flag.
Either a woman thinks a man a very
bad dancer or else she has an object
in view when she sits out a dance
with him. Kitty had an object in
view. There were just two chances
Tor her to accomplish that object, and
she set herself to the task with a will.
Her tactics were admira BILE. First.
she leaned back with detected and
Wlstful air, answering only in mono
syllables. Sake asked what her ap-
parent trouble might be, and she
shook her head with a sigh; he in
sisted upon knowing, and at last she
threw aside all restraint, and COM
planned that being engaged was not
all pleasant, zone cannot see enough of
the-people- likes The hesita-
ton said what her words did not.
Sake suggested that if one were really
in love there should not be any other
person worth seeing. Kitty's eyes"
was dubious.
"Aren't you in love, Kitty" he
asked. He had never called her by
that name before.
Another uncertain eyes
Besides, I can't see that you are
under any restraint"
You don't know
1T seems to me that Appleton gives
you great deal of freedom"
ooh, he tells me I may do as like:
he means to be generous, butt don't
know. Now, for instance, I told him
l wanted to walk back from the hop
with you. You hadn't asked me, but I
meant to ask you. He looked hurt,
and said something about his having
only just home. He gave me permits
sion, however, Of course
'Then may take you back?" SAKE
was beside himself
mo" L.. .t. r..
''Why not?'' ID,
Because"
Il fancy I understand; you don't