The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-09-21
SATURDAY =. SEPTEMBER II, 1895.
Continued from last issue.

C0htnhed from tdSt issue.
"Shall II"
"Shall you? What a question! y
and she turned up her face to him.
And now / must go, Kitty, dear.
Oh, Kitty, Kitty" he whispered
huskily.
She drew back. "Why, what is
the matter?"
But he was walking away.
Don't you want your answer?"
she ran after him saying.
mot now, not tonight"
She turned and crept into the
house. Then she knew what she
had done. Chilled by the night air
and trembling with fright she stood
in the middle of the floor and looked
straight ahead, seeing all her mis-
take and the shamefulness of it as
she had not before. To accomplish
q revenge she had come to this. She
had thrown herself into q mans
arms almost unasked. And the man
had acted ouriously. Small wonder.
She sank upon the floor and sat for
hours with her head hanging down.
Then she undressed and went to bed,
but lay awake until morning. She
thought of Appleton now and how
she had betrayed him. and she loved
him more than ever she had before.
1t was a hard struggle between
shame and Unborn frankness, but
she determined ut last to tell him
the truth in the morning and let
him do rs he liked, throw her over
if lie wished; but, then, he would
not. She was sure of that. Only
her old role of dispenser of favors
and privileges would be ended. It
would be b3 who would play the
magnanimous henceforth. If only
she could have back the crimson
rose she had pinned on Sa1e's coatl
If he were to e it the next day,
Appleton would recognize it as one
of tho bunch he had given her and
remember that he had told her that
red roses meant love. She worried
and marveled that she should have
rushed headlong into such disgrace.
She was one of those women whose
tears come easily, but she had been
too frightened and ashamed to cry.
AT last at ~reveille she sobbed away
her griefs and slept.
After guard mounting she went
into the garden with q scarlet face.
She saw Appleton coming up the
walk and paled with fear of what
she had to tell him. She dropped her
eyes and fingered flower nervously
until he stood beside her. "Oh,
good morning Fred. she said cheer
lily.
GOOD morning, Kitty"
A silence. Kitty bit her lip and
pulled at tho flower. well, why
don't you say somethingP" she In
quired petulantly,
1--WE nothing much to say"
She glanced up and saw a red rose
pinned to his coat-a crushed and
wilted red rose. She caught hold of
his arm to steady herself. He let
her hand lie on his sleeve.
IT only came to ask If you had
any message for SAKE. He fell into
a post hole that was in the wrong
place just as he was starting to visit
the guard. The fall broke his leg,
and I took his sword to make the
rounds for him. He seemed to be
dreadfully worried about something
as l left, but l didn't understand at
the time. do now. So do you, /
fancy. Shall l give him the rose
that was meant for him, or do you
want it back?" He unpinned it and
handed it to her. She took it and
crushed the petals until n red stain
trickled between her fingers.
Appleton watched her and linger.
ed for awhile. Have you any mes.
sage? think he expects one. You
have none? No, you must not say
you hato him, and you must not Try