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


wailing now-if she could but put OF
the answer for a moment! viii
you?" insisted SAKE. Another pause.
Appleton was making his way toward
them; he did not like the look Of !
things. Kitty, will you?' repeated
Sake.
II must think" she answered. 'I'll
tell you at 1 o'clock" The smile she
gave him as she muttered this below
her breath was assurance enough
Both were VIGOROUSLY happy. Kitty
told Appleton that she feared SAKE
was badly in love with her, and chat
ted on SO happily that lie regained his
Wavering faith.
Kitty went home and waited until
o'clock. She planned her revenge with
delight. SAKE should be thrown over
so calmly that his stiff pride would
neyc;' recover He could not resent it,
it was he who had been treacherous,
not she. At / o'clock she threw q
shawl over her light gown and crept
down stairs. She was badly fright
ened, little inclined to turn back.
Things were assuming serious as
pect. If she should be caught, it
would be bad. Outside she waited in
the corner of the house and heard
approaching footsteps and the clank-
ing of the sabre of the officer of the
day. His figure doomed up out Of the
darkness quite close to her; he hest
tated and looked up at her window;
then, as his glance fell, he seemed to
see the muff1ed figure in the corner.
He strobe toward it.
Harry" she whispered.
A pause. Eyes," was answered, also
in whisper. He came to her and
took her in his arms without q word.
He was too uncertain to speak.
Kitty whispered again: Il thought
you might not come, after all"
But I did"
Kitty, with her head resting on
his shoulder, waited for him to ask
for his answer, but he said nothing.
This was awkward, she could not be-
gin herself. You look enough like
Fred in the dark to be his brother
Eyes,
IF your voice were not so unlike his
should say it was he."
"Really?''
GOOD gracious! can't you say any
thing except in monosylla bles!"
''What is there to say?"
Kitty was desperate. What could he
mean? Again she forgot herself and
reversed the order of things.
you might kiss me, at least, I
think"
"Shall ~
'Shall you? What a question:" and
she turned up her face to him.
"And now I must 60, Kitty, dear.
Oh, Kitty, Kitty" he whispered very
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 mistake and the shame
| fulness Of it as she had not before.
To accomplish a revenge. she had
come to this; she had thrown herself
| into a mans arms almost unaSked.
| And the man had acted curiously.
| Small wonder. She sank upon the floor
and sat for hours with her head hang
ing down. Then she undressed and
went to bed, but lay awake until
|
now, and how she had betrayed him,
and she loved him more than ever she
had before. It was a hard struggle
between shame an Unborn frankness;
but she determined at last to tell the
truth in the morning and let him do
as he liked throw her over, if he
wished; but then he would not, she
was sure of that. Only her old role
| of 6ic,,arcap of fovorc ond orivi1oCoS
would be eHded; it would be he who
would play the magnanimous hence
forth. If only she could have back the,
crimson rose she had pinned on Saxe's;
coat. If he were to wear it the next
| day Appleton would recognize it as
one of the bunch he had given her,
and remember that he had told her
that red roses meant love. She wor-
ried and marveled that she should
have rushed headlong into such dis
grace. She was one of those women
whose tears come easily, but she had
been 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 a 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 a flower nervously until he
stood beside her. ooh, good-morning,
Fred,' she said cheerily.
"Good-morning, Kitty"
A silence; Kitty bit her lip and pull
ed at the flower. "Well. why don't
you say something's" she inquired pet
ulantly.N
1--we nothing much to say" -
She glanced up and saw 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.
Il 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 seems to be. dreadfuly worried
about something as left: but I didn't
understand at the time. do now. So
do you, fancy. Shall I give him the
rose that was meant for him nr do