The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-17
THE FORTUNET

"Da-r'
"Oh ! papa. pfui, how can you?"
The old high hailiff OF Krohn pushed
away the pretty little hand that his
eldest daughter sought to place oyei
his mouth.
mo- he said. II Will not keep quiet
/ repeat that the whole custom Of send
ing New Years cards ls a d-n bad
one. and 1t Is time to put an end to 1t
What ARE the results Of such nonsense?
First, I get my mail bag later than
usual. and, secondly. It is crammed So
full with the stupid stuff that can
hardly get 1t OPEN
At length the old g~entleman's efforts
were rewarded, the bag sprang open,
and he emptiod It's contents with i'm
patience on the breakfast table.
"~'ToFraulptn Katharine Won Krohn,'
he read. My God. are they all
for you, KarhtnkaE"
Don't be 50 Undesirable. papa. and
plense don't call mo KHthinka."
The Old gentleman replied TO his
daughters request with an unintelltgi-
bic growl and went on drinking his cof'
Zee.
Jus look what a lot there ar" for
me-" cried KNthariua, piltng the letters
upon the table ia front Of her and her
face lighting up with pleasure.
Are they all for your
Yes. all. Now you al see what 1t is
to h. known MS Il beauty"
"And an h]ciress,' added the father,
YES, and an h%eiress, she repeated,
thoughtfuiiy.
"But is there nothing there for my lit
tie Lilif' asked her father.
Katharine shrugged her shapely
shoulders impatiently.
"Nhy Of course not. If n girl ex-
poets to ba shown much attention she
must be a little more pushing and i'm
portant."
"And an heirnss, too" was the faith
er's laronic addition to the sentence.
Il really should be very grateful,
father, If you would not alllde 81 much
to my money" was tho rather curt pro-
test.
% I l'lp ~ tNhNllftl 1tlhF W L H't
my little Lii here, as beautiful as the
flower that gave her the name. and
we'll. She is not an h%ciress, do you um.
derstand? That's the whole thing"
Katharine made no answer. She
was husily studying the handwriting
on the envelopes.
A young girl who had hitherto sat OPP
posite To her in silence left her seat.
went up tn the high lmiliff. and putting
her fair young arms round his neck,
gave him a kiss.
A world Of love shnne In his eyes as
he looked at her with pleasure and
stroked her soft cheeks,
"Never mind, Lii" he said, slowly,
81 am glad that you don't get such a
pile of letters. I'm grateful, too, that
you're not an heiress. Perhaps then
no one will take you away from me-
Tears came into the girls eyes, for,
though she said no word, yet the
thought that no one had remembered
her or cared enough for her to send her
a New Years card made her sad. But
she forced herself not to cry and tried
10 conceal the few tears that would
not he kept back by kissing her father
again lovingly on the eyer and lips.
The high hailiif Of KrOhn, the father
Of these two girls, had married twice.
His first wife, a lovely, proud. hut vain,
woman. died soon after the birth Of a
little daughter, and left her the whole
Of n large fortune. His second wife,
the daughter of n country clergyman,
brought him no wealth but n sweet and
beautiful disposition. When she, too,
died after two years married life he
felt overwhelmed and had never since
wholly recovered from the blow.
Katharine. the elder of the stepchil-
children, had just finished her TWEEN.
tieth year, and. as she was as proud,
pretty, and just as vain as her mother,
had already laughed at many proposals
toL nei nhnu--uuu money. NO one nau
90 far been able to take her fancy.
Lii was in almost every respect the
opposite Of h,r sister, Small Of figure,
quiet and retiring, 1t happened that she
was often entirely overlooked. 1t GER
tainly was not right of a father to love
me daughter more than another.
Still he did SO, and 1t was plain to
everybody that it was the soft, sweet,
patient ILL who was his favorite.
1t made Katharine feel annoyed to
SEQ her father SO gentle and aCrectionate