The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20

for not having taken this chatterbox into
tongue.
That was nonsense" went on the girl,
wasn't al, Uncle Jud. about you and
Aunt Esther being jealous of me?' she
added wistfully.
I don't know" returned her uncle.
musingly I've been thinking while we
dined to-day how wonderfully YOU Kitty,
resemble the girl / loved when l was
youngster."
Didn't she love you, the gooseP''
quite as well as l deserved. Not enough
to come halfway and meet my advances
after l had been ass enough to take Of
Tense at something she did. She never
forgave me-never" He finished slowly
and the fingers of one hand drummed soft
ly on the table cloth as he gazed thought
| fully at his niece's bright eyes
Then hope you forgot her as she de-
served"
mo. never for day"
Then, of course. she married some
i body?"
mo, I think she foreswore mankind in
my person"
Uncle JUDI The depth of contempt
and reproach that looked at him from the
| wise eyes of feminine 10!
whats the matter?"
| liz AAlabhOA ID NAut you We SIMPLY VAST
| ed-well, fifteen years away-that - II she
Is alive. You said she looked like me- She
would have married somebody sure, IL she
hadn't liked you just-exactly--" Kitty
| emphasized her words on the table cloth
with small fist-"as much as you want
ed her to. Oh. poor, silly Uncle JUDI
He kept his gaze on the speaker not
/ stirring an eyelash toward the flushing,
! paling woman on his other hand But
| e.,
! Aunt Esther, | can't spend my first
half year with you" she exclaimed 1T
| is my duty to stay with this poor, half
| wltted man and help him find that dear
woman who is thinking about him all this
time-I just know she is"
But she is faded old maid now" said
Miss Wainwright, family
Like you, perhaps" jeered Kitty.
Doesn't she look like rose, Uncle JUDI
Better stay with your aunt, Kitty.
You'll find her easier by living with her.
said Mr.. Dyett.
What? OH" calculated the girl, with
start, apparently overwhelmed by this
enlightenment
you have us both at your mercy,
Esther" The man looked at his old
sweetheart now. II confess that I urged
Lucy into this arrangement for Kitty, I
| haven't been able to forget but you were
| always lHptildtt l. HlE was my idSl
chance I've nothing to plead for myself
except that you hold the place In my heart
to-day that you always have"
| "Oh If there was anywhere / could gov'
mourned Kitty. Jumping w dlstractedly.
ITS all the fault of your wicked obstin-
acy again, Aunt Esther. If you had en-
iertained us nicely at home / could slip
upstairs now, and you'd never know I'd
gone; but here In a restaurant, why
| 4.1e M do Y,t1t fur oh
She suited the action to the word
ut Is too late, Judson," said Miss VAIN
/ wright, trembling. II am too set In my
ways So are you. We ought not TO think
of it,"
Silence fell and Kitty turned stealthlly
10 spur the detected lover with a glance;
but Mr. Dyett had Esthers hand in his,
and his lips were pressed upon IT, and the
| girl jerked hastily back into silence.
I'm quite sure I'm doing no
wrong" exclaimed Miss Wainwright
Tremendously, at last. 1T can't possibly
be right to-I must think"
Dear me- Aunt Esther" came from
Kitty's averted curly head, you've
thought twenty years, and added to that.
| it's most as much more that I've been kept
standing here. One thing sure" after a
pause, "if you don't have him shall live
with him all the time-the poor darling I!
couldn't do less"
Silence again. Kitty waited a little, and
then turned slowly. What she saw was a
J glimpse of heaven through the open gate
of love. Her eyes filed and sort Of
awe stole over her.
1T is Thanksgiving day, isn't it?" she
/ said softly and timidy.
Eyes, dear" said Judson Dyett, hold
ing out his hand to her, ut Is Thanksgiy-
ing day.
| (The End.