The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-02
His Dreams,

veil scarcely concealed the dancing light
OF the eyes beneath.
Is Nine. Rameau in?" she asked.
Nine. Rameau? She lives in the nat
above this
20, thank youi Pardon me- AID she
was about to withdraw. Then she looked
at him again. And yet I'm not mistaken
IN one thing. Aren't you Ellis Moore?"
That is my name, madam
How funny that should have met
you in this wayl Don't you know me?''
And she threw up her veil, revealing a
fresh, youthful face, ripping all over
with smiles
Kate Sabiner' he exclaimed.
Yes. but do you know. you haven't i'm
proved. Have I?'
L might return the compliment and
say you haven't, but that would be I'M
true
You were in search Of Madam Ra-
meau?'' inquired Ellis.
Yes; you're a queer substitute, aren't
you?' and her merry laugh rang out
I'm taking lessons in department and
dancing, you know. You say she lives
overhead?'
Yes, to my cost I can hear the pupils
humping on the piano and dancing round
| at all hours and seasons Are you to put
the last straw on the camels back?"
II You are the camel, I'm afraid I
must. l cannot help it. It isn't really my
fault"
May I ask whose them"
bluntly
Married? The dickens you are!"
| She nodded her pretty head.
well, I'm not interested in that. On
| the contrary
ut gives you little pain, you mean?"
she said, filing up the sentence he had
left uncompleted. "Well, I'm glad that
an old comrade can sympathize''
| Who is the happy MANI" he asked.
There, again, you'd never guess. A
| COLONEL Aren't you going to offer your
congratulations
You asked for my sympathies Just
now"
THAT was only to soften the blow"
| she said piquantly. You see, the colo
mel wants me to be a lady. Of course.
was always that, but 1 mean for style
and department, and putting the his in
| their right place, and-and-all that. But,
dear me! 1 must be going. I vii come
in and see you again before It's settled,
| if I may?"
| In another minute or two he could hear
her merry laugh upstairs. She was evil
IDENTIFY explaining to Nine Rameau her
| mistake. In another five minutes he could
| hear the drumming of the piano. with
! pauses between. Then he heard the pat
tering of feet, and in imagination follow
ed one 1.-the, graceful form as it skipped
| around the room. Then he fell to dream
ing again.
Kate Sabine was the neice of an old
nurse who had been connected with his
family. As children they had. indeed.
been comrades" They fshed together.
played cricket together, played marbles.
spun tops, and raced together. When a
boy he thought her perfection.
Once he remembered giving her his own
| favorite penknife. 1t had only broken
blade, but glodied in a piece of German
silver on the handle. On this he had
scratched her name-"Kate'-in his best
handwriting.
Then he remembered a long interview
| between his mother and the old nurse
and after that Kate had disappeared.
He saw her again, after a long infer
val, when he had finished his college
course. Then he received a rude awaken
ing. There was the same bright. dinp1ed
1ace-the same pretty turn Of the head.
but he noticed queer vagaries Of speech
grammatical discrepancies which shocked
his sensitive ear.
Now ne had been again awakened. Kate
was diamond after all. If rough one.
A colonel had not disdained the prize
which he had relinquished.
Two months had passed, when there
came gentle knock at the door.
May come imp
1t was Katei
Pray sit down" he said
oh, you are more courteous this time
I can spare ten minutes-a little longer
than last time, because am coming to
say good-by."
Yes, goodbye Are you sorry?"
Sorry, Kater'
corrected. Give me my right title for
one day more. Tomorrow I shall be Mrs
Colonel de Courcy. 1t will sound strange,
won't it?''
Very"
mot, perhaps, so much to you. That
is the advantage you men have You
never change your name. It's very I'M
fair. Why hasn't a lady the same privi-
lege?"
Hasn't the lady the same privilege?
But re. get a woman's rights or wrongs
how have you progressed under Nine. Ra-
meau?"
80, it has been such fun. I enjoyed
it so much. Do you know the waltz?"
'.No"
Then, 7 will teach It to you. Let me
see: what is the tune It goes best TOP"
She paused for a moment, and then she
hummed-
O. love for year,
A week. a day;
But alas for the love
That loves Away"
THAT makes a splendid waltz Y,ookl
the steps-the trois temps, mean-are
these"
She paused breathless, her face aglow
with color
Isn't that pretty?" she demanded
LAS you dance livery. Where viii yoIl
reside when You are married?''
Haven't told YOU? India. We start
for Ceylon almost Immediately. I expect
I shah get beastly stout and pOmpoUs
out there-wear a gold eyeglass and all
that. Ten minutes are up. I must be GO
ing o. here IS my old keepsake I wished
20 return to YOU. Goodbye, Ellis"
Goodbye"
There was a slight culver in her voice
a still more perceptihle one IN his
She was gone. Ellis looked a the KEEP
sake she had returned % him. L was
an old penknife with a broken blade, on
the handle Of which was scratched the
name-"Ka te"
He resumed his dreams.
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