Evening journal., 1899-10-09
HIS PRETTY DREAM.

| i1fCdml, Wneu tnCic came Knock az ms
door, and there entered young lady, whose
veil scarcely concealed the dancing light of
the eyes beneath.
rs Nine. Rameau imp she asked.
"Alme. Rameou? She lives in the fat
above this"
"Oh, thank youl Pardon me-" And she
was about to withdraw. Then she looked
at him again. And yet I'm not mistaken
in one thing. Aren't you Ellis MooreT
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 Sabine" he exclaimed.
"Yes; but, do you know, you haven't i'm
proved. Have II"
Il might return the compliment and say
that you haven't, but that would be un-
true"
"You were in search Of Nine. Rameaug %
queried Ellis.
Yes; you're a queer substitute, aren't
you" and her merry laugh again rang out
Il am taking lessons in department and
dancing. you know. You say she lives bver
headg
Yes, to my cost. 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 camePs back p
IF you are the camel, I'm afraid I must
l cannot help it. 1t isn't really my fault.
May ask whose, then.'
Il am going to be married, she eaid
bluntly.
Married? The dickens you arel"
She nodded her pretty head.
"Well, I'm not interested in that. On the
contrary"
1t gives you a little pain, you meanT
she said, filling up the sentence he had left
uncompleted. 'Well, Pm glad that an old
comrade can sympathize."
who is the happy man?' he asked.
"There, again, you'd never guess. A
colonel. Aren't you going to offer your con
gratulations"
you asked for my sympathies just now.
THAT was only to soften the blow" shi
said, piquantly. you see, the colone
wants me to be lady. OF course, was al
ways that, but mean for style and deport
ment, and putting the his in their rgh
place, and-and-all that. But, dear mel
must be going l viii come in and see yol
again before it's settled, if l may?"
In another minute or two he could hea
her merry laugh upstairs. She was evi
IDENTIFY explaining to Nine. Rameau her mis-
take. In another five minutes he could hea
the drumming of the piano, with pauses be
tween. Then he heard the pattering Of feet
and in Imagination followed one &he, grace
ful form as it skipped around the room
Then he fell 10 dreaming again.
Kate Sabine was the niece Of an old nurs
who had been connected with his family
As children they had indeed, been con
rades." They hshed together, playe
cricket together, played marbles, spun top
her perfection.
Once he remembered giving her his ow
favorite peninife. 1t had only a broke
: blade, but gloried in a piece Of German 81
yer on the handle On this he had scratche
her name Kate'-in his best handwri
, ing.
Then he remembered long interview bl
tween his mother and the old-nurse, an
: after that Kate disappeared.
! For a time he did not miss her a grea
} deal. Just why this was so he could hardl
7 tell. She had been much to him in the oil
, days, and he had supposed then that III
would hardly be worth the living withou
her But he found that it was, and quite a
easy matted to find other interesting womeI
All this pleased his mother, who had bee
a little afraid that the attraction was to
strong to be easily broken, and who loathe
the girls vulgarity even though she az
( mired her beauty and frankness.
He saw her again, after long interva
e when he had finished his college coursl
q Then he received rude awakening. TheI
| was the same bright, dimpled face-the sam
s pretty tusn OF the head; but he notice
queer vagaries of speech-grammatical di
crepancies which shocked his sensitive ear.
e That awakening was the last straw needle
1 to sever all the old attractions, and he he
{ not thought Of her for years before.
Now he had been again awakened. Kat
e was diamond, after all, if a rough one
J. colonel had not disdained the prize whic
he had relinquished.
Two months had passed, when there can
a gentle knock at the door.
!, May / come in?'
Il was Katel
pray, sit down. he said.
ooh, you are courteous this time. / ca
spare ten Minutes little longer than lal
time, because / am coming to say good-by
"Good-by"
? eyes, good-by. Are you sorry!Y
"Sorry, Katiel"
Miss Sabine please" she laughingly co
rected. Give me my right title for OF
!, day more. Tomorrow l shall be Mrs. CO
u de Courcy. It viii sound strange, won't it
Z Every"
y Not, perhaps, SO much to you. That
y the advantage you men have, you new
u u change your name It's unfair. Why hash
" a lady the same privilege
- Hasn't a lady the same privilege? 81
not 10 get to woman rights or wrongs, no
have you progressed under Nine Rameau
- ooh, it has been such fun. / enjoyed it
y much Do you know the waltzl"
NO"
y "Then I viii teach it you. Let me Sc
what is the tune it goes best TOP
!, She paused for a moment, and then s.
~ hummed:
u "Oh, love for a year,
/ A week, a day;
But alas for the love
Y That loves alwayl
Is THAT makes spleRdid waltz Lookl I
n, steps-the trois temps, / mean-are these