The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-10-18
Kitty Green's
E1oPenent II
Hv wILLIAn j. HAMPTON
Copyright. 1901, by Authors syndicate)


was pretty and petted, and even the
promise she had given to her lover
was not always a reminder TO ner
that her first duty was to him. Jonh
Meldon was one of the men VINO De-
ieve with the poet:
..Ier very frowns are fairer far.
Than smiles of other maiGens are
And when she frowned upon nm 1or
the good advice he, as ten years ner
senior, felt he had the right to give
her, he loved her the more and was
the more Jealous, feeling that when
at last he had won her completely
she would be more precious to nm
for the effort required in the winning.
But Kitty Green's temper and tenn
perament were not Of the John Mel
don sort vet, and although she had
promised to be his wife and SAID she
loved him better than any other man
in all the world, it must be confessed
that Kitty could not persuade herself
to withdraw her beauty and her VIM
some WAYS entirely from the admlra-
ton of other men. as it is provided
in all cases of affairs Of the hearl
the woman should DO. No, Kitty loved
admin ton, and she loved to tease
the excellent young man who had
been the only one who had won a
final and definite promise from her.
They had been ngaged for three
months. and, while a portion of that
time was Paradise to John, there
were other portions of it when, II ne
had been asked for his opinion, it is
feared that it would scarcely have
been appropriate for publication. yet
with it all, the idea of not loving her
never once entered his mind. He
knew the story. from his infancy. OF
the children of Israel in the wilder
ness. and their final deliverance and
iov in the Promised Land was his
pillar of Fl re to lead him through the
darkest night of kitty's willfulness
and coquetry.
Her latest disregard of his wishes.
not to say his rights. was her permit
ting the attention of one Maj. Hunter.
who had appeared in Winston social
circles as hero from the Philippine
islands. Nobody had inquired of the
war department at Washington for
the ma ior's credentials. and he was
such an attractive gentleman that no
one thought OF doing such thing
In fact. all Winston society simply
fell at the ma, ior's feet and worshiped
because he had such elegant manners
and such an extensive and intimate
acquaintance with ruth avenue and
Newport and the diplomatic circles
of the capital that to have questioned
his position or any statement he
made of himself would have been
high treason. John Meldon, not being
q society man. was not included
among the wor<hipers of the ma jor.
and he was in proper frame of mind
to consider him calmly and to con-
clude that there was 4 mouse in the
meal lag. though just where and how
he had not then the means of know
irr. What Mr.. Meldon knew definite
" of the major was that he had
proved conclusively to himself that
Kitty Green would come into possess
sion Of fortune plenty large enough
for two when she was 81 years of
AGE and that no other girl in Winston
had anything like such prospects. For
further particulars the major did not
seem to care.
Kitty'S lover maintained a discreet
silence on the sub ect of the major
e.,
tue, and then he very mildly suggest
ed one evening that she might at
least divide her time between her
promised husband and the ubiquitous
ma ior.
Maj. Hunter is gentleman" she
said. with toss of her pretty head,
land if I want to see him every day
in the week I shall do So"
~ on have the right to do as you
please, sweetheart said Meldon,
coaxngly. "but YOU have no right to
say who or what Maj. Hunter is until
you know
81 know Mai. Hunter is gentle
man." she continued. "Haven't I seen
him nearly every day since he has
been in town, and if he were not a
gentleman. wouldn't know?"
"Sweetheart, sweetheart pleaded
her lover, You are dear little thing
that a man Of the world. such as
Hunter is. could fool to death, and
he is fooling you now. He has even
gone so far as to investigate the rec
ords to learn how much money you
have"
Kitty became wildly indignant or
the instant.
do you mean to ins.nuate. Mr.. Mel
dom" she exclaimed, with Il flushed
face and in an angry tone. chat Ne;
Huntc- Las no regard Tor me excep
for my money?'
''Surely, Kitty." asserted Meldon
81 say it positively as my belief"
'Thcn I'll ask him." she said "And
Mr.. Meldon,' she went on, "for thi
SANDER you have uttered against
man who has always been polite an,
attentive to me. you may consider on
engagement broken. You think Ma
Hunter is no gentleman, and l thin
YOU are not one. GOOD evening, MI