Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-29

 any place else you can think of, and back 1 to Cleveland again. She's going 6own by boat It's all right.
 "KATHERINED DENHAM."
 'sBless her soul, of course it's all right!" said the railroad magnate, making out passes with his own hand. .Her Cousin Belle wrote II pages when she asked for pass from Mill waukee to Chicago, and had to get her letter typewritten before could read it.''
 Katherine displayed such deep and mysterious interest in the postman the following week that Cousin Emily be- gan to fear that the chaperoning of young woman of IT was position Of no light responsibility.
 Then mystery was explained, however, when Katherine appeared one morning in Cousin Emily's doorway, with a ra- diant countenance, numerous slips of paper and work-basket.
 'sThere!' said Katherine, with dane ing eyes. These are all yours!"
 'Mine!" exclaimed Cousin Emily. "What are they?''
 "A little of everything" replied the plotter. "A lake trip, railroad trips, a jaunt to Washington, trip to the sea- shore, run to Boston, another to New York-you're to stay a month if you want to-"
 Katherine, you told!'
 II didn't! never Said word!'
 '.But you explained--''
 Nothing said Katherine .This family's too large and too honest for explanations. Here, if you must cry, take my apron. But you haven't time. You're to go the minute the others l get back. I've come prepared to sew on buttons by the quart and braid by the mile. You'll have to have some clothes, you know. It's blessing your spring suit is so new!''
 The day cf'Cousin Emily's departure dawned. The relatives that went to see her off formed a scattered procession that reache eai, from one end to the ether of the long ore dock. Now that their l attention was called to the fact, all realized that quiet, unobtrusive, help full Emily had lived all her life in the lietle village without glimpse of the word beyond.
 Really" said Katherine's mother, f after the departing boat. "I'm afraid we've all been abominably selfish. We've. given Emily half dozen homes among us, to be sure, and we've pro- vided her with all she could eat and wear; but I'm afraid we haven't been quite as thoughtful as we should have l been about her pleasures. Now I come to think of it. she has always been the one to stay at home; and no one has ever heard her complain"
 Katherine tipped her hat over pair of tel1tale eyes, and grabbed small l nephew by the arm just in time to save the boy from disappearing over the side of the dock and herself from the necessity of a reply.
 With Cousin Emily gone, the family seemed singularly incomplete. No one else could put the Perkins baby to sleep. No one else could bathe the Denham baby to his satisfaction. For l no one else would Grandfather Den hams gruel attain the proper con sistency. And it suddenly became eyi- dent that no other member of the fam l fly was competent to make buttonholes in the Denberry twins shirt-waists. When, therefore, just five days after her departure, Cousin Emily walked in unannounced, she was greeted with joy, as well as with no little astonish- ment.
 'How in the world" gasped Kath- l erine, almost dropping the Perkins baby in her surprise, .'did you get back so soon?''
 "Soon!'' cried Cousin Emily, seizing ! the baby and shedding tears of joy down his neck. .sSoon! It's been the longest week I ever lived. I was so homesick for this baby, and the Den ham baby, and Grandfather Denham and the twins, that left the boat the moment it touched the dock at Cleve- land and came home by rail on the very first train."
 But you had no pass"
 q had money!" said Cousin Emily, 1 triunphantly.
 .:Do you mean to say that with 3 l pocketful Of passes to Washington and Boston and. Buffalo and New | York, and l everywhere, and boat pass, besides 7 i gasped mortified Katherine, that you bought and paid for a. ticket, and wasted all those passes?'' .sYes, T do!' said Causin Emily, hug ging the Perkins baby ccstatically ssI'd have come by telegraph if I could.
 ssWell,'' said. Katherine, in tone of deep disgust, ..I see I wasn't as smart as thought was! Next time l plan a trip for you I'll include afew grand l parents, all the babies and all the twins; and I'll go myself to see that 1 you don't waste even a fraction of a l pass.'
 \ At first Katherine was keenly disap- l pointed at the seeming failure of her l plan; but when little, undemonstra- l tive Cousin Emily, still fairly beam l ing in her joy at being home again, l threw both arms round Katherine's neck as she kissed her good night at bed 1 time, saying that in all her 40years she hadsnever known a happier day, Kath- crime felt that perhaps, after all,- the trip had been a success.-Y outh' $ Companion.
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