Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-01

much with YOU"
Mrs. Allen, the lady with whom she
lived, was so sorry for the lonely girl
| that she always asked her to Join any
little entertainment that took place.
Kitty never accepted these kindly
meant invitations. She was SO I'M
| happy that she had no heart for any
thing of the kind. One evening, how
ever, she relented. A small musical
party was to be given and one of the
pupils, girl of whom Kitty had be-
come very fond, begged her to accept
Mrs. Aliens invitation to join it,
my brother, who is staying at Lau-
same now, is coming" she said
proudly. "He sings splendidly, and
you play accomplishments so well that
l want you to play his. l told Mrs.
Allen I would implore you to come.
Do, there's darling. You needn't
stay down stairs all the evening if
you are tired, only l do want you to
hear Arthur sing and see him too, he
is just perfect" For jamie thought
there was no one in the world fit to
Kitty acceded to the earnest request,
though when she found herself in the
drawing room that evening she was
almost sorry she had given in. There
was no help for it then, however, and
she bowed gracefully to the tall, dark
young man who was Immediately in
troduced to her by his enthusiastic
sister.
Miss Ormond is going to play your
accomplishments, Arthur" she said
impetuously. "She plays beautifully,
and I have told her all about your
wonderful singing"
The man smiled
Il am afraid my little sister talks too
much" he SAID. ''She is so proud of
my singing that she expects every one
to be equally enthusiastic"
During the evening he asked his
sister why Miss Ormond looked 50
unhappy, and she told him that Miss
Ormond had brought her aunt ont to
Lausanne hoping thereby to restore
her health and how she had died sud-
denly.
"The poor thing is quite alone in
the worsd, and very poor" jamie con-
tinued, so Mrs. Allen asked her to
live with her. She must have loved
that aunt awfully, because it is more
than two years since she died, and
Miss Ormond always has that sad ex-
preston" The young man found that
jamie had by no means exaggerated
Miss Ormond's playing powers, and al
though not at all impressionable, he
could not help feeling interested in
the beautiful, sad, and apparently
friendless girl. He stayed in Lau-
same for some time, and very often
saw his sister, and always managed
to see Miss Ormond at the same time.
kitty, DEAR" he said tenderly, why
are you so much astonished? You
must have known l loved you My
poor little girl all alone in the world.
jamie has told me all about your
troubles, and now l am going to make
you happy again. You are too young
and pretty to have that sad face al
ways"
81 can't" she murmured brokingly.
81 love you oh, yes, 1 love you, but l
can never marry you nor any other
man."
The anguish in her voice and face
was so intense that the man looked
at her in establishment.
What is it, my darling? Why do
you talk so strangely? Why, if you
love me, can't you marry me? You
speak as if you had committed
crime!"
so have" she answered, and 1t
was his turn to start back and ex-
claim, kitty, what do you mean?
Listen she said miserably, and
then she tells her story.
Her eyes were on the ground, and
she did not see the curious light in
his.
at is odd there was exactly the 55o
you wanted, no more, no less, he oo-
served quietly, to her establishment
There was something else" she an
swered, "a"
But he interrupted her:
A shilling and four pennies were
in it as WE'LL the purse was green
worked with black, and A. K. was
stamped in gold in one corner"
"a K" she cried. arthur King! 1t
was your purse. Oh, let me go! Let
me go, let me never see you again!
He held her firmly.
my darling, the money is nothing
to me incomparison with what you
have suffered. I am glad you had the
money, glad that through me you were
able to give your aunt a little happl-
ness at the end. And for yourself
Kitty. you must be happy again now.
After all, you used my money, and II
is only fair you should give me some
thing in exchange.
81 have nothing to give, at least
hardly anything. / have only been
able to save $40. oh, Arthur, how
you must hate mel"
81 don't want money, Kitty. You
can give me the only thing IN the
world that I want, and that is