The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-04-17

Mr.. and MIS-. Bergen believed in
higher "'ircayiou FOR women. or. rs
they ro;,I each other. We will give
Katie, the cilInccs We didn't have
Katie WAS wild. awkward slip Of a
III! vino wcpt salt tears when ncr dCs-
,inT was unE0l'l@G. She never, never
would go o;r II that eastern college.
>i:~ wcGl!d Gl2 of Inconsistencies, Mrs.
Bergen quite melted 1T the picture. but
hHr husband WAS firm. 1t was best
fox Lor 10 go, ard - she did.
Bat -" energy that had made her
childhood 4 pcriloU.' one flowed read
lily into liz. new channels. The first
month t@tIEd her c0itcntCd, the second
enthusiastic. The letters which told
O. H.iGlos exams and profs grew more
%l,A more uniHtciliGiblc to the two old
people. ;'.i@ Was living in Il world III
to which t.i,'y could not enter. Even
rs they thrilled with pride in her at
taiunynti they felt q strange pang, as
il their lirsIorn were being gradually
stolen ard Il changciinG left In her
place.
WHAT with ;hc weary length of the
four WRITER'S. til" b"cvity of the sum-
nIer vlcat.c3S and their inevitable alb
s0iptiGn IN visits to college chums they
felt f':at the week after commence
IurGt brought her back to them almost
4 stranger.
Size was certainly 10 longer the little
Katie who had conc away in tears.
Miss N::t'@rrn Bergen WAS tall, self
possessed y0un- woman who wore eye
glasses and clothes Cf 4 masculine cut.
Mr.. H2rGca WIS secretly aggricvcd
st ai~ht CT the eyeglasses. when she
had The maxim of such pretty girl"
h said mou2nfully 10 himself, AN
mother an l h:,vin' such good sight at
cur ae2." lie felt that it was high
price to Pay for learning.
Mrs. Bergen WAS shocked by her
daughters taste in clothes. Her stiff
cellars ard h;icoUS vests, the scanti-
moss and i.revittE Of her skirts and her
pronounced fancy for shoes Of the
most bread tCcd ara thick solcd varic-
~ WrTc all thCTnS II the notherly
bosom. S.o WIS, however, 4 woman
Of discretion. She recognized in her
daughter much % q certain obstinacy
which !on~ familiarity with Mr.. Ber-
%"n i:Hd taught her 10 respect. So she
mad" 20 comment on the distressing
changes.
What 81" did not say Scotvillc did.
Eatharyn WIS more than Il nine days
wonder: sh" vas Il perpetual Volcano
She had lest nnn" of her original cncr-
~; rather it had increased by prnc-
ticc. Tho torn needed to be uplifted,
and lci hand was ready for the work.
So S'yotYiilc was introduced to that
row erection. Il woman with pur-
I:0Sa, ana was not overpioased. Her
old girl friends detected an undercur-
rent Of p3:tTnuiZing in all her advances
and refused to CnthuSe over her.
The nlrn who had been boon compan-
ions in her tomhoy days declared that
Il Jolly cool fellow had been changed
into a p..;~ and voted her schemes for
tl&yation as all tcmmyrot. She scan
ia died the OLD minister who had hap-
ti:.sd her wien baby Ivy her open
ayoWal o: ;lIHoSiic beliefs.
Jack S;tlWyn tried in vain to stem
he rising tide of antagOni&m, but then
Gvar,- car kn"w it was only because he
WIS t,o loyal to desert his old sweet
heart .'"e'll na.i not been ahle to go to
college There were the young broth
or. and sisters 10 Wh0HH he had to play
Il i:.thcr'& jnrv So he had turned to
work rs an aHtidot" fer longing for the
unaItniial,lc and was now Mr.. Ber-
rai'.; right hand u,ar. 1t was even
whispered that lis employer would
have ln.a clad 10 w2l<.2mC nearer re-
lat:o:.slijf}.
II seemed. However, that Katharyn
had 10 memory OF the promises whis-
pared iv 4 cNtain Katie. 10 he sure,
,Isnit Lad he.u i l3ol; IN her face when
II, ...',t.: her on her day OF home
c,,r.it!.. ti:.t had sent his heart up into
h t,.51t. Perhaps it WIS not as he
had feared; &',p had not grown beyond
hi, r,itrn ~; hn succeeding days
had lr.u~ht oNly di$ill;Isinrmcnt. The
gir!. Snarti%& vud"r the almost uni
v:-"s:l rrl;;iTa cf her well meant eli
forts. c2..s.s,G him ruthlcssiy among
the r%ri.s Of her opponents.
II she missed! their old time conf
dancca. their Lapay talks on men and
books. sl}a gave no sign. Instead she
withdrew moro closely into herself.
Her rooms were on the ground floor
Of the i,.i-2n !1mrStyaI There she
SIT aHd real o. unused bitterly long
Hfsei' s,42 ilI,i said Good night" From
l!rg ,v.,it;o~s the lawn slop@d down
gently - tie river. Often when her
ha;,d grew weary she would slip cut
quietly to breathe the freshness OF the
night.
Cnn evening The moonlight had iurcd
hcr fro.H her books. TIC strains of 4
yiul:n c'.::}r. &oftcncd by distance. All
Evotrfli" WIS ut Il dance all hut she.
and six had raiHsc2. Her paltry C:;-
cIss, t.,G 't,,;H Tia; she and her mother
lad promised 20 spend the night at an
old &uut'a IN the country during her
Tut &utd,u in&i>poSjtion had kept
them from ing. and now katharyn
hurried dow; the river path. rs if to
escape the wi,ri!iil:c sound.
Sh" had wandered further than she
knew whcn cry hrni,N the stiffness:
Fire. Fire. She turned and ran
back dizzily. Swift intuition told her
that the column of smoke and flame