Gilpin observer., 1903-06-18

| IT., II sic his lawful wife bei
Say not ff' in my hearing; say rct
If of my Katherine"
When a girl runs away from her
home
with her husband she went; keep
that in mind when people speak to
thee"
What kind Of husband will he be
to her?y
We'll, then, I think not bad of him.
Nearer home there are worse men. |
think my Katherine is happy; and
happy with her l will be, though the
child in her joy l see not"
While they were eating an early
dinner, Joanna came in, sad and tear
ful. What, then, is the matter with
thee?' asked Lysbet, with great COM
posure.
20, mother, my Katherine! My
sister Katherine!"
Il thought perhaps thou had bad
news of Batavius. Thy sister Kath-
crime hath married very fine gentle
man, and she is happy. For thou
must remember that all the good men
Il am glad that so you take it.
thought in very great sorrow you
would be-"
See that you do not say such words
to any one, Joanna. Very angry
viii be If hear them. Batavirs, also,
he must be quiet on this mat er."
20, then, Batavius has many things
of greater moment to think about!
OF Katherine he never approx d, and
the talk there will be, he will not
like 1t. Before from Boston he comes
back, shall be glad to have il over"
Joanna, many will praise Rather
inc, for she to herself has done well.
And, when back she comes, at the
governors she will visit, and with all
the great ladies'; and not one among
them will be SO lovely as Katherine
Hyde"
And. if Joanna had been in Madam
Semple's parlor a few hours later she
would have had a most decided illus
tration of Lysbet's faith in the pop
ular verdict. Madam was sitting at
her tea table talking to the elder, who
had brought home with him the full
supplement to Joanna's story.
Neil had heard nothing. He had
been shut up in his office all day over
an important suit and was irritable
with exhaustion, though he was doing
his best to keep himself in control,
and when madam his mother said
pointedly. I'm fearing, Neil, that the
bad news has made you i'll; you arena
at a like yourself" he asked without
much interest, What bad news.''
"The news anent Katherine Van
Heemskirk"
What of herr" he asked.
"Didna you hear? She ran ava
last night wi Capt. Hyde; stole ava
wi him on The Dauntless'"
"She would have the right to go
with him, l have no doubt" said Neil
with guarded calmness
DO you really think she was his
wife,"
IF she went with him, am sure
she was" He dropped the words
with an emphatic precision. and
looked with gloomy eyes out of the
window; gloomy, but steadfast, as If
which there was no hope
But if she isna?" persisted madam.
In moment Neil let slip the rein
in which he had been holding him
self. and in slow, intense voice an
swered. Il shall make it my business
to find out. If Katherine is married,
God bless her! II she is not, l will
follow hyde around the world until
l cleave his false heart in two" His
passion gathered with its utterance.
He pushed away his chair. and put
down his cup SO indifferently that it
missed the table and fell with a crash.
Joris tried to put the memory of
Katherine away, but he could not &C.
complish a miracle. The girls face
was ever before him. He felt her
caressing fingers linked in his own.
and as he walked in his house and
his garden. her small feet pattered
beside him. For as there are in cre-
alton invisible bonds that do not
break like mortal bonds, so also there
are correspondence subsisting be.
tween souls, despite the separation of
distance.