The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-10-15

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body except. Of course, you. Aunt
Hester.
Kitty. dear. don't talk 50 ~wiekedly.
replied a voice - feeble and Tired
though sweet. that there was no need
10 be told Aunt Hester Vas Ill
IT. quite true. repeated Kitty i
do hate everything | hate haF-
ing any money and living IN these Two
poky little rooms. aud not being able
10 take you abroad. which the doctor
says would very likely make you well
again. and having 10 slave day after
day teaching those horTid children
who never seem 10 learn anything.
loathe i all, can't help not being
patient Ike you. Auntie. and II II is
wicked to bate things, Why b G |
must be wicked
The girl stopped. completely out Of
breath. aud the elder woman sighed
but said nothing. She knew how hard
the poverty Of their lives was 10 the
pretty girl Of eighteen. who had
youths natural d ere FOR pleasure aud
pretty things. She understood bow irk-
some II vas 10 Kitty 10 teach three
dull children for i've hours daily To-
the munlhceut sum OF IL a yesr
which money. with the addition u 4
very small annuity Of hers. vas all
they had TO live on. She knew. loo
better than her niece. better even than
the doctor. that 50 FAR as she was con-
eerned. It would soon be over that
not ever the visit 20 Switzerland, ; o
easily advised 20 impossible to OBJ
tain. would make very much differ
ence or very materially lengthen the
days before Kitty would be left 10
fight the battle Of life alone.
only 80" she went On bitterly. 4
have worked It all out For 80 We
could both 90 TO Lausanne for ten
weeks You know that pension where
Lizbie stayed. they would take the
two OF Ne FOR f3 a week that would
leave plenty for the journey. Fifty
pounds. less than heaps OF wome
spend on one dress, / call II hateful
horrible-unfair. Why should We have
nothing and Others so muchf'
She made for the park. and as she
was walking along one u its most de
serted paths her foot knocked against
a stone, which she kicked impatientiy
away. The softness Of the stone
struck her. and she looked down 10
find she was kicking \ purse. She
picked 1t up aud examined 1t carefully
II was nearly new. OF green leather.
e%urionsly worked with black. and the
monogram. "A. X" stamped In gold
In one corner.
1T Is 20 light there can be nothing
In IT," she said 10 herself, aud opened
H. A shilling and four pennies fell
into her hand. and then some pieces of
folded paper, iYe Bank Of England
notes for 40 each. There was no one
near. Kitty's head swan. her eyes
grew misty. she felt sick aud faint rs
the temptation unfolded itself 20 her.
Here was the exact sum needed TO re-
store Aunt Hester TO health. there VAS
no name In the purse, no clew to the
owner. surely, since Il had come TO her
at that moment when she so much
needed TO. D. must have been sent by
Providence. Surely II would be only
right for her TO keep il. Thus she rea-
soned. knowing the weakness OF her
arguments. realizing. but refusing 10
consider, that she contemplated com
hitting a theft. And after the theft,
lies would be necessary, for II Aunt
Hester had the faintest idea OF how
the money was obtained. she would
certainly refuse 10 even touch II, and
would insist on making every effort 10
find It's owner,
IL Miss Ormond had not been the
most simple minded and unsuspecting
of women she would never have be
lieyed that Mrs. Harper. the by no
means rich mother OF her niece's pn.
pills, would give her a present OF ITO,
for this vas the very feeble lie by
which Kitty accounted for her posses
sion OF the money. Miss Ormond was
anxious to write and thank the lady,
but Kitty averred that Mrs. Harper
had made a condition she should re-
celve no thanks for her gift, and Miss
Ormond, into whose guileless mind no
shadow OF suspicion entered. obeyed,
though a little unwillIngly. Such a
magnificent. such a princely gift"
she kept on %murmurlng gently, 1T
seems rude and ungrateful for me not
to thank her, but OF course we must
do as she wishes. / hope. Kitty. you
said how deeply grateful we both
are"
A week later and the dingy lodgings
were left and aunt and niece started
for Switzerland. Aunt Hester bore the
journey very well, and they were soon
Installed In a comfortable pension
overlooking the azure waters of Lake
Leman, on the other side of which In
snow-elad majesty the peaked Alps
keep guard.
Then suddenly one day when they
had been In Lausanne for six weeks,
and Kitty congratulated herself that
her aunt vas so much better she had
not sinned In vain, the end came. Aunt
Hester returned from a walk, felt
tired. and went to lie down. In two
hours the suave little Swiss doctor
was assuring the almost frantic Kitty
that nothing could save Miss Ormond
III all your famous London doctors
had been here, Mademolselle, they
could have done nothing. Her heart
failed suddenly. | sympathize much
with you
Mrs. Allen, the lady with whom she
lived, was so sorry for the lonely girl
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