The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-04-07

deiantly. everything and ever
body except, of course. you, Au
Hester"
kitty, dear, don't talk so wickedly
replied a voice SO feeble and tire
though sweet, that there was no nee
to'be told Aunt Hester was III.
ITS quite true" repeated Kitty; :
do hate everything. l hate never ha'
ing any money and living in these tw
poky little rooms. and not being abb
10 take you abroad. which the doctc
says would very likely make you we
again, and having 10 slave day afte
day teaching those horrid childre
who lever seem to learn anything.
loathe it ALI l can't help not beini
patient like you, Auntie, and If it /
wicked to hate things, why then
u be wickedr'
The girl stopped, completely out O.
breath. and the elder woman sighes
but said nothing. She knew how hare
the poverty of their lives was TO the
pretty girl of eighteen, who had
youths natural desire for pleasure AND
pretty things. She understood how irk-
some it was to Kitty to teach three
dull children for five hours daily for
the muniicent sum of f14 a year,
which money, with the addition Of a
very small annuity of hers, was all
they had tc live IN b knew, too.
better than her niece. better even than
the doctor, that SO far as she was on
cerned. ii would soon be over; that
rot even the visit to Switzerland, so
easily advised. so impossible TO oh
tain, would make very much differ
ence or very materially lengthen the
days before Kitty would be left 10
light the battle Of life alone.
only 49," she went on bitterly. Il
have worked it all out. For $50 we
could both go to Lausanne for ten
weeks You know that pension where
Lizbie stayed; they would take the
two OF US for f3 a week; that would
leave plenty for the journey. Fifty
pounds. less than heaps OF women
spend OIL one dress, l call ii hateful
lorrible-unfair. Why should We have
nothing and others so much?"
She made for the park. and as she
was walking along one Of its most de
serted paths her foot knocked against
a stone, which she kicked impatiently
away. The softness OF the stone
struck her. and she looked down TO
ind she was kicking a purse. She
licked 1t up and examined it carefully.
1t was nearly new, of green leather.
~euriously worked with black. and the
monogram. "A K" stamped IN gold
In one corner.
1T is so light there can be nothing
in it." she said to herself. and opened
ia A shilling and four pennies fell
into her hand, and then some pieces of
folded paper, i've Bank OF England
rear. Kitty's head swan, her eyes
grew misty, she felt sick and faint as
the temptation unfolded itself to her.
Here was the exact sum needed to re-
S. ore Aunt Hester to health: there was
name In the purse, no clew TO the !
owner; surely, since 1t had ONE 10 her
at that moment when she so much
n eded $50, 1t must have been sent by
Providence. Surely 1t would be only
r ght for her to keep 1t. Thus she rea-
soned, knowing the weakness Of her
arguments, realizing, but refusing TO
consider, that she contemplated COM
a theft. And after the theft,
would be necessary, for IL Aunt
Hester had the ~faintest Idea of how
money was obtained, she would
certainly refuse TO even touch II, and
insist On making every effort to
Ind Its owner.
II Miss Ormond had not been the
most supplemented and unsuspecting ,
II women she would never have be-
ieved that Mrs. Harper, the by no
means rich mother Of her niece's pu- ,
Ills, would give her a present Of ESQ, !
or this was the very feeble lie by
which Kitty accounted for her possess i,
OF the money. Miss Ormond was ;
nxious to write and thank the lady.
III Kitty averTed that Mrs. Harper ,
Iad made a condition she should re- !,
Give no thanks for her gift, aud Miss =
into whose guileless mind no
hadow of suspicion entered, obeyed. :,
dough a little unwillingly. "Such a !.
iagnifcent, such a princely gift" !,
he kept ON murmurtng gently, at :
rude and ungrateful for me not !
!, thank her, but Of course we must
o as she wishes l hope, Kitty, you
lid how deeply grateful we both
re-" r.
A week later and the dingy lodgings T,
ere left and unit and niece started
,r Switzerland. Aunt Hester bore the &,
'urney very well, and they were soon q
In a comfortable pension IN
-e~rlooking the azure waters Of Lake
emen, on the other side of which In nj
majesty the peaked Alps N
eep guard ns
Then suddenly one day when they
ID been In Lausanne for six weeks. 90
I'd Kitty congratulated herself that -
r aunt was SO much better she had =
4 sinned In vain, the end came. Aunt 80
returned from a walk, felt 81
ed, and went to lie down. In two =,
'urs the suave little Swiss doctor
rs assuring the almost frantic Kitty
at nothing could save Miss Ormond. n.
( all your famous London doctors ~.
d been here, Mademolselle, they
have done nothing. Her heart :,
led suddenly. 1 sympathize much -
tn you" O.
IRIS. Allen, the lady with whom she we
ed, was so sorry for the lonely girl ".
It she always asked her to join any 4
lie entertainment hat took place. !.
tty never accepted these kindly -.
ant invitations. She was SO un- ~
ply that she had no heart for any a..
Of the kind. One evening. how