New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-04


and fairly upsetting the sobbing girl,
who chung desperately to the handle
as she went down into the rushing
muddy water.
Il wish 1t was deep enough to drown
me, she gasped as she struggled to
rise
Why, Kathleen, child, why are you
out in this storm p
In her misery she did not recognize
the strong, comforting voice, and she
only cried helplessly as she was lifted
bodily into luxurious carriage and
the door closed
Don't cry, Kathleen Well be horne
in few minutes, and you must make
yourself dry and warm before you take
cold and are sick How fortunate T
was passing, and on my way to the
Octagon too!''
The Octagon was the home of the
bachelor girls, six of them once, now
only two, thanks to Cupid
She was trembling with cold and
nervousness and Wretchedly conscious
Of her wet, bedraggled, miserable APP
pearance, but the pitiful picture Of her
imagination was still too strong to be
dismissed.
Did you get a job?" she whispered
intensely and then laughed Historically
at the unfamiliar phraseology of her
question
Coleridge stared at her uncompre-
hendingly for second, and then his
face Hghtened.
II have hopes of one, = gravely 8
I'm glad-so glad. oh. I wish /
could give it all back to your
The money you mean?'
Yes; you'll miss 1t so''
Money isn't all. There are other
things, Kathleen" earnestly watching
her expressive face. What would you
think of woman who refused man
because he had become poor?''
Did Miss Fairlie do that 2" cried
Kathleen holly. Il never dreamed she
would be SO mercenary''
Would you do that, Kathleen?''
mo, / would not!'' passionately. I'D
love him all the more and try to make
/ it up to him in other ways
I'D be glad to be poor If / could
know that you loved me, Kathleen
She gazed at him with frightened,
troubled eyes.
Il have loved you a long time, Katll-
I leen, he urged, 4sbut you are so much
younger was afraid to ask YOU
But you have just proposed to Miss
/ Fairlie." she burst forth vehemently.
And she refused you because you are
now poor
"Oh, no" quietly, 4 only supposed
a case. / proposed to her ten years
ago, and she refused because she cared
more for her career. We have been
good friends ever since It is you,
Kathleen, that I want, if you can care
for a poor man-an old fellow like
me-
He put out his hand entreatingly and
touched her wet glove. She shrank
from him and huddled miserably back
into the corner.
| Don't touch me- she cried sharp
| it-noW.' .
/ And then a miracle happened, for a
man comprehended Woman's feelings
Coleridge reached into the broadclott
pocket at the side of the carriage and
drew out hand mirror.
Look, Kathleen, see how pretty the
rain has made your hair curl
She caught the glass eagerly q
thought there was mud on my nose,
laughing and crying together. cts
a wonder there isn't, the way fel
/ down
you haven't answered my. question
!. Kathleen =
She gazed earnestly into his pleading
/ face. Could you really be glad to bs
poor p
If you loved me, Kathleen, coule
be glad for everything
Then please be glad, she murnallr
ed softly, for / have loved you al
ways
He took her in his arms and hell
her close. Kathleen, dear, / am hal
ashamed now to tell you, but tina
note to Miss Fairlie was a base de
ception-to you. wanted to be sur,
that you loved me, me-poor and 'ou
Of job .
DO you mean that you are no
! poor-that you are still rich?' sh,
cried regretfully. ooh, and though
could help you
You will help me with your love
dearest, and am doubly rich nov
that / have you
She was silent for moment ant
then laughed sjoyously. .sOn seeont
thought am glad you are rich. wan
4 you to buy a magazine I
General Lees Punctuality.
Ny father was the most punctua
Il, To-