Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13

WASHINGTON, D. O., !
you Mlss-applied ENERGY? Katherine, you
have walked 50 fast that you are quite red
In the face"
1T isn't exertion. it.s vexatfon. Dorothy.
have had perfectly terrible time. 1t Is
the anxfey regarding the proper discipline
Of parents that = spelling the nervous sys-
in the way they should 60, and when they
are old they do depart from 1t. There's
nothing more awful than TO own parents
who think they possess sense of humor
Thank goodness mother has none
Then It II your father who has been mis-
behavingy'
"of course II Is. He treats the most seri-
the latest thing In Life"
Dorothy sat up In the hammock.
The most important problem? That
means proposal. Goodness gracious Kate,
| Is that insurance man back here agaiu?"
What insurance mani"
"Oh. heartIess and heart-breaking Kath-
crime, Is there another? SIT here in the
hammock beside me and tell me all about
it."
mo. thank you." refused Katherine. I
weigh more than you, and I cannot risk
my neck through the collapse OF that bit or
gossamer. ! must take care of myself for
his sake"
Then it is the life insurance man whose
interests you are consulting? Have you
taken out policy with hfmT'
Dear me. you are nearly bad as IA
tner. but not quite SO funny. You are refer.
ring 60 Mr.. Henderson, presume most
d desig nIu, co.npanion Tor aanee. oul. my
the measures of Strauss waltz"
True; quite indisputable, Kate. and them
..,,, uo you creoit. " no Is 1ne man
Inc human soul, continued Katherine
seriously, "aspfres to higher things than
the society columns of the New York Sun
day papers, and the frivolous chatter OF an
OVPrleate6
"a ras ,,o DaAl . I0oH ,-,.
b,-r,s7 49, 80 IAtlee, .,iIe s,ie iioii5
=. n anu hhgner IN my estimation see
!. an nov. Inose solenn utterances OF
;o1d p pinS u,sete,y toWa,o angh Hiiner ,
OIo hea SANDSTONE ana works OF tnat
s s1Tt anu nov = Iemsnper your singing
4 men 1ot.i,.V coines MAI Niarenlhg f1one.
sneIsioie 'ahe II .iiat JACK Lamont mas ar
fisgq.
..T M mas Aoe
an rnei IN nc mas written 10 your
..n ns mas las, not
on, wen. give II up TEL me the trag-
Guy your own way.
roi aiisWSr katherine WiIhoreW ner
nahaS from penlhd her ana oHered TO her
! irleho sneet OF paper she had been hold
ing Dorothy saw plazoned on the top OF 1t
coat-of-arms and underneath 1t, written
IN words or the most formal nature, was
t me lnIormatIon mat Prince Ivan Lennon
tolL presented MS Warmest regards to Capt
Kempt, U. s.. N. retired, and begged per-
mission TO pay his addresses to the cap
tam daughter Katherine. Dorothy looked
/ uP iioiii tlIe uoCuiLeAt, anu uer Irlenu Sdlu
calmly
You see, they need another katherine In
Russia"
Il hope she won't be like former one
If all I've read of her is true This letter
was sent to your father then?'
ut was, and he seems to regard it as a
huge joke Said he was going to cable hts
consent, and as the CONSERVATION has sail
ed away, he would try to pick her UP by
wireless telegraphy and secure the young
man that way; suggests that / shall have
a lot of new photographs taken SO that he
can hand them out to the reporters when
| they call for particulars. Sees in his minds
| eye, he says, a huge black-lettered heading
| in the evening papers a Russian Prince
| Captures One of Our Fairest~ Daughters
and then insultingly limited that perhaps
| after all, it was better not to use my pic
| ture as 1t might not bear out the fair
| daughter fiction of the heading"
Yes Kate l can see that such treat
| ment of a vital subject must have been
| very provoking"
Provoking? I should say 1t vast He
| pretended he was going to tack this letter
| up on the notice board in the hall of the
| hotel so that every one might know what
| guests of distinction the Matterhorn House
| held But the most exasperatlng feature of
| the situation is that this Letter has been
| living for DAYS and DAYS at our cottage in
| Bar Harbor I am quite certain that L
| left Instructions for letters to be forwarded
| but as nothing came. I telegraphed yes
| terday to the Deople who have taken our
| house and now a whole hean of beIated
| corresnondence has arrived with q note
! our address You will see at the bottom of