Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-06-13
your conversation was entlrely ap9ur

Certainly not. How could you have
become imbued with an idea SO alb
surd? We had many delightful DALI
ances down the romantic groves Of
chemistry, heart to heart talks on
metallurgy, and once-ah, shall I ever
forget it?-while the dusk gently infold-
ed us and l gazed into those bright,
speaking, intelligent eyes of his asAhe
bent nearer and nearer, while his 10y,
sonorous voice in we'll chosen words
pictured to me the promise which for
titled cement holds out to the world
that is, ignorant person, portland &C.
ment strengthened by ribs of steel
and ! sat listening breathless as his
glowing phrases prophesied the future
Of this combination"
katherine closed her eyes, rocked
gently back and forth and crooned,
almost inaudibly:
When you gang ava, Jimmie,
Faur across the sea, laddie.
When We gang to Russian lands,
What will We send to me. laddie?
I know what l shall get. 1t will prob.
ably be a newly discovered recipe for
the compromising of cement which will
do away with the necessity of steel
strengthening"
"Kate, dear, you are OVERRIDING it.
1t is quite right that woman should
be a mystery to man, but she should
not aspire to become a mystery to he1
sister woman. Are you just making
fun or is there something in all this
more serious than your words imply?'
Like the steel Strengthening in the
cement, it may be there, but you can't
see it, and you can't touch it, but II
makes-oh, such a difference to the slab,
Heigho, Dorothy, let us forsake these
hard headed subjects and turn to
something human! What have your
lawyers been bothering you about!
No trouble owe the money, is there?"
Dorothy shook her head.
mo. OF course there are various
matters they have to consult me about
and get my consent to this project OF
the other"
Read the letter. Perhaps my math'
ematical mind can be of assistance te
you"
Dorothy had concealed the letter and
did not now produce it.
at is with reference to your as
sistance, and your continued assist
ance, that l wish to speak to you.
Let US follow the example of the &C.
ment and the steel and form a com
pact. In one respect l am going to
initiate the CONSERVATION. I leave Bar
Harbor next week."
Katherine sat up in her chair, and
her eyes opened wide.
whats the matter with Bar Har-
bor?' she asked.
"You can answer that question bet
ter than 1, Kate. The Kempt family
are not visitors, but live here all the
year round. What do you think is the
matter with Bar HarborY
81 confess it's a little dull in the
winter time, and in all seasons it is
situated a considerable distance from
New York. Where do you intend to
go, Dorothy"
'That will depend largely on where
my friend Kate advises me to go, be-
cause I shall take her with me if she
will come"
Companion, lady's maid, parlor
maid, maid of all work, cook, govern
ess, typewriter girl-which have l to
be? Shall l get N afternoon a week
Off, and may my young man come
and see me. if 1 happen to secure one,
and, extremely important, what are
the wages?"
"You shall fix your own salary,
Kate, and my lawyer men will ar.
range that the chosen sum is settled
upon you so that if we fall out we can
quarrel on equal terms"
"Oh. l see it's an adopted daughter
l am to be, then"
can adopted sister rather"
DO you think l am going to take
advantage of my friendship with an
heiress and so pension myself off,"
"It is l who am taking the advan.
tage," said Dorothy, land l beg you
to take compassion rather than advan.
tage upon a lone creature who has nc
kith or kin in the world"
D you really mean it, Dot?"
"Of course l do. Should 1 propose it
if l didn't?"
swell, this is the first proposal I've
ever had, and l believe it is custom.
airy to say on those occasions that it Is
so sudden or so unexpected, and time
is required for consideration"
How soon can you make up your
mind, Kate?"
ooh, my minds already made up
I'm going to jump at your offer, but l
think it more ladylike to pretend a
mild reluctance. What are you going
to do, Dorothy"
II don t know. I've settled on only
one thing-I intend to build a little
stone and tile church, very quaint and
old fashioned, if 1 get the right kind OF
architect to draw a plan for it, and this
church is to be situated in Haver.
stock"
"Where's Haverstock 2"
ut is a village ear the Hudson riy'
er, on the plain that stretches toward
the Catskills." y
at was there you lived with your
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