The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-20

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DIaskea' ouered him fine commission
on the next years profits ID was
curious 70 see how soon she galvanized
MN into an opinion that these Dro0ts
must certainly be forthcoming
ono LAID IN n typewriter. burned The
ono quills, wrote the FIRMS letters
9lSned them For O'Neiu and craven
y O'Reni." and before she knev, ~ IA
SI-atea a personality. Ten callers n
wanted to So ST.. 'r9 der ms ,
your new head. M ~ AMI went
away with the idea thar old Creu,dso,
h@u suddenly developed CAPACITY and
a no,S stSsSnst IN OF IL had STOOD himself
~, on Saturdays. during the GUNNER
- ~ Neu4 caught butterflies. and In
morning she went 70 church. on S1b.
cay afternoons and evenings she had
something very nearly approachine a
salon On these latter oces.sion.- SFrs
craven BATTERED herself that she brought
success by her artistic attention - the
SOtnnlssariat
NoW. tho girl was attractive TO men
Sh1 although she was omphatfralIv a
6tFIs girl stan she had as MANY friends
81 one sex as the other She ,,-as ,rord
LOOKING she was amusing she VS. al
ways well turned out. and she carried
&CoHt with her that fndeecri bs BE
ena.fn 'aoove and beyond these other
Hi--ttefsl which always makes people
oesirous of warming up 4 FIRST ac-
quaint lance Into intimacy.
10 one man only had she shown any
snouEh encouraged thereby 10 propose
marriage 20 her
She accepted hirn-provisiona1lv.
am not absolutely certain That I
wish q be married Just vet" she told
MN Dst J am going abroad now and
Will let you know definitely when l
return Those are not nice terms but
they are the best 7 can offer / have
always been able 70 give a yes or mo-
decision on every oth-r matter fu life
50 far. But here 1 cant II is weak
o. No. perhaps II IS merely Womanly."
ness IS you are exquisite IN everything
else ne had replied. i am grateful
IIor any bone Of comfort you throw me
Kitty dear"
She was going away then 60 west
africa. as has been related above and
the man saw her on from the landing
stage She returned the waving o. his
handkerchief Now II YOU had abused
me for my indecision. and said YOU
gagged. ! believe I'd have married Won
out Of hand u you'd wanted m, But
YOU Gldnt seem able TO cllnch things
the present I'm glad j made YOU keen
our little matter secret"
. The man name was Austin. Many
Ifnes during the voyage south through
the Bay and down the Trades from
the Islands Kate told herself she
ought 70 announce the fact that she
was Engaged. But On every occasion
ier femintnity got up In arms. Ger
talnly not" said this Intangible force
MI Austin Is man. and II ne cares
~" AAe-h eAAiA gossip. WY let him
but a woman by reason OF her sex is not
called upon 20 say more than she
neeos. SO Kate held her tongue and
regretted more and more every cav
that-WeIl-that she Should have ca-,ss
Tor regrets.
When she got back 10 England.
cav a1fetd OF time, Aunt Jane happened
70 De IN London, but Austin had a
wire from Point Lynas and was there
81 the landing stage 10 meet her He
wanted 10 kiss her there before the
world, but she had the advantage Of
height. and avoided him skllfuIlv and
without advertisement Their subse-
guent hAndshakc was somewhat Of a
failure.
"HuHo. Henry" said Miss oNem
fancy seeing you here. j suppose you
viii tn ard make out YOU came down
here TO the landing stage on purpose
70 meet me? How abominabiy hot
Liverpool Is. and how atrociously the
Mersey smells after that nice clean
Smooth River. Have you caught me
any butterflies? I've brought four
! honestly believe I've got two un-
named specimens II they turn out
rev. shall christen one after my self
something O'NeillH There's vanity for
1oui And now for the Customs House"
Is that all you have 10 say Co me
KITTY I've been just hungry All the
time to see YOU again. ] don't think
. single hour OF single dag has
passed but what I have thought Of
Sou were doing"
wen. Henry. that's more than
1Cutu say mere. wait tli4 ! catch that
porters eye He's taking my cabin
trunk 20 the wrong heap. About what
was in my head between here and
the Coast. III not say. but once out
there. I'll tell YOU frankly I gave little
enough thought to anything except
Coast interests. The first place 7 went
ashore at after Sierra Leone was our
own factory Al smooth. and they'd had
4 night there which only ended up when
our whistle blew. The clearing between
the factory buildings and the forest
was Illl or dead found u
that no fewer than so Okky savaees
lad attacked the place. and thcv we've
all held on bv orc OF our clerks with
3 couple OF Winchesters and a half