Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-16
kITTY'S cHIckEN.MAN.
Continued From Page Six.)

for the papers, once in a while for the
magazines l have done odd jobs by
day-Kitty, bless her, has told you of
two of them. l have tried to make a
gentlewoman of the child, have given
her the right outside surroundings,
have taught her-and loved her. We.
Mrs. Callahan and l have been until
today, the only people, except oc-
casionally the doctor, Trixy can re-
member having seen. That is all l
have to tell you. Beatrice"
Did you never know that WAS so
lonely?"
No, dear, l did not know anything
about you, not even that you lived in
Boston. Before dinner, our dear, faith
full Mamma told me that you married
Mr.. Perkins to please your father and
that they both died within six
MONTHS
You will stay here-with-with
me?'
IF you need me, dear. l will stay as
long as you need your brother"
Beatrice rose from the low chair in
which she had listened to his words,
broken and hating, he
also rose.
Edgar" she said. slowly. the other
day. when Kitty told me of a child
called by my names. the names you
gave me. Mamma and talked, almost
for the first time since you left, of
you. She said that she was almost
sure that you loved me. i could not
what she meant, until you
held me in your arms today. Was she
right. Edgar, did you love me? do you
now"
Edgar Armitage turned away, but
her hand held him.
do you. EDGAR" she again
cor have you changed be-
cause l am not the girl you left. not
your Trixytrue. Can't you forgive
HE for not knowing. when you had
never told me? Edgar. speak to met"
Hush, Beatrice" the sorely tried
man exclaimed. drawing himself from
her clinging hands. my darling. don't
tempt me in this way. do you not see
what | ann. A wretch who has failed
in everything. pauper with a help
less, crippled child. My Star. let me
be your brother, the truest and most
faithful woman ever had-but not
yOu "ouIu iOt nave a pCioiohCA Oh
your bounty. Do you know what the
world would say?"
Il don't care what the world would
say. If you are wretch that has
failed, why I like wretches that have
failed. that is all. AS to poverty. do you
suppose Papa would have left you
penniless if he had known that all the
investments he thought had failed.
when he gave me to Mr.. Perkins, were
going to turn out many times as
valuable as he ever hoped they would?
Don't you know that l have more
money than i can count, all my own,
besides the piles and piles Mr.. Perkins
left to Kitty and me? 1 don't want a
brother-I want-and there are the
children, don't you think it would be
everything for Kitty to have a father,
and Beatrice a mother? But l don't
want to bring them up. they shall not
count, nothing shall count. but just
YOU and me- I told Mamma I had ex-
hausted life. I know tonight that
have never tasted it. want you,
Edgar have loved you all my life,
without knowing it. If you love me
give me the happiness l have missed
till now mother that am, wife that
have been. Edgar!" She had moved
away from him as she spoke. and now
stood at a little distance. tears and
smiles struggling for the mastery in
her lovely face, inviting. persuading,-
He took one step. his face glorined,
holding out his arms,
MY darling-my peloVeo- ne
come to mel"
JOAQUIN Miller once wrote, and the
Amazons came-and their reign was
ended" but Beatrice was no Amazon
and she knew, as she went willingly
to the waiting arms. that her reign
had Just begun.
King daxwcll of vanceboro has re-