Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-15

glanced at her wonderingly. with a softly
| murmured why, Kitty Mcnamara
Kitty knew that she was disgracing her
self. Her movements grew nervous and
jerky. Once in riffiing the cards she
sowed the whole pack broadcast. She
dare not lift her eyes to the girls who
were her opponents or to that grave,
gray-eyed woman opposite. who sought to
cover her mistakes as fast as she made
them
She'll hate me forever" Kitty thought,
miserably. A sudden rage possessed her.
Her head went up defiantly. And then
she became aware that a curious silence
was following upon the sound of her own
voice. that the girl on her right was biting
! her lip angrily. that Alice Landry was
saying in shocked tone: Why, Kitty
Mcnamara, how nasty you are.
She did not know what she had said.
and she did not care. She only knew
that it had stung somewhere. Behind
her she heard a low voice: THE dis
agreeable thing I shan't ask her to my
house after this. even for the sake Of her
| clever reporting"
The game came to a close and refresh
ments were brought in. Kitty took a
mouthful of her ice and crumbled cake.
Then she saw that she had been left
| alone. She got up and moved toward the
| door. Nobody noticed She thought she
| was going to escape from the room, when
| Lola spoke:
Kitty, you're not going?'
II think / must. I've had a lovely
| time" Her lips trembled over the lie.
Lola looked at her colby. I'm glad
| you came she said. but Kitty knew that
She too, lied.
| Kitty fed upstairs AS she snatched
| her coat from the place where she had
| left it she noticed that it had lain all the
/ time close to a garment of baby lamb,
rich. new. and fashionable. 1t was Miss
| kanes
| Her hand stole down the length Of the
| coat She loved beautiful things, she
| who never had any. When she drew her
| hand away a faint fragrance came with
| womanliness which characterized Miss
| Kane She hurried into her coat and hat,
| her rusty rubbers. her mended gloves
| and left the room. Outside on the land
ing she came face to face with Miss
| Kane.
eff you'll wait a moment" said the
older woman, ''Ill walk away with you"
Kitty waited. Miss Kane came out
wearing the splendid coat, with smart
| little toque atop her graying hair. She
smiled encouragingly at Kitty, who
| smiled back pteously.
| You won't mind going a little out Of
your way with me?' Miss Kane asked,
as they reached the street.
| Kitty shook her head. I'D love to-"
she said Then, with a sob, her plea
came. "Oh, 1 know what they think of
me back there, and / don't care, but
| do care what you think" With a splash
Il
| When presently she could see clearly
again she found that she had been led
| into a quiet side street, where there was
nobody 10 see her emotion, and that
Miss Kane's arm was through hers.
| Poor little girl said the sweet voice.
mo, I'm horrid, nasty, laundering
girl" There was frantic protest in
Kitty's tones. But perhaps if you
Don't IT, asked Miss Kane.
| Kittys eyes sought her in Management
But how?'
Because I've been a girl myself"
| But you could never have been such
a girl as / am Kitty said at length.
You could never have been as poor. You
see, there's three Of us. mother isn't we'll
and Ted is only eleven. When father
stopped work I took his place. I'm a
newspaper woman and you can't know
an in a little town like this. I know
Everybody and I get asked about, not be-
cause I'm wanted a girl, but because
I'm clever at writing up affairs after
ward That's how I came to be at Lola S
today Oh, you don't know how hard ii
is to go to place like that in an old
dress 1t all comes over one SO. Usually
can hold in, but this afternoon when
knew they We're laughing at me and
heard Alice Landrys remarks | go,
wicked and restless and"
II saw how you We're tormented-
pushed against the wall till you felt as
liz you must fight or die. l saw it all
Kitty. BY the way, my name is kitty
too" And at once the sweet voice grew
! tsweeter. Il was just such Kitty as you
are. with something of the same prob
Hem to work out There was money
lenough in my family did not lack thai