El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-06

dent His long i'll health had made MIN
look on the world with serious eyes ne
was sour in manner, mild Nolceu, anu
seemed dull until he was aIOuSeu,
then he showed a degree OF enersy' OF
force, and a depth Of learning lnat as
Icnlshed those with whom ne caLAe III
contact
Youth overlook him when he met
sweet Kitty Floyd he was Dach al
dinner with the general WlLhln Week.
and thereafter he was constant IN MS
visits TO the Floyd home. lie was IN
love, very much in love- puI ne dldn
know how to make love
Beauty Who Made Sport of Madison.
Kitty ridiculed him. made sport Of
him. did everything wllful beauty
could TO tease and embarrass her
sutton, and the only thing Madison
could DO at such q time was to re
treat to the room where the general
was seated and there find solace in
discussion Of public affairs. This made
Kitty furious. She loved to torment
Madison and had no desire for him to
escape his punishment
What added to the embarrassment
OF Madison was the fact that the Floyd
residence was rarely without other
callers when he got there There were
young men eager for smile or a word
from charming Kitty They didn't
seem to respect Madison To him, their
chatter to Kitty was inane. He could
not understand how or why she en-
joyed it He wished she would order
them away. but instead she sang to
TO them. played for them, skylarked
with them. did all sorts of things that
a spoiled beauty does Madison knew
that II was undignified for man OF
his position and standing not to resent
the treatment to which he was sub
jected by this 16 year old madcap- But
while he had courage enough TO fight
vigorously with any one or every one
on the floor Of congress, he was too
H--H
Kitty Floyd
What he suffered during that winter
Of 17S5 no one but Madison knew. The
girl had no pity on him. She always
managed TO have some other man
dangling around when he was present
She played on the harpsicOrd and
looked into the eyes Of one Of his RI
walls in way that maddened him She
seemed TO know how 10 make his rivals
talk TO her with their eyes. but Madi-
son wasn't Up in that language. He sat
and looked at her and scOwled. and
when he departed he always had the
bitterness Of knowing that she and
the silly young men she had in her
train were laughing at him
Made desperate by her treatment OF
him and insanely jealous by the fear
that one Of the others might win her,
Madison plucked Up courage one day
and proposed to the beauty. He hadn't
any practice in the business and he
made a horrible mess of il. Maybe that
touched the heart Of the girl, for she
sent him away far from disheartened-
She didn't promise TO accept him, but
she did promise 10 think about II. ana
she assured him that she was not in
love with any one else.
The End of MadisOn's First Romance.
Gen. Floyd was overjoyed: so was
Mrs. Floyd. It came TO be understood
that Madison and Kitty were TO marry.
Madison was devoted in stately, pre-
else manner He kissed the hand Of
pretty Kitty upon his arrival and upon
his departure, and bowed in most prop
e. form. but he never took her in his
arms or rumpled her hair. or piuched
her. or squeezed her. or teased her. or
made her jealous, or did any OF the