MOOEE'S KU&A 



x* KEW-YORKEfi. 



MAY MORNING. 



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, iLit tbci 



i ..( artful 



i (lie motbei 



:c depends much iijiod the people 

 ; " tinted itub these, 

 triumph in those nondescript tgtt, " So il does, daughter," put i 



Kit prided herself on hi* mojlcsl talents. I' " I loppeee, Atan means, n 

 was her own and her pin "> I jo j in en I will depend upon the 



' dies and the agreeablenesa of ibe young gentle 



rotors, illTerelet 



Ooehtmtngta II 



IwouMIwrnaft-gnirllt-lBrf 



Mi gonUa ri„.ll,.r, .1, 



a ii. i knoll a nlgblftll l»j th j *' 

 is child. 



THE "HOUSEHOLD ANGELS' 



i nn.ln 



an) thing pointed or pertonnL] 



Chapter ; 



Tntt sun shone brightly into 



plain, parlor where Kit Wjki 



very sweet-toned piano. Her fair blonde ringk.. 

 Ml gracefully back from ber plump cheeks, nnd 

 from her white throat the words of "Scbubart's 

 Serenade" poured forth to sweetly and artistically 

 that ouo would suppose Ibe warbler entirely igno- 

 rant of the fact that her bustling and in ne wise 

 gtntol mother was at that moment bard at work 

 '" 'In, li.mcHt and most odorous of kitchens 



A double rap from the brass lion-bead which 

 graced the low front door, and Kit sprang from 

 the piano-stool, deciipitatiug a half note in its 

 birth. With a hasty survey of hersoiled but pret- 

 ty wrapper, she opened the door with a soft smile 

 of welcome, nud— 



"Uj dear SbrinkI You're the very one I was 

 longing to see, Come in the nick of time. I'm 

 lodull this morning, and for lack of something 

 livelier, I was in fug to pick out tho new Serenade 

 Siin'Eiutorr sent up lust night 



Tbe young lady thus enthusiastically addressed 

 replied i'v ■ oLiiiiunsMiiile which played a moment 

 around her small mouth, and then 

 boneoth the dark lubes of her altni 



.1 nbo thought she heard u 



mouBe, but , | | (ac ]j without 



more ado. h would be impossible to tell the color 



of those eyes. T bey might hare been blue, gray, 



I ' 'II the brightness or frankness tbut 



■ „l: Iheywerc, 



though not on the outer surface of the halt. Her 



lair WH black, and BUggostire of some adipose 



' might, be accident or 



kin.mritwu* 



dark and glo.. T u » , „ n _ . nmi „. u 



in your second ■ " '" U t— ftn< ^ J oa on ' r 



in a roice u l,,i'".'., i T" '"' r lar, S"id remark, 

 f the small 



tut*. Il-rv 1 ha 



' I told j 







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ding March," sod 



Opera* '' in u week or l«o" 



her lashes a TtTJ 



; aeh ii 

 Owns from it.. 



IVof. JlrM-i her urotii 



leacher and admirer, favored the ides, sod U»l 

 especial pains with hi* vtwy ttlrsotii i 

 felt that is her IMend S 



sensed a ri»oI of no mean pretensions. Both wen 

 only daughters. Kit's father was a mechanic, 

 Mr. SlUPIB'S large foundry. *The 

 girls bud been intimate from childhood. Serin*: 

 was the best plover, though no llngi 



showm- 

 Tl.<T H 



friends 



, k ! 





e alwoys the kindest, i 



" Well, KrrTT, my love," res 

 you been favored with a peep at the new comers 

 Polks eay the bouse is being fitted up beautifully 



Hi. '_) m,i .1 In- ■ 



" I have aeeu the young lady pass once or twice 



but she always wears a thick veil. I have man 



nged to find out something about them, though 



from Priscilla OqlbST. She alwoys know 



irybody's affairs, or tries to— a weakness of oh 



.ml-, i 



<i. 'i m ■- 1:, ■■ have 





I of ( 



lade which she had i 



uth. 



:, Serene. If that enme from any 

 but you, 1 wouldn't put up with it. I've a great 

 mind not to tell you now what PimciLLA sai 

 " 0, do forgive me I I'm dying to know." 

 "You know how she alwoys acts? As if she 

 knew everybody that was worth knowing, and 

 might tell a great deal more than she will, but if 

 you keep the right side of ber. don't mind telling 

 considerable. I was so anxious to know some 

 thing of these people (you know it is necessary ii 

 society to koow something of folks before yoi 

 call,) that I didu't mind wheedling her a little foi 

 once, though goodness knows I don't love her ooy 

 too well. I was in the garden, aud she stopped ai 

 the gate. 'Good morning, Miss Oglebt,' soya I 

 I had been looking up street and saw her corm 

 out of the while home. ' Lovely morning. Uuvt 

 a few flowers, won't yon?" ■ U, thank yov, Mist 

 C^.^\skrine, , snid she, as precise as ever, mid with 

 an extra emphasis on the ' rtnt.' 



" I knew she waited to be asked, so I soid— ' ] 

 see the white house is taken und a family are mov- 

 ing in. From a distance, they sav. Do you know 

 their Dames?' 



•To-b 



e I'll 



"Ikn 



I I do. Know them I Why they 

 Aitrs from Upperton.' 



cd to enlighten mo. 



True, I do not know them personally. Bui 



when my father, who, you know, was an eminent 



lawyer, was Judge of the Supreme Court, we lived 



Up-pert on am ] luc . H 1MNI „ Wi , s |; V( . (1 ;„ lh( , m . x , 



tftrceK Mr. Rn 



His 



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fore him, Mr. Rbin 

 Congress, but bis health is not good, and now tho 

 he has retired front political life, he wants to liv* 

 in a healthy country place, He 1ms bought thi 



white liiu'M', nod is rich enough, I expect, to buy 



" ' How much of a family- hove they ?' said I, foi 

 I knew there were two or three, and I had aeon i 

 young moo there. 



Besides Mr. nnd Mrs. UaiNKrMriT, there nr< 



four. Their oldest daughter Amn b isalovely girl 



about your nge, but she docs not appear a bit like 



. She is a perfect truly in Lcr manners.' 



Only think, SlBBNX, haw cut up I must hav< 



felt nl that bint. 



Theu there is another girl nnd a little boy. 

 said Bhe. 



You said there were four, Miss Piusi-illa 

 0, don't you want this beautiful geronium ?' 



Yes, there are four in the family, but I don't 



know whether the young man is a brother, cousin, 



beau of Annie's. He don't look like her, and 



cts more like a beau. I thought, considering 



and Unit I inn 



d resident here, I'd hi 



a little by advice or otherwise, as they 'are 

 strangers, This is the second time I've been.' 



Why, they only came the day before yestcr- 



0, Ikn. 



spoke liiTiiu 

 slimy Ihriii 

 the young m 



ie to put myself forward, like some 



' you don't, Miss Piuscilla. I only 

 i I thought you were very kind to 

 ) muofa iittt-ntion. But how does 

 i look •'. Did you bear his name '(' 



-fit- (nl „M i 

 i chance to , 



"So off s 

 Serene n 

 Kit wound up with this emphatic 

 " 1 suppose you will be one ol 

 on them, since everything seen 

 'I dunnu— drauled Ktrrr. I 

 Il would be no more than mci 



" How conscientious rou arc. K 



politeness, yn 



t. But I guess 



■ close would not be so hard to lake if the young 



anger should chance to be there when tou call 



and Should turn oat not to be a beau 'of Miss 



^uiNLii.unS.but a brother. But I raw* be going, 



don't go, dear! Stop to dinner, and then 

 II call upon JaVr Afsibjom and MaOoib 

 low provoking. Kiss 

 gbty girl!" 



-Family Assembled. 



"Af-,,1 rr I You lease? I'll wager a sixpence 

 thai you hate looked around, and thought more 

 about the girls ju Zunge Stadt than I ba?e." 



" Perhaps. I confess that my curiosity was a 

 little awakened, after the visit of that old lady, 

 (luckily »he is not near enough to hear me call her 

 old/) but according to what you tell me, I am folly 

 satisfied tbot there are some remarkably line girls 

 hereabouts. I always draw that conclusion wben 

 au old maid gives them a setting out, or when they 

 perform a like favor for each other." 



"Pshaw I brother! You must bare taken a 

 great fancy to Miss Oglebv, for you have talked 

 about ber ever since she was here. She may be a 

 kindly, obliging, oud agreeable person for all ber 



"So alio may, and she may be prying, officious 

 and jealous. You can take your choice of terms, 

 as Dr. H. said of Homeopathy. Bai jesting aside, 

 Annie, I have seen one pretty girl and that to- 

 night. As I stepped from the cars I was face to 

 face with a little Miss, of sixteen or so, who was 

 getting out of the next car. She had a roll of mu- 

 sic in ber hand and as she looked up at me she let 

 it full, Of course I picked it up and returned it 

 with one of my best bows. She said 'thank you!' 

 with the prettiest Utile mouth." 

 " Describe her. You said she was pretty," 

 " I coll ber decidedly pretty. Flaxen curls, blue 

 eyes, piok and white cheeks and little feet and 

 bands. She lives in this street; I dare say you 

 will see her." 



Ogli 



soys, but she is c 

 it Wn 



randKn 



Not 



Mr. August Rbiseiui-t put his bands inti 

 pockets and sauntered away whistling. 



The next forenoon Amm Rhine hart looko 

 of the parlor window and saw a pretty little Ii 

 tripping along the walk towards the bouse, 

 wus ilu.'s-eil in o very becoming blue mor 

 robe, open to show an embroidered shirt, and 

 her head n veil was gracefully thrown. 



" Good morning ! Miss Rhineuart, I presur 

 she said, as Annie opened tbe door to her. " 



passing her house." 

 With a tbiill of 

 koowledgi 



he would 



- thai I t 





Let us confes*. r 



heard this oc- 

 refrankly than 

 one, that August proposed the 

 t<i have a better view of the fair 

 gbt of ibe parlor chandelier, as 



SIDg. 



Kir played well. She was dressed becomingly, 

 behaved in a ladylike and apparently unaffected 

 manner, and sang sweetly. Mr. Auijiist was so far 

 pleased thai he walked home with ber with much 

 satisfaction. Be possessed a thorough education 

 and tine conversational powers, so that Kit was 

 sufficiently awed or interested to be an attentive 



i 



■sty« 



ntallj . 



.aik.i 



jordl Mr. Rihn-s 

 Why, il will ul 

 t you've been say ing.' 



i she suddenly e 





;ill night Id understand 



„■ replied gravely, "I am 

 :ed and very sorry to hear a young lodv speak 

 it manner of her Maker." 

 xed at herself tbat she had thus disenchanted 

 and with a vague hope of repairing tbe mis- 

 Kit replied meekly, 



am sorry. It is n bad habit, but one which 

 e girls have uow-o days." 

 [ave they V I should be sorry to think so." 



Kate Win 



below here 



audi I 



i theb 



iere. I hope you will excus 

 g dress, but I thought Iw 

 Dy as we are to be neighbor] 

 t: thanked her kindly, and 





"0, yes! Exceedingly! Next to music I like 

 reading of all kinds. But ma says I have oeithei 

 eyes nor ears for anything but music, and I di 

 practice a great, deal." 



" Have you read the last number of Blackwood, 

 or don't you take it I" 



" No, we don't take it. I don't take any ioteresi 

 in law -J-..J polities ; I leave that all to ilie gentle- 

 men, I like to read a good story sometimes." 



" 0, there is not much law or politics in Black- 

 wood's Mogazine, aud the novel which they are 

 now publishing is, I tbiok, very interesting, replied 

 Annie, with a ptusled look. 



"A novel, why it's a Magazine then ! I thought 

 you meant the book that all the lawyers talk so 

 much about." 



"Do you mean Blackstone's works V" asked 

 Annie, much amused. 



"La, yes! Bhckstgtie and Blackwood are so 

 much alike that I couldn't tell 'tother from which." 



" Blushing a little at her mistake, but too proud 



elegant ? 



I heard it once to a concert aod have been dying to 

 hear it ever since. Do you ployHtV" 



Annie replied lhat she did, but would like to bear 

 Miss Winkleman play. 



"0, I couldn't think of playiog before you.— 

 You've bud the best masters in Upperton. But if 

 you insist, I'll try after you play 'Twilight 

 Dreams.'" 



Without any urging, Annie complied and played 

 it so well that Kirrr could not repress a pang ol 

 jealousy, and tbe mental commentary of "I hope 

 Siiipeiisoff won't hear her." 



She then played nnd sang a few pieces, which 



said in n pursuasive tone. "Excuse my taking such 

 a liberty, but would you have any objection tolend 

 me 'Twilight Dreams' a day or two? If I have 

 any pieces you would like, you are welcome to 

 them, but you play so much better, that you will 

 hardly wnnt any that I have." 



sib kindly lent the piece, and Kit went away 

 ig and polite, saying to herself, "I'll never 

 till I can play that as well as she? Won't 

 Serene store!" She worked upon it most indua- 

 Iriously, all the next day, for on the nest foi low- 

 ng. she krjew tbat Simpersoff would come to give 

 i lesson and she was aosious to play il for him.— 

 !e wu.* in ruptures, und *uid with a very eipress- 



"Mlu Kait, yon surpass yourself. Ah! you 

 vcro made for a musician ! That piece goes to my 

 ii-arl, it ia like your voice when you ore gentle and 



"0, pshaw!" said Km*, "then I proy I moy 

 •hange tbe air Immediately." -And she burst into 

 i comic song, beginning 



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 to take tbe music 



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