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is the confidante of all girls and the adopted sister of all young men�察�up to 

the time   when   they  respectively  offer themselves to   her�察 �and   again   after 

they are rejected。       This post was filled in Oldport�察�in those days�察�by my 

cousin Kate。 

     Born into the world with many other gifts�察�this last and least definable 

gift of popularity was added to complete them all。 Nobody criticised her�察�

nobody was   jealous   of her�察�her very  rivals   lent her their new  music   and 

their   lovers�察  �and   her   own   discarded   wooers   always   sought   her   to   be   a 

bridesmaid when they married somebody else。 

     She was one of those persons who seem to have come into the world 

well´dressed。   There   was   an   atmosphere   of   elegance   around   her�察  �like   a 

costume�察�every  attitude implied a   presence´chamber   or a ball´room。 The 

girls   complained   that   in   private   theatricals   no   combination   of   disguises 

could reduce Kate to the ranks�察�nor give her the ;make´up; of a waiting´ 

maid。   Yet   as   her   father   was   a   New   York   merchant   of   the   precarious   or 

spasmodic description�察 �she had been used   from childhood   to the  wildest 

fluctuations of wardrobe��a year of Paris dresses��then another year spent 

in   making     over   ancient   finery�察 �that   never   looked   like   either   finery   or 

antiquity when it came from her magic hands。 Without a particle of vanity 

or   fear�察  �secure   in   health   and   good´nature   and   invariable   prettiness�察  �she 

cared   little   whether   the   appointed   means   of   grace   were   ancient   silk   or 

modern   muslin。   In   her   periods   of   poverty�察  �she     made   no   secret   of   the 

necessary devices�察�the other girls�察�of course�察�guessed them�察�but her lovers 

never did�察�because she always told them。 There was one particular tarlatan 

dress of hers which was a sort of local institution。               It was known to all 

her companions�察�like the State House。              There was a report that she had 

first   worn   it   at   her   christening�察  �the   report   originated   with   herself。   The 



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young men knew that she was going to the party if she could turn that pink 

tarlatan   once   more�察  �but   they   had   only   the   vaguest   impression   what       a 

tarlatan was�察�and cared little on which side it was worn�察�so long as Kate 

was inside。 

     During   these   epochs   of   privation   her   life�察  �in   respect   to   dress�察  �was   a 

perpetual Christmas´tree of second´hand gifts。 Wealthy aunts supplied her 

with   cast´off shoes   of   all   sizes�察 �from  two   and a   half up to   five�察 �and  she 

used them all。 She was reported to have worn one straw hat through five 

changes   of   fashion。     It   was   averred   that�察  �when   square   crowns   were   in 

vogue�察    �she   flattened   it  over   a  tin  pan�察  �and   that�察 �when    round    crowns 

returned�察�she bent it on the bedpost。           There was such a charm in her way 

of adapting these treasures�察�that the other girls liked to test her with new 

problems in the way of   millinery and dress´making�察�millionnaire friends 

implored her to trim their hats�察�and lent her their own things in order to 

learn   how   to   wear   them。 This   applied   especially  to   certain   rich   cousins�察�

shy and studious girls�察�who adored her�察�and to whom society only ceased 

to   be   alarming   when   the   brilliant   Kate   took   them   under   her   wing�察  �and 

graciously      accepted    a  few    of  their   newest    feathers。   Well    might    they 

acquiesce�察�for she stood by them superbly�察�and her most favored partners 

found no way to her hand so sure as to dance systematically through that 

staid sisterhood。 Dear�察�sunshiny�察�gracious�察�generous Kate��who has ever 

done justice to the charm given to this grave old world by the presence of 

one free´hearted and joyous girl�拭�

     At the time now to be described�察�however�察�Kate's purse was well filled�察�

and if she wore only second´best finery�察�it was because she had lent her 

very best to somebody else。           All that her doting father asked was to pay 

for her dresses�察�and to see her wear them�察�and if her friends wore a part of 

them�察  �it   only   made   necessary   a   larger   wardrobe�察  �and   more   varied   and 

pleasurable shopping。 She was as good a manager in wealth as in poverty�察�

wasted nothing�察�took exquisite care of everything�察�and saved faithfully for 

some one else all that was not needed for her own pretty person。 

     Pretty she was throughout�察�from the parting of her jet´black hair to the 

high instep of her slender foot�察�a glancing�察�brilliant�察�brunette beauty�察�with 



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the   piquant   charm   of   perpetual   spirits�察  �and   the   equipoise   of   a   perfectly 

healthy   nature。     She   was   altogether   graceful�察  �yet   she   had   not   the   fresh�察�

free grace of her cousin 

     Hope�察�who was lithe and strong as a hawthorne spray�此                �Kate's was the 

narrower grace of culture grown hereditary�察�an in´door elegance that was 

born in her�察�and of which dancing´school was but the natural development。 

You   could   not   picture   Hope   to   your   mind   in   one   position   more   than   in 

another�察�she had an endless variety of easy motion。              When you thought of 

Kate�察�you remembered precisely how she sat�察�how she stood�察�and how she 

walked。 That was all�察�and it was always the same。              But is not that enough�拭�

We do not ask of Mary Stuart's portrait that it should represent her in more 

than one attitude�察�and why should a living beauty need more than two or 

three�拭�

     Kate was betrothed to her   cousin   Harry�察�Hope's brother�察 �and�察 �though 

she was barely twenty�察�they had seemed to appertain to each other for a 

time   so   long   that   the   memory   of   man   or   maiden   aunt   ran   not   to   the 

contrary。   She   always   declared�察  �indeed�察  �that   they  were   born   married�察  �and 

that their wedding´day would seem like a silver wedding。 Harry was quiet�察�

unobtrusive�察�and manly。         He might seem commonplace at first beside the 

brilliant Kate and his more gifted sister�察�but thorough manhood is never 

commonplace�察�and he was a person to whom one could anchor。 His strong�察�

steadfast physique was the type of his whole nature�察�when he came into 

the   room�察   �you   felt  as  if   a  good  many   people     had   been   added    to  the 

company。       He made steady progress in his profession of the law�察�through 

sheer worth�察�he never dazzled�察�but he led。 His type was pure Saxon�察�with 

short�察�curling hair�察�blue eyes�察�and thin�察�fair skin�察�to which the color rea
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