Katherine Lauderdale; Vol. 1 of 2

KATHARINE LAUDERDALE
BY F. MARION CRAWFORD Author of “saracinesca,” “Pietro Ghisleri,” etc. Vol. I With Illustrations by Alfred Brennan New York MACMILLAN AND CO. AND LONDON 1894 All rights reserved Copyright, 1893, By F. MARION CRAWFORD. Norwood Press: J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith. Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

KATHERINE LAUDERDALE.
“I prefer the dark style, myself—like my cousin,” said John Ralston, thoughtfully.
“And you will therefore naturally marry a fair woman,” answered his companion, Hamilton Bright, stopping to look at the display in a florist’s window. Ralston stood still beside him.
“Queer things—orchids,” he observed.
“Why?” Nothing in the world seemed queer or unnatural to Bright, who was normally constituted in all respects, and had accepted the universe without comment.
“I am not sure why. I think the soul must look like an orchid.”
“You are as bad as a Boston girl,” laughed Bright. “Always thinking of your soul! Why should the soul be like an orchid, any more than like a banana or a turnip?”
“It must be like something,” said Ralston, in explanation.