Nineteen Hundred
By Susan Koenig
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The right love, the wrong time
December 31, 1899. At a dinner, hosted by her landlady, to celebrate the new century, Kathryn St. Clair meets sophisticated and handsome Gideon Thomas. He is a new lodger at the boarding house where she has settled since arriving in the city for a teaching position. His air of mystery speaks to her romantic imagination.
Later, over a game of Whist, they pay more attention to each other than to the cards on the table. Her honesty reaches out to him; her rare innocence touches his dark soul.
Together they visit several city amusements. But when, in her naiveté, Kathryn demands explanations for Gideon’s irrational comings-and-goings, wondering if he is a gentleman after all, his secrets forbid him from answering. He fears the truth would throw her into madness, and that her intelligence would not allow for his reality.
If they don’t conquer their conflicting natures, their new love will die, leaving Gideon to live with the bitter consequences of his misconceptions
Susan Koenig
Susan Koenig started writing fiction when she retired in 2009. It now has become almost an addiction, fueled by the amazing writers she has met online. Writing became a vehicle for meeting new and interesting people who she never would have met otherwise. Their support, encouragement and knowledge further induced her into discovering many writing avenues. As a result, her stories continue to evolve. Sue’s characters are a constant source of companionship and they all hope to make it into one of her (published) stories some day. She is an occasional poet and regular contributor to a monthly Haiku site, as well as a consistent participant on the blog challenge, Blogophilia, which weekly tests her creativity. Her poetry has been featured in a local online literary magazine. Her home is Southwestern Ontario, Canada, where, when not writing, she and her camera take junkets to explore new inspirations for incorporation into her writing. Gideon's story will continue in the near future.
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Nineteen Hundred - Susan Koenig
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Nineteen Hundred
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By Susan Koenig
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Dedicated to Sara Brookes and Six Sentence Sunday without whose support Nineteen Hundred would never have been completed. A special Thank You to Joleene Naylor for her continued encouragement. And to JJ for polishing the rough edges.
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1Miss Kathryn St. Clair lifted her red velvet skirt, descended the stairs, and upon hearing the clock in the foyer chime eight, walked faster toward the enticing aroma coming from the kitchen. As she approached the room, she spotted a vase of colorful flowers in the center of the plain wood table, now covered with a white, lacy cloth; crystal goblets glittered and fine china had replaced the everyday dishes.
1The date was December 31, 1899.
Arriving at the transformed breakfast room, 1she steered toward an empty seat where Mr. Henderson, another lodger at the house, stood holding her chair. Smiling a Thank You
, Kathryn sat and gazed in awe at the food spread out before her. She hadn’t seen the likes of such a laden table since leaving home. A joint of beef, mashed potatoes, bowls of carrots and beets, a platter of assorted cheeses and biscuits with sweet pickles. A tureen of soup sat at the head of the table. Mrs. Hodgson, the owner of the boarding house, picked up the ladle to dish out a serving for her boarder.
1Kathryn looked around the table, nodded to the two gentlemen who worked at the button factory and kept to themselves. She didn’t know them well, though knew that one was Mr. Smyth, and one Mr. Jones. But she wasn’t sure