Litchfield enquirer., 1870-02-24
!" To MRS. HORACE LLOYD, "
PART III.

PART III.
 "It seems strange Miss Lloyd don't do any thing about applying for 8 school, as long as she seemed SO anxious about it, ' remarked Mrs. Mason, as from the window she watched Kitty setting out for her usual morning walk.
 l don't believe she wants school at all!' asseverated Jo, snapping his fingers. "She isn't the kind of person for that sort of thing. She's just waiting here for somebody or something. That's my opin- ion!" r
 Meantime, Kitty hesitated which direo- tion to take to-day. and finally turned her face toward the hillside way. The tiny leaves just coming forth, the starting grass and bird-songs would have sent thrill of joy to Kitty's heart, save that the busy brain was so severely taxed. The little portemonnaie presented now sadly de- pleted appearance. The board, payable weekly, was fact that must be met. Kitty felt as though her precarious footing was on some extended point from which re- treat being cut of, advance was equally impossible. She extended her walk far ther than usual this morning. Exercise was in itself relief. In passing the Glen tham Place, the sound of piano arrested her steps. The family are returned, then" she soliloquized. How home like it looks!" and she watched the walks being cleared, and thought she espied a tiny vio- let coming forth.
 Her heart reached back when she had passed the place, and at dinner she com municated the intelligence that the house on the hillside had occupants.
 "They're come back earlier than usual, " said MT. Cramer. Sanders il have to be pretty busy, I guess, to get things in order. They do say that Hoyt Cleutham is remarkably particular man." @
 "How many children have they?' in- quired Kitty.
 "Well. I can't say, exactly. Do you know, mother?"
 "There are two little girls younger than Harley; I don't know whether there are any older children or not.
 That afternoon Kitty, after sitting some time in thought, dressed herself with more spirit than usual, and set out on the hill side way again. She had determined to ask for the Clentham children as music scholars. .
 Mrs. Clentham, gentle, fragile looking woman. received Kitty's delicate card, and 1u0 uhu0 I6 4d4u14AdI, OuG ! do not seem to remember"-cams down to receive her. -...-
 Kitty almost forgot her object in seeking the lady, So pleasantly passed the time in conv versation, such as she had not known for long. Her wishes made known, the la- dy demurred. The children had been hay ing steady instruction through the winter They were rejoicing in this early play-day. She had not as yet been able to get the limited amount of practice she had under taken to exact. She missed sister Addie So much, who had always taken such cares regarding the chidren's duties upon her self. She had very incOnveniently married last winter. Mrs. Clentbam had never been here without her in summer. Kitty rose to take leave, and the pleasant lady expressed wish for future intercourse. She felt that she was going to be very lone ly, the household was so reduced in num- Der, and it was so early in the season, no old acquaintances were yet in the neigh borhood.2 She hoped she should see Miss Lloyd often. Kitty did not know as she should remain here longer" and flush came to her face. "She had no induce ments to do so unless music class could be obtained" Her self-possession was not equal to the occasion; the surroundings and the courteous tones were so like home, she could not brace herself as usual, and the lady divined some trouble, and in her weak state, something within reached out to Kitty's more positive nature. and she said-'n you could only be in the house, Miss Lloyd, and were willing to take the trouble to watch the practising, I might think differently; but am so far from strong, and they are such eager little crea- lures, I couldn't think of doing it myself , Kitty caught at the suggestion, and the result was, that the following week saw Miss Lloyd installed in the Clentham household, in the nondescript character of teacher, nurse, and companion combin- ed. Kitty counted herself most happy at first, and felt as though she were breath ing native air again; but pretty Mrs. Clen- than, through long years of delicate health, had learned to love nothing so much as her own ease and an entertaining book; and Kitty learned ere long, that sister Ad- dies position in the family could have been no sinecure. The children. though really very loveable, were ungoverned, and often wilful; the lady-mother, though al.