Litchfield enquirer., 1870-02-24
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heir importunities, yet without power to exercise authority, inwardly chafed. and ruled her spirit, and exercised act that Surprised her with the knowledge >f her own resources.
 George Clentham wrote sister Addie, he lad discovered that feminine martyrs were ! distinct class of beings, and more readi- y procured than he had any conception of; bona fde representative of the order having naturally enough fallen directly in. to his sister-in-la laws possession on her re- turn to the country; almost veritable sis. ter Addie herself.
 When Uncle George was at the house, there was order among the children. He made acquaintances, too, and brought fre- quent guests. He introduced Mir. Scott che day, whom Kitty had repeatedly met when walking or riding, and whom she had at once recognized as the stranger who had rendered her the trifing service at the Ellington Hotel. "A most agreeable fel- loww asseverated George. "Seemed to be idling around without any definite pur- pose. Perhaps he might be writing O book, sketching, or devoting himself to something else of that nature. At all events, while himself detained here, he might as we'll have the benefit of his good company" So Eldred Scott, bringing his songs aud duets, his new books, and com ments on the topics of the day, became very much at home at the Clenthams.
 Kitty Lloyd took up one day paper that he had brought in, and discovered it to be of the same issue as one or two oth- CTS that had fallen in her way. Her eye dwelt idly upon it. however, till, starting suddenly, she bent eagerly forward to re- peruse the lines she had hardly received into her comprehension. She did not faint or cry, or make any unusual demon stration beyond quietly crushing the pa- per in her hand, .and walkingtaWay to her room to sit down and reflect upon the fact of the marriage of William. HOneynian to Miss Ella Johnson, the seventeenth in- stant. Had the lady's name been unknown to her, Kitty could more readily have re- fused belief to the newspaper testimony: but at the moment the gay, dashing man. ner and gaudy attire of the daughter of Alexander Johnson rose suddenly before her. She had, indeed, known that Will liam recognized the family as acquaintan- ces. She believed he had drawn up some papers for pater .fdmilids at the time Mir. Johnson acquiFed his sudden and enor- nous wealth at the oil regions; but that his uneducated, ostentatious daughter could ever, through virtue of her own charms, have become her rival, Kitty, in her sheer astonishment, could not sum. mon credulity to believe. Then her faith CTS words rang through the silence branding words of "adventurer, fortune hunter" and terms of darker dye-words unheeded, because spoken in anger; and Kitty fought her battle by herself, and h cfn hoN lol '
 ter of her girlhood's life.
 The very warm weather was now come. and Mrs. Clentham, seeking refreshment at the seashore, wrote home to "dear Miss Lloyd and the sweet children" of the de- lightful people she was meeting, of the good the air was doing her, and of the sat- Isfactlon she felt in knowing that Miss Lloyd was, Tn her own lovely, thoughtful way, caring for her darlings. Sudden tears came to Kitty's eyes. How much good whlH of that same air would do her! She could shut her eyes and picture the scenes on the dear old beach. Oh, the hot-breathed days were so heavy-footedl George Clentham and Eldred Scott drop ped in upon them often still, coming from fishing and hunting excursions, and expe- dltlOns of import unknown. Then good Mrs. Smalley, housekeeper, would take un- wonted pains to make them comfortable, and the children, through the entertaining charms of the gentlemen, would be very good, and there were some very bright hours of reading, and riding, and music, and talking, that weary summer, after all
 When Mrs. Clentham returned, she brought with her new-made friend, Mrs. Emmery, whose very presence in the house seemed to bring new harmony. She proved to be relative of Eldred Scott, an j a most delightful guest. It had been an easy matter for Kitty Lloyd to withhold her personal history from Mrs. Centham; thac lady, wrapped in her favorite authors, and in the peculiarities of her own feel ings, was not one to draw it out. But as Kitty, moving about in discharge of daily duties, felt the kind, magnetic eyes of the stranger guest fixed upon her, an impulse sometimes came, unbidden, to tell her all the ache, and doubt, and home hunger of her troubled heart. One day her heart dressing table, she accidentally saw the ad- dress on an envelope, Mrs. Horace Lloyd" It........ .
 ''She knows her, then-she knows my fathers wifer' mentally calculated Kitty, and opposing feelings contended for mas- tery. With her customary decision, she spoke of the address, essayed to elicit some remark that should prove or disprove the conviction, but none was given. No one in this house had ever betrayed even natural curiosity regarding Kitty's, histo- ry, no interest in her antecedents had been manifested; and Mrs. Elnmery proved no exception to the rule, neither did, sine seem inclined to impart anything concerning her own. S' l1'-9--A48 sj@i
 Kltty's buoyant health had been proof against the new experiences 1t had been subject to, but lassltude and headache be- gan to assert themselves; and one day, when, with hands pressed to her temples, she had thrown herself on the bed, and feverish pain seemed to band her brow as with circlet of iron, it's was good to feel Mrs. Emmery's cool touch, to hear her low tones, and to feel the rest and sympathy of her calm spirit. 2. ->- ..'A1 st5a
 "Oh, said poor Kitty, with the tears stealing from beneath the shut lids, Chow l want, how I have always wanted my mother" -4 -4 t1 ss4.E
 My dear chill," said the lady, with most gentle of caresses in both tone and touch.
 $ I never saw my mother" said Kitty, turning her head to look up to look up to the loving eyes. 'She died when was an infant" a 4t -o SiI
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