The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1870-03-17

uON anu SdLeu ia pPoh thC PtVttS piS
ture.
"Well, Kitty, am here to'say good
by. l am going away from home"
"Going away !"
There was great deal of real pain in
her voice, and all the sunshine left her
face.
"Yes, 1 am going to the city to seek
my fortune. Are you sorry"
"Yes, Dick, am sorry"
"Well, Kitty, am going to write to
you; will you answer my letter."
eyes, indeed" "
"And / shall expect true answer to
all the questions ask"
She blushed and laughed.
"Why, 1 always tell the truth,
Dick"
Eyes, yes, know, but-well, but"
"But what ?''
"Never mind, little one, III tell it
all in my letter. Good-by, Kitty"
And away he ran. leaving her confus-
ed and unhappy at the window.
Poor little girl Her heart wandered
out to the great handsome fellow cross
ing the bridge at the foot of the long
hill, and she forgot her biscuit, and
moulded them till they were hard as In
dia rubber.
Mrs. Glenn came in and gave her
smart pinch for her forgetfuluess, and
when she returned to the kitchen she
shook herhead and believed that Rath-
crimes wits were sartin leaving her.
Leave the gal alone, mother ~ said
Farmer Glenn, who had come up from
the field for the lunch box and his root
beer. 'She's no different from gals in
old times. / saw that young Arnot
goin' down the hill, and guess he
carried her wits with him. Hey, Kit
ty?"
Nonsense ~
'Never mind, pet, he's a likely chap
and may make great man."
Ah, how anxious Kitty waited for
the letter which was to bring the
sweet story from Dick, and poor Bob
was dispatched every day for the mail,
rain and shine.
One week, two weeks passed, and
yet no letter, and the light heart grew
heavy and sad.
"Why didn't Dick writer"
One night Bob brought bundle of
letters and papers, and as he tossed
them into her lap, he said:
/ Tnere, sis, / hope you'll find that let
ter that you so long for, among the
Pile. hate to see you so sorry. / do
believe you expect to hear from Dick
Arnotl lifts so, he had better write;
1 if he don't I'll tan his hide for him."
Don't Bob!" pleaded Kitty, anx-
iously looking for the wished-for mis-
sive.
1t was all ia vain
There was letter from city cousin
who wanted to make visl: to Glenn
Farm. There was another from uncle
Will, all business and politics, and mes
sages to her father. and one from an
old school friend, but none from Dick.
She tossed them into the little table
drawer and went up to her chamber
and cried until her bright eyes were
dim and heavy.
OF course she did not care for him.
Oh, no! Dut he had no occasion tn
promise her letter, and beg her to
write to him. The wretch!
| Well it did not help the matter, and
after three or four weeks of eager
watching she gave 1t up, and buried
her love and hope deep down in her
heart, and tried hard to forget him.
1t was no easy task, for Kitty's life
was quiet and uneventful, and there
was nothing to call her mind from the
old happiness Of which she had so fond
ly dreamed.
When the year ended Dick return
ed.
Kitty saw him atchurch and receiv'
ed his formal bow with heightened col
or and beating heart. He passed close
DSSIue 1tF anu ibohSd iHSo hOA AotCN
with bland smile, but never spoke
word.
Poor Kitty! It brought back the ole
trouble, and when she went home she
sat down aud cried as in days wher
she watched for the promised letter.
He game one night, and met Kitty
as she came up from the field with
basket filed with ripe strawberries up
ON her arm.
She saw him, and wished hersel
miles away but there was no chanc'
to avoid him, and she walked straight
to the bars, where he awaited her.
"Kitty, you are trying to avoid me
but as there are no other means ofieav
ing the field unIess you climb the fenc
of course you must pass me. Now,
am better nataied than yourself. l d
: not entertain an unkindly feeling
toward you, for all your unkindness.
D "My unkindness!"
Eyes, you never gave me one kim
. word in reply to the long letter sen
YOU so many months ago"