The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-09-25

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and fi,ah, .hn snaw more epurageaurl, !,
than evrr. III found tho slan., III
last a,fl rolled tho child In a l,nilalu
fuhe while hr maac the fre Then
WHEN hc r,s IN. renm warm ha teek
ilr little thing m his knee. dipped
her aching fingers IN eoll water. and
aslcI her what her name was,
"ki,ss.' sail .he.
kitty. saii lio and what ,lSet"
Kitty slc answered. nor could
III finl ont ans more.
Whose Kitty arc ,oaf''
"ipnr Kitty" shc mil, i,r she hal
known her faihcr In, that one day,
and nav shc believed that Burton was
liz.
l,ur,n', AT np TINT night and stuffed
wuod into vi. patent little stove to keep
the baby from freezing to death.
Never having had to 10 with chill
lren, he firmly believed that Kitty.
sleeping snugly under blankets anil
buffalo robes would freeze II he should
III tho fire suhsiie III tho least.
sthe storm prevailed with undated
fur, the nest day. and ~ he dared 10
neither lake Kitty nr leave hor nlnuc. hc
stayed ~ her all LAY. ani stuffed tho
stose with wood aud laughed NJ her
drill Lahy talk. anil fci hcr Oh Liscui.
nnl fried bacon anl coffee.
On tho morning VI tho second day
the .tarm had subsidized. II was forty
degrees cold. but knowing that SOME
hoiy must he mourning Kitty ~ dead
ho wrapped her II, skins. aud with much
,liilirnl,y reached the nearest nelgllhors
house, suffering only little frost bite
III the nosc BY tho way.
Tint child" said tho womnn to
whose house hc had come. rs Jones. "
| seed 'cm take her hatcn the wagon
day before yesterday. !
burton looked ut Kitty q moment
In rerrlcsity, Then ho rolled her up
again aud started out .trayeling likc
mad tho woman said shs watched
him.
When hs reached Jones hc found
Jones and his wifD sitting In utter
wrotehcdness, i, tho fire. They were
both sick irem grief aud unable 10
move out IT tho house. Kitty they
had given up for buried nlivo under
some .now.nlnund. They would t,nl
her when spring should come and melt
the snow of.
When the exhausted Burton cnmo Iii
with his bundle Of buffalo skins, they
locked al him with amaxcIncnt. Hut
when he openod II aud set ou. tho lii.
ilo Kitty anl said:
"llere. jones. IL this your Kitty"
Mrs. Jones. couldn't think a anything
better IL 10 thun t. scream.
And Jone. got NJ and took Ills Old
partner b, tho hand and said. dur.
ton. olI fellow aud tLen ch.kcd up
aud "a, down hopelcssly.
And burton said. Jones, old ful.
low, you may lsso TINT for,y.acrr
patch |. como mighty near making
mo tho murderer of lit,lo ki,i,'s faith
er. :
"No, ,on sl,all take II Yourself :
cried Jones, 1t ! ha,c gni 10 10 70 law
10 make you.
And Jones actually decided his inter-
ess III tho imty arrrs u Burton Nnt
Burton transferred II MI ~ Kitty.
l'ha. II why this part % Newton II
called to-day "kitty's Forty"