Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-04-07

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quarrelcd with her lover, and that Jack
Burroughs had not visited the house for a
month but then young ladies were al
ways quarreling with their lovers and no
doubt Jack would turn up again in good
time. Taking this sensible view of the
matter, Uncle Randolph continued his
discussions, Miss Martha her scrubhing,
Aunt Charity her knitting, and Tom
Turner his regular doses of peppery liter
ature. And it is to be added that even
Kitty herself, influenced, no doubt, by
the course OF those about her, followed
very closely in the accustomed grooves Of
life, and ate her three meals day with
tolerable relish. Yet she had fully made
up her mind to die.
Like ali well conducted heroines who
drown themselves, Kitty determined to
leave behind her touching little letter,
wherein furgivness should be extended to
all her enemies, and an appeal made to
her friends not to mourn her loss.
II will write that letter now," thought
she to herself, pouring the water into the
tea kettle.
And thereupon, rs a proper preliminary
to all epstolary effort Kitty brought out
the dictionary, = sheet Of paper, and II
lead pencil, and sat down to bid the world
Il final farewell. The date was left blank,
to be inserted when the sun should thaw
the ice in the river. The early winter
twilight wa. deepening into darkness. and
the kettle was singing on the stove, when
Kitty finished her letter. One or two of
the hard words in which her heart rooted
griet found utterance were searched out
in the dictionary for this suicidal young
lady would have deemed it shocking in
deed TO have lett behind her 50 momen-
tous document with any slips of or
lhography. Thus Webster reassured her
doubling mind as to "melancholv," and
aud determiHcd the order Ok vowels in
"telief" And it was while Kitty was
yet piaturingto herself the effect which
this pathetic letter would produce upon
those who loved her--in which category
Mr.. Jack Burroughs was not nc'uded- l.
that the sound OF Uncle Randolph 5
voice broke in upon her reveries. with
blush and start, KITTY thrust the
-heet OF paper into the dictionary and
closed the volume.
''lie is scouudrel and thief" she
heald her uncle say, a. he drew near the
door. "You can't tell me anything
about the Mar,halls; I've known the
whole race OF 'em for twenty years. Old
Silas Marshall went from Windsor to
Hartford, and sold soap aud candles, al d
during the jackson canpaien---"
Precisely what the late Silas Marshall
did during the jackson campaign was
not told at that moment, for the dooi
opening cut short the thread Of the con
velsatlon Uncle Randolph walked int,
the kitchen, while behind him, selfconG-
d-nt and smiling, walked Mr.. Burroughs
Trembling all over, Kitty rose from hen
seat aud thanked the twilight which bid
her face.
"Where's your aunt Martha 2" inqur
ed Uncle Randolph. Jack has com,
over to eat supper with US. Why dom
you light up ?"
"Here's a match" ," said Jack, and he
he'd out his hand.
"Aunt Martha is mp stairs" answered
Kitty, addressing herself to her uncle
ard paying no heed to Mr.. Burroughs
protrrcd match. "In go and call her. .
And with this the young lady beat hasty
retreat
"That Josiah Marshall is scoundroI
and thief" resumed Uncle Randolph, a.
be took down the Kerosene lamp from the
mqutle piece. ia like to kick him and
the whole tribe Of Marsballs along with
him :"
ITS a pretty numerous tribe, observ-
ed Jack, good od-humorcdly. Let me
help you put on that chimney"
while jack was adjusting the lamp,
Miss Martha, who never found time
to dress up, as She expressed it, until late
! in the afternoon, entered the room. Miss
Martha was capital housekeeper More
! over, She was what The New Euglauder
calls "smait" and the Engl,hmnn
"clever." And she was what all the
world. in divers tongues aud dialects,
calls, "eccentric." Perhaps one Of her
most noticeable eccentricities was that OF
mixing the names Of the members of
her own household. Tom Turner was
called "Randolph" quite as often as he
was TON, " and Kitty ans >wered prompt
/ ly, when addressed as Nancy" albeit
the only Nancy in the family had mar
ried dozen years before, aud was living
now in Oregon. Jack Burroughs had
long before grown familiar with This Pc
culiarity, so that when Miss Martha, up
on entering the kitchen, said, as that
you, William ?" Jack responded, cheer
fully, 1T is"
"Well, I'm proper glad to see you"
exclaimed Miss Martha. at seems an
age since you've been inside the house -
Fake of your great coat, aud come into
the sitting room and get warm. How's
Lydia and the folks %
Jack gave a satisfactory occount Of the
health Of The Burroughs family, and Mis-
Martha then withdrew to look after the
supper.
Meautime Kitty, who had rushed to
her own room, with face flushed, hands
Trembling, and bosom heaving, had DON
ned her best black aapace, and combed
out the braids Of nut brown hair, which
was hers by growth and not by purchase.
NM lhat She did Ills In hnnnr Of .Inck