The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-02-06
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, l878

alone. I've sprained my ankle
| and I can't walk. What shall
Lido ?" And she burst into tears.
Our hero took both the lit.
tie hands, and held them tightly
in his own, while he questioned
her anxiously as to the accident,
relating meantime how ho came
to find her.
"But how" exclaimed Kitty,
ruefully, when he had done-"how
am l ever to get back l don't
believe I can walk a STEP"
"Of. course you can't. Who
said you could ?" cried Rupert.
"But you'll get back right, all the
same, for I intend to carry you" "
"Carry met" Kitty gave a little
scream, and shrank back, and
covered. her face with both her
hands, for she. felt the hot blood in
her cheeks. s'Oh,. no';'that will
never do" and she blundered out
.uhthinkingly, !":what will people
say, p 49,. ., il: IT.:
But Rupert did not stop to re-
ply to this question. Very little
cared he what people said. With
out a word he put his arms around
Kitty, and, lifting her bodily from
her feet, walked off with her as
if she had been a fsather:weight.
At first, Kitty struggled a lit
tie !; but the strong mapful arms
held her closely, and soon she be-
gan ratbersto like it, and to think
it all very delightful.
""At any. rate;t"' she. said: to her
self, II can't ;he1pitit; he. is too
masterful to resist"
With this comforting conclu-
sion, her fair bead sank on his
shoulder, and for the first time in
| her short life Kitty knew what it
was to be supremely happy.
s Rupert carried his lovely bur,
den to his own carriage, which
stood apart from the crowd, and
carefully placed Kitty in it.
"There, now,' he said, II shall!
take you home Immediately, and
stop for doctor on the way,
Nobody can drive you with SO
little pain as I can," he added,
seeing she was about to object.
." "Besides, you must begin to
obey me, so as to get your hand
in, for sometime you are going to
be my wife, yeuoknow:"' -"
"Your wife 2" cried Kitty.
She gave pout and a toss OF
her head, but she blushed, and
not with anger either. Yes
blushed,'to to 4he,tips 'of dainty
ears. ,.',.': ...' !" =.
.""Of course" retorted Rupert,
as he stepped softly into the car
riage, and took his seat beside her,
looking balffondly into her eyes
which fell before him. 81 have
meant it all along. Didn't you,
| dearest ?"
"Really, you are the most 'im-
.pudent puppy I ever saw" re-
torted Kitty, bursting into laugh
ter in spite of herself.
But, for all that, she did not re-
pulse the kiss with which, before
starting, Rupert thought it. ne
cessary to fortify himself for the
journey.
|. What more is there to tell
Very little. For Kitty and Ru-
pert were married early in the
autumn, and were superlatively
happy.
"Do you know" SAID Rupert.
one day, "that it was by the
merest accident we ever knew
each other? l had come down to
my uncle's for a single night on
ly, when 1 saw you in the swing.
and my whole life was changed
| fell in love at. first sight, and
resolved to stay and make your
acquaintance, even if it took all
the summer" ."'
$50 1 owe my happiness" an
swered Kitty, archIy, "to my
faithful dog-dear old fellow-be.
ing off guard that afternoon"
"And to an 'impudent puppy
coming along" retorted Rupert
with a kiss, 'just in the nick Of
time, and taking his place."
Thirteen is an urlucky number
Of persons to sit down to dinner
;r 4boro ;r onlv ononrh IN pC