Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-06-29
AN IMPUDENT PUPPY.

AN lMPUDENI PUffI.
"Where is Kitty" inquired Mrs. Car
rington, entering tho room where her two
elder daughters were employed, the one
in reading, the other with bit Of fancy
work.
81 really don't know, mamma" an.
swered Dora, looking up from her work.
81 have had scarcely glimpse Of Kitty
since we came to the country. She ap-
pears to have taken to an al .fresco life,
and is never in the house except at
night"
~ saw her about two hours ago on her
way to the orchard" remarked Cornelia.
"She said she was going to feed the pigs,
and would afterward take lesson in
milking"
II wish | could find her." remarked
Mrs. Darlington. 81 am certain that
either Judge Bolton or his son will call
this afternoon, and it is proper that Kitty
should be present. She did not appear
on their former visits.
"She will shock the Judge by her hoy
denish manners, and as to his son, hard
ly think he will particularly admire her.
He doesn't fancy female society, I've
heard. and prefers his dogs and horses.
And wasn't he little wild at college,
mamma
a. little too fond Of what is called fun
nothing more tha. / ever heard. He
is q clever young man, will be veal
thy, and is, next to his father, the
best match in the neighborhood-though,
as you say, he dom, appear to care par
ticularly for ladies society. Ifancied l he
looked rather bored while talking to that
stately Miss Abbott, clever and handsome
as she is. And then he must know that
all the girls are trying to secure him,
which naturally makes him shy Of them"
These remarks were clearly intended
as hints to her daughters, for Mrs. Car
rington was a genuine matchmaker. aud
had already married off two daughters
advantageously. Finding that the re-
manning elder daughters had failed to
make the desired impression on either
Judge Bolton or his son, she bethoughi
herself of producing Kitty, hitherto. a.
the youngest and prettiest, carefully kept
in the background.
But meantime where was Kitty:
Kitty. having filed basket with aP.
Piles for the pigs, strolled around the orch.
ard, admiring the trees and the fruit, and
climed low peach tree, in order to gath.
er one especially fine peach for her father
In this position her eye caught low line
of green willows. bordering the slopine
meadows beyond the orchard.
at looks as though a stream wa.
there" she thought; and l do so love
water. l dare say it is lovely under
these willows. Come, Rolla," calling tc
little half grown terrier, "you and
will go on an exploring expedition to-
gether."
Rolla, after some coaxing, rather sulk.
ily obeyed. He was an ugly, little
crooked leg, hairy muzzled pup, which
Kitty had, on her arrival at the farm
begged of the farmer for pet. Yet
Rolla, despite all the petting, did not take
to his pretty young mistress, but persist
ed in evincing decided preference TO
the barn and kitchen, and low life IL
general.
Kitty was not disappointed in her ex
pec.a,ion. She found a clear. shallow
stream which ran rippling and murmur
ing pleasantly beneath the willows be-
tween thickets of wildrose and blossomini
elder. She seated herself on the grass,
bank, and took off FIRST her hat, and theI
her shoes and stockings, and allowed the
cool ripples to dance about her whit
feet. Then she became interested il
watching some insect-life on the surfac'
of the water, and when satisfied witt
this resumed her shoes and stockings ant
|lay back on the cool turf, dreamily re-
peating snatches Of poetry. A stra!
sunbeam glinted on her rppling brown
hair, and the eyes that looked up through
the waving foliage were as deeply blu
and clear as the sunny sky overhead
Pity that there was no stray artist ts
gaze upon the picture.
Suddenly. Kitty awoke to the fac
that Rolla had disappeared. He had
been smelling about the bushes, and has
now stolen of on the track Of some seen
perceptible only to his own keen olfac
tories.