The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-01-18
him some treacherous trick on his way

iOOhouI. DuG lie soon lOu0U tUaC lIn-
possible, for the storm was upon him in
all lis fury. He tried to follow the path,
but could not find it.
Hal he been less of froniiersman he
must have perished there, within fur
long of his own house. But in his
efforts to keep the direction of the path
he heard smothered cry, and then saw
something rise mp out of the snow, and
fall down again. He raised his gun to
shoot it, when the creature uttered an
other wailing cry so human that be put
down his gun and went cautiously for
ward. I'D"
1t was child
He did not remember that there was
such child among all the settlers in
Newton. But he did not stop to ask
questions. He mnst, without delay, get
himself, and the child, too. to place of
safety, or both would be frozen.
So he took the little thing in his arms
and started through the drifts And the
child put its little icy fingers on Burton's
rough cheeks aud muttered 'pspa ~
And Burton held her closer and fought
the snow more courageonsly than ever.
He found the shanty at last, and rolled
the child in buffalo robe while he made
a fire. Then, when be got the room q
| little warm, he took the little thing upon
his knee, dipped her aching fingers in
cold water, and asked her what her name
was
kitty" she said
kitty" he said, ''and what else p
KITTY" she answered, nor could he
find out anv more
"Whose Kitty are you ?"
"Your Kitty" she said. For she had
known her father but that one day, and
now she believed that Burton was he
Burton sat up all night and stuffed
wood into his impotent little stove to
keep the baby from freezing to death =
Never having had to do with children.
he firmly believed that Kitty. sleeping
snugly under blankets and buffalo robes,
would freeze il he should let the fire
subdne in the least.
As the storm prevailed with unabated
fury the next day, and as he dared nei-
ther to take Kitty out nor to leave her
alone, he stay ed by her all day and stuff
ed the stove with wood. and laughed at
her droll baby talk, and fed her ON bis
cult and dried bacon and coffee.
On the morning of the second day
the storm had abated. 1t was 40 de-
grees cold, but knowing that somebody
must be, mourning for Kitty for dead,
be wrapped her in skins, and with much
difficulty reached the nearest neighbours
house, suffering only frost bite on his
nose by The wav.
"That child" said the woman to
whose house he had come. sis Jones'
seed 'em take her outen the wagon day
before Yesterday"
Burton looked at Kitty moment in
perpleXitY, then he rolled her &p again
ana started out
"Traveling like mad," the woman said
as she watched bim
When he reached Jones' he found
Jones and his wife sitting in wretched-
ness by the fire. They we're both sick
from grief. end unable to move out of
the house. Kitty they had given up for
buried alive under the snow mound =
They would find her when spring should
come and melt the snow cover off.
When the exhausted Burton came in
uifh h;o hnplla IF huH,lo ,J;no thox,
looked at him in amszement But when
he opened i! and let out the little Kitty,
and said:
"Here. Jones, is this yer Kitty ~
Mrs Jones couldn't think of anything
better tn do than to scream.
Aud Jones got up and took his old
partners band and said: Burton, ole
fellow!" and then choked up and sat
down, and cried helplessly.
And Burton said "Jones, ole fellow.
you may have that forty-acre patch. 1t
come mighty nigh making me the mur-
derer OF that little Kltty's father.'
"No! YOU shall take it YOURSELF"
cried Jones, "if l have to go to law to
make YOU"
And Jones actually decided his inter-
est in the forty acres to Burton. But
Burton trsnsferredit all to Kitty.
That is why y.this part of Newton to-
day is called "Kittv's Forty"
Honest Dishonesty Rewarded.
London Telegraph, December %.