Daily Republican., 1881-07-29
1nlpOu nGed,
Harper's Bazar.

Olu man by virtue OF the years Le ha
10 seen; but for all it century of eyIerienc
+ Tevert"n was, for size and importance
IN hamlet still. Standing on SuDse
;, Rock and looking westward, the frs
y thing that met the eye was low ston
y wall, pierced with iron doors, ab0v
y which rose the head-stOnes and long un
cut grasses of neglected graveyard
u Beyond lay n trace of meadow land, OF
n whose surface granite boulders wer,
Q more conspicuous than was the crisl
4 stout heritage that imbcdded them
d Farther still, the land dipped into al
!. orchard hung valley, beyond which
!. rose group of nobly formed hills, belt
), ed by forests, and rising sharply de
e fined pointed crests to the sky. &c
: north, to south, stretched far blue ex.
panse OF distance, clothed with villages
; with here and there tracks of dark
Woodland, and in one or two places the
silver CLEAN of distant ponds. 1t was
q beautiful landscape, especially in the
afternoon light OF golden September,
and the wonder was that only two per.
sons had cared to take the easy walk
for the purpose Of enjoying it, These
persons were girls, OF about the same
height and age, who, as they climbed
the long hill, side by side, kept close to-
gether, AZ though contact was dear and
desirable to them both.
Ofthe same age and height, yet moth.
ing could be more dissimllar than the
types to which Judah Adams and Kit
ty Roach respectively belongad-a dis
similarity which, however, rather help
ed than hindered their friendship, as
differences in type often do. judith
"aa strong and tair, with honest blue
eyes, and steady, sensible face, which
without beauty, had the attraction OF
thorough wOmanlineSs in its every line
and curve Kitty, vivid, impulsive,
qnick-tongned,..with a depth of feeling
and the gleam offun always ready to
leap to her brown eyes and mobile
mouth, possessed alike something of
the charm and Of the defect which is
properly attributed to the artistic tenn
perament. Without claim to absolute
genius, she had undisputed talent, and
of % very'versatile character. Attempt
Ing many things, she up to certain
oint,Succeeded all. Her quick, ,left,
nervous finger found nothing difficult,
| but this very facility was q disadvan-
tage aud a danger, and held her back
from real proficiency. TO Judith,
whose mind and body were of slow er
habit, City appeared a miracle of clev-
erness. Kitty herself knew better, and
had moments in which she despised her
own short-coming most heartily. This
afternoon she was in especially ads.
piritel mood.
$50 as | am sure to make d mistake
either way, and to dosomethingi ought
not, and which shall repent of after
ward, have decided to 60" she wa
saying to Judith.
But why. 4 you feel so badly about
II Z: per .,sted her friend !
20 told you already. | 20 because
am afraid to stay. If l do, shall |
get into some sort of awful scrape, aln
convinced Either | SHALL say yes,
and be sorry, o. else | shall sly no,
an. be sorrier still. The only safe way
is to say nothing till my mimi is made
up, and can't do that without going
away but, oh dear it S a great bother;
when We are so comfortable here and
do so hate the idea Of joining Susan,
and getting in with the Kippons and all
tbat set !''
swell, | must say again that ] do
not understand it," persisted the practi-
cal judith. you don't want to say yes,
and you don't want to say no. and all
the time you like Benz am SURF you
dc. If | was in your place,
think | should know my own mind
better, and what l wanted to say,
Kitty"
"Of course you would, you wise old
Ditha. If it was your Ben instead Of
my Ben, don't | know exactly how
Things would be? Iou would weigh
the matter duly, taking the afternoons
for 1t, so as not to interfere with your
nights rest, you would take it to churc'
with you, and pray over it, or perhaps
open the Bible at random, and read Il 1
passage. for direction Aunt Pets
lscd to recommend; then, having made
lp your mind you would bring Scur |
Benjamin rp here some fine day, sit
lown on that rock there taking the pre-. !
'aution to spread blanket shawl for /
ear of ofdampness,d draw oft your glove, tix ,
1onr eyes on Middle Mountain, and f.,
liter u pensive yes And you would ,
'ome down the hill Oh Ben's arm, aud i
,e happy ever after, and what is more,
leserve it. But, oh dear! me and my |
5en-.' q
"Kitty, for shame! Well, what about
'ou and your Ben" '
"NoIhing. Oh | am |, and he is he, q
% we can't and We won't settle it in f
hat fashion. | wish | could be YOU, Y
lit hD aud do "A Il
doubtless he Il great deal better f,r me.
But what's the use Of wishing? | cant =
'e; it isn't possible am, and must con a
inre to be, my bad, foolish, cortradic- II
ory self; and you are an angel" (Here |
swift embrace.) Il don't know how
eel, or what want, and shan't know y
i'll | can get off somew hereto distance II
nd put that boy in proper perspective. It
ie is too near by half ..s it is now, he y
.inds and bewiders me. | can't see r,
learly, or determine; so, discre' ion 'e II
1g the better part of valor, shall tlee."
litty spoke merri;y, bat .judit !, with
ut turning her head felt sure tn 1t the fi
ears were nos far from her eyes. 81
"Oh, you Kitty Cat ! Well, If You h
lust you must; but what shall l do IL
'ithout you ?" she said. Then, after /.
ause: "Well, here we are at the ton, s,
cts climb the rock, Kitty, and sit Z,
lst where we sat that first night when n,
lere was that remarkable yellow sun kl
It, the night when lsen-Why, what, tn
le matter ?" in a changed voice, Tor
itty. stopping short, had given a
larp exclamation of pain. III
ooh, judith, how unlucky.-that c,
one turned under my foot, and W. TO
visited my an"le I'm afraid. Help me u,
sit down. Perhaps he pain will 20 Of
in "a minnie or two" nc
But tie pam did no quite CO. thougl W;
ldith nnbuttoned the boot, and cha ,o
the slender ance in her own wa,rl #
IEcS. ! d
at 8 better, though" declared Ki',. h.
ter II while. cts decidedly hetae. o
ID | can wax, l tbins, if you'll r. sn
G hold your arm 10