Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-07-05
KITTY AND 1.


forgot It. ,..... ......-... ......a. ~
We were spending the day at Farmer
Browns, place we dearly loved to
visit. We liked the walk, mile and a
half, through the cool, shady woods,
| leading from the little town in the val
| ley to the farm on the hill. We liked
| the big, old apple orchard, just to the
right of the house, where we often
| played all day. Then the old fashioned
rooms, having great windows, with
| their broad sil1s, and the long Kitchen,
where we took our meals at a table
| laden with bounties, were added charms,
And oh! the days. when they knew that
we were coming, that Miss Jane made
| us ice-cream-more Of rarity to chill
dren then than it is now. a.,r ''
This morning, in particular, babe fair
| to give us special delight. The sun
shone brilliantly. We each had on
pretty, new calico dresses. Best of all,
Farmer Brown had promised us ride
home in the evening-for the woods
grew very dark, and when we walked
we had to start earlier than we liked.
So we sauntered along, as ight-heart-
| ed as the birds and the chipmunks,
stopping to gather ferns-happy when
we found stray tuft of maiden-hair. Il 20
had in my arms Kitty's doll. Mine
was dressed exactly like hers, except
that Kitty's, being a black-eyed beauty,
wore pink sash over her white dress,
while my fair Seraphina had blue rib
bon. But ah! luckless me! We were
seating ourselves on a great stone by the
roadside, when my clumsy fingers let
fall the doll. Oh! her beautiful china
head split through the nose, from crown
| to chin. t-,ss..
At first, was thoroughly contrite,
and with quick sense of justice was
about to say: 90 Kitty! I'm SO sorry!
you shall have Seraphina;" and, had
that not been enough, would have
| added: eyes, and my little gray pussy,
too Surely l could do no more. But
1 was too slow. Before I could speak,
quick, impulsive Kitty jumped up, gave
me push, and called out angrily:
go you horrid, careless girl! You're
always breaking something. I'll never
play with you again, and I'll never.
never speak to you. So there!'
Leaving Seraphina, and snatching the
wounded doll, she ran off without me.
I sat awhile, sobbing bitterly, for a
sense of injustice ranked in my mind.
resolved, firmly, that, if Kitty did
want to make up with me, as often hap
pened, after our quarrels, would not
| answer her, and would punish her by
making friends with another cousin, as
Kitty was always afraid would. Dry
ing my tears I went ON, too angry to
think of any shame in meeting Miss
Jane and Miss Susan. = his .,.d,
As soon as l got there, Kitty having
told oil hn CT lxro
WINGED that she had been too hasty.
rushed out the gate. and threw her arms
about me with ''Oh, Pm so sorry! I
didn't mean to do it, -f'infsi ''''.1 q
But I was too stubborn to Weld. and
stiffly withdrew myself, and walked
past her into the house. Kitty .fo4i
lowed, her blue eyes full of tears ats
the repulse. I bade good morning to
Miss j. ne and Miss Susan. Theya
wise ladies, treated us as usual, con-
Guiding. that it was best to leaye us It'd,
ourselves. .,,s,..-.. MS :es.is ~, -,
We went to the apple orchard, but
somehow the flavor had gone out of
the day. Seraphina required q more
even the wounded came in for her
Oud1 111VCA q VlhlCs AAiICy "IAOCACuJ
away, and / was left alone. bet1
Suddenly it grew very dark, and,
looking up, saw that the Sky was
black with clouds. / ran quiUfly' to
the house. There, busy about the noon
dinner, the darkness had obliged Miss
Jane to light the. lamps Seeing -me I
come, she thought, of course, that
Kitty was, following. but l had not seen
h<,,s for COW err0N IL
sitting, the air was filled with elec. |
tricity. The. clouds hung low, and !
each moment grew more threatening.
To increase my terror, no RAIN fell, |
and, childishly, I feared the world
might take fire and burn up-and
where was KittyP th.3 ..qt4a1ei
Blacker and blacker grew the clouds,
and darker and more 1urid grew the I
day. looked anxiously out of the win
dow in the direction where Kitty had |
of her. Every moment expected to /
see her hurrying along to the house;
but the moments passed without bring |
ing her. At last I withdrew from the |
window, and seated myself hopelessY |
Kitty be? Would neversee her again?
The thought brought CONSERVATION to
nv childish breast. l cast aside my I
doll, and burying my face in my hands,
gave myself up to stupor of despair.
A great peal of thunder. another and
another, with vivid strokes of lightning, i
completely reused and terrified msr
Oh! where, where was Kitty? Why
had not gone to hunt herr ~. IL.
A binding flash, a heavy clap-and
Kitty and were in the middle of the
room in each Others arms.
80 Kitty, Kitty! Twas afraid" and
nv words ended in convulsive sobs.
~Why, was sound asleep the other
side of the orchard fence, and the thun-
der woke me up And we both cried
and chung to each other. ea3
; Now the rain fell in torrents, and soon
the storm had spent itself. When we
felt that we could breathe freely once