The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-05-23

in = Jug Of iced claret at another door.
"She turned round, tremblingly, With
A wild CRY, 'Kinloch, Kinloch, | knew
you would come back And amid a
crash OF breaking glass-for she let the
vessel slip from her hands-she bound
ed to his side and then disappeared IN
the folds of the great cloak"
How splendid, Aunt Bella" said her
niece, drawing a deep breath; "but il
she married him then, l do not see why
she should not have done so before"
"Ah, hut she was "a wise girl, little
one; she knew it would test his con
stancy and prove if he really loved her.
A young mans love at II Gas she
knew very welD would not behis choice
at 81" ....h. III
"What became of them, aunt? 2"
ooh, they married and travelled about
a good deal, and finally both died out
in India within a few months of each
other. There was one son, and / be-
lieve he is in the army also. Come,
Kitty, l shall 60 to bed, and not wall
up any longer for your father"
There is a new lieutenant coming in
Mr.. Perry's place." said her niece as
she babe her good night.
"The young men are not what they
used to be, sighed the old lady. "Some
little whippersnapper, I'll be bound,
with feet that would go in your slippers.
Good night, childiel"
Kitty went slowly down stairs and
pondered over III her mind the story OF
the beautiful Kate DAILY and the faith.
full Kinloch. She went to the window
and undid the shutter. She pictured
to herself the young nan coming to the
window and scratching his name on the
glass, and then taking the girls ha nG
in his own, slowly guiding it just be-
low.
She leant in the deep shadow of the
window-seat and stroye p realize eacl
scene in the little drama. There, IN
der the very door, stood the black
robed figure they had all shrunk away
from in the midst Of their mirth. What
Was she dreaming? What stood there
at that very moment?
A figure darker than the gloom o
the room. The rain poured in foods
outside, and the wind whistlet ant
moaned round the corners of the house
The figure came a little further intt
the room. She saw, by the misty hgh'
he was a tall man with a dark cloal
over his shoulders, booted and spurred
with mud up to his hips.
She felt as if the whole scene was t,
be played again before her very eyes
but she looked in vain for the prett,
girls and ladies in their pulled sleeves
and short waists, their flowing curli
and high-heeled shoes. Kitty-wher,
was she?
And here she blushed to herself il
the darkness.
There was a Kitty; but not theo ne.
The man came up to the window, evi
IDENTIFY thinking no n was in tn
room.
The girl shrank back as the we
cloak brushed against her cheek.
"Kinlochp she said, half doubling
whether the figure would answer, TO
she could hardly tell yet if she wa
dreaming or no.
"Who spoke my name?" he calleC
out, startled and looking around.
II did," said Kitty, feeling yer,
abashed, almost at his elbow.
II am sure / beg Jour pardon.
thought the room was empty. linus
have come into the wrong quarters ar
irving so late / must have mistaken tn,
block. hope you will forgive such ~
intrusion ?"
Kitty's grand castles in the air fel
to the ground with a crash. How com
monplacel He was only the new lieu
tenant, after all; but he did not lool
the whipper-snapper her aunt had pro
phesied.
"Then you are not KInloch ?" she said
in a disappointed tone.
"My name is Kinloch," he answered
with q pleasant smile.
my aunt was telling me about thi
Kinloch.' And Kitty tapped the fran,
with her finger. II will tell you th,
story some day, if you like; but yol
came into the room just as she sale
your namesake did, dressed in the sam
way and everything. But, there!
suppose you are not even a relation !?
HE was my father" said the youn,
man, quietly. so no wonder we an
something alike"
1t was now his turn to say, in a dis
appointed tone, But your name is no
, Kitty, / am sure"
|. Eyes, it is, " said Kitty, eagerly. Thel
she stopped; q sudden rosy flush rushe'
syer her face. "At least, mott is"--
But she could not deny it, for 1t wa
Kitty,
These are our namesakes; shall w
Some day-perhaps."
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