The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1884-07-10

the girl was joked and teased and
had many offers Of marriage; but
she wa; firm and would listen to
none.
AT last the young fellows grew
weary of their frnitless attempts at
love making and the greater part
left her alone.
"A few, more unkind, would ask
when she expected her young gen
tleman home. and tainted her in
cutting speeches and insinuatisns.
Nine years went BY, and then
there came the battle Of Waterloo,
when officers and men went down
in hundreds together.
Still no word from kinlOch, and
kitty's heart. which had never
failed in its ightnrss, nor her step
in its speed, now sank and faItcrcd
for the first time. ,-..,
''Early in the next year1in fact
on New Years night-thc officers
gave a ball, and every girl and
young man for miles around was
invited.
Girls were in great demand, and
| went down to my aunt's house
especially for that night
Il was anxious to see Kitty my
self, and to find ont how the years
had passed over her head.
"lon think perhaps, twenty-six
was rather Old to be called a girl
do YOU, Kitty.
'AErll. I lclt almost the same as
| did wlen. | was sixteen, and
quite rs ready to enjoy 4 dance or
tiiltation, I car assarc you.
kate Da!y-that was her name
went to nclp the ladies unshawl
themselves. and to be ready with
needle and thread when an unhap-
py damscl with torn skirt or
tlounce Should require her q asis
tance ..ijI:,. .....
She was then twenty-2ight. and
the young girlish beauty had de-
veloped. into the most lovely Of wo.
men; Only when her face was at
rest, and yon caught TIC suspicion
Of al anxious heart upon it would
you have guessed her age. d"
"She wore . pale tea-rose-tinted
gown, with ruftles Of lace Of her own
making at the neck and sleeves.
1T vas 4 wild and stormy night
without, but it only served to en-
hance the brightness and anima-
ton of the scene within. b..
The dancing Of. the high-heeled
shoes and the silvery laughter rose
higher than the wall Of. the. wind,
and the tinkling wine-cups. drowned
all sound of rain. ...., D..
Suddenly there. WIS 4 lull; we
stopped in our Dances. 4 chill blast
seemed to have entered the room :;
we turned and saw q silent, dark
figure standing in the Doorway,
....'"iie was tail and handsome, but
his large. black CLOAK. carefully
sluDg oyer his shoulder, was drip
ping with rain. and making, large
pools on ,thc floor. Iiis l3gf, booted
hips. ,..,.i..,,,I,,i!'s;t'., "
gpst at that tia moment 10 os totiFie" H." clock
struck y, and the year, ilS16 had
broken. Some Of the more eXcit-
able girls screamed and ran behind
their partners. T..
Was it an app:afition? Was it
an i'll omen Tor the coming year?
','I seem to Irighten yoh good
pfopla, Does nobody know me?'
kitty At that moment was bring
ing in joy Of iced cl:irct at another
door. '' , '''" p
:..Shc heard thG voice and turned
round, trembling, with q wild CRY,
'Kinloch, Kinloch.. / knew yon
would come back r And amid %
crash Of breaking glass-for she
let the vessel slip from her hands
she bounded to lis side and then
disappeared in the folds Of the
great cloak '' ":
How splendid, Aunt Bell said
her niece, drawing . deep breath;
but # she married him then, ! do
not sec, Why she should not have
done so before" -:
'.Ah, but, she was a wise girl, lit
tie one; she knew It wnnld test his
constancy and prove if he really
loved her. a yonng mans love at
twenty anc rs S'she knew very wclD
would not he his choice at thirty
one '
w hat became OF them, AUNT
81 oh, they married and travelled
about a good deal, and finally both
died ont in India within a, few
months OF each. other There was
one, son, and. I believe .hejs in the
army also' ',."1 h.r.a .-. ... =
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