Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-06-13
NAMESAKES.

'Close the shutters, Kitty. What a
wild night it is, to be suren
1.-THE rain is coming down in floods,
said a young girl, pcering out into the
Yitchy darkness.
A barrack ground (stiff and ugly under
the most favorable circumstances), look
ing like some desert waste in the bowling
wind and driving rain, was just visi-
ble
"Why, Aunt Bell" she continued,
pausing with one hand on the shutter,
''here is name scratched on this pane
Of glass. 1 never noticed it till this |
minute"
"What is the name 2" asked the old
lady, indifferentiy, half asleep in her cosy
armchair by the freside.
'K-i-n-l-o-c-h 'Kinloch, Scots
Greys, 1S16,'" read the girl; "and
then Kitty written very badly just
below"
"Kinloch! Kittyln said Aunt Bell,
starting up with sudden interest. ''Why,
that must be the same mani" Then she
sank back again, murmering: 'Ah,
Kitty there was love in those days, and
romance, too"
'Is there no love now z" said her
niece, coming to her aunt's side and kneel-
ing down on the hearth rug,
The ruddy flames and glow from the
fire lit up the girls chestnut hair, fair
complexion and bright hazel eyes.
Aunt Bell looked lovingly down at the
piquant little face held up to her, and
said: ''Now and again we meet some of
the right kind; but would you like to
hear the story of that namesake of yours,
Kitty 2"
very much"
"Well, fifty years ago, as you can
easily reckon, was girl OF sixteen and
was invited to spend the summer
months with my aunt, who then had one
of the finest houses in this county of
Kildare.
"Several regiments were stationed at
the camp and at a neighboring village, so
you may imagine the girls of the party
and | looked forward to having gay
time Oh! those few short summer
months, Kitty! grow young again
when l think of them. What mad,
merry time it was And the maddest,
the merriest, the handsomest of all, was a
young Scotch lieutenant Kinloch Kin
lock. His mother was Irish, and had be-
queathed her good looks and propensity
for Joking. And now for Kitty, the her
oine. She was the daughter of an ole
gardener who lived about a mile away
from my aunt's house, and of all the dis
: tractingly pretty women that have made
men do foolish things, l am sure Kit!
was one of the prettiest."
4 "What was she like?n
Y "No description could come up to th
original; but can tell you that she hat
the Irish blue eyes, a complexion hk
milk, hair of the brightest and silkies
chestnut, curling in little rings all owe
her brow and neck and a slender, up
right figure, the envy of half our girls
One day large party of us were standing
chattering under the trees, when Kilt
passed us with a basket of fruit.
Kinloch for the first time notice.
the girl and seemed struck dumb wit
0maZement.
"He stood at little distance and keI
his eyes fixed on her.
Z" 1t was love from that very momen
and every one noticed it.
"All the other young fellows of cours
=. Immediately swarmed round the girl
basket, and began helping themselvt
with not so much as by your leave.
"Kitty began expostulating, but the
put her off.
'Sure, Kitty said one, and 70
would like us to have the best, I'll
bound
q "And another Malone, one kiss fro
that cheek with the bloom of the peaC
IA
thieves, for l will fight them all for sue
y favor
" But Kitty would not be bribed ar
seemed about to resign herself to the 10
of her fruit when Kinloch shouldered h
way into the group, and giving the la
speaker friendly push, cried, Lea
osh the girl alone, Grantp And then, tur
Jall ing to Kitty, took the basket out of b
hands saying 1T is too heavy for yo
little arms and there will come no o
nv stealing your fruit now, I'm thinking
KY "'Thank you, said Kitty, grateful
and walked along by his side.
"sThat is the first time | have sc
DC "my lady" allow any one to fetch
: "A carry for her, said my brother.
'''There is no gainsaying Kinlot
then, as can tell you, Harryp | erie
J, for he always gets his own way in wi
he wants.
=" Especially when it has to do W
pretty girlsp sneered Grant.
" Treason we ali shouted, in brea
Kinloch is the same to us all, to eve
body
'co "Of course said Grant, recover
his temper; but are you not all pre-
girls9'
''We laughed, and did not deny
soft impeachment; SO the moment
5reacn was healed.
''That was the last time we mott
ticle Kitty coming up to our house with
lvite fruit.
con- "We knew nothing we could have
or done would have prevented her,
we were not quite so sure about Kinlc
Y who ever since that little episode
wandered about like distressed love
zone day we met Kitty in one of
lanes, and said to her, How is it
an, never come our way now2"
"''a "The girl blushed.
Father prefers to take up the thi
himself she murmured; for which P
horo, fully apparent fib we instantly fort
tnu- her.
"The days passed on, and Kinl
who had before been the life of our
,,oditione xvae now oenerallV absent