Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-08-26
REPEATING ITSELF.
But Instead of History 1t Was
Romance.


Romance.
CLOSE the shutters, Kitty. What a
terrible night it is. to be sure. The rain
Il coming down in floods"
\ barrack ground, stifi and ugly un-
der the most favorable circumstances.
looking like desert in the wind and
rain, was just visible
''Why. Aunt Bell" said the rml.
pausing with one hand on the shutter.
here is name scratched on this pane
OF glass. l never noticed it till this
minute"
What is the nance" asked the old
lady, bali asleep by the fire
%" 'hinloch. Scots Greys. 1916" read
the young girl, land then Kitty writ
ten very badly Just below"
"hinlock! Kitty said Aunt Bell.
starting up with sudden interest
Why, that must he the same man."
Then she sank back again. murmur-
ing; ''Ah. KITTY. there was love in
those days, and romance. too.
is there no love now9' said Kitty.
coming to her aunt's side and kneeling
down on the hearth rug.
The ruddy flames and glow from the
ire Int mp the giris chestnut hair. fair
complexion. and bright hazel eyes
Aunt Bell gazcd lovingly down at the
rlquant little face and said
Now and again we meet some of
the right kind, but would you like to
hear the story of that namesakc of
yours, Kitty?'
Very much.n
well. fifty years ago. as Won know.
was girl OF sixteen. and was invited
L" spend the summer months with my
aunt. who then had one of the finest
houses m this county of Kildare.
several regiments were stationed at
the camp and ut a neighboring villapc.
so you may imagine the girls of the
party and | anticipated gay time
On. those summer months grow
Young again as | think OF them! The
rides across the Curragh i'm the fresh
morning air, when in parties of ten or
fifteen We would gallop for miles on
the stretches OF breezy turf; the hand
some officers who played hide-and-seek
with nS in the evening hours all over
the hig house. starting ont of corners
and chasing Us brcathleSsly down the
slippery oaken corridors. Then. tired
out, We would stroll into the garden.
and under the trees there would be-
songs, hirtations and whispered conf
dences and promises made by the score
and never fulfilled. What mad. mpr-
~ time il was! The merriest and hand.
soonest of all was a young Scotch Lieu
tenant. kinloch kinloch. Ills mother
was IRISH. and had beJueathed him her
beauty and propensity for Joking.
And now for Kitty. the heroine.
she was the daughter Of Il gardener
who lived about q mile from NV aunt .
house. and of all the di.tractinoly
pretty girls that have made men dn
lily things | am sure Kitty was one ot
the pretti'-t ] can't do her Justice.
lut J can to'l YOU she had the Irish b,uo
eve; complexion Ike m lk. hair Of
i7e sIlkiest chestnut. curling in RINGS
fl over her brow. and 70 slender. m.
gni figure. The envy of an our yiris
pnr Gay. us large party of as were
taihlnE under the trees. Kitty pa..ed
U.s. with basket OBJ fruit Kiuloch for
the br-t iim" noticed The Girl and
mrd struck dumb with ann cement
BE stood go q littlc distance. and kent
h', ryr hNcd ou her " wa. low, from
That very moment. ui every one
noticed Do 40 tnc Young men -warmpd
anoui the girl basket aud BEGAN hello.
ing ihc7-ritc-. Sine eApo-iuinted bni
fh.N ,ul uer pn Said one
'Hurc. Kitty. aud YOU w,u.dlikeu.
90 nave thc b,.i. l'i br bound
Another id Malone. one Li-.
from That cueek with the flush of fbr
prtch upon viii save you from lines,
Ia,rfiiF 'u.efe- for ] Will nuht Them
g'I Tor such favor
But Kitty would not boz Dribrd aod
.inrd about o. en- herself fo fb.
I" 0i her fruit when kinioch -bouL
,'rtd ll- "at into the group and civ
I'- lhe IH,t speaker q friendly push.
'." Leave iho girl alone. Grant
'f-e lhen uc turned FOO Kitty. saw.
ne: DO I- vcrt heavy for gour lifiI,
Hims, aHd there nill come mo- ON,
stealing thc fruit now. I'm thinking
lhank 5000. SAID kit't gratefully
ani walked along hy hi, side
nat D. Ono first time have seen
m' iHdf lofr amy One Gao fetch and
carry iNr h"r ms brother -aid
Do" ~ausaYIng knlooh
ucn ior De- always gets BON, own NAV h,
what Boz" wants. Harry. ! said
Especially when 10 ha. TO do with
profits girls -neored Grant
reason. we all shouted I'm 4.
breath 'knlpcH fhe same to us all
pi course iutaro YOU not all pref.
o. grl-' said Grant
We laughed. and did not DENY u,,
GOT mpeachmcnt, and so the momen
t'rN prrarn was kealrd That was IN,
hrsi Time we noticed Kitty coming u,
20 our house with her fruit We wcr.
4mt' sure nothing we could have ssi,
Oh done would have prevented Der. bu