The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-06-09
VOL. xxIII.-NO. 81.
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They found their brother outside. There
was no renewal of acquaintance to be made
between him and his cousin, for Frank
Carlton was in London at rather frequent
intervals and rarely failed to do what he
called "look up DIR. Walter. Half an
hours drive brought them to the pretty,
old, red-brick house, covered on one side
with roses; white roses which fowered
nearly all the summer. Inside the rooms
looked cool, hot though the afternoon had
been-really rooms to rest in DR.. Walter
found them, not dusty and full of concen-
trated hot air like those he had gladly left
to his housekeeper's care that morning.
And it was evident that his cousins meant
that he should rest and enjoy himself.
Over the tea, which was carried out into
the garden, Madge Carlton suggested many
plans for the next week, which met with
ready assent from her brother and Kitty
The three had lost their father and mother
very early, and the two girls had lived with
their brother ever since they had grown
up. The next day was Sunday, and in
the evening they all strolled across the
fields to tiny village church. They had
not gone far on their way back when they
found that Kitty was not, in her usual
fashion, slowly coming behind them, max
ing fun of the odds and ends Of conversa-
ton she could catch. Madge wanted to
go back and look for her, but Frank say
ing, with an irritated tone in his voice,
''She'll turn up, and escorted all right,
don't be afraid" made them come.
They were standing in the drawing-room
waiting for supper before Kitty was to be
seen in the garden dragging down with
her sunshade bits of the climbing roses
over the summer-house, while hoy-only
the name would have hurt his feelings
gathered them for her. Five minutes later
she slipped into her place beside Frank at
the supper table, with one of the roses in
her dress. The mischievous smile with
which she looked up into his face was her
only answer to Frank when he said;
"Kitty, you are late again. Was that
one of the vicarage pupils in the garden ?
l will not have them hanging about like
that. You are not to let them walk home
with you unless you make them come in to
supper reasonably"
After supper Frank and his cousin went
into the garden to smoke. It was quite
dark outside, and the light in the hall
made Kittys figure stand out brilliantly as
she stood on the steps under the lamp in
one of the red dresses she almost always
wore Wonderfully pretty she looked,
with the light on her little piquant brown
face, as she called
"Where are you aud Tom, Frank?" I'm
coming to you for cigarette, l think.
She came to DR.. Walters side and
walked up and down with them. The
grass grew slippery with dew. Kitty's
thin shoes prevented her having very
steady footing, and when DR.. Walter offered
his arm she took it laughingly, and every
time they came to the end of the walk
turned SO determinedly back for another
turn that Madge at last called to them
from the drawing-room window in desper-
alton to know when they were coming in.
1t was too hot on Monday to do any
thing but sit in the garden with books;
much too hot, Kitty declared, to make
call, to pay which Madge finally had to set
out alone.
"Much too sedate and prim for me the
Wilson's are, she confided to DIR. Walter
II never can be sedate, you know. y
DIR. Walter laughed and looked at the
little figure beside him, swinging in a
hammock in anything but a sedate attitude,
with look not unmixed with admiration.
"They are just Madges sort of girls, !"
she went on; Every sensible, very good,
and"
@Well, what more do you want ?" said
DIR. Walter
Kitty gave one of those smiles that gave
her face a look for which bewitching is the
only term.
''Oh, you can answer that for yourself
tomorrow. They will go with us for the
water picnic and you can study them all
day and tell me"
DIR. Walter did not have much chance
or much time, however, to study any one
but Kitty during the long day which they
spent either on the river or lounging on
the banks. He found none of it so pleas
ant as the hour he spent lying on the grass
smoking under tree with Kitty sitting
on one of its very lowest branches torment
ingly throwing at him bits of stick and
anything else she could find.
He returned them at intervals, when he
felt energetic enough; and Kitty's face as
she laughingly and skillfully defended her,
self with her hat, and threw Rore at him
''to teach him to aim better" was fascina-
ting enough to make him fail to realize
how late it was growing. The damp grass,
and the fact that the voices of the others
began to sound far away, made him sud
denly jump up with an exclamation at the
lateness of the hour, to which Kitty an
swered:
"Oh, didn't you know that? I did
Madge called us quarter of an hour ago;
but thought it wasn't good for her to
have what she wanted so quickly, and 1
didn't answer They've only walked on
to the inn, you knew, for the carriages.
Come along; we shall be comfortably in
time to get into one of them, which is the
great thing" and she slipped her hand
into his arm as they walked up the bank
leading into the dark plantation.
DR.. Walter took the little brown hand
and drew it further into his arm. Hewa
beginning to feel 'Kitty's ways as her
friends called them, very fascinating,
The days slipped away SO quickly and SO
pleasantly for pr. Walter that the end of a
fortnight found him most unwilling even to
think that he must soon go back to his work.
But, by way of making himself realize that
it must be so, he said one morning at break
fast that he ought to be back with his
patients again.
Frank and Madge moAstrated Of course,
and Kitty stEuck in hastily;
s'Well, Frank, you must let US give that
dance you promised, and then Tom, you
must stay for it, and that will be little
longer"
DR.. Walter lifted his eyes to meet Kitty's
across the table looking at him from under
her dark lashes with what seemed to him
avery entreating glance. Heliked dancing
and the thought of watching Kitty's thor
ough enjoyment was decidedly attractive
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