Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-13

rode down 10 Annandale to witness the
Judgment n Paris turned upside down.
Kitty rode with young Cubl'on. and it
was easy : 3 see hat the boy was irou-
bled in la mind. He must be held in
nocent OF e. s1ything thai followed Kit
" was pale and nervous ana looked long
ut the bracelet. Barr-Saggott was gor-
Reously dressed, even more nervous than
Kitty. aud more hideous than ever.
Mrs. Beighton smiled understanding
/ ii. as befitted the mother OF a potential
commissioners and the shooting be-
gan. all the world standing a semicircle
rs the ladies came cut one after the
other.
Nothing is 50 tedious as an archery
competition. They shot. and they shot,
and they kept en- shooting, till the sun
left the valley, aud litfls bree2es got up
in the deodars. and people waited Ion
Miss Beighton to shoot ard win. Cab
bon was at enc hcsn OF the semicircle
round the shooters and Barr saggott at
the other. Miss Bsighton was last ON
the list. The scoring had beeA weak.
and the bracelet, Plus Commissioner
Barr Saggutt was hers to 3 certainty.
The commissioner strung ler bow
with his own sacred hands. She stepped
forward. looked at the bracelet. and her
first arrow went true To hair-full
into the heart of the gold counting
nine points.
Young Cuhhon ON the left turned
white, and his devil prompted Barr
Saggott to smile. Now. horses used 10
shy when BaTr-SaPgott smiled Kitty
saw that smile. She looked to her left
front, gave an almost imperceptible nod
20 Cubbon and went on shooting.
/ wish / could describe the scene that
followed. 1t was ont Of the ordinary and
most improper. Miss Kitty fitted her ar
rows with immense deliberation. so that
every one might see what she was do
ing. She was perfect shot, and her 46
pound bow suited her TO a nicely.
She pinned the wooden legs of the
target with great care four successive
times. She pinned the wooden top of the
target once, and all the ladies looked at
each other.
Then she began some fancy shooting
at the white, which, if you hit it, counts
exactly one point She put five arrows
into the white. 1t was wonderful arch
cry; but. seeing that her business was
TO make "golds" and win the bracelet,
Barr Saggott turned a delicate green
like young water grass.
Next she shot over the target twice,
then wide TO the left twice-always
with the same deliberation-while
chilly hush fell over the company, and
Mrs. Beighton took ont her handker-
chief Then Kitty shot at the ground in
front of the target and split several ar
rows.
Then she made red-or seven points
Just to show what she could do if she
liked, and she finished up her amazing
performance with some more fancy
shooting at the target supports Here is
her score as it was pricked off: Miss
Beighton-Gold, /; red. /; blue, o.;
black, O; white, 3 total hits, z; total
score, 81.
Barr Saggott looked as if the last few
arrowheads had been driven into his legs
instead of the targets, and the deep still
ness was broken by a little snubby,
mottled, half grown girl saying in
shrill voice cf triumph, "Then I've
won 70
Mrs. Beighton did her best to bear
up, but she wept in the presence Of the
people, No training could help her
through such a disappointment. Kitty
unstrung her bow with vicious jerk
and went back to her place, while Barr
Saggott was trying to pretend that he
enjoyed swapping the bracelet on the
snubby girls raw. red wrist. 1t was an
awkward scene-most awkward. Every
one tried to depart in a body and leave
Kitty to the mercy of her mamma.
But Cubbon took her away instead,
and-the rest isn't worth printing. -
Rudyard Kipling.