Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-05-13

Lou SO friendly 10 you anu yOuTn as
might be. and gle us t plisure O your
company at our party-party's my
missis's grand name for's. I just calls
It our kitchen warming. Now don't be
IL hurry to say no-there'u be dane
ing, and I reckon you like that bonnie
1assie, and I don't suppose you've any
great objection to them, so why
shouldn't you plisure us by coming?"
Thank you for your kindness
Now, my good lad, you're surely
not going to say no, It would be
wang! It would be irving to keep up
i'll will. None of us at Sunny Brow has
a scrap OF i'll will to you or yourn, AMI
II not tab no for an answer. Come
if you Will on Saturday, and you'll be
welct ne"
you are kind began Dunthorne,
but Farmer Newly was gone. In an
other minute Kitty appeared. She
glanced at Dunthorne and colored I'D to
a shade Of pink as bright as that Of the
rose which he could not forget, and
just as he was feeling that it might be
pleasure at seeing himself, Newly
came from behind, leaving it doubtful
if the blush had not been due to his
p1 es ence. DunthOrne went to her. and
heard her joyfully accepting an invita-
ton to the Sunny Brow party. Worse
still. tho $3.50" came out, and espying
lis chUrchwarden, Dunthorne eX-
claimed, E'The very man I WANT and
carried him away to discuss some lit
tie parish matter.
eff you ak me, Robert, I say 60"
But father?''
''FT~T'' - agin it of course, but why
keep up i'll will
whats it all about, mother, I never
knew"
'Abcut nothing! Your fathers been
torchy and jealous all along. He niver
could be made to see that Newbv hadn't
got all the good land and he himself
all the bad, and yet when all comes to
all, I'll warrant you that our farm
fetches in fr11-- ." much as Newby's"
Then father has no real ground for
being crazed?"
"None! There's nothing better about
Newby's farm but it's name. Sunny
Brow is pleasant-soundine hut il must
ha' been a fool who christened this
place Windy Nook, and expected
farmer to settle down comfortable int.
Go tc the party; it's real handsome O.
them to ak you!'
you're one of fright sort, my lad
said Farmer Newly, 'you TAX things
as they're meant; but you're late.
They've been making gam alive here
for better nor an hour
The dust was rising in clouds, but
Dunthorne soon saw Kitty in a light
of a group of young folks in the OPP
posite corner. Young Newly had just
beer blirdfo1ded for a game of blind
mans buff. 'He can Sect cried some
one; che can see, If he puts his head
back he can see all down the side of
his nose"
''f ~ cried Newly. ri see nothing
at all"
For sure?" -.
For sure" he answered.: but Dun
thorne was convinced he did
The game began in due form with the
inquiry: "How many horses has your
father in his stable?"
Three; black, white and gray" re-
piled Newly, as prompted. Whereupon
the man who had put this question
tUrred him quickly round twice or
thrice to make him lose his bearings,
uThi1o hi coiS.
wheel about, and catch whom you
mayr'
Kittv meanwhile was watching this
so intently that she saw nothing else.
Why, Kitty" said Dunthorne zone
would think you had never played
blind mans buff before
You here, Robert I never saw you
come in!'
Robert, who believed that even if
fifty MEMBERSHIPS bound his eyes he
would have felt her presence, thought
would have felt her presence, through
sight quite unnecessary, and was hurt.
eyes, I'm here" he began sadly, Ct"
That speech was never ended, for
with great outspread arms Newly was
bearing swiftly down on the part of the
room where he knew Kitty to be, and
DARING franticallv hither and thi+her
to make her afraid to leave the spot.
kitty" whispered Dunthorne, draw
ing her quickly away with him, "I
have thought of nothing but you
since"
A shrek from Kitty, and wild
plunge under Newby's arms, and a
hair S. breadth escape of Dunthorne and
Kitty, was the only end OF this speech.
why have you never given me a!
were possible, to the girl who had
clutched his arm on the way, but a
moment later he found that she was
not Kitty-Kitty had been tumultu-
Cusly swept to another side of the
room, end Newly with the precision
born of fair amount of sight, was
following her. She tried to escape,
she made herself small, she ducked,
she darted hither and thither, but
very resource was unavaiIing, and she
was dragged by her captor into the
middle Of the room.
who tit" cried many voices. "Ye'n
have to say that" for they felt that
nan who had lived eighteen years in
London required instruction in vii
lage games. Newly pretended not to
know, and Dunthorne had to stand by
and see him pass his hateful hands
over the girls face and hair. as if