The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16

Sunday came, and Dunthorne got
ready for church betimes, doing his best
to Danish the thought that Newby's way
thither led past Brigg End Cottage He
shall not walk to church with Kitty.p
he resolved. THAT is, not if I can him
der him. SO he set off before the time,
passed Kitty's home, which stood in a
garden full of flowers in an angle be-
tween the river and road, and waited by
a gate on the road by which Newly
would come. The church bells began to
ring cheerily; he waited and watched.
No Kitty was visible. hut ere long New
by appeared, Respondent in light sum-
mer suit, and one of the moss roses for
which the Sunny Brow garden was re-
noWned in his button-hole.
Church," he said interrogatively.
Yes, church"
Then let's go together, unless you're
waiting for some one"
And that's what 1 am Dunthorne
answered shortly.
IAN right" said Newly, and walked
on. DunthOrne observed, however, that
he loitered at the Brigg End, but one of
the church bells stopped, leaving to it's
companion the task of hurrying up lag
CARDS, and Newly doubtless thought,
what Dunthorne was beginning to think.
that Kitty had already gone.
THAT sharp-sounding little bell will
drive me out of my wits." thought Dun
thorne. Come! Come. Gomez it
seems to ding angrily into ones ears. I
am coming, bell, as fast as 1 cant l
know now that Kitty's gone-she never
waits for you and your horrible noise.
Thank goodness she set off afore he
went BY"
He made all haste, but they were in
the middle of the confession when he
entered the church. To get to the Windy
Nook pew he had to pass Kitty She
was kneeling like the rest, and never
looked up, but he saw what cut him to
the heart-instead of the sprg of south
ernwood which she usually brought, a
moss rose from the Newbys garden was
lying by her side on a carefully folded
pocket handkerchief.
There's neither peace nor comfort for
me. no, not even in GodS kirk" thought
Dunthorne, and all through the service
the Haunting pink of a rose he did not
want to see came between him and the
pages of his prayer book
The church scaled" at II. Winston
folks always had the justice to admit
that their 'parson was no poil-pud-
ding" Dunthorne hurried out He
would go home without so much as
speaking to the girl. He would wait for
dear little Kitty and tell her that he
could not live without her He would
stay and conceal his own feelings, but
| try to discover hers. The third course
was that which he adopted, and while
he waited in the porch farmer Newly
came to him.
I'VE are going to have a party next
Saturday at Sunny Brow said he. It's
party to show our plisure at our lads
return. and partly to handsel our new
kitchen You know maybe that we've
built oursels a grand new kitchen? Well
me and the missus hope you'll put away
any notions that I'm not so friendly to
| you and yourn as might be, and gle us
t. plisure o. your company at our party
-party's my miSsis's grand name for
| it. just calls it our kitchen-warming.
| Now don't be iv a hurry to say no
there'Il be dancing, and l reckon you like
| that; and bonnie lassies 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! 1t would be wrang!
1t would be trying to keep up i'll will.
None of us at Sunny Brow has a scrap
of i'll will to you or yourn, and Til not
| TAX no for an answer Come If you
will on Saturday, and you'll be well
come"
but Farmer Newly was gone. In an
other minute Kitty appeared. She
glanced at Dunthorne and colored up