The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-18
Kitty,

She was dear, dainty little miss. that
sweetheart Of Rhine. with bonny blue eyes,
brown hair and great liking for her
own way.
l don't know exactly how it happened.
but one day at picnic Kitty and 1 had
z failing out. She wouldn't speak 10 me,
much as ever look az me, when she pass
ed by, but would laugh and talk with
that other fellow (ot course there WAS
another fellow in . way that made me
feel as II were a boiling volcano, full Of
deadly material and liable to explode at
any moment;
When she did condescend to glance in
ny direction she reminded me altogether
too much of an ray machine She SEEM
&c 10 look me right through, and yet not
see me.
But such a state of affairs could not
last forever.
One hot. sultry day in August I took
my ske;ching materials and started for
the woods. three miles away.
As l entered a narrow path leading in
TO the woods l noticed the sound OF
loud neigh. and, turning in the direction
from which the sound came, l espie0 Kilt
tvs fine black saddler, Neptune. fasten-
ed by the rein 10 tree. But Kitty was
Invisible, although / knew she could not
be far away
I stroked Neptune's glossy neck and
talked 10 him in a fashion of my own
for few months, then started for the
woods again.
What can she be doing here?" 1 won
cered. Then ii occurred TO me that she
was after botanical specimens. Rather
warm for that" l thought.
Suddenly a faint sound attracted my at
tention. and a familiar and decidedly tear
f.rH x-1fr i. -
me down; I'm so tired and dizzy" And
looking up into tall elm tree, espied
Kltty's white, tear-stained face.
Pray, may l ask what you are doing
up there, Miss Marstoh?' l asked Jelly.
Kittys saucy little nose went up a few
inches higher, and in a voice decidedly diff
ferent from that of a moment ago she
cried: You are very kind, indeed. Mr..
Gordon; you may as well go and leave me
to fall out. I can al least do that" At
ter a pause: Il came up here to have a
better view of the country, out it's grow
ing late. I'm tired"-and here she broke
off with a little sob that went straight
to my heart.
kitty, dear" I said. will you take
back what you said the other day and
be my wife?'
mo. sir" very haughtily and decidedly.
'I'll stay here forever first" and she pro-
ceeded TO settle herself in a more COM
Portable position and 20 wipe away the
tears that were bound to come.
Very well, perhaps you had better fall
out" with particular emphasis on the
last two words.
And tipping my hat turned and walked
deliberately away. did not go far. how
ever, for Kitty. thinking I had really
meant what l said, had bent her pretty
har nj in
a deeply greved way that made me feel
as If I were brute or something equally
as bad.
Darling. don't cry 50, you'll break my
heart" l said remorsefully. Then she
looked down at me and smiled through
her tears, looking for all the world like
sunshine breaking through clouds.
'Will you come to me or shall / come
to your" asked, and trying to make up
my mind which was the best way to help
her down.
You insulting thing. you know I can't
bulge an inch" and Kitty laughed hys-
terically at her ridiculous position. IF
only you were a monkey" she said.
But l couldn't turn into one a. such
short notice, so 1 proceeded to climb as
best 1 might
When you and were monkeys,
Some hundred years ago,
We spooned behind the foliage
In southern Borneo-
I commenced, but was snapped up with:
"Oh, stop that. l can stand anything but
poetry" which dampened my ardor con-
siderably.
When we reached terra firma once more,
a little out of breath. and quite red in
the face from our exertions, we could af-
ford to laugh for we were indeed fool
ish looking couple.
Aren't you sorry you treated me so
the other day?" l asked.
IF you hadn't been so mean I never
would have gone off alone, much less
climbed a tree was all the answer
got.
But Neptune was more consoling, for he
never even said: Il told you son.
Edith Dutton, in Boston Post.