Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-07

treated me so cruel Then l called lit
tie Pete,and went slyly round to the
lane that led past the house. told
him to go right into the yard and give
the note to Miss Kitty as she sot thar,
in full view OF where l could see her
through the lilac bushes inside the
fence.
oval, i saw Kitty reach down her
dimpled arm with the sleeve rolled up,
and take the, note. Then I watched
her. She read 1t and dropped 1t In her
lap; and then / saw her purity brown
eyes begin to wink, and she put up q
corner of her apron to wipe away the
tears; then she looked at the note
ag'in, and the tears KEEP comm faster,
and I caught sort of a sob; and at
last she dropped her head on the WIN
dow sill for minute, seemin' nightly
distressed, and after awhile jumped up
and with her apron to her eyes, ran
right out o. the kitchen, jest as her
Aunt Mira came In at the yard door.
oval, that evenin' 1 felt that
couldn't stay away from Kitty. My
heart sort o. reproached me for the
sufferin' l caused her; and when 1
thought of her distress over that cruel
note, l made up my mind to go right
straight to her and tell her that loved
her, and that II she would only confess
that she loved me, nothn' should ever
tear us apart.
when / knocked at the door, Miss
Mira opened 1t and looked at me in
cool sort o. way. l asked for Kitty.
"'Why, | don't know as Kitty can
see anybody this evenin';' she said, In
"A doubtful kind O. way.
:" is she sickT says /, feelin' little
uneasy about the effect o. that note.
".Not igzactly sick says she.
Engaged?
"'No, nor engaged. It's only that It
isn't jest convenient this evenin'. She
had to excuse herself from seem Mark
Daffron.
.''But, Miss Mira, I'm going away
to-mOrrer, and wish very particular to
see her. Don't you think she'd come
down for a minute or twoT
81 don know she said, still doubt
full; but come inter the parlor, and I'll
go up and see."
wal. l waited a good while in the
parlor. l heerd some runnin' about
overhead, and Miss Mira call down to
Betsey to bring up the vinegar and
peppermint; and began to feel rally
alarmed bout Kitty-poor, tender
hearted little creeter!
''She come i'm at last-shy and dis
tant, with eyes that showed she'd been
cryin' Instead of comm up to me,
she went way off to the farthest cor
my seat higher to hers, she looked
startled like. and wriggled into the
next farthest cheer.
Miss Kitty says |, mighty soft, I
found l couldn't bring myself to go
away without SEEM you again
&" 'Are you really goin' for good?
says she, softly.
1T will depend upon you whether
l do or not, answered. gloomy like.
"'MeT says she. lookin' mighty in
nercent and surprised.
Il looked at her minute, then /
says:
"'Oh, Kitty, why will you make me
and yourself miserable? Haven't we
suffered enough? Haven't / been pun
ished sufficient for my foolishness?
Why can't you be open and frank, and
let us be happy again.
"Lor" says she, lookin' little proud
like-'lor, Mr.. Santos, | don't under
stand you
Don't understand me? Do you
know that l love you?
az might have thought you liked me
once says she, movin' away as jog
ged my cheer higher But it don't
matter. now that it's over she added,
with a little laugh.
"'And you don't keer for me, Kitty?
You don't keer a bit about my goin'
away never to come backT l said.
fixin' my eyes upon her, and feelin'
that / certainly had her now at close
quarters.
Tor says she, of course I'd be
sorry to say goodby forever to any
body know
kitty says l, solemnly, did you
get note from me this evenin'-a few
hours ago?'
eyes, l did
"'And when you read it, did you not
keer one bit that l was goin' away
why says she, openin' her eyes
little, and sort O colorin'-'why, don
see as l ought to keer more about it
than IL anybody else was goin.'
IL tried to take hold Of her hand.
She drew it away quick and looked
embarrassed.
kitty, you can't no longer deceive
me- says /, very serious. You try to
hurt and worry me by purtendn' that
you keer nothin' for me-
.PurtendT interrupted she, turnin'
very red.
"'Yes-I seen you this evening, Kit
ty, when you got my note. / seen your
tears and heerd your sobs, as you read
it,
"'YOu did?'
eyes; from over the lilac bushes by
the fence. If you really did not keer
for me, why should you have guy way
to sich emotion and distressT
'She stared at me mint, then put
her handkerchief to her face and burst
into q laf.
"'You may laf now says I, a little
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