The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-30
KITTY MALONE:
WRITTEN FOR LONDON BLACK AND WHITE BY MYRA
SWAN AND ILLUSTRATED BY L. DAvIEL

eral.' with ever such a hne rider In a green
coat with . trumpet"
They'd be Sir Evan Desmond's barriers,
Mistress Kitty; you'd notice the hounds
mayhap."
Yes. yes. Parker. and Sir Evan. II It
was. Jumped his horse over the fence hard
by the owls nest. and with such ease.
Parker. I must learn to ride on horseback:
you must teach me-"
mot me. Mistress Kitty: It's not me that'n
brook the Scuire's anger. nor else gladly
would L"
Parker. teach mo to eallop n I'll give
you the golden guinea which my Aunt Tab
itha gave me on my birthday: teach me TO
Jump that fence and you shall have all
that Il in my money-box and Ladybird's
finest pup"
Parker shook his head
Then gadzooks. you ~loon"-naughty
Kitty aped her father at times-"TII teach
myself" and with . stamp or her little
foot she ran across the courtyard to the
terrace beyond
An so forthwith she did. In the early
hours Of morn. when her father was still
abed. sleeping on q drinking bout. she
would loose old General" from his stall.
and wriggie on to his broad back by means
Of the hugo granite bowlder which had
served a. a mounting block for generations.
She and the old horse had been friends for
many . day, and he made no more ado at
the little figure Topping about on his back.
or at . pair Of white arms. which as often
as not he felt flung aroung his neck. than
II a fly had settled there
So beautiful q maid as Kitty was not
likely to want for lovers. and at 10 she had
more than she could well do with. 'Twas
astonishing how wishful many Of the neigh
bors were for the society Of Mr.. Malone
and his good wife about that time. Even
Of q dark winters afternoon twas no I'M
common thing for some squireen to ride ten
miles over the rough moorland roads for
the pleasure of a game of picquet with
Mrs Malone: and as often as three times
q week would her husband be sought in
consultation concerning some agricultural
matter or another. And all for the reward
Of receiving q dish Of tea from the fair
hands of sweet Kitty. or the chance of q
few words speech with her.
But willful Kitty would have none Of them.
and sent all the gallants = the right about
with tho skin of a woman twice her age.
One lover only would she brook. and that
DIT Evan DeSHuOuus petWeen WHOM 0uo 0er
father waged a feud as deadly as that Of
Montagu and Capulet Under the rose the
daughter Of the stanchest Tory In Yorkshire
had first met the hated Wing on q fine
hunting morn on one of the rare occasions
when Mr.. Malone's duties as Justice of tho
Peace called him to tho Assizes at York. Sir
Evan. so devoted himself to horse and
hound. had noted with pleasure this new ad-
f%;.- - L. -on.lr ALA -ckA-l <.-ftx
the slim. childish figure in the old. green
riding dress galloping well to the fore on
the old charger, and the friendship. which
soon changed to a stronger term. COM
menced. when after an hours ringing run.
the poor hare was pulled down, crying like
a child. and Sir Evan presented Kitty with
the scut.
Sir Evan was two-and-twenty. and had
left Cambridge, but in the winsome a.
year-old daughter Of his arch-enemy he
found something which had been sadly
lacking in the modth ladies he had been
wont to meet at the Newmarket races.
After the days sport he had craved per-
mission to ride home with her. and accom-
panied her as far as the w~rought-iron gates
which led into the park. Also during the
tete-a-tete he had sworn never to reveal to
man. woman VI CHIC one JoI Oh IOrmatiO
concerning the stolen hunt. He promised.
moreover. that II Kitty would send him
word the next time her father went abroad
on business he and his barriers would meet
close at hand In the woods for her sole
benefit. The token should be an old glove
placed In the hollow elm tree.
That was the first chapter OF the love
story. When. two years later. at Lady
Maynard's ball, Sir Evan was presented. ito
Kitty by some county magnate. ignorant Of
the enmity between the two families. the
romance was half way through. had the on
but known It. Love at first sight"
quoth the gossips. a. Sir Evan and Kitty
stood up for '-Sir Roger" for they noted
for the first Quadrille and the minuet
had led her forth also.
But just as the iddles struck up the frst
bars of the old dance an irate figure APP
peared from the cardroom. with his wig
all askew and q face the color of . Rib
ston pippin. and Numbered to his daughter |
to stop.
You'd best go. sweetheart. without any
murmured Sir Evan. and your |
fan hall tell mi in half an hours time II
you can be at the old tryst an hour after |
sunrise tomorrow |
The fan said "Yes," for Kitty's mother. |
was seldom at fault to devise some
means Of meeting her lover. but It was .