The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-09-29


the door. He comes here TO see you"
kitty did not believe II, but the next
time Alien came IN she was so nervous
that she spilled candy all over the
floor, and when he had gone she was
obliged TO sit down in a corner and fan
herself, whereof the woman of expert
once laughed.
one day when Allen called kitty had
large piece Of court plaster on the
side Of her forehead Sic was 80 pain
fully ashamed Of Il that there could be
no doubt about the cause of the Injury,
though she tried TO tell Allen that she
ha1 bumped her head against a door.
BY a singular coincidence when Kit
| ty left the store that afternoon at q
o'clock she met Allen GA the nearest
corner. Ito said that he happened to
be passing, and II she didn't mind
walking little way Why, of course
1t all looked perfectly natural TO the
| grass widow, who was witness OF the
occurrence.
"rm afraid your father hurt you
pretty badly" said Allen. And Kitty
stopped suddenly, with her face fam.
ing Does he often do itT'
The tears began TO force their way
out Of Kltty's eyes. She was ashamed
Of them, ashamed Of the wound, asham.
ed Of everything In the world
Sometimes those little injuries leave
scar" continued Allen, land that's
bad for a pretty, girl who wants to find
rich husband some day and be an or
nament of society. But n good doctor
a I
10 be going right now TO see the best
man In the business. II you'll come
along he'll look at your head, and he
won't charge you cent because you're
a friend OF mine"
For some strange reason this propo-
sitlon seemed to Kitty TO have an ad-
verse moral aspect but Allen persuad-
ed her.
Kitty went to see the doctor, and he
told her that she would have to come
every day for week at least II she
wished TO avoid bad scar. He was a
clever man, and he saved her from dis
lgurement, but he did not treat her for
an affection OF the heart that was get
ting worse and worse all the time. She
was seeing Allen every afternoon-see-
ing him In her dreams, both sleeping
and waking, too, poor child-and she
knew that she was In love with him,
but she would never have believed that
he could care for her II 1t had not been
for the wise woman IN the shop.
Hes dead stuck on you" said this
sapient person. Anybody could see
that"
But he hasn't said a word about IT,"
protested Kitty. Gle doesn't oven look
ut me, or when ne does he looks right
through me. And he talks right
through me too. I don't know half
what he says. might just as well be
n telephone for all he cares about me"
The wise woman laughed.
You'll find out" she said. "I'll bet
you could make him marry you II you
had any sense"
At this suggestion Kitty nearly fell |
In faint, but she fancied that Mrs. |
O'Neil did not notice it.
When Kitty's wound was almost |
mended. Maginley, who had noticed |
that his daughter was not coming home |
quite so early In the afternoons, got /
into quarrel with her about It and /
struck her again. Allen told me of |
this occurrence, and he seemed to be
interested in the coincidence that the
injury was precisely similar to the |
former one, except that 1t was upon
the other side Of the girls head.
Queer isn't IT." he said.
Allen" said l, what are you going
TO do with this grip
Nothing" he said indlfferently. "I'm
going to Europe In July"
Later he told me that he had advised
Kitty to run away from home.
'I've seen her father" he said.
There's no doing anything with him.
He's not responsible He ought TO be
in an asylum"
Then why don't you send him
hereT'' inquired.
'Too much trouble" replied Allen.
When the experienced Mrs. 0'Nell
heard that Allen was suggesting flight
she asked Kitty what she was going
to do.
81 haven't got any place to CO." said
Kitty
Hell find you a place." said Mrs.
O'Nell.
Goodness" cried Kitty. 81 couldn't
let him do that. He's done enough for
me as 1t is, He asked me once where l
could go, and l was ashamed to tell
him that | didn't have friend In the
world, so said / had an aunt in Buff
falo. | used to have, but she's dead"
Don't you worry" was the response.
when he says go, go. / tell you he's
In love with you. He really means 1t.
He'll marry you"
One day Kitty came to the store as
white as a ghost. She was almost half
an hour late and was breathless with
"I've been over to the Children's So
clety," she said. They're going to
taha Tottta and lana Father'a 40