The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-02-21


is as the strength Of ten and which,
when opened. refuse to he closed again
save with the archaic force of bat
tcring ram.
Even though do live i'll a Harlem
fiat" pnndercd Kitty Graham I've
been accustomed To windows thai re
manned up without any visible means
of support Since I've come To the
Berkshires I've learned better Seems
To me that one volume of Thackeray
doesn't keep the window up high
enough" She gazed scarchmgly about
the room. Il reckon one ot my high
heeled slippers will about do IT,. and
she inserted that bit of personal prop
erty With no mean skill. so that the
heel raised the sash two ar three inches
higher
That isn't much, she concluded,
tribe warm with the eNeriion, but it's
something And how delicious that
pine fragrance is" She bent her pref
ty head so thai her little nose drew In
long hreaths of the sweet air. Then.
picking UP her letter. she went down
stairs
Mrs Barnes" came Miss Graham's
silyery voice from the hall shall l
leave my letter here on the tablet Or
is 1t too late for the butcher"
Stakes alive, Yes. lie was here
fore Nou was up returned Mrs.
Ia oh fni l. m
chair on the front piazza But maybe
there'li be somebody along presently
On the way To North Adams. You
might stick it i'll the railing in ease
anybody does come" she added.
Kitty sauntered To the fence and
leaned over the railing But no one
was in sight
suppose walk over to North Ad-
ans myself" suggested she. Is it
farf' She tapped the belated envelope
against her snall white seeth
Land. yes, child It's
The CUTE of the "other house" creak
ed as il was pulled open. They could
always hear that gate creak. Mrs.
Barnes stopped rocking and looked up
the road
Here comes Professor Thornton. -
she said placldly. "But. of course, we
couldn't ask him
HIN" murmurcd Kitty absently.
why not"
The professor was a tall. aristocrat
ie looking man Of middle age. As he
approached. followed by a handsome
collie, Kittic went to the gate and held
out her letter with frank, winning
smile
IF you're going TO the village would
you mind mailing this for me-" said
she gravely Il should be very much
obliged
Mrs. Barnes from the rocker OH the
piazza looked al the girl with mild
reproaCh. but met no glance of apology.
Kitty's wide gray eyes were following
Professor Thornton's aristocratlc fig
ure down the road and evolving some
questions She turned abruptly.
"Who is he Why did YOU hesitate
about asking him Don't yea think
he'll mail it all right? It's TO mother
and It's very important, and yon don't
think he'll drop II, do YOU
And what Mrs Barnes lhereupon
told her was in substance if not in
words something Ike this
He was Professor Hamilton Thornton
OF New York city, serving as his mis-
tress star eyed science But Of Wom-
an with a capital w and her Ways
(another capital w he was totally ig-
norant. The iciest of iced water was
warm, ST rufnor had il. 10 the look he
bestowed upon women.
And how ever you braced up spunk
enough to ask him to mail that letter.
concluded Mrs. Barnes. rocking way
back, II don't know
'Io, Hum" yawned Kitty. well.
the woods for mine" Aud with nod
of farewell she passed out of the gate.
Over the slippery needles she went
till she reached a tail tree whose shaft
went straight up, not bothering itself
with branches for thirty feet. Here
she threw herself down and leaned
back in the embracing roots, plying
the people in towns and heaving a
sigh Of satisfaction.
IF only dear mother could be with
me, though" said she mentally, but of
course rs impossible OH, this power
ty stricken workaday world" She
couldn't help thinking of the pretty lit
tie estate In Virginia which yielded
nothing and of the subsequent hard
ship which she and her frail. delicate
mother were enduring
"Well, the doctor said if Id stop fret
ting and would try TO enjoy every mo-
ment Of my month here in these fra
grant hills I'd be all right for my win
ter work, so I'm only going TO think of
pleasure and and bracing things"
And while the resinous bark gave forth
its spicy SMELL reclining against the
roots Of the pine tree, she lazlly watch
ed the small and active insects which
went pottcring about the needles ana
moss of soft earth.
"Oh. It's delicious and restful 50
restful" sighed she, stretching her
arms above her head.
That night, instead OF lighting her
bedroom candle, she went to the win
dow through whose uncurtaned frame
the moonlight poured in. 1t was still
upheld by the volume of Thackeray and
by the high heeled slipper. The Octo-
Der night air was quite chilly; there
was too much of il. Kitty thought,
while she was getting ready for bed,
she'd close Il from holoW ana profit
aftrrWsrd
81. staying lie sash with her right
shoulder, she tried 10 eNtricate the slip
per and the book, but alas, the slipper
eluded her and tumbled heel FIRST into
the path below.
Kltty's first thought was to run and
fetch il back. but she was utterly
sleepy. "Oh, pshaw" yawned she.
What's the use! I'll get it in the
morning. II isn't going 10 rain; the
Eky's cram full of stars
The next morning, very early, Prince,
the big collie came running in to Ills