The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15
The Escape of a Kitten.

The Escape of a Kitten
es. I've got a post at last and | suppose
ought to feel glad Of it. Doesn't Smokefeld High
school sound attractive"
Kitty was perched on a fence half hidden bv a
rosebud parasol. she superintendent the packing
Of canoe for her last picnic on the Charles river
Sudden Jerks OF her bronze shoes helped 10 keen her
balance and served to punctuate her conversation.
Il must be glad, you know; | shall get about six
hundred dollars year
Johnnie otherwise Joanna looked up severely
rs there in this. or only sugar." she asked.
"Of course. | shant wear any pretty frocks then
so they won't cost anything pursued Kitty. "Shal
be able ia afford cake with my tea now and then
Johnnie! | shall cat it all alone on my horsehair
sofa with French exercise book propped up in
front Of it. At least suppose / shall always have
to look up my lesson the day before for | don't
know much French. 'Aimcz-vous les ieunes files ?
, 'Oui mademoselle mais Jaime beaucoup plus cs
garcons. Is that grammatical, Johnnie! Did you
ask about tea Yes, it's in there all right: but
wouldn't take the sugar if were you. because
dropped some alcohol over ii by accident Whatever
is there in that basket! Ii looks alive-Im sure its
wriggliug. Johnnie, / shall scream
DO YOU mind! I" Joannas tone was anxious but
somewhat defiant. Its only SHUTS 1--we got to
leave her tomorrow, YOU know. and | wanted to
have her as long as | could Johnnie carefully
balanced herself onto blue cushion. A canoe COM
ing up the river stopped to admire The effect. and
she recovered herself very quickly.
Not a bit" she laughed; las long as you don't
follow her if she jumps in. Poor little SHUTS.
'ums tootlums. and she going to be lonely
little baby kitten with 10 tuck her up or give
her her bottlc?"
Kitty she'll be i'll if you ioggle her about like
that Get in quickly now, like good GIRL its
readv'
oh | say. have you done everything all alone:
] am so sorry What brute | am. Johnnie. You're
siways doing things for me and i
Its not worth leaving off now SAID Joanna, as
chr IN, ce11+io IL and of
on till tomorrow. you silly little cat"
And after that" Kitty's face clouded. Il
Deg your pardon Joanna" She swept her paddle
viciousv out of the water. Il very nearly going
70 be morbid How such thing could happen.
when I've secured q really good post in q high
school / can't imagine. With any luck can sup
mort myself there till I'm fifty. You don't think
| shall live much longer than that do YOU Johnlet
Don't talk nonsense! You'll marry. SAID
Joanna with a preoccupied air. 1t rather diff
ticult to counteract the effect of ktty's erratlc
Steering a canoe with solitary occupant passed
7bcm down the river. Kitty bowed distantly and
then rvited her gaze on the opposite bank. 1t was
quite five minutes before she replied in con-
strained voice:
No: I never shall"
Joanna looked at her critically Kitten she
said. I've known people before with gold fluffy
hair and bip blue ewes. Do you know they've never
become exemplary teachers in high schooi: us
8 curious fact that they invariably marry
HI. j
"apd don't want to go in the least. Besides. she
added inconsequently, my eyes aren't really blue,
Won know. and my hair viii soon go out OF curl at
Smokefield" ,l.5
That's rather an involved statement, laughed
Joanna kitty, that Mr.. Hanni'oh WIZ
passed: the Hamilton. | mean"
II heIieve So" answered Kitty, earelessy.
Joanna. YOU are trailing your cushion IN the wa
ter: and mean to take SHUTS out OF her Dag- DeaL
SHUTS. is that you or bum come mere NY
precious" tho
I1,,a cushions and looked beyond Joanna down 1ne
r;1-or Tf her surroundings could have mace heI
bonny Kitfr's life would have been cloudless just
then Above her. through the qu1verine "lilo"s, en-
aazed on a sky of untroubled blue: DuC !" pJ0
Kitty each detail OF the droWsy ;4I +he newt
fresh sharp pain of IFS own because WIN 1ns 10
dav her last summer term at Cambridge " oulu "
oror Il = popular delusion that IN UNIVERSITY
where men learn to play girls only learn 70
m drawer in Kittys desk lay bunde OF le''on "a
,,,,,bnr &c nrorrams. q few faded roses anu
bo+narorbe which could have hardly been recon,
lid r. the GENERAL idea of women stuuehVS, -
ono+lor drawer Law college colors ana rags - I
- tboso memories made it especially easy lof ne
to leave Cambridge. did they enhance 'ii' pi0@
meets Of the Smokefield mgh scno0i' I'll. oa1;no
II ,von+ he rngrateful," she SAID aoruplS, 4h
-, 4oiab+ ~ tho smiling sky and squeezing 'l1
ba1n1ooo SHUTS against the cushion We @
,i 80 oa1d time her to be an IDIOT over II NV
Do Won know Joanna. only realized 'nls Se,od to
At the concert really went because nv f fape I'd
and benI got real sn s's sn ID 1ogTroTa So
~ ,o,ld revel in misery. And then sb
IL - Iad +bo+ grand crashing triumph ln@l "a
IN begin with Well that Iust Wohe ~ don't go
on Tssn 9 your impossible ssF sad TOR You've EnfS
past. Be thankful for what you " and fresh
had -FOUR periG7o. snlendid time. So don't go anu
end ss ss saa nS 'ss9S 5 R ana ' s6
b Rsnh b eesSs is Tn sorry to b cheers 0fa ne
ToaTaa but it's the only thing tn,T wndow and