The Keota news., 1919-07-11
Kitty, My Pretty
White Kitty
By Q. = HAcKLRY
(copyrish. 1919. BY the Mcclure News
paper oyndicsts)

DE house 10 tuIl up. san. Inv
shining. whIte-aproned embodiment o1
suavity and Importance. on the steps
OF the high-class boarding house OF tht
Misses Lovejoy. In the little healif
resort town OF Boiling Springs. bowet
until his clipped head well.nigt
touched the elusive pink spider liiie'
In the flower boxes beside the piazza
steps. II has to ostend to you de In
tensi,est regrets o my ladies'. but CD
buh room Is takened. De last one wal
bespoke by wiah dis foahnoOn."
When man all his fifty years eet'
everything he wants and goes 7Ol
miles on his physicians recommendn
ton Of the water and baths for q rheu
matte knee. he naturally feels vexet
when. at his journeys end. he dOcsn'l
get the irst Of his wishes granted.
Terry Alderson's fine dark eye,
ciouied bit as he turned away ant
started across the high xloping street
toward the Coppell house. recommend
I'd as the second best boarding hous,
in Boiling Springs.
And just then Miss Nellie" q little
slim. auburn.haired and smiling lad,
about thirty.five years Of ..ge. with tn,
gentlest. .softest brown eyes. came VI
the street. Anderson met her ut hc
gate. His face cleared instantly. an,
when she stopped to pat the iminens,
white cat that advanced to meet her
with "kitty. pretty white kitty. are 80,
glad to see me!" ON her lips. an unrea
soning twinge Of Jealousy went Owe
him. Why should bcauteous crcatur,
like that waste affection ON q cat3
That evening Anderson sat on tn,
upstairs porch that opened OF his room
at Mrs. Coppcll's. and in the full lIgh
OF the moon he watched Miss Eclii,
I.ovcJoy as she stood by the row o.
swcct.sccntcd daturas. whose great
dew.covercd white bells made a slor,
OF tho Lovejoy side yard. Then h,
saw her stoop and pot the white ca,
that followed her.
! wouldn't mind being that cat" h,
thought whimsically.
The next afternoon. coming from III,
hafhhouse at the springs. some dis
tance from the boarding place. Alder
son overlook Miss 1.ovejoy goin,
home from her work a. a clerk a,
Frnmm's store. lie spoke to her. and
making pretcnse Of desiring some In
formation. walked along with her n,
fnr as her gate.
Ten days Of religiously drinking Tho
mineral waters and taking the bath,
and Alderson's rheumatic knee wn,
nearly well. but he was having strnnr,
feelings In the vicinity Of his heart.
lie had never cared anything 70,
women as he knew them In the North
but he had never before been acouaint
Ell with an auburn. haired Sou,hcr,
iady. with voice like soft, ripplins
water and eyes like pools In the forest
Boxes OF roses began quite frequent
~ to come down on mo. H." tho io,.
afternoon train. from the nearest bi,
town for Miss Nellie Lovejoy. an,
fancy wicker boxes Of chocolate, with
ont number. with "T. n, Alderxon.,.
card inclosed.
And Miss Nellie glowed and dImnie,
and smiled until the Framm customer,
who had always loved her, fairly wor
SHIPPED her.
And In the seventh heaven of del,pb
Jonathan received the boxes Of cand,
ana flowers. and watched through IN,
front door screen each afternoon IN,
gentleman from Detroit. no he lingere,
at the gate. lOath to lift his hat from
eis handsoms gray head In good.by I,
Miss Nellie. "
About three o'clock one morning n
N NTH week Of his stay In Boiiln,
4v4ngs Alderpon w.. .w....