Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-05
"The SuHerin'
Prig"
BY CLARISSA MACKIE
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SMALL Kitty sat down on a large
clean stone beside the round pond,
and spread her pink gIngham frock
carefully around her. Her small san
daled feet rested properly on another
smaller stone, and her golden hair
tumbled in shining cascade over her
bewitching face. Her solemn blue
eyes were fixed on young man In
knickerbockers and felt hat who was
digging bait on the opposite side of
the pond.
HI" shrilled Kitty, and relapsed
into frightened silence.
He glanced from under the pulled
down brim of his old hat and smiled,
showing nice white teeth. iii, your
self he called back.
He went on digging bait and Kitty
screwed up her courage to ask anoth-
er question. you goin' to fshT
yes going to catch big one" he
whacked the fiat stick he used as
shovel on the side of the bait can.
"You can't fish In this pond" an
nounced the onlooker.
He>was amused. "Why not2"
There amt any fish |" she crowed
delightedly.
He laughed with her, and then he
informed her that he did expect to
catch some large fish In the brown
brook that crept across the corner of
the meadow.
"You mustn't" she said In a hushed
tone. ut b'longs to an awful funny
mani"
Funny, eh2 That's a new one"
"His names the 'Suffarin' Prig,"
she announced trlumphantly.
He sat back on his heels and stared
at her. Good heavens, child, who
named him thatT
"My Aunt Kitty"
-Kitty-Trevors"
Kitty nodded her head violently.
"What is your namer
kitty Bacon"
"Then your father is Jim Bacon
he married Josie TreVors," said the
young man In musing tone Sud
denly he emptled the contents of the
bait can on the muddy ground and
flung the can Into the bushes.
Kitty whimpered ~ wanted to see
you catch beyootiful fish," she com
planned. 70 tAs
"Some other day, Kitty" sHe came
around and took her In his arms, look
ing into her wide eyes and suddenly
kissed her soft pink cheek. "You look
q lot like another little girl named
Kitty who played with me when |
was little boy" he said seriously.
II wish was that little boy again"
he sighed.
"Why do you slther demanded
Kitty curlously. as It because you
are not little boy now, or Is 1t be-
cause you are 'sufferln prlg'T
He rOared with laughter. II wish
knew why they called me that. AN
insufferable prlgr Whew I"
"Aunt Kitty told me you was that"
said the child cruelty
"Ah-no-not Kitty" He was real
ly hurt Their quarrel was old enough
to be decently buried, but a faint
CLEAN came to cheer him. II Kitty
could not forget It might be that she
still cared Dishonorable as 1t was
held to be to question child, he must
know why Il was that he had sudden
ly fallen from grace.
"Why am | prig, do you know,
little kittenT he asked.
81 think 1t was about the knlckers,"
Informed Kitty.
"Knlckers," looking down at his
own tweed garments.
"I asked Aunt Kitty one day when
wanted to go and play I'm your gar
den, and she said no, l could not, and
she had cried and said ] could not,
because you were sufferln' prig
SO, OF course, asked to 'splaln how
you was thatr
"Of course you would ask her"
"And she said she wanted to wear
Knockers to the picnic, and you said
no, wlmmen should stick to skirts
so that made you suf-"
~ know" he said hastily setting
her down on the ground, "and Is that
ALP
"That's what I asked Aunt Kitty,
for she had said you were darling
nice except for that, but she never
wears 'em."
"Pshaw," wrlggled the Prlg uncom-
fortably. that's too bad"
$50 mo.hrr says Mother says,
Kitty, not wearing lnickers Is just
your way Of orrty mornln' for
Lance, aud is your name LANCER
JIc nedded swrilowln2 lump In
his tlroat.
"Is your Aunt Kitty home now?" he
asked
"Shall we 60 and seer asked
Kitty. and took him by the hand They
walked across the pasture and
through the orchard, and Kitty Ire
yors, hunting franically for the small
niece who had tendency to wander,
came suddenly upon them near the
house.
"Oh, Aunt Kitty, here's the sufferln'
Prig. aud I'VE told him how sorry we
all are! There's Daddy coming IN
the gnte--I must 60 and meet them"
and away she flew like a plnk-and
white butterfly.
"Oh. Lance" said Kitty Trevor IN
trembling voice that had tears OF
Joy In II,
"Oh. Kitty darling" whispered
Lance, and what more Is there to tell
than that? You know the rest.
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