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# his most solemn' oath. * X I and the master said you had ' er Royal, but my mither fand me and leads in ual L per capita consumption of about pounds, which means that every Aus- tralian consumes from six to eight cups of ~ 5lbs. In the 'day. The consumption per 1bs., and in Canada ao nited 'States, it is less than 11b., but this is largely because Americans have not been able to get.fine teas until comparatively recently. '"'SALADA"' is con- sidered one of the choicest blends on the rket, and is the either United States or est selling tea in anada. . A wild thou, "| that the man ght, KIT'89 KIND FRIEND. that this was the arch-enem: the man who had tried. to lash turned to run, conscious how us would be ld try. catch him, - But.the. "Don't be frightened, boy, instead, in" a kind voice; 2 I want _to speak to you." Whereupo over his shoul er. ~"Come here," maid "I want to have I Sy ae paar at he could n n into his nd ve grown sorry about the farm, and that he was to tell him that his grandfather mig £0 back again. How fin be! Then he Soule Jeturn J bo the gots tage and para. them mews--he, the boy whom the had re- fused to believe and had cast out a BY 8. RB. CROOKETT, CHAPTER XXV.--(Cont'd.) Kit was in despair. He resolved that when he grew up and had ne- hews and grandchildren, he would ow better how to treat them when they had something on their minds. These people never helped a little bo; who wanted only -to make sure whic! me it was he had been found out in. y might at least give a fellow a friendly lead, and then he would know what to do. But this dead silence was inhuman, to say the least of it. How would they like it themselves? Then with a 'burst came his com- plete confession. "I strippit and gaed into the water this mornin' on my road to the schule!" * iced His grandmother stopped and Iook- ed at him as he sat swi Being his legs counterfeit ease on the great Wooden meal-ark which" had come to the cottage from the Black Dornal. n she went on again without mak- any remark. She was brushing the floor with that quick, uncertain stroke which with: Mistress Armour was evidence of a perturbed mind. But now his grandfather spoke, "You were at the tchool to-day?" he said; looking at Kit for the first "Aye," answered Kit, cheerfully; "I got to the head o' my class!" He felt himself on firm ground now. "Let me see, what was the lesson this afternoon?" said his grandfather, with a distance and calmness which | Kit felt to be of the worst augury. He saw it all now. They had found out about his leaving his books under the -stone of the old mill. "I forgot to bring hame my books, grandfaither!" he sald. "Enough!'" said the Elder, rising as if the matter were ended, "more than enough. Boy, do not lie to me any more. We know that you were not at school to-day. You played truant!" Kit was more aggrieved than if he had been soundly beaten. To be ac- gused of having successfully done that which he had only intended to do--it was unbearable, "But I was at the schule! As sure as daith, grandfaither!" he cried, with "You were not," said his nd- wther. - Your uncle was in Whinny- te. He asked at the school for been near the place that day." It was a tight corner for Master but he made the best of it. He the whole truth, which after all, | licking, considerably 8, fies n . ha "Grandfaither," he said, "this is the way o't--I gaed into the loch wi' porridge? ) [care for him--to a NE him te believe in him. "| the quarry, in the midet * [touched his bare hands. the s of them thro: sent me to the schule, The maister lickit me for coming late, But I got a' my lessons, grandfaither!" "What time did ye get to the school, sir?" continued Kit's inquisitor. "I couldna tell. It was after the Bible lesson!" W "I am sorry" that'T cannot believe you," said his grandfather; "you be- gan 'by saying that you only dabbled n the water--then that you Vadus| finally 'you admit that you went in to swim. Your uncle was told by the master that you had not been near the school all day!" Tears sprang into®it's eyes, a kind of ghastly surprise settled down on his spirit. "Do ye mean that ye winna believe me 'when 1: tell you, *grand- faither?" "I am grieved that you have not given me cause to believe you, sir," answered his grandfather. His heart was. wae for the boy, but he believed that he was being severe for his good. "Aweel!" said Kit, and rose to go out without saying another word, His grandmother called him to come back and get his tea, Her heart was smiting her already. "I dinna want ony tea," said Kit, who was beginning to glory in the injustice done him. "Then come in for your supper in an hour. The parritch will be ready a wee bit earlier the nicht." "I dinna want ony parriteh," said Kit, with a certain ring of triumph in his voice, What did a broken heart want with Kit was wounded in his tenderest affections, His grandfather had hitherto been his standby, and now even he had refused to Latteve him. Kit was under the impression that he was a truthful boy. And 8o, all things considered, perhaps he was. That is, he would not tell a direct lie.- 'He would rather be whipped ever so. He did not count a little judicious hedging to be 4k Eg" and, after all, on this occasion he had told the truth about the swimming. Like many older folks, Kit discriminated severely be- tween the truth and the whole fruth. The truth was a duly--the whole truth often an inconvenience, always an_impertinence. Kit wandered gay through the lit tle glen where the alders and willows were swhyin their slender stems and silver-grey leaves, sighi over the dreariness of the world. The mist was collecting in white pools down in the hollows of the meadow. The waters of the loch drowsed purple-black under the shadow of the hills. Yonder was the Dornal where he had been so y. ow no. one loved him. He was alone in the world. He wished he could go way over the hills and never return. Perhaps somewhere in the wide world he would find someone to to Meysie Mac Wal- ho id help. Bi she wou p round that way. Per- haps he might see 'her. He started Spy soir. b athe 'and his cruel words out of his' fi heads t the hill went on u + gh the ast load "ining and A were a A branching fronds, wet a Ho could feel ugh his sum- without a moment's hesitation, though it was getting dark, with ie ready 3 little while before. Ah, they. would be sorry then, Walter Mac Walter sat a ile wi es fixed on the boy's face, perusing his features like 'ti 8 of a.book. s.. You are a clever boy, they tell he sai ; "Aye," replied Kit Kennedy, not heeding much what he answered. He wan him to begin about the farm. "The schoolmaster has a good ac- © count of you," continued Mac Walter: "It's different to what he tells my- sel' then!" said Kit, finding his ton- gue, "for he's ars fetchin' at me the day by the length!" The man with the black pipe laugh- ed a short laugh, "I wonder at you"--his speech with 'whip, and who 'put; his ie A the farm. Ho : Kit, with e that would Crae. x a cot-{ "Come your ways up to the fxs said he Bier, Pits gettin, po . g Spite of 'evidence to the Kit's heart stood still. He knew] of his| upon Kit, more thing, cise stopped. any" looked Sek | KIT RUNS AWAY FROM HOME. i There was a general air of cheer- fulness in the when Kit entered the little cottage under the wood of hy" uld thae n y He had had time tc bethink him- self * durin, : and it ha = contrary, t boy ight after all be telling the truth, d at any rate, he Matthew | Armour, had been too great .a sinner Yo make him a good hand at casting the first stone. So in absence his ind Was draws 10 the 8g; ang wien it came in his ather spoke" | countryside talk, to mark the differ- nce. . But. the boy instinctively felt his advantage, and nursed his grievance | with the redoubled assiduity of you 'when it feels at once misunderst and afraid of giving in. "I'm no cauld!" he said, with chill evasion, and went and sat on the ed; of the settle at the point nearest flowed slowly, yet with a friendliness 900 which Kit felt the more because it was eo wholly unexpected--"how old are you, boy?" "Gangin' on for twelve," said Kit, with ti optimism of spendthrift youth in the matter of years. "] wonder" at you, Kit," repeated Mac Walter, taking his pipe medi- tatively from his mouth; "you are twelve, you say, and as far up in the school as the master can put you, so they tell me. Did you. never think what a care and burden you are to your--your' grandfather and grand- mother? are poor and cannot afford to keep a great fellow like you idle!" | "I'm no idle!" said Kit indignantly. "What do you do then?" 4 "I cut the sticks, I brick the steps at the door. T gather the , I look after the chuckies when they lay had away----1" Kit faltered, for at best it was a T catalogue and even during its rief course is conscience had smitten him "several times--especially in the matter of gathering the eggs. "These are all nothing! Your grand- mother could easily do them herself," said the man, clothing and money to keep you. Your school fees are to pay for and your books--the very brea carry with you in your bag. And you never help to bring in a penny. You should be at work, man. 1 had a father with money, and yet I was sent to work before I was either as big or as old as you!" ema "I never thocht o' that!" said Kit, his heart misgiving him. It was evi- dently true. He saw it all now. They were tired of him at the cottage or they would never have disbelieved him that night. He was a burden to them and they wanted to be rid of him.| Yes, that was it. - Well, he would rid them of that burden as soon as ever he could. "But how can a boy like me get work id Rie ie hae Dever learn- ed onything in particular i "If I was to find you work," said the man with: the black pipe, "would: ou promise to bide aay and never 3 anybody: that "you got it_through me "Aye," cried Kit, eagerly, "I wad that! As sure as daith and dooble daith!" "Then," said Mac Walter, "meet me here to-morrow moming on your way to school, and I will give you a letter to a man who will find you work and pay you Xe for doing it too! Is it a ba "I'M come!" answered the boy, pleas- ing himself with a curious feeling of Yei geance upon those he loved. He would make them sorry for ref to believe Kit Kennedy. Play truant ~--yes, he would play truant for a ver I time. Then when he 1 ng. twas what ihe oan a He id pot earn anything an was. 3 burden wu; them, "Hut it would not be for ti; "When will I come?" he ask La You. like," answe k -pipe; "I k for you." ing away when the man Kit was : ed to him. "Come and Kit walked fearlessly to Walter 'Mac Walter, holding out his KY nicht to ye, sir, and thank heal Tore. chebrtully sad the boy's hi; 'him closer to him. Then a low voice with a sudden oui Sst desi "But it takes food and] and--milk you | long. | { r. ! "Your parritch hae been waitin' for ye this hour and mair--I hae keepit (them warm by the fire for ye," put in "his grandmother, .anxionsly.-. - - Kit was on the point of saying that ( he did not want any porridge, but the hunger at his stomach and the thought of the long waiting hours before the 'morning induced him to think that sacrifice to wounded pride unneces- sary. So he did not speak but moved dourly to the table. He was afraid of giving in too soon, so as he took bite and sup of the porridge and milk, the latter. yet warm from their one cow, he kept repeating over to himself all his grandfather's gruel Aspersions on his truthfulness, and fortifying him- self with the new ideas that he was a burden to them, and that they must consider him so to treat him as they done. - It was a comfort to Kit even in thought fe. call his grand- father and grandmother "they." {To be gontinued:) te AP i rin Bénnet Sonnet. | What lady knows a hat as well as I? 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