Cinder Path Tales

76 HOW KITTY filled out thanthe others, thoughhe carried not an ounce of useless tissue. His arms and legs werebetter developed,and his face was clean cut as a cameo. Kitty sat directly on a line with the tape, on the top row of seats, between the Lee girls. One ofthem, Icould see, was keeping a watchful eyeon the west, where the thunder heads weregathering. But Kitty didnot see any clouds, not she. She didnot care if the delugecame after this race; and what was a shower, or a wet gown ? She was red and pale by turns, breathing hard, and had both elbows on the top rail behind her, asif to brace herself for the or­ deal. Wonderfully attractive was she in this attitude ofrepressed excitement, and though the grand stand was full of pretty girls, dressed in their best bibsand tuckers, I saw none to compare with her. When Jack glanced up at her, she leaned forward and waved her hand, giving him a look that brought the color to his cheeks. But when he turned, goton his mark, and put out his hands, his flush faded, the half smile disappeared, and in their place cameas stern a look of resolution as I ever saw in a boy's face. And yet Idoubted he could win. True, hewas just the one to do a shade