KIT AND KITTY LONDON: PRINTED BY GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LD., ST. JOHN’S HOUSE, CLERKENWELL ROAD, E.C. KIT AND KITTY A Story of West Middlesex BY R. D. BLACKMORE AUTHOR OF LORNA DOONE, SPRINGHAVEN, CHRISTOWELL, ETC. “Si tu Caia, ego Caius.” _NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION_ LONDON SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY _Limited_ St. Dunstan’s House FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET, E.C. 1894 [_All rights reserved_] BY THE SAME AUTHOR. _Crown 8vo. 6s. each in handsome uniform cloth binding._ ALICE LORRAINE.* CLARA VAUGHAN.* LORNA DOONE.* CHRISTOWELL.* CRADOCK NOWELL.* CRIPPS THE CARRIER.* MARY ANERLEY.* TOMMY UPMORE. SPRINGHAVEN. KIT AND KITTY. _Volumes marked * can be had in boards, 2s.; cloth, 2s. 6d. each._ Crown 4to. about 530 pp., with very numerous full-page and other Illustrations, cloth extra, gilt edges, 31_s._ 6_d._, very handsomely bound in vellum, 35_s._, an _Edition de Luxe_ of LORNA DOONE. Beautifully illustrated Edition. (A choice presentation volume.) SPRINGHAVEN: a Tale of the Great War. By R. D. BLACKMORE, author of ‘Lorna Doone.’ With 64 Illustrations by ALFRED PARSONS and F. BARNARD. Square demy 8vo. cloth extra, gilt edges, price 12_s._ and 7_s._ 6_d._ LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY, _Limited_, St. Dunstan’s House, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I.—UNCLE CORNY 1 II.—MY KITTY 3 III.—THE TIMBER-BRIDGE 7 IV.—PEACHES, AND PEACHING 12 V.—A LITTLE TIFF 18 VI.—THE BEAUTIES OF NATURE 22 VII.—DE GUSTIBUS 29 VIII.—BAD COUNSEL 37 IX.—A DOG VIOLATE 42 X.—AN UPWARD STROKE 50 XI.—THE FINE ARTS 55 XII.—AN EMPTY PILE 61 XIII.—MY UNCLE BEGINS 67 XIV.—AND ENDS WITH A MORAL 74 XV.—MORAL SUPPORT 82 XVI.—TRUE LOVE 89 XVII.—TRUE FATHER 96 XVIII.—FALSE MOTHER 102 XIX.—DOE DEM. ROE 109 XX.—AUNT PARSLOW 115 XXI.—A TULIP BLOOM 122 XXII.—COLDPEPPER HALL 128 XXIII.—AT BAY, AND IN THE BAY 135 XXIV.—HARO! 141 XXV.—ON THE SHELF 149 XXVI.—A DOWNY COVE 155 XXVII.—OFF THE SHELF 162 XXVIII.—OUT OF ALL REASON 168 XXIX.—A FINE TIP 175 XXX.—BASKETS 183 XXXI.—THE GIANT OF THE HEATH 189