The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-20

'.An old Bachelor! Ite just too bad" cried
Miss Jane Peaslee, excitedly. II never could
abide old bachelors, and here one OF 'em's
gone and moved in right next door. He's
got q great. horrid dog, too. I'll warrant
he'll be the plague of our lives'
"Mebbe not, Jane" mildly expostulated
her sister, Mrs. Webb. "Old bachelors amt
apt to be troublesome, gener1y."
"Him, 1 mean the dog" snapped Miss
Jane. "Of course he'll be running over here,
tormenting the cat and digging holes in the
flower beds next summer fur cool place to
lie in, or q chasing the hens an stealing the
eggs when they've made nests in the weeds
But wet put no with it, an' shall tell
him so plump the very frat chance git"
'The ocg Jsne?'
''The dog OF course not. ] mean the
crutty, Grabbed cid bachelor himself"
On. JsreI You d0s't think he would
steal sess and make holes in the flower beds,
Go yo ;sa..,;,... A..
all M-Isrcy. A toiy might IS we'll talk to
. clothes PROS rs you. said the dog would
stesl The eges, en- shou!da't put up with it
an shonid tel the old baohelor 20. too.
Now do yon understand? An SD L will, Pil
take the broopstick to him, too. See il
don't" she concluded, mphatic Ally.
Miss Jabe ard her sister owned the little
cottage IL whish they lived, which was abou:
all they did own, and managed to exc out q
living by doing plain sewing dressmaking,
anything Of the kind they could get to do.
There's the gate open and Sam Pickles
old belI-cow q trsmplin' round in the truck
bonnet she darted out to put summary
stop 10 the cid bellcow's depredations
among her garden truck"
Mean while the old bachelor next door was
taking survey of the situation.
Two women folks and one of them an
old maid, I'll bet pocketknife. The other
looks like she might be q widow. from allus
dressing in black. Thunder, What did ever
move in here for? Paid six months rent, too.
Confound 1t all man amt sate anywhere
hardly these days. Of course they'll both be
asserting their caps to ketch me, but won't
be caught. I'll keep out of their way az
much % possible. and even ii meet one of
'em face TO face I'll look another way l see
they keep parcel of old hens, too. II any
OF 'em come ascratchiDg about here I'll set
the dog on 'em, sure. i amt to be psstered
by old maids or their hens either. I've hired
. servant a-purpose to keep out of their
clutches, an amt a.going 20 be took in by
the smartest woman that ever lived"
He was by no means the crusty, Grabbed
old bachelor Miss Jane had declared him to
be, but rather fne-looking man. with
pleasant, dark eyes. and only a few threads
of silver shining in his abundant brown
hair.
Moreover. bis canine follower was not q
great horrld' dog but q very curly and
froiicsoms Newfoundland puppy.
"There's that dog a.worryin' the chickens
aein," screamed Miss Jaue one morning,
ana, enatching up the BROOM she hurriedly
gave chase.
Finding himself pursued, the puppy at
once released tie Leghorn ROSTERS tail.
which he hsd been playfuljy shaking to the
great disgust az its owner, and with bark
OF delight seized the edge OF Miss James
hoheepuD petticoat wb ca showed bsneath
the rim Of her dress. and shook it energet.
icsilv.
The outraged Miss Peaslee in the mean
time beat right and left with her broom,
missiDg the crlprit at each lick, however,
unul thoroughly exhausted she dropped her
weapon on the ground. whereupon Curly
1mmecis'ely seized 1t and scsmpered off
with all his might
Over the neat. grsveIy walk, over the tidy
nofoer OF blackberry lilies and Iris versi-
color, round aud round he whirled, dexter
.ousiy avoiding the avenging foe until at
ie:t ne esp'sd Bcnaparte, the big gray cat,
leisuIey .sking MS morning walk Where.
upon be at orcs dropped the broom and gave
chase TO tire cat.
Bonsparfe fled up tree in great terror,
and Miss FeAsiee, teizing the dsmoraljzed
broom. made . sudden sortie on the dog.
Curly. however, discovering this rear attack
in the nick OF time. scrttled swiitlv across
the ard and through the fence tc his mas
ters domain, whore ne immediately unesrth.
ed half knewed bone from its hiding place
and proceeded to sslace himself thereWitb.
"you had real nice play with him, didn't
your said Melancey, complscently. looking
up % her sister made her appearances.
"Play. The vicious beast chawed the
broom to pieces an tore my skirts half of o.
me- II you call that play" shifted Miss Jane
wIathfully.
"Jsne! Jane! What on earth Is this that
dogs ben . shakin' an Wallopin' round In
Sust?" cried Nelancey few days later.
The dog wss growing and shaking some
dark object fearfully.
After . desperate struggle the sisters suc.
eeeded In rescuing ell that remained Ola