The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-31

Ways vail continues. GentleMan
SeaMpo -uP senlFWuVssAa1y FOouo1D inte
darkest corner.
Gentleman. with ferocity-"Am I to have
my house turned into . kennel for this yelp-
ing monRrell Didn't1 tell you I must b
rid Of himf
Hi Chang, sently-"Yea tall me feed him
COW, sheep, chickee-"
Geatlemsn swears, but stops, .stounded,
on seeing . dimly outlined figure In . cor
Hi Chang, IN explanation-"L.dy catch
him dog" ~
Gentleman-'sYou viii kindly excuse any
violent oxpressionA madam, but I confesa
the repeated visits Of your dog have been
rather annoying to me-"
No response. Gentleman irately and curl
ously approaches figure. He stares, and
stares harder; holds his breath, and finally
exclximst"Thunder and NArsi Impossible
Yes, without . doubt"
Lady, in mufaed tones-"I I'm hero only
for my dog. had TO come myself to set
him.. I Thought some good old favws<v lived
here"
She makes . movement to pass the gen.
tleman, who holds out OBTAINING hand.
'But Millicent, this extraordinary meet
ing must be explained"
Millicent, scornfully-''You should know
that I nerey make explanations"
Gentleman-.But / was 70 sur you had
gone to Europe"
Millicent-'Yes. You thought yourself
sure of . good many things. Who said
was in EurOpel"
Gentleman, subduedly-'No one aaid 80.
I Guessed so-and came straight this way"
Millicent, sardonically-''S0 did I-by An
unfortunate coincidence Of ideas"
A good deal Of animated discussion fol-
lows. Hi Chang deliberately retires into
the small room, keeping n eye fitted to
narrow chink Of door. His refections-"Me
sabe now what for he 30 much tlinkee, and
like give dog sheep, bull, chickee. Have
big fuss; he 60 way. He sit down, think,
think, all ame not pleatee womee in
world. He heap mad; he ikee y more
get please. She come; she look velly niece;
he forget n minnee. She no forget-she
talk make him soly-womee heap smart
man no can all time find out"
Lady-"You grant that you gave me moro
than provocation!"
Gentleman, abjectly-"Yes, you were
justified, entirely. But . man can't help
the mad things he does when he is jealous."
Millicent, speaking fast-'I don't in the
least refer 10 things you did when yen were
jealous-if you were 20. It wa the rsal in
dignities I suffered through her. And, by tho
way, where Is she now"
Gentleman-'.I have not seen her since
that hideous week ut Tumido Park"
Malicent-"Ah, really! how wonderfully,
with what fortitude, you endured the hor-
rors Of that week. We noticed, didn't we,
Wagner!"
Gentleman. graphing 1t diversion-'sNo
wonder hat beasts howl was 50 familiar"
Millicent. reproachfully-'You threatened
to hang him. But you hated dear little
Wagner always"
Gentleman-Because you dotted on him,
and I looked on him as . sort Of bond be-
tween you and the man who gave him to
you"
Nillicent. aggrievedly 10, cruel sus-
picions! Wagner WAS % like my grand
mothers pet, Judy, and In some way he al
waysrecalled to me my dear grandmaAma'
gentleman smokers blasphemously, but
Millicent does not notice.. ''Afterward 1
loved Waggy for hinself-in my troubled
hours he seemed to understand and sympa-
thize. and-he hated er So"
Gentleman, aggravsingiy-'He used to
SWIVEL around her q If he sdored her,"
Millicent, In low interte0tory, mimicking
ZONE onee lse-'Clever little Wagner"
It'll she boxed his ears for tearing her
lace. He was oowed, but . bosbes always
brought him wriggiing back. Admirable
sympa&hy, powerful understandings"
Nillicent. languidly-"Wsgner. We will
now leave. and promise Mr.. Vandervere not
TO disturb him again"
NJ. Vandervere, in commotion-'Nili-
cent, you can not think Of breaking OF in
this cold blooded wsyr
Millicent, sighing-.You seem happy, l.
exist at least, in peace and ~obscurity. A
life Of solitude and loneliness Is not so unen-
durable as one in which mind and heart are
daily tortured"
Hi Chang. signing responsively-"She
get him all likee she want now. She talk
heap pity"
Much persuasion and entreaty on one side;
and reprosch on the other.
Millicent, finally, with decision lyon
admit, then, that your affair with that per-
son was . disgrsce to yourself and . wrong
to mel"
vandervere. expostulating weakly-'But,
dear Aillicent, in justice to her I could not
admit that much.
Millicent, half way down stairs-aSo you
prefer to do An injustice to your siCef Very
well. Consider this meeting merely an
accident. We continue apart"
Vandervere, desperately-"No; I know,
dearest, I did make . fool Of myself, and she
was imprudent."
Millicent, with stacy mirth-"Impru-
dent!"
Vandervere-"Then, exacting Of atten-
ton
Milicent-"For exacting, say ra,vsoss;
for attention, say isfrigSs."
Vandervere, wildly-"Yes-yes, she likes
somebody around always, bankers after fun.
or, what's your word!- intrigue, any thing
you choose"
Millicent, ~sadly-"It wa unworthy Of
you to allow such . person to keep you
dangling after her."
Vsndervere, recitatively-"It was m
Of me-"
They are now quite down stairs. Hi Chang
out into vacated hall, grinning and
wabbling his chubby neck.
"'Melican wifee heap smart: she say;
Me do long, what you make me dog Then
think he NAV be 50 velly bad man,