Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-10-13
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Her Period OF Favor Gut Short by Hor-
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He stretched himself out in'the ham
mock with the air lcfsa man Who has q
whole summer afternoon before him,
and means to let it dream itself away.
He was absolutely unruilied by what
had occurred. The revelation of her
faithlessness had left him perfectly
calm t|,...f
He filed his pipe without scattering
the tobacco over his tennis suit, and
succeeded in getting a light with the
first match, although the hammock
swayed gently and a Wandering breeze
came and played under the old apple
trees.
But his little cocker spaniel needed
no futher invitation than the sad far
away look in his eyes, for she sprang
boldly into the hammock and stretched
herself out on his broad chest.
As she placed her paws around his
neck and cuddled her silky head close
under his chin she knew that the marks
of her feet, on his .clothing. would meet
with no reproof in$sueh an emergency.
She lay there quietly without licking
his face in her usual demonstrative
fashion, for she was wise little beast
and felt that moist and doggy kisses
were not the sort he would welcome
just then. ,-- r---,,,.,-..,,
"Good old girl" he said, as he drew
her closer to him.. "YoUare fond of me,
anyway. You and the pipe and | are
three great old chuns, and we don't
care for anyone else, do, WEI Not
much!' AIM F.AAl6a y -.
The spaniel gazed at him, wistfully.
"She's not worth it, is she?" he con.
tinued. "But you're different. ! have
never done anything for you but beat
you when you don't mind, and take nc
notice of you when you do. And yet,
you jumped overheard from the steam
er and came near being drowned, just
to save an old straw hat of mine. But
you're only dog, you know, and that's
where it all comes in. tai snC
"But she! I've done everything for
her that man can do for woman,
when he loves her, and now, she's gone
off with voting De Rocks But, she's a
girl, and girls and dogs are not to be
compared in the same breath. Sowell
let her co. she is
Just thing of puffs and patches.
Made for madrigals and catches
Not for heart-wounds but for scratches.
"Ah, you are rehearsing see"
The spaniel raised her head and
greeted the intruder with jealous
little growl. Then she found herself
unceremoniously spilled on the ground,
as the young man rose to his feet.
"Rehearsing? | don't" j.
sob, no; don't suppose you do re-
member, but you were to read Dobson
to me, down by the brook, this after
noon. Instead, | find you coolly lying
here and repeating one of the most
cynical sentiments to that innocent lit
tie dog of yours"
81 did not think you would return SO
soon. When | went across the lawn
to your house, saw you coming down
the drive with De Rocks, in his cart. y
"You saw my parasol; but was not
under it."
''How could | know? 1t was held so
low that could see nothing else" he
said. penitently.
you might have known. loaned it
to Jennie Whiting. When Frank asked
her to go driving with him she had a
premonition that she would look per-
fectly lovely in her red dress. But she
had no parasol to match it, 50 she very
coyly forgot hers, and made him stop
while she borrowed mine, and Ia little
hotly) gave me chance to find out how
much confidence you had in me.r
"How could know Jennie would be
so artful?"
"You will learn more about girls
some day"
81 don't care TO about that kind. II
is the perfect woman am anxious tc
study. win you forgive me and give
me my first lesson this afternoon"
The cocker spaniel looked up into
the girls face, and then making up his
mind that dogs were at discount
started in frantic pursuit of a hypo
thetical sparrow. Harry Romano, il
Life.