Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-11-30
A WHITE RIVAL.
How a Bull Pup Game Noar Spoil.
ing a Romance.

He was certainly big, and presuma-
bly, strong and muscular, but neither
In beauty nor in intelligence was he
anything out Of the ordinary OF ma
lures handiworl.
have heard her rave about his eyes;
they were the color Of coffee berries,
and moderately large, but their ex-
preston, TO my mind, was eminently
Bheepish. lie was disgracefully selfish,
too, and was under the impression that
his acquaintances could do nothing
better than attend 10 his meals and ac-
company him In his walks. lie was also
abominably inquisitive and peculiarly
clumsy.
And in spite OF all this, she loved him
tho most beautiful girl in the world
loved him, and lavished caresses upon
him that any man with eyes In his
head would have given kingdom to
receive.
His accomplishments were few He
pretended TO catch rabbits, and was
reputed a "ratter" on tile strength of
having once barked at a rat In a cage;
the servants had, with much difficulty,
taught him stupid trick of running
off with paper parcels In order to get
at the sweets or biscuits hidden inside;
and an infinite amount of shouting,
hallooing, and waving of arms would
occasionally induce him TO jump over a
walking stick held two inches above
the ground.
In short, he was most ordinary
white bull terrier pup, with a pink
] e.,1 4.
blot OF ink from Il pen.
Nevertheless, owe him n debt Of
gratitude for being the cause Of my
first introduction to Ella harrington.
II was on an August bank holiday
the one blazing hot day OF a damp and
dismal Engli ,h summer. All the morn
ing had sought to avoid my kind, and
at length, by four o'clock in the after
| noon, | had discovered a delightful
bracken.covered dell by the dry bed of
brook In Richmond park, where, but
for the distant shouts of the gay and
h'lcss cyclist nothing disturbed the
pastoral beauty OF the scene.
Here stretched myself out, with my
arms under my head and my hat tilted
over my eyes, and fell to dreaming
and TO wondering when, II ever, l, Il
bank clerk at two hundred n year,
should so distinguish myself by the
literary efforts which wholly occupied
all my spare time as to bc wholly indie
pendent of the bank, except rs a place
OF safety for my supcrlluous thousands.
II only could write a brilliant novel
the novel of the season! But Ameri-
can authors had declared that the
stories Of the world have all been told,
mud the serial papers preferred ro-
manccs written 10y young ladies Us
being more sentimental and soothing,
and the libraries would have nothing
to do with the work Of an unknown
man, and
feminine Shrek broke in upon my
Respondent musings, and the idea OF q
| lovely woman In distress brought me
70 my feet
She was lovely; OF that there was nc
! possible doubt Tall and slender, with
light brown hair and big appealing
dark blue eyes, exclusives curling up.
wards aud red mouth dropping down,
wards dolcfully.
She was angry, flushed and fright
ened, us was IA small, stumpy girl, evil
IDENTIFY her maid, who accompanied her
She claspcd her glovcd hands implor
ingly, and looked at me with tears il
her eyes.
only dog!" she painted. my dog
uulll prav snve him. Some iArrie,
are numbering himp'
Thon she ran Through tho bracl,er
and ran after her TO the spot yber,
five little east-end roupbs and n vii
famous nongrel with one ear hitter
through were wreultipg venoeanc,
upon a white bull terrier.
Nv six feet OF authority. armed with
n stout stick sneedilv disncrsed IN,
dog's nssailants They retrcated in con
fusion. emnloving lnngunco "a had n,
10 be Fortunately unintelligible 10 m,
dnmsel in distress who was bv mi,
time ltneeling beside her nr.cious dor
hugping him efYusiv.lv and trying Z,
wine away the blood from an ininre,
leg.
The dog really had been n good dea
knocked about although | have n,
doubt he richly deserved A.; he now
feeling himself an object of sympathet
ic Interest," sat down and refused 4,
move any further.
| know something about dogs. ane
speedily bound up his paw with m,
own handkerchief and that OF hi
mistress, which was simply marked
Ella"
Our faces were very close together
over the dogs leg, and one of her tear