The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-30

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/ have heard her rave about hi
eyes; they were the color Of coffc.
berries, and moderately large, but the
expression, to my mind, was eminent
" sheepish. He was disgracefully
selfish, too, and was under the impres.
sion that his acquaintances could dc
nothing better than attend to hi
meals and accompany him in hi!
walks. He was also abominably In
euisitive and peculiarly clumsy.
And in spite of all this she loved
him-the most beautiful girl in tht
world loved him, and lavished caressei
upon him that any man with eyes il
his head would have given kingdom
to receive.
His accomplishments were few. H.
pretended to catch rabbits, and wal
reputed "ratter' on the strength 0;
having once barked at a rat in cage
the servants had, with much difficulty,
taught him stupid trick of rnHni;i3
off with paper parcels in order 10 se'
at the sweets or biscuits hidden in,
side; and en- infinite amount of shout,
ing, hallooing and waving of arms
would occasionally induce him tc
jump over walking stick held two
inches above the ground.
In short, he was a most ordinary
bull terrier pup, with a pink nose,
surmounted by black spot like bio;
Of ink from pen.
Nevertheless, 7 owe him debt O,
grstitude for being the cause of my
6rst introduction to Ella Darlington.
twas on an August bank holiday
the one blazing holiday of a damp and
dismal English summer. All the morn
ing I had sought to avoid my kind,
and at length, by 4 o'clock in the al.
ternoon, / had discovered delightful.
bracken-coyered. Sol! by the tls,v75ed
of brook in Richmond Park, where,
but for the distant shouts of the gay
and h'less cyclist, nothing disturbed
the pastoral beauty o. the scene.
Here I stretched myself out, with
my arms under my head and my hal
tilted over my eyes, and fell to dream.
ing, and to wondering when, if ever,
I, bank clerk, at thousand q year.
should SO distinguish myself by the
literary efforts which occupied all my
spare time ss to be wholly independ.
ent of the bank, except as o place Of
safety for my superAuous thousands.
If only I could write brilliant
novel-the novel of the season! But
American authors have declared tnat
the stories Of the world have all beer
told, and the se,ial papers preferred
romances written by young ladies al
being more sentimental and soothing,
and the libraries would have nothing
to do with the work of an unknowu
man, and
) feminine shrek broke in upon mss
despondent musings, and the idea oi
a lovely woman in distress brought
me to my feet.
She was lovely; of that there was nc
possible doubt. Tall and slender,
with light brown hair, and big, ap,
pealing, dark blue eyes, eyeiashes
curving up, and red mouth dropping
downward dolefully.
She was angry, flushed snd fright.
ened, as was small stumpy girl, evi-
6ently her maid, who accompanied
her. She clasped her glored hands
i1nploringly, and looked al me With
tears in her eyes.
-:Aly dogr' she painted. tMy dog,
6uIl! Pray save him. Some 'Arries
sre numbering him!''
Then she ran through the bracken,
snd I ran after her, to the spot where
dye little East End roughs, and e vil-
lainous mongrel, With one ear bitten
through, were wresking vengeance
upon white bull terrier.
Ny six feet of authority, armed with
a stout stick, speedily dispersed the
dogs assaila0ts. They retreated in
confusion, employing language SO
bad as TO be fortunately unintelligible
to my dansel in distress, who was by
this time kneeling beside her precious
dog, huggiog him ehusively, and try
to wipe away tie blood from an in
cured leg.
The dog really had bsen good deal
knocked about, although I have 40
doubt he richly deserved it; he now,
feeling himself an object of sympa;
thetic interest, sat down and refused
- move any further.
I knew something about dogs and
speedily bound up his paw with 1ny
own handkerchief and that of his mis-
tress, which was simply marked
s.Eiia."
Our facss vvrs vesy cioee ecs-:n~r
over the dogs leg, snd one Of her tenrs
splashsd on to the back Of my hand.
Ella blusbcd, laughed and spolosized.
I never saw ioreiicr blush or heard
; sweeter ]eega IN r.v life.
Seeing that IT," beast WAS resolved
not to walk. ] carried him. He was
3 tremendous weight aul f:Gettsd
abominably. But with Ella beside ne,
and her sweet, white hand. froM whicA
sbe had withdrawn :he glove, crn-
stant.y stroAiug tAe brate'+ @e:k. !
srod on enchanted ground. TIE ?aald
brought np the .ear, giggling = 2oo0
deal, but q. sh. constantly dragged be
hind to sta-a g. soldiers, her presence
di5 rot il NJ way hamper as.