Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-05-15

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y ~ uiulvAvI never uuuerStouu
UHnWHVi He was certainly
IL tII>Jy big, and presume
NJ EEN IT,. bly, strong and
M H1H - muscular, but
IN EiHSNt neither in beauty
Hi,TI,,6HE nor in intelli
,INSItSsTE gence was he any
GSLAo thing out of thu
MIA SN ordinary of Ma
W ture's handiwork
! have heard her rave about hi
eyes; they were the color of coffee
berries, and moderately large, but the
expression, to my mind, was eminent
ly sheepish. He was disgracefully
selfish, too, and was under the impress
sion that his acquaintances could dc
nothing better than attend to hi
meals and accompany him in hi
walks. He was also abominably in
quisitive and peculiarly clumsy.
And in spite of all this she loved
him-the most beautiful girl in thu
world loved him, and lavished caressei
upon him that any man with eyes il
his head would have given a kingdom
TO receive.
His accomplishments were few. HI
pretended to catch rabbits, and wal
reputed "ratter" on the strength o..
having once barked at rat in a cage
the servants had, with much difficulty,
taught him a stupid trick of running
off with paper parcels in order to gel
at the sweets or biscuits hidden in.
side; and an infinite amount of shout.
ing. hallooing and waving of armi
would occasionally induce him te
jump over a 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, owe him debt O.
gratitude for being the cause of my
irst introduction to Ella Darlington.
1t was on an August bank holiday
the one blazing holiday of damp and
dismal English summer. All the morn.
ing had sought to avoid my kind,
and at length, by 4 o'clock in the af.
ternoon, had discovered delightful,
bracken-covered dell by the dry bed
of brook in Richmond Park, where,
but for the distant shouts Of the gay
and h'less cyclist, nothing disturbed
the pastoral beauty of the scene.
Here 1 stretched myself out, with
my arms under my head and my hs,
tilted over my eyes, and fell to dream.
ing, and to wondering when, if ever,
], bank clerk, at a thousand a year,
should SO distinguish myself by the
literary efforts which occupied all my
spare time as to be wholly independ
ent of the bank, except as q place o.
,afety for my superduous thousands.
If only I could write brilliant
novel-the novel of the seasoni Blu,
American authors have declared tha,
the stories of the world have all beer
told, and the serial papers preferred
romances written by young ladies a,
being more sentimental and soothing,
and the libraries would have nothing
to do with the work of an unknown
man, and
A feminine shrek broke in upon m>
respondent musings, and the idea Oi
q lovely woman in distress brought
me to my feet.
She was lovely; of that there was nt
possible doubt. Tall and slender
with light brown hair, and big, ap
pealing, dark blue eyes, eyelashe.
curving up, and red mouth dropping
downward dolefully.
She WAS angry, flushed and fright
ened. as was small stumpy girl, evi.
IDENTIFY her maid, who accompanied
her. She clasped her gloved hands
imploringly, and looked at me with
tears in her eyes.
my dogl" she painted. ''My dog,
Bull! Pray save him. Some 'Arries
are numbering him"
Then she ran through the bracken,
and / ran after her, to the spot where
five little East End roughs, and vii.
lainous mongrel, with one ear bitten
through, were wreaking vengeance
upon a white bull terrier.
My six feet of authority, armed with
= stout stick, speedily dispersed the
dogs assailants. They retreated in
confusion, employing language Sc
bad as to be fortunately unintelligible
to my damsel In distress, who was by
this time kneeling beside her precious
dog, hugging him effusively, and try
TO wipe away the blood from an in.
lured leg.
The dog really had been q good dea
Knocked about, although I have nc
doubt he richly deserved it he now
feeling himself an object of symps
thetic interest, sat down and refused
q move any further.
I knew something about dogs ant
speedily bound up his paw with my
own handkerchief and that of his mis-
tress, which was simply marked
ELLA"
Our faces were very close togethe
over the dogs leg, and one of her tear
vplashsd on to the back of my hand
Ella blushed, laughed and apologized
I never saw lovelier blush or heaxt
ssveeter laugh in my life. :,
Seeing that the beast was resolved
not to walk. ! carried him. He wa
tremendous weight and fidgettet
abominably. But with Ella beside me
and her sweet. white hand. from whicl
she had withdrawn the glove, con
ttantly stroking the brute's neck,
trod on enchanted ground. The raaii
brought up the rear, giggling . goot
deal, but as she constantly dragged be
hind to stare ,ac soldiers, her presenc,
did not in any way hamper us.
The acciden. took place near tn
White Lodge, and we had to pass out
by the Star and Garter gates. Long
before we reached them was madly il
love with Ella, and had already In
tormed her that this was the happies'
hour Of my life, when to my dismay
harmed that she was Miss Ella Barr
mston. eldest daughter of Barring
bn's STARCH" AS we called him at tn.
Iank. where he lodged q portion Of th.