Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-30

0ay duJ apprTscu Wucu van 0AttcH'
was starting in. Emilia looked very
veil under the light Of the fairy lamps
nd It was all very tender and touch
ng. Muggins changed all that BY pre-
tending to start rat or . cat or any
old thing and chivvying 1t round and
round the conservatory till he got Vat
Caters laughing 80 that he couldn'i
speak and another man came up and
claimed Emilia for the next dance. ans
there was an end Of that. Very glad
Van Caters was OF 1t, too. for just ther
he fell In love with little Marie.
Marie was the only person WHOM
MugEins feared. She was . second
cousin and poor. and visited the Var
CATERS most Of the time. You car
Judge Of her status In the family BY
the fact that the children alternately
hugged and bullied her, and the elderi
made her handsome presents when
they remembered her eIisteace.
Marie was little and fragile and sen
sitive. but BY no means . coward. She
remained dependent because she had
been brought up to believe that shl
would be doing 4 deadly Injury to the
family II she attempted to earn Q Mv'
Ing for herself. She had the oeurass
Of q dszen men In her slendsr body and
was only withheld from rash plsbeiaz
enterprise BY her Loyalty to the great
Van Caters line.
AuSgins was rather nice to Maria
True. hs affected her sscisSy when she
didn't want him and deserted her when
she most needed consolation, yet he
paid considerable attention to her com
mands and came to her after his battles
to be bathsd, healed and lectured.
Van 0aiters, perhaps. might have ex
planned this partiality. Marie had not
been anxious to make Auggins' &C.
quaintance. Indeed. MuGgins had
been obliged to Introduce himself. He
entered into Marie's room one day and
seized pair Of slippers. Marie shrek
ed and Muegins fed down the hall. his
mouth full Of red morocco. Marie pur-
sued and caught him Just outside Van
Talters' door,
Van CATERS, hearing the scud1e.
rushed out and was astonished to ind
Marie kneelipS on the PROSTATE Mug
gins and pommeling him Violently with
both little fists. Muggins was snarling
like a fend. and his face was screwed
up like a withered apple. but protect
himself he could not unless he gave up
his prey, and relinquish 1t he would not
while life lasted and anyone opposeu.
So Marie continued to beat him.
Van Caters grasped Marie by one
hin little wrist and drew her to her
feet. She was crimson and out Of
breath, and more than little ashamed
Of herself
Il hope l haven't hurt you. Gerard"
she said, apOlogetically.
Van Caters could have roared. but
he asked very seriously what Muggins
bad done.
Stole" said Marie briefly.
Van CATERS looked. but was unable
20 ascertain the nature Of Mugsins'
nouthful.
Something valuable?"
ITO me. yes" said little Marie, with
, sob In her throat, and then she turned
md hurried away.
Muggins started after her, his biz
rnder jaw hanging. Then he let the
slipper fall and followed her silently.
lpolosetically. his bullet head dropped
lpon his massive chest. Marie slam
led the door in his face, and MugginS
at down outside. Presently he began
0 claw energetically at the woodwork,
md Marie opened the door on a crack.
IiuEgins frisked grotesquely and paw
d the door. 1t was opened little
wider and Musgins shot In.
by love, that's bright dog" de-
Jared Van CATERS. picking up the dis
'olored object from the floor. IF 1t
sn't one OF the Turkish slippers
Fought Marie at the fool bazaar last
Well, we'll" and Van Caters
st TIE poor, little, mangled slipper 10
he place of honor on the mantelpiece.
He had never noticed Marie very
much, but he always had been kind to
Ter In a careless way. Now he noticed
Ter a great deal, for there seemed to be
uncanny in her ascendency
,ver Muggins. His own attempt to
discipline the beastly bull pup had
,een a dismal failure. and here was
title Marie ordering the brute about
IS she pleased. He tried to find out
Ter methods, but Marie was reticent on
he subject and SO was Musgins.
Still Mugsins relapsed from grace
Once when he ate Marie's
BEST hat Van Caters heard OF 1t and
wanted to buy her another, and little
.larie refused, almost rudely. to allow
I. There was never more astOnished
nan than Gerard Van Caters when he
'ound he had fallen in love with little
Marie, except when he informed little
Marie that he wanted to marry her and
Marie refused him out and out. The
little thing even seemed to take a cold
ielight in his discontinue. Only when
Van Caters sulkily announced his in
ention of going abroad and forgetting
her she offered to take charge Of Mug.
gins.
So Muggins went down to Long Isl
and by boat along with little Marie
and the particular Van Gaiters' aunt
with whom she was to spend the sum.
ner.
No word came from Marie. but his
aunt wrote Gerard letter Of grievance
against Muggins. Muggins had dis
graced himself. Marie had bribed the
mate of the steamboat to take charge
of Muggins for the night. and the man
had chained Muggins to the leg Of the
ower berth In his stateroom.
Muggins had promptly chawed-no
,ther word expresses Muggins' method
cha wed It through and when the mate
turned In at $3.50 in the morning he
'ound Muggins peacefully snoring in
The lower berth with his head on the
pillow The man was afraid to wake
Muggins. and afraid to climb over him
to the upper berth, SO he turned the
quilt over Muggins ana. In his own