New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10

herring with difficulty his company manners
But when Lucy took the magnificent animal on
her lap Boobies hardly maintained iorpearahce
fOrsook him. He took a lying leap anu HH
mouth was full Of Persian fur in "A moment
There was a grand hubbub over the lnsulted
cat, hurt only i'll her dignity, and Boobies was
pcremptory consigned to the stables, Whlle
the Dachs and the Pomeranian could come and
go at their pleasure. The master OF the mousse
decided this and Lucy could not rebel keehiy
as she felt IT. But she did not feel 1t so keenIy
as Bootl,s, and if he could outmanTuvre the
vigilance committee of butler or tootnan or
both. ne would scuffle wildly past them, ana
burst into his mistrcsss room painting with an
eager delight that was touching 10 see. re
tripod up the butler once. who was rat ana a
heavyweight: there was second hubpub over
this. although the eat was considered the more
valuable animal of the two. and then MT MARSH
contemplated the ACCESSIBILITY Of claiming the
fierce BOTTLES up. Lucy prevented this but only
by dscouraginS further mutny, ana Boobies
began dmy to see that his palmy days were
over, even in pleasant place where rabbits
grew wild
True his mistress came often to see him. and
they had pleasant walks together but nothing
was quite the same; the happy freedom the
dear companionship was gone Tor the other
dogs went with them. and Bottles had horr-
bic suspicion that the Persian sat on her knee
Of an evening when he was shut away from her.
He wondered sadly why their old friend John
rever came down 10 see them and almost cried
in his tender little way when Lucy mentioned
his name. But he noticed that she mentioned
il less and less as as time went on, for the new
life Of luxury and prosperity. with its gayety
and change. was slowly making the old one
seem dim and far away. She and John CORE
Syondcd frequently but at times even he faded
into the background Of her thoughts. pushed
aside by newer interests Mr. Marsh had
laughed over the notion Of such an engagement.
what my niece marry a poor devil of
clerk who can barely earn his own bread and
cheese, Mons rso. my dear Unless am much
mistaken. friend RushtOn will have word to
say about that"
He was in high good humor with Lucy Just
then, for sydney ItushtOn was even richer than
he himself. and came with 1attcriug frequency
that argued matrimOny
And Lucy Well. her eyes having rested SO
long ON the gloom of poverty. were daZzled and
h, rsclf drift on the gildcd stream Of Mr. Rush
toms attentions without heed Of the course they
took.
Sh" knew that i'm spite Of shabby coats John
Sinclair was gentleman and that her uncle
ana his associates were not. but they were rich
and she was tired 10 death Of struggling. So
without looking forward she lived for each day
as it came and the old life slipped away into a
distorting mist which showed the discomfOrts
ard ohscur.d the blessings.
But BoutlcS hated sydney Rushton. for he
taught Lucy to cycle. and in little while the
pace grew too fast for the town bred dog TO
keep up with. lie hated those glittoring circles
that ran away from him. i'm spite Of desperate
effort, and sometimes the temptation assailed
him To gnaW the fat plump tires and make them
useless. but he was too faithful ever TO do this
and would sit patiently awaiting his mlstress's
return in order To greet and welcome her. on
one OF these occasions Sydney Rushton struck