The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-06-05

quiet while his rival approached
!: with his enslayer.
! Iliey came very deliberately and
passed by, conyersiag In Suvh soft
tones that the wrctched listener
could not understand q word. She
reached the jrdge's door. Dulcitt
stood and talked for awhile, Forbes:
meantime shiyering with cold and
impatient for his departure. But
alter little parley Dulcitt actually
went into the house.. jack Forbes
groaned aloud, and then, after Civ gii =
ing his dog kick that sent him
howling away behind the house,
Jack cleared the fence at q bound
and was in Judge Bates garden.
The judge had his library room
upon the second floor, and Mr.
Forbes had just got beneath the
window when the lamp was lighted
and Miss Jenny appeared in tho act
of removing her bonnet. 1t was
mean thing to do-a mean thing
even for desperate lover but
Forbes decided 70 Chamber into the
tree that stood by the window so
that he might look with his own
eyes upon the peridy of the woman
to whom he had given his love. Aft
er series of difficult gymnastics,
during which he tore his coat and
knocked the skin off his hands, he
reached a place from which he could
peer into the room. Yes, there was
Jenny, sitting in front of the fire,
and Dulcitt. by her side, with his
arm on the back of her chair, with
his glasses turned full upon her and
his faded eyes gazing at her just as
Jacks used to gaze. Forbes felt his
heart sink within him at this spec
taclc, but he was determined tc sit
on that limb all night if it was nee
essary in order to see all that hap
pened and to ascertain precisely
how matters stood. Hardly had he
formed the resolution when Jenny
came to the window and pulled
down the curtain.
| "Its Of no use," said Jack in de-
spair, and he began to descend the
tree, when the door of the house
opened, and somebody came out. 1t
was so dark that Jack could only
distinguish figure which he
thought resembled that Of the
judge.
The judge walked toward the sta
bic, whisthng meanwhile to large
dog that accompanied him. Jack
had heard the judge express his de-
termination to procure a dog to
protect that very stable. Doubtless
this was the animal.
seBut the best thing for me to do
will be to keep quiet until the judge
goes in" said Jack. 10 his horror,
however, he saw dimly the figure Of
the dog coming toward the tree, and
moment later the animal stood
beneath him, barking loudly. Jack
thought then he should surely be
discovered. But no, strange to SOY
the judge walked slowly back to the
house and closed the door, leaving
his dog under thc tree. After bark
ing q few moments more the brute
lay down and seemed determined
to make night of it. Mr.. Forbes.
from his cool and lofty perch, re-
garded the indistinct black figure
beneath him with anguish.
"Good gracious!" he said. "Sup-
pose the confounded brute should
stay there all night!"
| Then he thought he would wait
until the dog got to sleep and creep
gently down without waking him.
Ten, Is, 90 minutes passed, with
Jack blowing the fingers of one
hand while with the other he bal
anced himself on the limb. He be-
gan to descend. But at the very
first motion the dog leaped UP and
began barking again: He tried the
experiment second time, and just
as the ferocious brute stretched
himself upon the ground afte7 an
other demonstration Jack caught
sight of two shadows kissing each
other upon the curtain. Then the
light was. turned out, and presently
he heard the front door open and
saw Dulcitt dance along beneath the
street lamp as if he we're practicing
fandango.
(, 1t occurred to the unfortunate
Mr.. Forbes to call to him. ssBut
mol" CALCULATED Forbes. II will
freeze into solid ice first! Hang me
If 1 don'tP And he stamped on the
limb so violently that it reused the
dog, who harked savagely.
"Lct us try what kindness will
do" said Mr.. Forbes, making that
peculiar noise which resembles the
sound Of kissing-a noise which is
supposed to soothe dog, but which
cannot be written.
"Poor fellow! Poor old dog! Come
here, poor fellow!' (Kissing noise