Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-08-22

And while she called there rode int,
the alleyway big man on a brown
horse. He had a CHEEKY face and &
kind eye. II was the bad man, ]. Bar
ton Fenton. He looked at Miss Egg
lantine curiously, but she fairly few
at him, so eager was she for informa-
ton,
''oh. sir, viii you please find out II
your dogs killed my cat this afternoon
she-she got out-and I'm so afraid
she is dead. She is a pet-black and
white-and her name is Juliana."
The big man looked at her tumbled
hair, her anxious face, her quivering
lips and trembling hands. He took off
his hat and said, very gently:
II hope that the cat is safe. ! will
certainly see about it. Win you come
into the yard, there, at the side gate?'
Miss Byzantine obeyed, and in a few
moments the bad man came out Of the
stable.
SIN very sorry to give you such
J news" he said; "some one threw the
cat over the fence when the pups were
out in the alley. They took il as a
challenge and at once killed it,"
KILLED i'll" repeated Miss Eglan.
tine, in a weak voice; KILLED Juliana!"I
"Now, I'm ever so sorry" repeated
her host, "and III do most anything TO
make up. Have one of the pups?
They're capital fellows and have long
pedigrees. You can take your choice.
Miss Byzantine shook her head. She
could not trust herself to speak or move
for fear of tears. She only stared al
him in the most helpless way. In that
disheveled and abandoned hour some of
her girlish beauty returned. Mr.. J. |
Barton Fenton felt his heart stir as
never before. Why, here was one OF
those women that existed in books all !
heart, all sendbilities. She was really
of another age.
Mr.. J. Barton Fenton smoked some
very black cigars that night and looked
gloomy. He could not get the sound
of those awful sobs out of his ears.
He soon knew all about the little wom-
an and her hard life, for his hostler,
Sam. was known to the cook at Mr..
tragedy was revealed to him.
Her paw gwine tub kin 'er some
day." said Betty, conidentially; hes
drinkin' hard She don know what ails
i'm"
II seemed a really pitiful tragedy to
Mr.. Fenton, the death of the one thing
the poor little woman had to bestow
any love upon. He felt much 10 blame
and took il out on the pups.
Then bright thought struck him and
he sent Sam away on the brown horse
and haunted the stable until he re-
turned.
Sam had a cat under his arms which
yowled at every step. 1t was very
black, long-haired cat, with large green
yooseberry eyes, and IL had tail that
was thing 10 be dreamed about.
Dish heah's one oh de fines OF cats,
sab" said Sam, with great respect. .
Dish heah cat is with forty dollahs, /
she say. De woman dat sells 'em say
'he send the bill to yuh Office to-mor- q
row."
Mr.. Fenton regarded il with a crit
cal eye. All cats were alike TO him. }
ut would be a pretty expensive /
Observation-Disclosures if the old man {
rot frisky, wouldn't it?" unused Mr.. z
Fenton, "but I'll risk it. Now, how'll .
We send il, Sam, so as to do il in )
yreat shape?" L
"oh, III fix all dat" said Sam.
You see, gets a nice basket, and I :
'uts the cat in, and ties de top down !
vid a red ribbon an keard. Den 1
yets a big bunch oh red roses. an Il
yid dem two in my hans. ! walks up '
o de front do bell. ! ring dat bell. t
m Betty she comes, an / bows an e
avs: Desc hyar air foah Miss Egg !,
antine Confey, wild de compliments
p ma marster.' Dab, amt dat 7
ine2" !
Mr.. Fenton was quite red, but also OIL
aughing. g
well, that is a rather pointed way, =
nut / don't care. Go ahead. Sam, but :,
Ion't break me up on roses" =
And so a beautiful and strange 4
hing went into Miss Eglantine's life s.
o comfort her in the dark days that ST
we're to come. The immediate result u
vas a little pink letter of thanks. re
ne quantity worded and earnest. 1t
lade Mr.. Fenton very thoughtful. g
II was not a week after that when .
am brought in the news, one morn
lg, of Mr. Confey's sudden and seri- =,
us Illness. Then there were some DAYS u
I uncertainty. Mr. Fenton sent sam =
yer TO help, and ventured on VI
ote of sympathy. Sam was fun Of
he affection Miss Byzantine had for n
hat new cat. 1t seemed a pleasant
ubject TO talk about. One night Mr.. y.
onfey's life went out, and with him ~
he annuity on which the two had \.
we'd for years. The neighborhood
altered to the funeral and were
luch edited when Mr. j. Barton Fem th
IN appeared in fine carriage.
well, to give the devil his due. he ah