Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-09

test Marsden1 entered He laid his care
fully polished hat on the table, crossed
his cane on his gloves and gazed in
quiringly about the room. He recog-
nized Miss Ainsley and his dog stimuli
taneously.
"Oh, Miss Ainsley, this is an uneX-
pected pleasure! And there's jim! You
old rogue, what do you mean by run
ming off like this, sir? A young man.
Very kind of him, I'm sure Perhaps
you'll be kind enough to give him this,
and this to the landlady who fed him.
/ trust he had the pillow. Thanks!
Good .morningv
Owner and dog retired in good order,
but Miss Ainsley never moved. Her
face wore a panied expression. Final
ly she opened her hand very slowly,
and, resting on the palm, the assembled
4 company saw a dull half dollar and a
shining new quarter. The silence which
+ followed was eloquent Of various sentl-
ments. Seward was the first to re-
cover. A sardonic smile crept across
his pale, slender countenaDce.
Treat him kindly. A family pet.
Give him pillow"
Then he burst into heartless laugh
/ ter.
The athletic figure Of Dangler shook
with i'll suppressed fury. He said
something between his teeth which
reads like this:
Sd! y! Sizzw
She of the settlement work actually
smiled on him as though he had voiced
her sentiments.
"Whoi gets this reward?" inquired
Miss Ainsley in cuttingly clear voice.
Kathleen glanced from the flushed face
of Dangler to the severe cOuntenance
of her mother. The landlady looked
as though she had just burned batch
Of lemon pies. The situation was
saved by the sudden appearance of
Buttons with DANGERS belated laun-
dry package.
"Here, Buttons,' said Miss Ainsley
with cordial smile, "you can have the
widest sort of time on this She
slipped the coins in Buttons unresist-
ing hand. "And no one else seems to
care, particularly about it,
If the incident had been closed at
this instant, it would have been bet
ter, but three evenings later the entire
household was on the Qui vive over a
mysterious package which had arrived
by special messenger during the after
noon. 1t was addressed in large,
flowing hand, ''To the young man who
found jim" The conclusion was OBJ
vious. The owner of Jim had realized
his base ingratitude and had repented
to the tune of a handsome remem-
brance.
Dangler was Interestingly. late, and
many of the boarders were toying with
their coffee when he arrived, The de-
mand that he open the package was
unanimous. Blushingly he consented.
The strings were shipped, the paper
fell back and before the astonished
eyes Of the boarders rose dogs muZ-
zle and a certain wire contrivance in
dispensable to that federal ofhceholder
known as dog catcher.
The boarders individually and col
lectively stood willing to wager that
Seward had perpetrated this unfeeling
joke. But the sphinxlike countenance
above the immaculate cream colored
fourth hand was neither paler nor
more flushed than usual.
Sympathy unuttered, but neverthe-
less strong was felt for the unfortu-
nate Dangler.
But after all, perhaps it was mis-
placed. Women, especially in affairs
of the heart, view events from a pc
sculiar and unexpected standpoint. The
landlady announced Kathleen's engage
ment to Dangler two Sundays later at
dinner The champagne which fol-
lowed the announcement was general
ly supposed to be the outward and Wis
ible sign of the exuberant happiness Of
Dangler, and no one marred the Occa-
sion by unfeeling "reminiscences.
Barring Feet at Worship.