Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-09-10

lest Marsden entered. He laid his care
fully polished hat on the BILE, crossed
his cane on his gloves and gazed in
qulringiy about the room. He recog-
nized Miss Ainsley and his dog stimuli
taneously.
ooh. Miss Ainsiey, this is an unex-
pected pleasurel And there's Jim! You
old rogue. what do you mean by run
ming OF like this. sir? A young man!
Very kind of him, fns sure. Perhaps
you'll be kind enough to give him this.
and this to the Iandiadv who fed him.
l trust he had the pillow. Thanksi
Good morning.
Owner and dog retired In good order,
but Miss AinsIey never moved. Her
face wore a panied expression. Final
ly she opened her hand very slowly.
and. resting on the palm. the assembled
company saw dull half dollar and a
shining new quarter. The silence which
followed was eloquent OF various senti-
ments. Seward was me first to re-
cover. A sardonic smile crept across
his pale slender countenance.
''Treat him kindly. A family pet.
Give him a 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:
al ~ Sizzw
She of the settlement work actually
smiled on him as though he had voiced
her sentiments.
who gets this reward?" inquired
Miss Ainsley In cuttingly clear voice.
Kathleen glanced from the flushed face
of DANGER 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 beiated iaun-
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."
II the incident had been closed at
this instant. 1t would have been bet
ter, but three evenings later the entire
household was on the qui vive over
mysterious package which had arrived
by special messenger during the after
noon. 1t was addressed in large,
flowing hand, ITO 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 handsome remem-
brance.
Dangler was distressingly 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 a dogs muz-
zle and a certain wire contriyance in.
dispensable to that federal ofliceholder
known as dog catcher.
The boarders individually and col
lectively stood willing to wager that
Seward had perpetrated this unfeeling
joke. But the sphinxllke countenance
above the immaculate cream colored
four-in-hand was neither paler nor
more flushed than usual.
Sympathy unuttered, but neverthe
less strong, was felt for the unfortu-
nate DANGER.
But, after all. perhaps it was mis-
placed. Women, especially in affairs
of the heart, view events from pc
culiar and unexpected standpoint. The
landlady announced kathleen's engage
ment to DANGER 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 m6rred the occa-
sion by unfeellng "reminiscences.