The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-09
HOW MIKE. PLAYED CUPID.

| affairs. Mike" has been sleeping IN ash
! boxes and area ways all winter Mostly
! ne has dined on the contents of garbage
cans He has been kicked about the
streets I04 two years. and he considers
himself a good judge OF human nature
| Because he made q mistake ard got !
Kick which severely damaged one Of his
hlnd legs. he suddenly found himself
| transported into dog heaven. with plenty
OF good things 10 eat a gentle mistress
ana warm, soft box fun Of straw 70
sleep in: Incidentlv he entirely changed
the destiny Of at least three people
/ " hich shows that in the case Of dogs ar
least swift kick is often a blessing in
| disguise
Miss Annette Logan was in her second
| season. She was an orDhan-pretty-
, young. and rich. She lived in a biz cor
Ter house with two maiden aunts and
| four servants. She had many suitors
During her first year out it was free
| for-al race for her favor She played
| 10 favorites, and. by the exercise Of q
sreat quantity of tack made only a few
enemies.
! BY the time her second season was well
/ under way her love affairs seemed to be
! rapidly nearing n crisis. The field was
n:.Irowed jown to two Young men, and
( the rivalry between them was so close
as 70 furnish an endless subject for con-
Versation and conjecture,
| One OF the young men was Tom Elliott
/ lie had been born with a whole dozen Of
silver table spoons in his mouth so il
was not expected that he would be q
/ thing Of beauty. As a matter Of fact he
was FAR from it He had thin RED hair,
a projecting Adams apple. a huge nose.
a retreating chin. and a decent DISPOSE
ton.
20, Tom; well. he'll never set the river
on fire" was the way his best friends
spoke OF him
He don't need to- the cynics would
answer, so long as he has money to
burn"
Tom had never gone into business. Peo-
pie pointed him out as an awful example
Of the idle rich.
I've got money enough" Tom said 10
some people who demonstrated with him.
and ] know perfectly well that there j.
nothing can do more than decentlv we'll:
don Z see any reason why [ should 90
INTO competition with smarter fellows
than ] am who really need the money
Besides, can't say that the idea OF work
appeals to me strongly"
great many people looked on Torn
Elliot as an exceedingly pooc specimen
Edward J. Jones was his exact 1.rno-
site and his most deadly rival Edward
J. Jones had come in from the country
only few years before Already he
had begun TO make his mark" He was
ambition and energy personified. Rich
and elderly persons with closely cropped
white mustaches and deep lines in their
faces spoke of him with respect as "a
coming man."
Give Jones ten years more and he'll
be a rich man." was the way they spoke
of him on La Sale street.
Meantime Edward J. Jones was hus-
hg U0inor his ~
at fast clip. People who got into his
wey were likely to get out again in 4
hurry, taking with them either financial
or physical bruises as the case happened
He lived at a fashionable boarding house.
but he rather prided himself on avoiding
the eXtravagances which weaker young
men yield 10.
Edward J. Jones arranged all his af-
fairs so as TO best suit the ACCOMPLISH
ment of the immediate plan which he
had in view. So when he settled down
seriously to WOO and win Miss Annette
Logan he moved his household goods
into q boarding house which stood dag
onally across the street from her big
house. The audacity of the move set
people to chatteriug like a flock of black
birds The general opinion was that now
it was all up with Tom Elliot.
when Ed Jones starts out in earnest
after thing he gets" was the way It
was put.
As matter Of fact. Miss Annette LOGAN /
was at first angered at the frank and /
practically public avowal of Edward J. /
Jones intentions. It seemed to her almost (
lfsolent. and for a fer weeks she treated (
The forceful Mr.. Jones with a marked (
degree of GOODNESS. But Edward J. Jones /
was a wise youth for his number of years (
and good Judge of human nature on its /
feminine side. III
Every woman likes a strong man and
a bold man. and within six months Miss /
Annette Logan had become accustomed .
10 the sight of Edward J. Jones. Also 4
the seven days wonder of society had
died out. Then she reflected that a man (
would move from one side of the city in {
CIDER TO be near a woman must be dread /
fully in earnest. Then she found that I
young Mr.. Jones. with his tall, athletic /
hgure and his clear-cut. keen face was I
really n pleasant thing to look at
Gradually she found herself standing
more and moro frequently at the window
at the hour when Edward ]. Jones start 4
ed for his Office in the city. OF course (
there were lace curtains between her and I
the glass, and she never allowed Edward /
J. Jones 10 even suspect that she was
interested in his goings and his comings.
At the same time Edward J Jones was
gradually winning a frmer place in her
affections and slowly Tom Eliot was be-
ing driven out Of the way.
IT began TO look as if Edward J. Jones
2 ould IN his expressive phrase win out"
That was the situation when Mike
came wandering along through the wet
and changed everything
Mike as aforesaid. was dirty homelv
black street cur on the [ateful morning
Miss Annette Logan was looking ont OF
her window. through the lace curtains. 3
and had seen Edward J. Jones leave ms
boarding house and walk brisklv down
to the corner TO take q street car No
car was IL sight, and Mr.. Jones stepped
under the projecting awning 81 tho corner
drug store to keep out OF the rain. which
was falling heavily.
The streets were deer in mud aad deep
Duddles IF black water Law Just slore the
curb Mike. coming down the other
street 10 the corner. saw Edward J. Jones
standing warm and conforta bio under
The awning and made the most fortunate
mistake Of his life He sized up. Edward
J. Jones as A kind-hearted and humane
man. who would 90 ont ~ his Way 10
% POOR dog e good turn
Miss Annette Logan saw "1Ike" come
along. wet and dirty. and saw hfu rgb
his dirty nosc confidently AGAINST E,lwar1
l. Jones carefully brushed trousers
Then she saw NJ Jones Draw hack hiss
right foot and kick Nike havlin- into
pc gutter Nike vas really extreme r
iirtv-
Just then the street car came elcnr
-ud Edward j. Jones hoped hiltnsl~ On
he front platform. serene SD bic con-
sctaususss :hat De had kept his trousers
.lean
-Ir Edward J. Jones a.d not near ~
it-.e Cry 81 horror Inside tne lace c1r-