The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-10-04

UTepafauODS Tor us USuul morning
sHn awheeI than TO don Ids snowy
white sweater with glowing crimson
bands. Conversation hnguished.
Suddenly Seward dropped the paper
and exclaimed:
Here he cones!"
Tho mument was tense with excite
ment The Gc4l pealed shrilly and
Kathleen cried nervously:
"oh. dear! Who's going 70 talk to
him? can't"
Dangler locked uncomfortable. Then
he caugta the eye of the lady reporter.
He smiled in relief.
You'll do II, won't you, Miss Aims
ley7 You reporters have all kinds of
nerve Youth know Just how TO TICKLE
the old gentleman"
Before the lady reporter could pro
tese Marsnen .autupd. Hahn HIS care-
fully polished Int on the table, crossed
his cane on his gloves and ganed In
quidnCiV about the room. He EccoS-
niEed Miss AinGIeS and his dog stimuli.
mneUaly.
"Oh, Mss Ainsiey this is an uBex-
pccted pleasure! And there's Jim! You
old rogue, vE1at do YOU mean by run.
ming or IKE this. Er! a young man!
Very kind Of him, I'm snre. Perhaps
you'll be kind enough 10 give him this,
and this To the hndlndy who fed him.
trust he had the pillow. Thanks!
Good morning"
Owner AMI dog rct6c1 in good order,
but Miss AtIisiey never novel. Her
face wore a PINNED expression. Final
ly she dbened her hand very slowly,
and. resting on the palm, the assembled
company sa4EV dull half dollar and
shining ueAp QuGr1er. The silence which
followed was eloquent of various sentl-
ments. Seward was the first TO re-
cover. A surdoufc smile crept across
his pale, slender countcnaDce.
"Treat him kindly. a family pet
Give him a pillow"
Then bo burst AUTO bearttess laugh
ter.
The athletic figure Of DANGER shook
with Ill suppressed fury. he said
something between his teeth which
reads like this: ~.
"!-! =! S1zzr'
She of the SETTLEMENT work actually
smiled on him as though he bad voiced
her sentiments
WHO gets this reward?' inquired
Miss Alnsley In cuttIngly clear voice
KatirIetn glanced from the flushed face
of DAGGER to the severe countfnOnce
of her mother. The landlady looked
rs though she had Just burned hatch
IL le1nOn [des. The situation vas
saved by the sudden appearance OF
Buttons with DANGERS belated laun'
dry package.
Here, Buttons" saId Miss Atnslcy
with a cordial smile, Won can have tho
widest sort Of time on this" She
slipped the coins in Buttons unrestSt'
ing hand And no one else seems to
care particularly about Il"
Ii the incident had been closed Mt
this instant. it would lraEe been bet.
ter, but three evenings later the entire
household was on the qui vive over
mysterious paCt5age which had arrived
by special messenger during the after.
noon. 1t was addressed in large.
flowing hand, 10 the young man who
found Jim" The conclusion was OBJ.
Sious. The owner OF Jim had realized
his base ingratitude AMI hRd repented
to the tune Of a handsome rcmeI''
brnnce.
Dunglr was distressnSIy late. and
many q the boarders were toying With
their coffee whcn he arrived. The de
maRd rhat be open the pac6nPe was
unanimous. Biushinsly he consented.
The strings were shipped, the paper
fell bark and before the nstonished
eyes OF the boarderS roas dogs nun
zle and a certTtn wire continuance IN
dIspensaae to thHt federal ohceholdeT
known as dog catcher.
The bRrdct,s individually md col.
lecdvcly stood Willing TO wager that
Sewan1 had prpetratd Oils unfeeiins
Joke. But the sIIhlnxlise coTnoenance
above the immaculate crSnm oOlored
four -in.hanIi Usls neither paler nor
more flushed chun usual.
Sympathy unuusred, but DeRTthe-
less strong UEts felt for the unfortu.
nate Danger.
But, after s1l perhaps IT was mis-
psacnd. Women. especially In affairs
OF the henrt, view events from a pc.
cuIiar and unexpected standpoint The
Iandlsdy announced KIthlsen's engage
nrent to Dangler tEDO Sundays later ct
dinner. The Champagne which FOL.
lowed tho announcement WIS general
" supposed to be the outward and via
ible sign Of tho czuberaHt happiness OF
DanglcT, and I'D one marred the occa
sion 10 unfeeiinS "reminiscences