The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-16
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test Marsden entered He laid his care
fully polished hat on the table, crossed
his cane OH 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 pleasurei 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. I'm sure. Perhaps
you'll be kind enough to give him this.
and this TO the Iandlady who fed him.
trust he had the pillow. Thanks,
Good morning.
Owner and dog retired in good order.
but Miss Ainsley never moved. Her
face wore panied expression. Final
ly she opened her hand very slowly.
and, resting on the palm, the assembled
company saw Il dull half dollar and a
shining new quarter. The silence which
followed was eloquent of various senti-
ments. Seward was the 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 Ill suppressed fury. He said
something between his teeth which
reads like this:
"Li ~ Sizzr'
She of the settlement work actually
smiled on him as though he had voiced
her sentiments.
"Who gets this reward?" inquired
Miss Ainsley in a 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 a batch
Of lemon pies. The situation was
saved by the sudden appearance Of
Buttons with Dangler's belated laun-
dry package
Here, Buttons" said Miss Ainsley
, with a 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
1 u,
ter, but three evenings later the entire
household was on the qui vive over q
mysterious package which had arrived
by special messenger during the after
noon. 1t was addressed in a 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 tine tune of handsome remem-
brance.
Dangler was distressingly late. and
many of the boarders were toying with
their coffee when be 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
leyes of the boarders rose a dogs muz-
zle and a certain wire contrivance in
Indispensable to that federal officeholder
known as a dog catcher.
The boarders individually and col
Iectively stood willing to wager that
Seward had perpetrated this unfeeling
joke. But the sphinxlike countenancs
|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 Dangler.
But, after all, perhaps it was mis-
placed Women. especially in affairs
of the heart, view events from a pc
culiar and unexpected standpoint The
landlady announced Kathleen's engage.
ment to Dangler two Sundays later at
dinner.