The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-19
Danes Progress.

Theodore Stone, the lawyer, otherwise
known as teddy" was the handsomest
and most popular young man in Salsport.
A worthy female mate for him was Jane
Malley, tho heroine Of DR.. Charles Ross
Jackson's story called -The Third Degree
C. w. Dillingham; Company. A placid. not
to say drowsy. sort Of place was Saisport,
with dignified looking houses and we'll
kept lawns on the main street, and stores to
which the customers came to talk as often
~ to purchase.
The MONDAY sun was shining on tho
snpine house and the macadam floor OF
the square at tho head Of the street: every
thing was peaceful. and tho engine house
dog was asleep on his back with his stomach
toward the bright blue sky, when young
Mr. Theodore Stone came along and filed
q dipper from the faucet behind the engine
house door. Then with q well directed
aim he launched the ice-cold contents OF
the dipper and hit tho sleeping dog just an
inch below the liver. The dog jumped into
the air and turned two somersaults before
he lit on land again, let out q wild, hilarious
bark and started up Main street at pace
that broke the county record Somebody
yelled Mad dogl' and tho town turned
out Up over the hill and through the
churchyard several score Of brave salsport-
ers set after the dog with brooms cudgels.
whips and stones. One chap had his UNI
brella in one hand and the youngest baby
In the other; while another was armed
with a rusty pistol and his wife's bonnet.
Meanwhile the dog was looking for quiet
spot, and luckily he struck Jane Malley' q
house. Jane was very poor, but she was
II. and her face and figure are described
as of rapturous beauty. She had only one
dress. but she had an honest heart. and. as
the doctor puts it, "her gracious blue eyes
and iet-black hair-rare combination, but
not inconRruous than balanced the
want of clothes" The dog crawled under
the cottage and Jane faced the crowd
asuddenly she perceived the man with the
baby and the other with the pistol and the
bonnet and began to smile Then she
acted and the dog was saved. Throwing
her head back until her beautiful neck
strained to support it she started long
neal Of laughter, and suddenly bending for.
ward pointed with her hands at the baby
and the bonnet, and with her wonderful
voice began to launch a few remarks in q
vein fearless and aggressive
We will not repeat all that she said tt
those valiant men OF Salsport-but wher
abe had finished the crowd melted away
and sneaked home in detection. Tha
night Jane took the dog back to the engine
house. There was an informal gathering
inside. and Theodore Stone, otherwise
known as Teddy" was in the party. Wher
she raped on the engine house door hi
was the first to reach and open it. There
beautiful, bareheaded. and with dres
scarce TO her ankles, stood Jane. In he
left arm was the dog, her right hand wa
holding her dress up slightly at the side
exposing quite unoonsciously a ravishinI
, figure" She returned the dog and wa
about to leave Late was the hour, ant
, the girl alone, but Jane was too poor 10
y any there to offer her escort-any bu
the best young man in the town Wit
a firm step and a smile that captivate
r those who saw II, Ted stepped forward.
, 81 started this dog and you brough
him back. Now. Miss Malley, let me TAX
| you home.'
A furious blush Of embarrassment sur
mounted her cheek-she, Jane Malley
, and he, Theodore Stone?
But she demurred not. What lad
would?
, Thank you, Mr.. Stone she said. Let
go by way OF the middle path over the hill.
3 And SO they went. And when he sal
t good-by that night she courtesied an
bowed, exposing a beautifully molde
i. ankle in the light Of the moon. She becam
| a great singer and she was wrongfully &C
r cused of murder, but Quinton Oakes.
). handsome and extremely able young cit
o detective, successfully cleared her, w
do not think it fair To tell the reader whethe
= she and Teddy eventually made mate
. Of it-but at least We may say that sh