The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-24
THE ROLE OF THE BULL DOG
BY CHARLES SLOAN REID. Copyright, 1908, by Daily Story Pup-
 fishing Co.)

ID Copyright, 1908, by Daily Story Pulp fishing Col
 Miss Catherine Doskey was noted for doing unconventional things But there were five men at the White Plaihs Hotel who seriously wanted to marry her. though not all of them were seri- ously in love with her. for two of them were of the insusceptibIe sort and were thinking only of Miss Doskey's beauty and her financial attractiveness. Three others were in love, enwrapped and en- tangled beyond the hope of release, and among these were Trent Gilmore
 Trent was just out of college, and though he had loved Miss Doskey for some time, the last few weeks had added desperately to his burden, for burden it was when Miss Catherine persisted in throwing him somersaults, as 1t were every time he became so bold as to attempt to offer himself and all the prospects of his ambition at her feet It was often amusing to other guests of the hotel to watch the five rubbing their heads against the wall or their chins against the balustrade waiting and watching for the opportun- ity that came not; for there was never any telling In what quarter to search for Miss Doskey, and there was noth- ing to do but remain on the alert for q glimpse of her; and even this quite often proved miragic, for she had a | way of disappearing after being sight ed, and without a moments notice, 10 leave some rejected sutor with an elongated jaw in his hand, nursing the | seeds of desperation and swearing al himself for being a fool.
 Occasionally Miss Doskey came off worsted from some of her little wllful escapades, though she usually managed V- -N-.I .E To verses from coming to the ears Of the men at the hotel. and thus maintained for herself the appearance of one whom | the fates befriended in her rebellion | against the yoke of reform. : But one evening Trent saw her steal i ing away from the hotel with a DOOR l in her hand. and he knew she was on for quiet afternoon in some shaay 1 dell of the forest not far away; ana | he determined to follow her later on | in the evening, in order to meet her Tn | the woods on her return and have the 1 matter out, despite the shreWd tact | which she usually practlced.
 It was near sundown when he set out and he was Almost afraid he had walt
 ed too long and that she would mee, % l him before he could get out or slgh' of the hotel But in this his fears were | ungrounded, for, after a walk of twen' l ty minutes, he had passed entirely | through the large body of woodland Iy' 1 ing north of the hotel and had not yel l seen anything of Miss Doskey. Anr
 beyond the forest was an old apple or
 chard whose widespreading trees haC
 gloomy look in the deepening twi light.
 Peering through the orchard as tal
 as he could he thought that something
 in the distance had the appearance O
 house, evidently it was the nous.
 belonging to the owner of thee orchard
 Perhaps the family there had seer
 something of Miss Doskey. Trent de
 termined to climb over the fence an'
 make his way there as quickly is pos
 sible, to make inquiry, for 1t was now
 almost dark
 Climbing over the fence he dropped
 heavily to the ground inside the or
 chard and started across the lot Bu
 he had not gone a dozen yards befor'
 something happened, and it was some
 thing entirely unexpected and dfsa
 greeable. to say the least of it. I
 deep, bass growl, coming from an in
 distinguishable source. suddenly smot
 the air and sent d chill along TreH
 Gilmore's spine which was accompa
 nied by those tremors that only tn
 voice of bull dog can induce. An'