The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-08
DOG SPOILS
a ROMANCE.

RnrFrx believes that II 4 ha1 not
osen for the dog he w0uad hzve fallen
II love with the girl Nov hs bates
he dox and almost hates ne girl
he never net ths girl q tAe oog.
Tor thar matter. unrEl one recent Sun
day. and he Is not eager % meet either
of then aEzin. He hid gone 70 cal
On = friend il one Hundrsd and
Twslfrh streets one Sunday afternoon
ana there met the girl she EAs
Charming Rogers th01ght he never
had sssn ; prsttisr gtri II his HE
Ard her manner Was II keeping With
her bsantv- Altogether Rogers spent
= nost dslightfnI sEsning. and when
The party broke up his cap q happa-
ness was sled whsl sne snil1ngly
accepzsd his orer 70 escort her hone
Whetn xhsy left the house R0Eers Of
fered TO Lead The dog-z little. stu1py-
tailed. rzttle-brz11sd terrier The
trouble began When Ehsy tired % board
. car. Tie conductor s1zried a. hi11
hat dogs we're n0t allowed On the
cars The rule Is AL right hnt Rog-
ers had never heard Of Il before. that
being his first oEring with dog ne
way the passengers smiled whsn ne
conductor announced the rule in that
kindly. gracious mznnsr that cond1c-
tors have and the realization that ns
wore = s1ckly smile as they got or
fhe car werru'x calculated to make
Rogers start on IN AZ entirely amiaose
frame Of mind
The girl lived in the F1tties. and
there was nothing to DO but walk
Rogers promptly pretended he didn't
mind al all. and chztred gzyly along
with her. dragging the dog By the
chain He wished several times ne
dog would get caught in something. 50
he could have Al excuse for pulling rs
head on The animal began To make
trouble At once II Rogers iet hin
have plenty OF chain il got right an-
der the feet Of people passing BY II
he shortened TIE chain ard held the
dog up close, il got under Rogers feet
and trfpped him Up Sometimes i
wzIked around on the girls side and
tripped her up she would laugh and
czn hin endearfng little names. and
ask Rogers If he wasn't inst too cum
ming for anything Rogers said yes
but he would hare ground his heel
into the little beasts neck had be
the chance
This sort Of thing kept up practi-
caIly all the wzy. the girl talking
sweetly and unconsciously. and Rogers
fsirly bubblIng over with rage
AT a saloon corner almost within
sight OF her home the procession
passed 4 knot Of loafers gathered round
q lamppost and a big policeman swing
ing his stick on the edge Of the pave
ment- They had just passed the Pc
Iiceman when Rogers felt violen.
tug on the dog chain He looked
around, to see the policeman's legs
all wrapped up with entanglements Of
4 chain. while the dog was running
round and round in gradually de-
creasing circle, swapping at the fal
poTicemxn's legs. The bluecoat tried
TO wrench himself free. but the hard
er he struggled the more frrnIy he be
came entangled. The little beasi
finally got between his legs. the chair
was twifched out OF Rogers hand. an-
the policeman hit the pavement with Z
. crash, his helmet, his stick and th'
dog being lost under the folds OF ri;
blue coat The dog was shrieking anf
/ yelping in pain. but the policeman wa:
totally unable to rise because Of tn'
firm manner in which his legs wer'
tied. The girl was too frightened L
speak. The loafers on the corner
shouted with laughter. and big Grove
gathered around to see the fun
The upshOt Of the affair was tha
Rogers had TO get down on his knees
and wrestle with the knotted and tan
gled chain around the policeman's leg
while he sat up and swore. the dos
yelped, the crowd jeered and the gir
looked on and shed tears Rogers
worked and tugged until his face wai
hot as a stove and his collar haC
torn loose. He finally managed t
wrench the chain free, jerk the dos
from under the policeman's legs anc
calm the girls fears, SO that they
could proceed on their way.
NO, sir: none Of your toy dogs fol
me-" said Rogers to a friend. 4
never see woman leading one OF
the street now that don't want tt
kick it into the East river"-N- Y
Press.