Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-21

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 y offered to Mrs. Carey a new and aeautitul white gown which she ha,l never worn.
 i1tt Mrs. Carey's temper had receiy- ed the last straw. Sine turned to he. husband without seeming t0 hear Mrs Leighton. You must go s.ione.'. slie said, and explain to our hostess 5lat '! am the uu!uclsy victim of ical9JI:v.' And then sho N cat i.to thc house :!nt, closed the GpoI.
 Mrs Leighton and AIr. Carey partc mise"ably. the tral traNing what t- cuSe hc could and the woman pr3ta.:. ing. after tie nlannHr of women. thr she should have hnpn m0le iactfEI i4 her desire Ia hep.
 This was apparently the end o1 ,': communication between the n3ighbol.. but Peter grew into H hrAut;ful sp,c men of u@linCsS. He had h.s uses. t,.,7 which none could deny. rhH cherry trees and elrraHt bushes were nc longer stripped Ey lllclinS ill the dead of noon, when Nora and her mistress rested from their l"hors and lunchel. Nor were the CHrcys' liens disturbed hy midnight nlarauders. Mir. Carey knew and appreciated this. petred Peter ol the sly and wished that women would be sensible.
 There were many robberieS that sum mer. Night after night two or three homes would be entered. ;ad the work was so skillfUlly done that so far the thief had not been canesht. And at last there came d dark windy night while NIT. Carey was away on q trip fer hls firm. Mrs. Carey. not naturally tmd and Enafraid of the mutterings of an approaching storm went to bed as usual and to sleep. Her maid of all work followed the example of her mis- tress
 Some time after midnight Peter who had been lying motionless i'll tAe deen shadow of the front porch. lifted his head and blinkcd his red eyes. For q moment he heard nothing but the win,. slid cautiously up.
 Peter sl3ink across tha grass and s;,. down oil his launches. silently cXfert ant, beneath the window. \ c;it wait ing for q mouse could not have been more alert than his white bulk lIi'' ears caught the tinkle of silver. feHri the soft splutter of a .'noiseless" match and he felt rather than heard padded footsteps which after a time stole UP stairs. And then there came the scream of a frightened woman. At that Petels stood up and, with bowlegs planted firmly, waited at attention
 Footsteps. and less soft ones than the previous ones. sounded on the stairs. ciinking bag was thrust out of the open window and was followed by the leg of a man. Peter gave a lit tie spring and took hold. The man lost his balance and fell upon his back, with Peter on his chest
 Three seconds later Mrs. Carey thrust her head out of the open dining room window to see what had become of the man. When her eyes took in the situation. she gave a little cry of joy. Then. realizing that Peter was hardly more than pup and might not be able to hold out against the strug- gles of the man, she dashed across the yard and rang the LeightoHs' <loGrbe!l furiously. The whole affair had been so noiselcss that though all the win dows were up, the Leightons hao heard nothing. Mr. Leighton thrust his head out and demanded an eXn.a- nation and then reached the iron: porch so quickly that his wife said afterward that he must have slid down the banister.
 He was not any too soon. for the burglar had managed to reach his re- volver, and as MT. Leighton vaulted the porch railings there was a report Peter growled savagely and took a frmer hold
 When the man was securely bound with many yards of clothesline, Peter slowly and with infinite dignity left his post and held up his wounded paw to be bandaged. Mrs. Carey put her arms around his neck and kissed his was serenely unmoved
 Peter now wears a silver collar with an inscription which would make him vain were. he an ordinary dog and, the members of his immediate family, so intimate are the two families.