The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-26
his net, before The bevildered animal

his fret before the bewildered animal
was brought to stand
After few moments of excitement
order was restored and It was found
that the only damage done was that to
the tawny' colored dress Katherine
wore, a piece of which still clung to
Loyals teeth and attracted the atten-
ton of the muscular young man who
took IL, while apologlzing for his dogs
conduct
Katherines smile puzzled him, as
did Loyal's behavior when she put her
hand on his head and spoke affection.
ately to him.
Months later the last person TO
board the five o'clock Erie feTryhoat
was Katherine Raymond, and as the
gang plank was removed cries from
many throats filed the air, for
beautiful St. Bernard had rushed TO
the edge and bounded over chains
and rails and an expanse of foam
ing, seething water. A murmur of re-
lief rose when he landed, safe, on the
ferry deck. and a girl in golden
brown pressed to the edge OF
the bo6A and waving a brown
hand seepied to signal to some one in
the crowd ON shore,
To, Sta1ley wellingcamp itSwas IN.
tolerable the lime that was consumed
in loading the next Ferry. and year
seemed 70 pass between the time of
starting and that OF landing on the
Jersey side, for HIS mood count ed time
by chRnges of emotions and accumula.
ton OF sensations Did the girl in
brown Che knew now that he had not
succeeded In forgetting her for a
single day since the runaway incident)
mean for him to cross or wait at the
pieri for her?
Never had he or his feelings been
so confused, and he was at a complete
loss to know what he should say to
this girl who had such an attraction
| for Loyal, the dog whose friendship
had never before been given to any
one outside the Wellingcamp house.
hold
What to say need not have troubled
him in the least .
Katherine ,and Loyal weres waiting
at the ferry house. s'I am sorry" she
said at once that 7 have been the
cause of this Inconvenience to;you, but
am glad, very glad that nothing hap
pened to Loyal. II was terribly fright.
ened OF course no pne could have
thought OF such a thing, hut perhaps
It would be safer, in such crowds. to
havea a chain. Good-by. Loyal, old fel.
low. Thank you. sir. orcoming over;
| must catch my train."Y
That was all, She was gone, and
he had not opened his lips II he was
confused before. he was now in tn.
mutt of exasperation and anger; anger
at his own stupidity, and he heaped
curses upon his own head for having
been made fool Of by big dog and
a brown girl. He came near includ-
ing Loyal In his dispensations of male.
dictions. but remembered the dogs
fault was an excess OF affection for a
girl, a Girl In brown. He tried to con,
sole himself by recalling her rapid
speech, her haste and the size OF the
rushing crowd, but he could not force
the fact to give him any credit
He attempted to forget IT; the trial
lasted n month, then he gave up, and
In dissatisfied frame of mind. start
ed for his vacation In the Pennsyl
vania mountains.
Young Wellingcamp decided to leave
Loyal with his father, but the dos
scented the threatened separation ant
used his powers OF persuasion, Sc
when STANLEY boarded the train hi
was accompanied by Loyal, with {
very Jolly wag in his tail.
i Al the Water Gap a slight .acciden
delayed the train, and Stanley tool
occasion to exercise Loyal and stfetci
his own long legs by walking thu
streets near the railroad. The dos
grew restless and uneasy and became
deaf to his masters voice. As th'
whistle OF the engine warned al
aboard" Loyal dashed madly away. Oh
and on. until out of sight.
Really concerned, fearing somethinl
had happened to the dog Stanley. hur