The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-14

nalred one, SereneIy. But, 10 resuLuo'
Miss Sibyl Hemingway. the young
lady who occupies the house yonder. -
the heiress of her aunt who died re-
Gently. She inherited all Of her aunts
money. and"--the servant paused to
peer half-humorously at the expectane
youth, she Is, by the terms OF the
will, to remain resident here for one
year"
Then / was right. She isn't from
this town. Elverson marveled IN
wardiy at the similarity between the
girls case and his own.
NO She is from Boston. She Is
without kin and / guess the inheri-
lance and home are appreciated
Yes. She must be aaving fine
time here" agreed EMERSON, dryly
II ought to 20 over and congratulate
her on the similarity Of our hilarious
situations"
The old servant shrugged his shout
ders as he turned away The efder
Miss Hemingway was stickler Tor
the convention" he intimated. II
you care to meet the young lady
should suggest that you refrain from
anything liable to cause poor I'M
preston"
The youth started after the depart
ing one, angrily speechiess.
That fellow isn't my butler" he
growled. Hes my guardian. wish
had the power to fire him. He pre-
sumesis's
The youth locked longingly over to
the veranda of his fair nelghbor. The
girl was gone.
The next day Bones arrived. Bones
was a city-bred canine and the vast
vista of green went to his susceptible
head He probably labored under the
| delusion that he had died and gone to
dog heaven. At any rate. he was
| happy. -
For several days all went as Sc
renely as an Italian sunset The dog
| babe fair to run himself into a quick
decline. and EIverson came sufncient-
| ly out of his lethargy to enjoy the
pleasure Of his pet.
The two used to take long walks.
and these invariably led past the man
sion OF the Girl--Elverson still called
her the Carl. despite the fact that he
now knew her name.
On one of these periodical taunts
the keen eyes of the dog rested upon
a fat and complacent angora. sole oc-
cupant of his fair neighbors porch.
and in a perfect ecstasy OF delight
Bones chased the indignant feline up
a tree.
EMERSON laughed.
Something seems to amusa you"
came in cold contralto. and Ever
son turned hastily to stare, embar-
raised. into the eyes OF thoroughly
I angry girl--the Girl!
You were enjoying a rare specta-
Gle" prompted the maid. You were
" atching that coarse brute of a dog
in It's efforts TO kill my pet"
Bones wouldn't harm a kitten"
protested EMERSON.
NO, ! suppose not. Just look at
him now"
l. Bones, unmindful of his masters
predicament, was leaping twice his
height In the air madly attempting TO
reach the kissing tabby-
He is playing" explained the man
earnestly. The dog was brought up
with cats and he is perfectly mad
about them"
The girl shifted her doubt of this
statement. To cap the climax the cat.
unknowingly roosung on decayed
branch, moved quickly and came
down plump upon the head of the =
i rter. The result was disastrous fof
the dog.
The cat, believing that she must
battle for her life. unsheathed dagger
claws and forced the fighting.
With humorously pathetic glance
at his master and frightened howl.
Bones turned tail and fed, the cat
on his back
II was now the girls turn to laugh.
"Oid scores are evened now" de-
clared EMERSON. smiling a bit ruefulfy
as the panied yelps of his pet came
back to him. Miss Sybii Hen ug-
ways cat seems quite capable OF ht-
Ing its own battles"
The girl turned hooking eyes. III
would seem so, and 1t would also APP
pear that Mr.. Allen Elverson's dog
has at last met the Waterloo that he
has long deserved"
And so II was that Bones. who real
ly liked cats. as his master had
avowed, came. in his misery and
shame OF defeat. to the rescue Of two
very bored young people: for. from
then on, Miss Sybil and the Elverton
youth knew each other, and
Suffice 1t to say. that the two kindly
old souls who had been denied ro-
nance in their own lives had planned
II thus.