The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

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 The little dogs tall was tucked in tightly between his legs. and he shiv cred and shook as the wind blew the snow against his hollow sides.
 The little man, buttoned up to his ears in a fur coat, had no hollows. He was round and fat and rolled when he walked.
 "Helloi" he said. as he stumbled over the dog. He stopped and peered through his eyeglasses. Where did you come from?"
 The dog raied a hopeful ear and whined
 Burton" called Billy Bates from the big blue motor car at the curb. "get move on, I'm freezing"
 Burton ran down the steps and came up to the machine. pulling. "I thought maybe I'd have my man take that dog in."
 Don't do it," Billy advised. He ought to be in the pound. He's just common cur"
 Burton climbed in. Well. I'd like to have a"dog.' he said. as they started off.
 Get a good one then" Billy ad- monished. We might go up to the kennel show now and look them over"
 "All right" Burton agreed But as they whizzed away.-his eyes went back to the little creature crouched In his doorway, seeking shelter from the cutting blasts.
 What you want" Billy explained. 'is a good city dog. A bull terrier. I should say One of the fellows has a dachshund-brought him over,. you know, and paid for him by the yard, ties his hair in front with red bow, but those are eccentricities. And fox terriers are too lady-iike, and hunt ing dogs are for the country If you want a dog that is perfectly good form. I should say bull terrier"
 Could I keep bull terrier in my rooms?" Burton asked.
 You've heard of a bull in a china shop" remarked Billy facetiously. and this could not be worse"
 Burton laughed. He always laugh ed at his friends feeble jokes. It was one of the easiest ways of paying his debt Of gratitude. For Billy had made posi5.e Burton's break i1.o society, and the friendship of the two men was based on Billy's social canniness and cn Burton's willingness to pay all bills. It was Billy who chose the ire proachable bachelor apartments where Bal lton lived in lonely state: it was Billy who furnished the buffet and the valet; 1t was Billy who coached Burton in the ethics Of up-to-date gas tronomy; and 1t was Billy who shared In all of these benefits. gratis. Hence It was on the cards that. under Billy's Burton should buy his dog.
 At the door Of the Kennel Club they met Marcia Wells and her mother.
 Marcia had an abundance of red gold hair. She wore a smart walking suit. and the violets that Burton had sent her. And she was joy forever!
 She was taller than Burton and as he walked beside her he was i'll at ease. There were other reasons than his size for uneasiness. however. Mar cia' ancestors had come over in the and she bore the stamp of her new world aristocracy in her coi.fi- dent air. her security. her detach- ment from what she called the com mon herd.
 Burton's ancestry was a thing of shreads and tatters. There had been a Burton in the Civil War Back of that he dared not go The soldier had served with some honor. but he had signed his name with a cross mark The Burtons following had been dead poor and dead ignorant. until this one son, with shrewdness and good luck. had struggled into a fortune. .'I love dogs" said Marcia Wells, as they stopped in front of an engaging bunch of St. Bernard puppies. Down at Wellsoboro we have fifteen. and | when I start out for a ride. they al- most tear me to pieces
 ''I had a dog once." Burton told her it was the incest dog. and when 1t died I cried like everything. was a little fellow, you know"
 What kind of dog was it7" Mar