The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-03-02
MAKING AN
IMPRESSION

A4NAA ~ ~
Young Barnard had opened the back
door Of his home and turned King H.
his bulldog, out for a run in the big
yard, himself following to smoke
, cigar and incidentally gambol a bit
with King, his most valued posses
sion
King II. Is 50 boW-egged, so promi-
nent of tooth and so splotched and
generally SO terrifyingly ugly that the
mere sight OF him is enough to drive
a nervous person into Mysteries or
into the nearest tree This, Of course.
enhances his value In the eyes of the
owner.
King saw the cat first 1t was not
the sort Of cat one would expect to
find wandering in back yards. being
white and silky and languid in its
movements Perhaps the fact that the
cat moved haughtily, like one accus.
toned to reign over its surroundings,
was what irritated King. AT any rate
he showed his resentment in the
usual way
"Good-boylg chortled young Bar
nard Good work."
II was not that he wished to see the
cat hurt, but King certainly needed
exercise and there was not much dan
ger of his catching the quarry. Around
the yard the two few like two con-
tinuous streaks, the cat disdaining to
climb the fence and escape 1t kept
exactly two yards ahead OF the dis
gusted bulldog Barnard stood on the
steps grinning and encouraging King
whose tongue had begun to hang out
from exhaustion.
Suddenly there was a rush from the
other side Of the high fence bordering
the next yard a mass Of brown hair
TWO indignant brown eyes and two
widely waving hands burst upon the
vision Of young Barnard
"Trixiei Trixiel" shrieked the girl
Hell be killed He will Why don't
you call off that horrible dog? Trixie,
come here!
Young Barnard glared back Is
that your cat?" he asked why don't
you keep it at homer"
The eat had leaped agilely to the
fence and into the arms of its res.
cuer Then II turned and sneered at
the frantic bulldog that was dashing
itself against the fence Young Bar
nard naturally went TO the comfort Of
his dog, thereby approaching the flu
rious young person across the fence.
A cat" she said, hotly. has a per-
feet right to climb a fence If it wants
to and I'd have you know that Trixie
had taken three blue ribbons and
anyhow, | don't see how human be-
ing csn have such a dreadful looking
creature around as that dog Of yours
Why, he'd have killed Trixie in two
bitesiD
King is as gentle as childls
young Barnard retorted. He was
just playing with your foolish cat.
The young person across the fence
elevated her eyebrows disbelievingly
and shifted pointedy Anyhow she
insisted, he's probably scared Trixie.
into heart diseased" There We're tears
in her eyes as she stroked her pet
Young Barnard. his wrath coolins
took time to obsA.Ye that her skirts
were to her shoeiops and she was
small and slight He felt a little
ashamed OF himself for quarreling
with child, being 25 himself More
over, she was very pretty.
See here, little girl" he began mol
lifyingly you mustn't feel angry.
Your cat really isn't hurt and
Her eyes flashed furiously "You'fe
ruder than your ugly dogw she de-
clared. II know where the dog got
its bad mannersi"
Young Barnard found himself alone.
gazing at the door through which a
tempest Of brown hair, flashing eyes.
short skirts and white cat had just
disappeared
Nov what the dickens IS the mat
ter with that Hd27 he muttered be-
wildered
z didn't know you'd met the Vests
niece. said his sister when he en-
tered the house
Neither did I, said young Barnard.
shortly.
Wei, you were having a chatty lit
tie time with her just now" persisted
hts sister Ever since heard she
was coming rye wanted YOU 10 make
good impression on her She's ter.
ribly fashionable and awfully popular
and has been abroad six times lid