Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-04
heEvening Story
"A DOG
EPISODE
By MABEL GARDNER

q place adjoining the homo OF the
wintsftons. He and Roxis Wlntsrton
had been playmatss and were now In
innate friends. hs Billy to her and she
Rox to him.
No one would think Of calling Mr..
MacElligott Don any more than he
would think Of calling Billy MI. Bar
ton. The former was decidedly Scotch.
the latter especially American, though
there was Irish blood In Billy that had
brought with It a taste for repartee.
and he usually did things a no ono
else would do them. MacElligott wns
a matter Of fact q . clock.
Howevsr, Mr.. NacEMgott did one
thing that worked up Mr.. Barten-he
pnid attention to Miss Winterton.
Billy didn't 90 to Roxie and srumble,
pretending that he had always consid-
cred her as belonging to him and OBJ
jecting to the attentions OF this inter-
loper. The truth u he had never
thought about her belonging to any
one till the interloper appeared. Tho
Barton and Winterton places being
side BY side, Billy had 4 ane position
for observation. and hts rival never
went IN or out next door without BIZ
ly's noticing 1t. One evening when
MacElngott was leaving as the clock
struck II Billy saw Roxie 60 to the
door with him, and after the visitor
had gone she went to the dog kennel
at the rear Of the house and. slipping
the collar OF Hector. let him run for
the night. Billy knew that the usual
time for releasing Hector was 10
o'clock, and his remaining chained
was that Mr.. MacElligott might stay
after that hour. An idea popped into
Billy's head.
One evening later on he saw hfs rival
enter the Winterton home. At 10
O'Clock the visitor had not departed.
A few minutes before II Billy vaulted
the fence between the two places and
approached Hector's kennel. Hector
knew him well and wagged his tail
and laughed. 1t seemed to Billy that
the dog knew what he was coming for.
In another minute Hector was loose
and Billy was going back to his own
home.
Eleven o'clock seemed to be the usu.
al hour for Mr.. MacElligott's departure.
and it was not changed on fiffs coca.
sion. Fifty-nine minutes before mid
night Billy heard the front door OF the
! Winterton domicile close and a figure
60 down the walk to the gate. He also
saw dark spot making an arrow line
for the figure. The figure must have
seen the dark spot. too. for it jumped,
caught branch and with surprising
agility pulled itself up into the tree to
which that branch belonged. The dark
spot was Hector. who, after circling
around bit. looking up hungrily. lay
down at the foot Of the tree. Billy
saw some one go to Hector's kennel
and back to the house again. He in
ferred that this person was Roxie. who
finding that Hector had been unloosen'
ed, had gone to bed. About what the.
DRY she had formed as to who IN
loosened the dog Billy didn't trouble
himself. Having seen all quiet Mt the
Winterton's, he turned In himself.
But he turned out early in the morn
ing.
Looking out through his window, he
saw Hector apparently asleep undel
the tree Billy dressed himself and
Just before breakfast went out ant
strolled about. Hearing n voice com
ing from the Wintertons' place. Iii
you there: would you mind calling of
this dog?" he went over the fence anC
looked up.
what are you doing there. sirf" b.
asked sternly.
by Jove; I've been here all night"
"why didn't you cell for assistance? 2
"well. you know it's not a very dig
nifled position for fellow to be In. VI
tree with dog watching him"
81 can't take the responsibility OF re
leasing you." said Billy. You may b.
a burglar. IN call some one"
For heavens sake don't"
But Billy's heart was hard ~ nint
He went to the front porch and seeinl
Roxie in the dining room beckoned he
to come out.
| what Is 1cT 0n0 eSkeQ.
"Have you missed anything In tn
housed"
mo, not that know. Why do yo'
askT'
Because Hec has got 4 man up
tree l suppose he's burglar"
Miss Winterton called her father
and the rest Of the family, for tina
matter--and, Billy leading the way
they went ont to view the burglar.
why, it's Mr.. MacEllisott." exclain
ed R0xie.
who's Mr.. MacElligott! aske
Bully.
Miss Winterton gave Mr.. Barton
look. Az she looked light OF INTEL
kence came into her eyes. But she sal
o,hing to Billy. She took Hcc to 81
kennel and put his chain on hin
Then she returned and introduced M
MacElligott. who had come down froi
the tree. to Billy. The former she Il