The Huttig news., 1912-04-20
 MAKING AN IMPRESSION

d yard, himself following to smoke a cigar and incidentally gambol a bit with King, his most valued posses sion.
 King II. is so bow-legged, so promi- nent of tooth and so splotched and generally so terrifyingly ugly that the mere sight of him is enough to drive 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 It was not the sort of cat one would expect to find wandering in back yards, being white and silky and languid in it's movements Perhaps the fact that the eat moved haughtily, like one accus- toned to reign over it's surroundings, was what irritated King At any rate he showed his resentment in the usual way.
 Good boy!" chortled young Bar nard. Good workis
 It 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 flew like two con- tinuous streaks, the cat disdaining to climb the fence and escape It 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.
 "Trixie! Trixiel" shrieked the girl Hell be killed! He will! Why don't you call off that horrible dog? Trixie, come hefe."
 Young Barnard glared back. "Is that your cat?" he asked. Why don't you keep it at homer"
 The cat had leaped agilely to the fence and into the arms of it's res euer. Then it turned and sneered at the frantic bulldog that was dashing itself against the fence Young Bar hard naturally went to the comfort of his dog, thereby approaching the fu- rious young person across the fence.
 "A cat, she said, hotly, has a per feet right to climb fence if 1t wants to and I'd have you know that Trixie had taken three blue ribbons and, anyhow, I don't see how a human be- ing can have such a dreadful looking creature around as that dog of yoursi Why, he'd have killed Trixie in two bites!s
 King is as gentle as chflG." young Barnard retorted. He was just playing with your foolish cat''
 The young person across the fence elevated her eyebrows disbelievingly and sniffed pointedly. Anyhow" she insisted, he's probably scared Trixie into heart diseaset' There were tears in her eyes as she stroked her pet.
 Young Barnard. his wrath cooling, took time to observe that her skirts were to her shoetops 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 eat really isn't hurt and
 Her eyes flashed furiousIy. You're ruder than your ugly dog," she de elared T know where the dog got it's bad manners.'
 Young Barnard found himself alone gazing at the door through which tempest of brown hair, flashing eyes, short skirts and white cat had just disappeared
 Now what the dickens is the mat ter with that kid?" he muttered be- wildered
 T didn't know you'd met the Vests niece" said his sister when he en- tered the house.
 Neither did I.s said young Barnard, shortly.
 Well, you were having a chatty lit tie time with her just new!" persisted his sister Ever since | heard she
  was coming I've wanted you to make good impression on her. She's ter ribly fashionable and .awfully popular and has been abroad six times. Did you ever see such exaggerated styles as she wears? Her skirts are two inches shorter than any other girls and she looks about 16, instead of 9. but she's a deart"
 Great guns,s groaned young Bar nard, suddenly grasping the situation. And I called her Little girl! No wonder she explodedi Oh. I made a fine impression, all right
 Now, Billy Barnard" said his sis ter, begin at the beginning and tell me all about 1t,