The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-17

once gave his Paris-loved imitation of a
cat fight.
Miss Warner listened with disapproval.
rs that all?' she asked.
"Oh. no. said Mr.. Meredith Thereafter
he initiated dog walking around another, a
dog fighting for bone, and lion eating
hunter in Africa. Miss Susie shuddered
violently
But didn't you learn anything useful?"
asked Miss Susie.
Young Mr. Meredith felt keeny hurt. 1t
panied him to hear the genius that had made
him the idol of the studios so disparaged. He
swallowed his chagrin, however, and for the
tenth time asked Miss Susie to marry him.
She refused even more decidedly than before.
II want to marry a man, not menagerie,"
she said crushingly.
Young Mr.. Meredith, like the traditional
worm, turned under the double insult. 1t
was bad enough to have his talents scorned
but to be refused by the girl Of his heart be-
cause OF those talents was too much He
went away planning revenge,
Peace that night hung over Fountain
Springs like fog The moon shown down
over the big white mansion OF the Warmers.
1t even shone in the window Of the room
where Miss Susie lay sleeping. Suddenly
Miss Susie awoke. Something had dropped
on the window panes. AS she lay there
wondering, she heard it again. The panes
ratified as though sand had been thrown at
Lheul' MISS ouSIS put one PINK 1OOl out or
the bed, hesitatingly followed 1t with the 9th
er, and crept over to the window. She peep
ed out
For moment she stood motlonless and
then terrific scream awakened everybody
In the Warner house
The frogi A monster frog" she gasped
lis 1t still there?" Colonel Warner rushed
to the window, There was nothing but the
front lawn and moonlight
1t was frog as big as a man" said Miss
Susie. ut threw sand up against my window,
and when went to look it croaked at me and
waved Its front legs"
you had bad nightmare, Susie" said
Mrs. Warner. NOW go to sleep like good
girl. Jennie will stay here with YOU"
The next day as usual young Mr. Meredith
called on her.
Jimmy" said Miss Susie, you gave me an
aWful nightmare last night by telling me
about those cats and dogs you we're going to
set on me. ] thought I saw big frog lust
outside my window"
You THOUGHT you saw It," exclaimed
Mr. Meredith How do you know you
DIDN'T see it?"
on. nonsense" said Miss Susie, courage
now fully restored by the light of day.
There never was frog as big as man I
just had funny nightmare
you never can tell" gloomed Mr. Mere
d'th. Maybe you did see 1t. Are you ready
to marry me?"
NeEel. Not Tor all the nightmares or
frogs that ever Iived!"
That night Miss Susie heard croaks about
her-large and voluminous croaks outside
her window. She pnched herself,
KNOW / am not dreaming now. am
going to that window and see whether any-
thing Is there"
She stole again to the window There ar
the FAR end OF the lawn gamboled and iumu
ed the same monster frog that she had seen
Inc night before 1t made strange motions,
and seemed to dance with it's shadow. Miss
susie glanced at 1t for moment and once
asaih screamed loudly, and once again the
whole Warner household assembled IN har
room, but the frog was gone. There was
again nothing but moonlight on the lawn,
susie had better see the doctor to.mor.
io"' saia MIS- Warner, 81 have read about
dreams that come back like that"