New Ulm review., 1913-10-15

she sees you, and It would be most un-
fortunate If Raggles should growl and
snap at you as he does at all suspicious
strangers. Once in awhile he bites,
too. Do you like babies?"
"Yes. IL think ! do" he said doubt
ingly. II laresay ! could cultivate
taste for 'em; but. say" with eager
enthusiasm, II love dogsv'
1T may be distinctly in your favor
that Raggles loathes tie u III Roxbury.
He growls every ume that Roxy kisses
Edith
HAS he ever bitten Roxy for it7'
NO." dubiously. "but Roxy has had
to kick him on several occasions"
8 "How very tiresome-to kick and
kiss at the same timer
"Raggles is very Jealous. you under
stand"
That's more than l can say for dear
old Roxy. But III try to anticipate
Raggles by compelling Edith to keep
her distance" he said, scowling dark
~. "Has it not occurred to you that
Tootles will be pretty-er-much Of a
nuisance when It comes to mountain
climbingY' He felt bis way carefully
in saying this.
"Oh. dear me. Roxbury! Would you
have left the poor little darling at
home-in all that dreadful heat?''
"1'm sure couldn't have been blam-
ed for leaving her at home," he pro.
tested. "She didn't exist until half an
hour ago. Heavens, how they do
spring up!'
The remainder Of Brooks day was
spent in getting acquainted with his
family, or, rather, his menage. There
were habits and foibles, demands and
restrictions that he had to adapt him
self to with unvarying benignity. He
made friend of Raggles without half
trying Dogs always took to him, he
admitted modestly. Tootles was less
vulnerable. She howled' consistently
at each of his first half dozen ad-
vances. His courage began to wane
with shocking rapidly. His next half
hearted advances were in reality in
glorious retreats. Spurred on by the
sustaining Constance. he stood by his
guns and at last was gratified to see
faint signs of surrender. By midday
he had conquered. Tootles permitted
him to carry her up and down the sta
ton platform (she was too young to
realize the risk she ran). Edith and
Constance, with the beaming nurse
and O'Brien. applauded warmly when
he returned from his first promenade,
bearing Tootles and proudly heeled by
Raggles. Fond mothers in the crowd
Of hurrying travellers found time to
look upon him and smile, as If to say,
"What nice manw He could almost
hear them saying It, which no doubt
accounted for the intense ruddiness Of
his cheeks.
do you ever spank herr" he de-
manded once of Mrs. Medcroft after
Tootles had brought tears to his eyes
with a potent attack upon his nose.
She caught the light Of danger in his
gray eyes and hastily snatched the Of
Tending Tootles from his arms.
Miss Fowler kept him constantly at
work with his eyeglass and his Eng.
lish, neither Of which he was manag-
ing we'll enough to please her critical
estimate. In fact, he labored all day
with the persistence II not the sullen-
ness, of a hard driven slave. He did
not have time to become tired. There
was always something new. to be done
or learned or unlearned; bis day was
full to overhowing. He was man of
family.
The wife of his bosom was tranquil
lity itself. She was enjoying herself.
When not amusing herself by watch
ing Brooks misfortunes she was nap
ping or reading or sending out for cool
drinks. With all the selfishness of
a dutiful wife she was content to shift
responsibilities upon that ever conven-
lent and useful creaturea detached
sister.
Brock sent kilograms for her from
cities along the way-Ulm, Munich.
Salzburg and others-all meant for the
real Roxbury in London, but sent to
a fictitious being in Great Russell
street, the same having been agreed
upon by at least two Of the conspira-
tors. It mattered little that she re-
peated herself monotonously in regard
to the state of health Of herself and
Tootles. Roxbury would doubtless en-