El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-09

M my library Diary and ], and L
have a pleasant sense Of secur-
ity have not felt in months. The
house IS quiet, for Manette and her
little guest. after a stormy pillow
fight. are asleep ] can hear Rich
ard drouiug voice relating the expert
ences Of the winter to her sister who
has called to see her. but otherwise
tuete Is not a sound.
IL Is peaceful, and 7 am glad am
Dach here to stay The winter has
Deen a profitable one. for Manette
doesn't look like the frightened little
shadow of q child she was when we
.rl< her away
When Manette returned. Auntie
Spencer had a surprise for her soon
the surprise was at her heels just
as happy in finding an owner as she
was in finding something alive TO
cove
Tt was pup. A brown and white
nondesCrlD-. SO fat and short legged
II rolled rather than walked.
II like him. Mrs Spencer said. COM
Ing across TIE lawn to see what L
Thought of this unexpected addition to
my family, because he has no Dedi-
gree No enc VIII ever put a ficti-
tous value on him because his tail and
his ears measure So many inches He
Is just a common little alley waif. and
he has more Intelligence than any of
these aTistOcratic highly bred dogs
that cost thousands of collars and are
owned by women who haven't any
more Intelligence than the dogs, nor
as much You've cot a heart and
brain. haven't YOU. Rags whist
, ling Tor the dog TO come to her
Went After Doll.
See said Mrs Spencer in triumph.
The loves NIanette already He was
He loves everybody" repeated
Nanette. and that is true. He asks
nothing of lie but the privilege {
eating dry crust or an occasional
bone and the happiness of having
some one to love If one speak cross
to shim he fixes his big brown eyes
on them i'm look of such reproa1h
that it haunts me- [ wouldn't scold
him Diary If ne chewed you up. am
that Is saying a good deal Tor do
not know what I would do without
You.
He has been with US less than q
hours. but i'm that time he has cheWeu
; up LOreua Belle, M2netJe.s best Doll %.
. DRAGGED Anita Jane. her next best
baby across the lawn by the hair ~
its head, he cheWed q corner out C
+ the best soft pillow IN the nursery lhdt
he might find If there We're any M -e
inside. and when he had scratched his
way through the feathers and got his
head inside, he heard no reDroach"S
when Richards found him and pulled
him out Feathers stuck TO MS paws
& filled his ears and chung to his nose
bur his ewes were left intact and he
used them so effectively that ken
ARDS laughed
When I left the nursery an hour
ago he was rolled in a little ball IN
the bed of the doll he decapitated-
He shouldn't be allowed 10 sleep
there all night. Diary. By all che
( laws of health it should he forbidden,
bur il takes heart SrOuter than
mine to remove him with Manette IN
tears at the prospect Sarah Rae IN
equal distress. Richards in sympathy
with her charges. ana the pup, him
self. fixing those reproacchIui eyes
or me
cover last night. Diary. I crossed the
lawn to smoke a good night ciEar at
the Spencers. and TO Mrs Jack re-
lated all that happened while l was
I gone ] made no reservation IN my
confession II 1 wanted to- Woulun c
have dared. for Mrs Jack would soon
detect it.
She did not laugh; neither did she
tell me what she had discovered
/ about the relfct OF The Late M
You haven't heard the last of her
Max" she predicted when / had con-
Guided she is not the kind OF
woman who will let her prey escape
Indeep, there are Few women these
DAYS who set their hearts on captur-
ing a mal who permit anything TO
/ change them from their purpose
She sighed. and I knew Of what she
was thinking. Her brother Tom hau
within the past month married a
! woman he had known only three
weeks. I viii not go into details 1t
is a marriage that suggests the story
of Sappho 1t was no burden the
/ first few steps. but. Oh. what q WelSnL
he viii be carrying before ne reaches
the top of the stairs with the woman
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