The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-30

soaaebody's Doe-
(By Charles Brown)
.svou win md your future husoano
through the; medium OF. q lAree oos.
90 the fortune teller had At0id Nj.
Cathy Raymond. and had cnafSeo ne.
only IS cents for the telling. -.
..You will ind your fntufe
thro,,sh fl,e medium Of beech tree
So the rame fortune teller nao sClu
young MI, Egbert Doran an hour iate.
and a mile away. Both patrons ~
lauehed at the predictions, but DOM
had half believed 1t.
Why not? It u given to ceftau
persons to tell what IL COINS 70 nap
pen hundred years aneeo. anu e. .s u
dispense the information for 70 Genus
Miss Cathy Raymond lived with ner
parents in the suburbs Of Truxton. M.
ERbert Doran lived with his brotner
n mile away. That II. he grav1tAtea pc
tween his brothers homo and his apart
ments In the city. He had eraduaAou
as q naturalist, and just at TINS taIne
was making q collection ZOE colie
One day Miss Cathy sat on tne
veranda reading and fell asleep. Inc
book was q love story. with plenty or
heroes and heroines in It, but drowA-
ness and then ssleep came 70 the rea1e1.
She might have slept ten minutes wnen
something cold touched her hand ana
she awoke with scream. a OH
strange dog had touched her hand with
his cold nose.
Miss Cathy'ss Rreatgrandfather had
fallen at Bunker Hin. and although
he had scrambled up again as soon
an possible and legged 1t on the Hello
he had given his descendants q strain
of blood that made heroes OF them.
But for this fact the girl would have
.. acted like the average girl when sne
woke up to look into the eyes OF
dog half al big AZ a woodshed. She
world have tumbled out Of her chair
| in q faint and perhaps broken limb
| or two.
| What she did was to throw the
book against the dogs head. and to
yell. cit out!' in a voice SO loud
that it stopped an auto that was pass
ing What the dog did was to make
such haste to seek a haven of safety
Ithat he overturned two chairs and
three potted plants.
/ There was the big dog. but strangely
I-enough the girl did not connect hia
advent with the prophecy OF her fu-
ture husband. This shows how forget
full some girls become Of their future
welfare.
/ It was a month later that Miss
Cathy decided to take a mile wall
1 10 tnG PO0SOAAACSs SAAC AA0A SOvSA -
half the distance when a fierce growl.
ing came to her ears. and she looked
about to see that same great dog hall
hidden behind q big thistle and n1edt'
tating 4 fierce attack. -'~a-
Although Miss Cathy,s greatgrandfath
er fell at Bunker Hill and got up again
she didn't care to be devoured ny a dol
, on that account. She uttered
, scream and turned about and took t,
her heels, and much 70 her surpris'
and JOY she reached home without {
Z bite.
whose dog can It be. wonder?'
Iqueried the father.
RI Lands only knows. but he seems =
be down on me-"
Dogs do take an antipathye to Ger
Il Yes 1 have heard SO, and II
show this canine that the rule work
both ways. Hereafter shall carr.
my revolver. and II there is any NOR
e funny business. there'M be a dead do
to show for it,"
8 IF you only knew the name OF tn
owner you could write him note re
. questing that the dog be shut up as I
dangerous nuisance"
d How am I going to find the own
err, and IL did he might be som
8 mean man who'd be glad that his do
was bothering somebody. No. II
n give. the canine a bullet!"
Still no connection between the bi
fdog and that 25-cent prophecy! Sue
la girl as that deserves to Hive and di
= an old maid!
n A few days later Miss Cathy wen
- fishing. 1t was in the river half
II mile away, and as she thought OF tn
dog she hunted up her revolver. tn
N dog had q right to wander around, bu
II he must keep his distance from he
rel Miss Cathy had fished for an hou
- Akxx -. -
had forgotten that there was a bi
p Tor q little dog on this earth. when Oh
81 got q Jolt. The big dog came dash
y ing down on her from the rear wit
u. howl and a growl. and though b
Of just missed her, he struck her baskt
:. then ran off a distance of nifty fes
a and sat down and waited for that blu
Il II came after moment. and A,
d, more followed 1t. One Of the bulie
y may have come within five feet
e 1.-THE target. but 1t IL doubtful VINE
:. the last bullet had been fired the dc
"a xurRled and went his way.
e. Father. won't be bothered tn
n .way any alongerr" exclaimed the q
he when she. reached honne.
3: More dog?" he asked.
or "Yes!"
n Didn't you have your revoNers
IN Eyes, and shot at him..
- .And never touched hair?"
be dHe even laughed at me when
ed not through shooting! You mu
lie Gurely hunt up the owner ana cor
he pel him to suppress that dog
"But 1 can't tell him that the q
lhas ever harmed you
"But he's frightened me-
II Il think he's simDly . playful Al
es .oh. you do. eh9 A playful dog b
"a eyes Of fre. has he? He erowH
T. ! hungry wolf. does he? He itcnes
bury his fangs n some ones tnro'
q 49, hnfs
Tor ..Weil, / win make Inquiries" .
-. 1.-THE father.