Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-02-06
SOMEBODY'S DOG.
By Charles Brown.
copyright, 1913, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate,)

Copyright, 1913, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate,)
You will find your future husband
through the medium of a large dog"
Cathy Raymond, and had charged her
only 25 cents for the telling.
You will find your future wife through
the medium of a beech tree
So the same fortune teller, had told
and a mile away. Both patrons had
Miss cashy RAYMOND lived with her
parents Rsnssn. In the suburbs w;t Of n IruY Srofber MI a.
tween his brothers home and his apart
a %e nssur 1s the s city lust As at had thSis saa aims was as
making a collection for a college;
n day Miss Cathy sat on the We
and heroines in it. but drowsiness and
then sleep came to the reader. She might
cold touched her hand and she awoke
TOUCHED e her hand with his eald nose;
fallen at BunIer Hin and although he had
SCRAMBLED ssg 'aeaa up p again 4hs as se sSoh he as baG Gos giVea
h his ~d leges@ az oh a 'n Strain :sfau Of blood 'o that
made heroes of them. But for this fact
the girl would have acted like ta the ,ne,S ay ;efo
shed. She would have tuinbled out of her
chair in a faint and perhaps broken a
limb or two.
against the dogs head. and to yell, Git
out!' in a voice so loud that it stopped
an auto that was passing. What the dog
did was to make such haste to seek a
haven of safety that he overturned TWO
chairs and three potted plants;
decided to take a mile walk to the post
office. She had covered half the distance
when a fierce growing came to her ears.
and she looked about to see that same same
great dog half hidden behind q big thlstie
Although Miss Cathy's great-grand-
father fell at Bunker Hin and got up
a dog on that account. She uttered a
scream and turned about and took to her
heels, and much to her surprise ana Joy
she reached home without a bite.
Whose dog can it be. L wonder
queried the father.
Land only knows, but he seems to be
Dogs do take an antipathy to certain
persons -,
Yes, ! have heard so. and IN show hat%
this anime that the rule works ooth
ways. Hereafter l shall carry my re-
volver. and If there is any more funny
business, there'N be a dead dog TO snow
for it,"
and that 25-cent ~prophesy! Such a girl as
that deserves to live and die an old mald!
A few days later Miss Cathy went fish
ing. 1t was in the river half a mile away.
and as she thought of the dog she hunted
up her revolver. The dog had a right TO
wander around. but he must keep his dis
lance from her.
Miss Cathy had fshed for an hour,
and had had pretty fair luck. and had
forgotten that there was a big or littie
dog on this earth when she got q Jolt:
from the rear with q howl and a growl,
and though nc just missed her. he struck
her basket of fish and sent it into the
water. He then ran off a distance OF
so feet and sat down and waited for
that bullet.
1t came after a moment, and five more
come within five feet of the target. but it
1t doubtful. When the last bullet had
been fired the dog gurgled and went his
way
..Father, ] won't be bothered this way
any longer" exclaimed the girl when she
More dogY; he asked.
"Yes!"
Didn't you have your revolver?'
Yes. and shot at him."
"And never touched a hair?"
HE even laughed at me when ] got
through shooting. You must surely hunt
up the owner and compel him to suppress
that dog
'But i can't tell him that the dog has
ever harmed you"
"But he's frightened me-"
II think he's simply a playful animal"
"Oh. you do, en-? A playful dog has
hungry wolf. does he? He itches to bury
his fangs in some ones throat. does he?"
Well. j will make inquiries" said the
father.
IF you don't. 1 will. and I'll go to see
the owner, too. and tell him what's what"
Here was the third time the girl had
encountered the big strange dog that was
to be the medium of her marriage. and
even yet her memory had not gone back
and picked up the words of the fortune
teller!
The first frost had come, and hazelnuts
were ripe. There were oceans of them
down the highway. All Miss Cathy had
to do was to put on an old hat and jacket
and trip along.
Look out for that dog" called the
mother after her.
Fol- answer the daughter held up the
revolver she hadn't forgotten to place in
her basket.
Hazelnuts rave a este that is simply
delicious. The only EaWback u picking