El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-04

once gave his Parisloved imitation Of a
cat fight.
Miss Warner listened with disapproval
rs that all?" she asked.
ooh. no." said Mr.. Meredith. Thereafter
he initiated a dog walking around another,
dog fighting for a 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 keenly hurL IL
panied him to hear the genius that had made
him the idol of the studios so disparaged- He
swallowed his chagrin, however, and Tor the
tenth time asked Miss Susie to marry him.
She refused even more decidedly than before.
81 want to marry man, not menagerle
she said Crushingly.
Young Mr. Meredith. like the traditional
worm, turned under the double insult. It
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 a fog The moon shown down
over the big white mansion Of the Warmers.
It 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
them. Miss Susie put one pink foot out Of
the bed hesitatingly followed it with the 9th
er, and crept over to the window. She peep
ed out
For a moment she stood mOtionless, and
then a terrific scream awakened everybody
in the Warner house.
THE frog! A monster frog" she gasped.
els It still theTe?" Colonel Warner rushed
to the window There was nothing but the
front lawn and moonlight,
at was a frog as big as man. said Miss
Susie. at threw sand up against my window
and when I went to look, it croaked at me and
waved its front legs"
You had a bad nightmare, SUSIE said
Mrs. Warner. Now 80 to sleep like a 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. I thought 1 saw a big frog just
outside my window"
you THOUGHT you saw it, exclaimed
Mr.. Meredith. How do you know you
DIDN'T see it,"
"Oh, nonsense" said Miss Susie, courage
now fully restored by the light Of day.
There never was frog as big as a man. I
just had a funny nightmare"
you never can tell" gloomed Mr.. Mere
dith Maybe you did see it. Are you ready
to marry me?"
Never! Not for all the Nightmares or
frogs that ever lived!"
That night Miss Susie heard croaks about
her-large and vOluminOUs croaks outside
her window. She pinched herself.
q KNOW I am not dreaming now. I am
going to that window and see whether any
thing is there"
She stole again to the window. There at
the far end of the lawn gamboled and jump
ed the same monster frog that she had seen
the night before It made strange motions,
and seemed to dance with its shadow. Miss
Susie glanced at it for a moment and once
again screamed loudly, and once again the
whole Warner household assembled in her
room, but the frog was gone. There was
again nothing but moonlight on the lawn.
Susie had better see the doctor tO-mOr-
row." said Mrs. Warner. q have read about
dreams that come back like that"