The herald., 1917-12-27
PRINCE Makes
| By LOUISE OLIVER

.neir cauSe' the phalanx Of ,Ss.as {
her hand had reluctant, ', %tSas +
two, and the reason Of tbs SsIata
that Anne , herself did not run Saa "
one she liked the best. " NOV No
She liked them both ass,a
to different side Of bs, n ~. sppas
force. There were two sia. WIN sa
as there are to most Amerie s !" ~
the dreamy, aesthetic, nos., a eA
which is every woman's bv , e.. q
mystic highly imaginative sas d
inclines to the superstitIou. a b
plains their love Of cats. s saa .
wholesome, hearty, franz az, sOa d
Independent and reliant, cout,m ,s =
OF the covert, fond of athlete |
bulldogs. ~ an \
IL was impossible for he, 4,
up her mind which Of the ~. " a's
cared for most, theyrwere - e. =
unlike. Gerson de Palma. s..i
Spanish looking, althourb ~ A u
of ancestors in every Amerie,, .s
was the last word in culture w
Jerry Tilford was the nam. :.
other. He appealed to AuDs. : = y
pendent side-the side that ln.,
ietics and bulldogs. MOreOvs,
had a bulldog-a snub-posss -, 20
named Prince-whlch (Jerry 80.
10 him as "whO") looked vili.iaS,. $
Tept real tears, sat on a cha, !.
table and scared the life Cut 49,
park babies by kissing them do,,,a
Ion whenever he got a chspes
Jerry was rather thlckly y, n
his tailor wept over the way M, y.
liked up his back. His anger ~
stubby and short and bis eva, =,
gray and about as languOrOu, =, -
electric headlights. lie smoked NJ.
cigars, affected tan shoes loved -
hats. and Prince-and Anne
One day Anne had hesds,h.
bad one, the kind where your ,s,a
you won't die-the kind vAe, !.
only your head aches but ever AZ.
organ too is crying out against ~.
ence. Anne's mother answered :.
telephone calls with the news Of l,,s,
indisposition, which immaa,s,
brought two notes by special ns,s
gers. GersOn wrote: "Hov | lu,n
soothe your poor tormented bn.,
Jerry's envelope was bulher, hur
an enclosure: you've been estpsm
much candy, Annie girl, and ltssau
fault. Tn sending you two usnt |
calomel-take 1t In eight doses NJ
then tell your mother to give yut
tablespoonful Of castor oil. Ihu
what sick headache is, you poor dlg
Anne was angry-then tool d
medicine and got better. She annw
Jerry's note instead of Gerson'k
But Gerson got In his inning Va
he gave her the cat II vas 4 bur
full creature with long silky fu, III
like a fox's brush, and deep ble o.
Jerry hated 1t and Prince hrii T.
and Prince had to stay at homsnEu
girl nights.
But Jerry had to 60 awsy and N 4
his fences unguarded-oll wells y
Tulsa claimed him for two veelzm
he went with trepidation. he 49,
up his lady-love with more fovazu
candy, extracted q promise Ut \
would answer his letters and de11ak
leaving Prince to Sansuki, bis ~
be aired. Jared and cared fR .
orally.
Sansuki was busy all day . M
Prince walked at night-and ~ ~
they went past Anne's.
Now Prince was not accu1ton4p
passing that lawn without tu1h5 :
so In spite of the Jap's whiaA
persisted in making friendJ oam
trotted up the steps. Then
suddenly he drew back and pvsl
ferocious resentment, for thas g
particular straw mat lay the ID
He let out wild, indignant M
plunged madly at his enemy y
few, a silver-gray streak, out q
darkness and up q poplar ~ g
lawn.
"Prince-oh, Prince ecne
called Anne. bad doggie g
here Prince"
The bulldog still barked 4 N
visible enemy, but was nov
Of victory. The understands
fed, and that was all he wanls1
"Prince, come here"
This time he harkened. And 49,
bering the mat, now his for ~
he catapulted back to the - ~
the steps and vauling riens n@ -. =
mes lap, a full 60 pounds OF co.. ~
Anne screamed with SUPP 8.
Prince dropped to the floor -. - 4
Palma kicked poor Prince .n 3
ming force straight between W. 49,
That decided for Anne ID ~
what had worried her for ssM !.
And this is the letter Jens
Tulsa:
'Dear Jerry: =,
"Prince has been SICK, DuI -
valescing nicely at my nou -. n,
given the cat away. ] Ike o1
ter. When are you coming n0n =
seems years since you went away
something to tell you g.
And whatever it was, Jer'y W
next train. xsvrnr
fr,onvr,obt 1917 by the McCiuv