The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-12-08

"NoAN u pdIler OF feet
and a dog barked.
A moment later | could 500 t,o
beast, indlstinctly. He had been cor,
ing up the road and had stopped n,
the sight-or scent-Of me. since a
dog argued the proximity OF n doc.
owning human being, called coaxlng.
ly:' Here, Towser-here--com on
old fellow-thats boyl" and the cur.
ious thing about II Is that no ana u
running up a little way and stopplno
and finally coming to SQUAT before
me and to lift a paw for me TO shake
Jollied him bit and let him nose
me to, his hearts content Then sud.
denly, as II he had discovered n long.
lost master, he broke away and bepan
TO leap and dance around me. barkinr
furious and hilarious welcome. In
the midst Of this hubbub heard hoof.
beats and the squeaking of saddle
leather, and the dogs owner rode nm
AT first l thought the dlmly outlined
Stetson-hatted figure In the saddle was
that OF boy. But It was a woman's
voice, and a mighty pleasant one, that
called to the dog: "Down, Barney.
and behave yourself-what's the mat.
Ter with you, slrl"
stood up and pulled Off my cap.
I'm chiefly the matter" I said.
Your dog seems to think he knGys
me, and I'm uwfully sorry shat his
memory Is so much better than mine"
You'd think-anybody would think
that a woman riding alone In the
dark Non solitary mountain road
would be handsomely startled, to say
the least, at seeing a man rise up fair
ly under her horses nose. But II my
little lady were scared, she certainly
didn't parade her fright.
Barney is such foolish dog, some
times" she said apologetlcally. "He
has a double brain, you know; half
OF II Is good-natured and silly and
the other half is-well, It's"
The dog had come around again
wagging his tail and at that magic
word half" / stopped to let him stick
his cold nose into my palm. The act
brought me near enough to enable me
to see him better, and had to clap a
hand over my mouth to keep from
shouting out and soaring the entire
combination into a wild stampede.
For, IL you'll believe me, the dog was
my dog. One-half Of his face was
white and the other was so black that
It merged and faded tremendously In
to the night!
II Know" / said, Strengthening up
again; 'my brain acts that way, too
sometimes" Then: pardon me, but
would you mind telling me the color
of the horse you are rldingr
The young woman laughed and her
laugh was just as jolly and pleasant
as her speaking voice.
"Winkle is what the cow-men call a
'pinto'-a calico horse" she answered
promptly.
"Sure! !" l beloved II knew It'll
and the horse SHE'D and the dog parked
In sheer sympathy. Then apologlzed.
"Please forgive the explosion. As /
said a minute ago, my brain some
times acts like Barney's: half OF II
being good-natured and silly and the
other half-well, well omit the de-
scription OF the other half for the
present, If you'll permit me. May !
er-wlll you have the goodness to tell
me where / ann"
T-why-deHr me- Don't you know
where you aref"
"Not any more than harmless nee
essary goat, assure you"
couldn't be certain, but thought
she took a little flrmer hold upon her
bride rein.
"Did you-dld you come from An,
gelsf" she asked In sort OF aWeu
little voice.
"How did you guess III l was III
deed-for very short space OF time
this very day--a member OF Ire An
gellc band. And II you should ASK me,
might say that feel rs thouSL nae
walked most OF the war her from
Angels. I-I-my Ger broke down. you
know"
"Yes," she said: 81 khow'--juSt as
II she did. Then: ~ can at least tel
you where you are. This Is the SOUTH
ern slope Of Clnnabar mountain rms
road leads on down to Atropla' aDou'
three miles below
ayes; Atropia was the place l was
trying 10 come at
She stopped and appeared TO De 'h'hh
ing about something. Then she salu
"Really, | think you would pe'' ~,
not go to Atropia. It's N''''
quite a long walk
"The walk doesn't specially mp, ~
me. I've done SO much walking MS
afternoon that few hundred MES
Z more or less, In addition wou'dh 'y
worth mentioning. Bn, for some o'.''
reasons" 81,
"Yes; for some other reasons, sn,
said repeating 1t right after me, I"en
"I-we-Daddy and |, might give you
some supper and put you MP ,'- 'n'
night if-lf you wouldn't mihu s'''P
ing I'm the--in the loft"
NV Lord! hadn't so much MS seen
her face clearly yet, but conId pave
worshlped herl She had Just ''1 0S
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