VaVaVaVaVaV. . . eaeeeeeeea VeeVe e V WHEN THEY MET I . ! . ' , v v y By KENNETT HARRI8. W VAVMViWMViViVAViViViV.VAViV. aeee " The light struck Urltherby'a glasses at such an anglo that thoy presented nothing but a flashing blank to Oral-lup. Oral-lup. Behind tho glasses Urltherby'a cycB at the moment wero resting on the Janoway bungalow across tho stroot, but Orallup did not know that ,and ho stiffened indignantly and ipass'od his now neighbor with a studiously stu-diously averted gazo. Tho next time they mot neither took the least notlco of tho other. Orallup remarked to his wife that that fellow who had bought out Korker's equity 'evidently was a cut or two above Lubberly Lub-berly Heights or thought ho was. Brltherby, & day or two lator, was talking to Morfew, whose house Is between be-tween Qrallup'a and the former Korker , place. , "Who's your distinguished neighbor on the north V he asked. "The nabob 'of the place, I presume. I think I ttnado a mtstako in not asking his permission per-mission to butt In hore. Ho seems to resent It" "Nonsense 1" said Morfew. "That's 'Billy Orallup. Nothing of the nabob about Billy. Great chap, Billy. You'll .like him when you know him." , "I don't bollovo I'd want to know him," said Brltherby. Morfow meant to ask Orallup what bo had been doing to his face, but forgot for-got It and so' tho feeling between Brltherby and Orallup remained and grew. In course of tlmo they were Introduced In-troduced and acknowledged the Introduction Intro-duction as coldly as polltoness al-lowod. al-lowod. After that they bowed scrupulously scru-pulously when thoy met It was early last fall that tho pas-jalve pas-jalve hostility of tho two mon became active to tho verge of tragody. One still, calm night, somowhere about twelve o'clock, Orallup waa aroused from an uneasy slumber by the bark of a dog. "Confound It!" exclaimed Orallup. "I wonder whoso darned dog that Is. 'I wish I was within good shotgun range of it and had tho shotgun." A quick successlon'of staccato barks seemed to answer his thoughts with defiance. Orallup got up and loaned out of the window, listened a minute, closod tho window and said something Improper- "I might havo known It," ho continued, contin-ued, savagoly. "He's about the only man in the suburb who would maintain main-tain a'nulsanco Uko that." Ho tried to Ignore tho noise, but tho closed window had.only slightly dulled it and It was too maddeningly Irregular. Irreg-ular. Ho bounded out of bed and Into his slippers, threw a coat over his shoulders and, stopping only to tako a couplo of croquet mallets from a closet In the hall, hurried out of tho houso and ran down tho street toward Brith-erby's. Brith-erby's. Tho barking had stopped, but he knew where to go. He was almost at Morfow's when he was aware of a ghostly white-clad fig-uro fig-uro hastening toward him. Tho next moment ho was face to faco with Brltherby, who was In pajamas and carrying a basoball bat. For an Instant thoy glared at each other In tho moonlight. Then Brltherby Brlth-erby spoko: "So you thought It waa about tlmo to do somothlng, did you?" ho snarled. "I should think It was, myself. A man who will koop a dog like that I've got toy opinion of, anyway." any-way." "What are you talking about?" demanded de-manded Orallup. "I'm aftor that in-J fornal dog that's boon barking his head off In your yard all night, It you want to know. Do you mean to say It Isn't your dog?" "I never ownod a dog In my lifo," said Brltherby. "I thought It was your dog and I was going to tako tho liberty of killing him and you, too, If you offered any objection." "I bad much tho samo Idea," said Orallup. "But it it isn't your dog, whoso " Furious barking Interrupted him. It camo from tho rear of Morfow's house. "So it's his dog!" said Brltherby. "Now, what do you think of that!" "I think as you do," said Orallup, grimly. "Morfow's a good man In somo respects, but this Is an outrago. I suppose he's lying there snoring!" "I'll toll you," said Brithorby, poising pois-ing bis club. "If you'll stand by mo I'll batter his door down and If ho doesn't got up and kill tho boast, we will." "I'll Just go you on that proposition," proposi-tion," said Orallup. They pounded until Morfow came to an upper window and asked them what tho dlckons thoy wantod. "We want you to como down and do something with that dog of yours," said Brltherby. "You've no business keeping a brute like that around," supplemented Orallup Oral-lup severely. "Havo you two been drinking or are you Just plain crazy!" askod Morfew. "Routing a man ont of his rest at this time of night! That's not my dog, you lunatics. I don't owu a dog." He slammed down the window. The two laughed. Then Brltherby shivered. "You'd better come back with me," suggested Orallup. "I've got some medicine that's good for that and you can wear my overcoat home," "Thanks, old man," said Brltherby. "Any other time I'll bo delighted, but I guess I'll get back to bed now." He held out his hand and Orallup grasped It cordially, "Good night, old chap," said Orallup. Oral-lup. "Ill see you In the morning, then." Chicago Dally News.