Show HH I 1 H 11 t 1 M MM 14 1 4 0 00 01 MITZI X A WISE DOG io by MARTHA WILLIAMS IT I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 j D 1924 aft clure newspaper syndicate started violently ettlie at the boom of lie IQ court house clock ten even faintly by grace church tower half a mile away tile hour of tier her yet liere sho she wit silt outwardly that it Is inside wie lie waft shivering quivering itil vering like a leaf in a storm hugh was vas in wait four for tier beyond tile ho bridge which was the trolley teri ninal lie lind had a new car light and fast lie he could get from it every ounce of power and speed it bield and tile lie state line across acro ss which toy freedom only thirty miles away she ought to be thero there cowit would have been so easy to slip blip away pretending tin an errand at the library franny would havo lave suspected nothing sister ileth was wag safely out of the way why indent she gone tile question puzzled tier her certainly site she loved hugh in spite of ilia his cyclonic anges also site blie yearned inexpressibly for or free and bappe life she over avei havo have it here in joinville it title fihe had dared either caller tt it would have awen a town wide scandal hugli had laughed and answered tier her when lie he could speak well go camping for our wedding trip and you yon shall wear knickers aind steep sleep rolled up in n blanket with not even a tent and pend fiend back snapshots of everything no doubt make johnville excommunicate muni cate us ua silo sho had laughed with him film thinking of tile the pictures but when lie he had gone shook her head saying softly to herself no I 1 lot let him granny has to stay bere beth too I 1 austn hurt them any more than Is inevitable my running away will he be all they can bear they would never forgive her unless hugh were lucky enough to make a fortune then she was waa sure lie he would let I at her take them away not to tits his home but into a now new environment where release from hidebound hide bound if friendly tyran tyranny nyo they could love and cherish her even as she would love and cherish them it if only silo she had find ronel gone I 1 what had bad withheld her again she questioned tier lier conscientiousness futilely it be because mitzi held so gravely aloof from blugh the creature she loved next to him her dear dog found a starving puppy freezing at the roadside and loved petted fought for ever since granny tinted hated dogs beth likewise andora had withstood them stubbornly she wanted she eho needed a playmate matzl was actually and spiritually a godsend that wax two years back mitzi had earned her place before a year by oiling foiling and tackling it a roost robber making free with gr annys prize rhode island reds hugh had eyed her with appraising approval saying after a second took look royally bred must be pity you tier her registry shed bf be worth a hundred dollars ilo llara it if you could show a clean pedigree to which andora had quickly flung back ashes worth so much as site ahe la Is nobody can buy tier her I 1 then to tier her pet shake hands matzl the way real ladles do mitzi matzl had obeyed mincing forward and ant held up her paw distantly then darting back to andorn bristling the least bit hugh had tried to make up to her other times but though she never growled at him she bile went at once behind an doras chair and lay there tensely watching vat ching us as though ready for a spring not so strange slie she was an loras doras shadow unless seduced hy by chance of a motor ride her sole temptation all cars all chauffeurs were alike to her a fact that gave tier her mistress many bad quarters of an hour naturally site she sprang upright at the sound of a horn honking impatiently yet let fitfully at the lie narrow gate through screening vines andora saw hugh beckoning madly to tier her frowning darkly his mouth set in a crease but lie he said only get in back so you wont ile he seen when she reached the gate silently she obeyed obey eil hardly noting that matzl had leaped in joyously ahead of her she crouched dazed marveling that hugh had come for her still more that lie he had not crushed tier with reproaches of tier bad falth lie ife was going away deviously by back streets through the negro section all the cabins there seemed deserted with watchdogs watch dogs chained to the ahe sight of thern v ninde made tier her hug mitzi tight murmuring in her ear Pre precious clous love la 19 your chain hugh did not look back lie was twisting turning half doubling on lila ills own track thus at last they won to the river at the ford rather than the bridge the ear car mado made it gallantly thanks to drought and low water in a they were climbing ng tile the hlll hill had made its steep grades and were headed straight for tile the turnpike still kept silence ills eyes steadily in front stile mile posts began flashing past after the tenth andora began to wander vauder instead of going straightway to the he state line they were headed south As she realized the fact the car stopped suddenly hugh turned upon tier her a shaken faw face saying anfe e I 1 sure ive given them the slip open that suitcase and put on what you find tn in it wont look what would it matter it if I 1 did were going to run rua nil 11 lay nil 11 night Remel libet youre my young brother going into tile the lillig with tile nie prospecting for oil ell lye were I 1 re eversons Evor sons hill and uen den and may take options scattering them well wily why andora asked tier lips white i hugh laughed scornfully fand tile alio reason with your new clothes lio lie said eald A hundred thousand tn in big bills I 1 lind had the chance of 0 n lifetime nud took it hints why im ani taking you with mo me wrong I 1 I 1 nin am not going I 1 andora ora cried makiej to leap cap from the lie slowly moving car hugh crushed tier her back upon tipon tile 81 sent a to then himself fell backward under tho the impact of mitzi who had hurled herself upon him ant and was trying to throttle alu ottlo him andora till nil but fell out calling to tier her pet blitz loosed leold followed tier her mistress to tile tho roadside and stood bristling and growling in fronton front of tier her hugh tilso lind got out sight of the bared fangs the lory flery eyes ayea daunted him lie ho stool stooped ml gathered a tone stone and hurled it nt at tile lie dogs doga head bend silo she sprang aside took toc tile lie missile upon tier her shoulder glan ang fell a second secona is at though mortally stricken tile then canie up tip to tn her pose of defense though a for forefoot dragged St stend lind ill shoot her dont cnut if to shoot you unless 4 I 1 have lave to blugh fjald liala ashamedly though lit lilo nee faire worked with passion andorn andora knelt litiff shielded the lox doff with tier her boda crying shoot it if you chooses clio osel ill die for tier iter gladly now I 1 know whitt site elie lins has ned me from A minitte hugh stood irresolute then sputtering furious maths lie he got to ills seat beat and sent the ear iway tit t top speed andorn andora sank dovic upon tho the roadside drew biltl lato nto tier her arms and sat tearless ni malting alting for what might happen happ itte or death could not walk Alltz ls mistress would not leave her so they sat together white while the sun burned hot and hotter the birds fell silent even tile the insect infect chorus hushed itself to brooding midsummer mid summer still stillness nem presently alltis gave a faint whimpering cry too faint to be called a bark with yet a trace of gladness in it A minute later andora understood der stood the dogs fine ear had caught the putting purring of a motor earning coming rapidly wit but not too fast three minutes later it stopped in front of them A tall fellow all dust coat and goggles leaped from it asking deferentially the trouble and if he might help lie ile had a good tanned ugly face but to andora he was more beautiful than an angel sho she was in a sore strait truth was imperative but needs must she speak the whole truth ner her rescuer chose for tier her saying cordially dont bother to explain linell we get you home with us my mother and 1 I she Is in the car both of us love dogs dogg so nothing matters mattera until we get tills this beauty touching Blitz blitzes ls ear as comfortable as wo we can make her two hours later andora made a clean breast of everything to ta mrs graham lindsay and received absolution they sat either side of birzl who looked love tit nt both of them let me tell my son he will know what la is tile the right thing tho he older elder woman said rising before she h made a step tile the phone rang furiously her neighbor ten miles off was telling tier her of a shocking ton road tragedy n young stranger in a new car had slipped over tile the edge of the gorge road atilt anil been dashed to pieces the car going lower had been sunk in the deep water so lie he was likely to remain forever unknown except to the man he robbed its ills half brother general armistead andora said rising ile he must know so suspicion shall not fall upon an innocent head will you trust me to tell him jolin john lindsay asked coming to tier her side she nodded speech was beyond her but her eyes said 1 I wll will trust you for anything since they spoke truth needless to add the john LInd says were it ft mighty happy couple |