Show an unfortunate situation by JOHN TURNLEE cop bight by american press association c cia tion mil 1911 the only debi definite lite A respecting my attentions to phoebe constant Cons taht was that they unwelcome to her ber fa ther are less apt to take ground with regail il to their daughters especially friends anil and the only opposition to my belu being devoted tu to phoebe came came from her ber father mind you I 1 was not engaged to her ber I 1 was not sure that I 1 wished to be engaged to her and she had bad not indicated that hint she wished to be engaged gag ged to me this matter of love Is usually considered as something that comes suddenly turning a couple from indifference to a wild passion for each other I 1 admit that there are many such cases but mine was not one of that hind one day rhoebe wrote me a n note le bugg suggesting eting that it if I 1 had bad nothing special 0 cial on hand for the evening id better come to see her I 1 lid did so nod found that her father had gone on business to a neighboring town and would not be at home before 11 if there is anything needed to bring about a love affair it is something clandestine the tact fact that rhoebe had sent for me to be with her while her father would know nothing about it ins plied me with a more tender fooling feeling for her indeed it opened the bud of love for the first time in my life I 1 put some warmth into my words and bearing toward her and received a corresponding response when I 1 left her I 1 felt that we had bad mode made a beginning in ID a new relationship mr mi constant kept a large lare dot dog on hla premi premises stes which was w unchained every night at 10 20 not auh ing iiii t boin retake ake my presence during mr absence among the tha servants I 1 did not any delay in the dog intending to leave lust just before 10 at live five minutes be before forell 10 I 1 said rood good night to phoebe no kiss I 1 not got that fur far only a pressure of the hand and started down the walk leading to the gate I 1 gone more than halt half way before I 1 saw a black mass moving in another part of the yard and knew it for the dog I 1 was about ten items steps from a tree which I 1 reached in five ave long IOB ones and maling making the jump of my ay life ought caught a branch and drew myself up UD to a safe place kub my watch was or the 6 AC b tea been t let out ahead of time it did mot bot matter which was wa the cae I 1 was a prisoner in a tree tre near a walk long almac which mr constant would pass when ho h came home if the dog had barked phoebe would have heard him and suspected that I 1 was w la Is tuble trouble but he be did not utter a single able growl fowl I 1 saw aw no way to attract the attea attention tion of any one la in the house and as to coming down into the jaws odthe fierce brute below me it was not to be considered it si when he found he reah reach ini me he simply lay laya down and waited my position was waa unpleasant in more respects than one that first sweet passion of love which had entered by blood I 1 found delicious I 1 knew that a young woman about to enter upon a love affair Is 18 very tery beasi tive to any noble or ignoble attitude the man in the case may occupy j 1 dreaded to be caught by her father upon a tree like a thief guarded by a watchdog it was ft a contemptible position 1 for me and would place phoebe in an unenviable attitude with regard to her father indicating that abelt ak had received me during his hi absence if I 1 could only 9 pilok k of ft iams abe in 1 gc way lo ito cacari the 64 ac or ht bet ter yet some daring 1 to ovis OT cobie come him bari I 1 mighty no not tonly only avoid 1002 loing ng prestige but gain it I 1 looked about me for a means of escape the trees were very thick but tow toward the gate nat not thick enough to admit of my passing from one to the other and out of the grounds Toi toward ard the house the prospect looked more fa favorable arable I 1 determined to try it better be caught like a burglar than a knaak thief by climbing from to branch an and a making some desperate leaps the dog following me I 1 finally gained the roof of the house when I 1 got there 1 I get bade back for the limb from which I 1 dropped relieved of uli i weight sprang upward beyond my reach I 1 found myself in a sort of roof por ket directly tit in front of a niu n in dow it seemed to me that I 1 had not improved tle the situation I 1 had got rid ria ot of the dog but had been cor cornered nerod on aho root roof in uny event I 1 must htay w chero ere I 1 was wag till relic reli eel ne liy fly human help I 1 heard beard a train ionic come in ut at the station half a mile awny away aud in about twenty mr constant I 1 arac ame in at rate gate anti and oi ote e to the log dog I 1 rejoiced that thai dw dm tnt ant talk and this his out one girt ftp me away then the front door closed los rd and the next development 01 mient ai was as a bri bright bt light in the window before chih I 1 was standing and from which I 1 could not move and whal wa my iny b horror t to see mr con maul f binning tu to disrobe ire advanced at once to draw doin tile the scuttle an seeing a man on the narrow ledge of t the lle roof outside the window wo about lo 10 turn for some weapon for defense alian placing my face against it n pune pane I 1 implored him by my expression to desist the light shone on my dentures fen tures and he recognized me that was waa the end of my attentions to phoebe constant she never quite satisfied her ber father but that there was wai some ome mystery about the matter treat great lito ly fa my dischi discredit anal andade she child akey net r thick 1 at f X m ii u a lover |