Show A face of dignity Orl elmAl it matter bow eminently re moral dignified honorable one Is he Is liable at some time to be caught in a shameful situation fred was the last man in the world to be laughed nac A gentleman prominent in bis set courteous and dignified deferential to all the very mention of his name in a party of young people waa sufficient to excite BenU menta ot respect and admiration Ilar nabee was one 0 those men whom no one expects to make any matrimonial alliance except with a lady equal ly and prominent aa himself miss alice was such per son and when barnabee Dar nabee began to pay her marked attention the social world said that will ba an excellent match miss possessed every trait calculated to make her as prominent as barnabee save one bac s not as particular ag to her associates at a dance she was rather inclined to fill her card with names of young men who wera either strangers in town or fellows nho needed a bit of influence to render them acceptable in society barnabee Dar nabee did not exactly approve of this but endured it since it waa well understood that miss might chonge her associates always from among the most eminent in sod oty i one evening barnalee entered the grounds of mr huntington the young lady in question when be saw the figure of ellason treat jut en bering the front door mr treat ws a stranger tho had been take up by miss despite the tact that he was somewhat brusque in bla deportment and disposed to bet aside many of society s most cherished rules me was in a condition of probation no one unless it was miss knowing exactly whether to accept him as one of the gilded set or not barnabee suspected that treat had the same object in view as himself viz miss if treat was a coltor in good standing with the lady tie barnabee would retire to one would ever think of barnabee running a race with another man for the band of any woman the match he would make must be unique that la a pair ing of two people socially far above all others in their set treat was evidently much at home with the or he would not be calling at so late an hour it was after 10 0 clock indeed barnabee made up his mind to discover the situation before paying any fur ther especial attention to miss hunt ington he noticed near the parlor window which was too high for him to look into from the ground a splendid apple tree which was at the alm full of ripening fruit it he could get n glimpse of treat and miss alone together he could form an opan ion of their relationship fortune ta bored him in a short ladder which rest ed against the tree and by which he mounted to the lower limbs without tearing his kid gloves it occurred to him that the act was beneath what would be expected of him but it was so easy of accomplishment that be yielded the window shade was raised and the bright light revealed mr treat bit ting in an easy chair very much at home and miss huntington by a table doing fancy work there was nothing in the demeanor of either to indicate any especial relationship and barna atha wald atter bo engaged at older business iras about to descend when a rear door sir huntington came out and opened unlooked unloosed loosed a proceeding to a do kennel un mastiff landing the dog to the tree he commanded him to he down then went back into the bouse A cold sweat stood out on barnabee Dar nabee a brow great heavens waa the dog to bo left there nil barnabee could keelhauling keel hauling flogging have stood a anything in the way ot bodily buffer ng but to bo caught in such a position as this would be maddening treat was belll in the house biow would he get out of the grounds with unchained was he so antl the dog that even mate with the him one of abo am the dog layt in halt an hour treat appeared accompanied by mr at the front door who called the dog and moment holding him by stood for a the collar is ifs the only way to keep my apples barnabee heard him say the boya would nave them all in one night if I 1 left them unguarded bood night come to dinner on sunday out of tho As soon as treat was grounds the speaker unlooked unloosed un loosed bla hold and pointing to the tree on the dog sent the brute back to his post then he went into the houe when barabee con it was midnight eluded to make an effort to himself with the dog the effort was as the beast beard a failure As gaoa a bound in the tree he set up a oua barking nor would be desist la hall an hour sir came out in a dressing gown what Is it bruin it la I 1 mr called a faint voice from the branches you who are you f barnabee good gracious what are you doing up la my apple tree well you eee I 1 was coming in to call and thought I 1 would like an apple I 1 see yon got caught come down biere bruin society waa surprised at the next assembly to see that miss did not notice mr barna bee mr treat turned out to be a young lawyer from a far western state and la now in congress miss hunt ington la unmarried JAMES B WARNER |