Show MARIETTA by MILDRED WHITE caro dalton fretted because e the kind of french poodle she especially desired was not to be found caros were so ninny many and varied that it was fortunate or r unfortunate na As the case may be that tier her inherited wealth was wag not taxed in their fulfillment she had find tired of the luxurious new car the alie sailboat and the city apartment tier her much tried guardian was at his wits end to please yet tet not to please caro was to be himself miserable for david biair junior law partner and trusted friend of the girls departed father had bad loved caro with a deep unselfish love from tile triumphant epoch of her first long dress and done up hair she unconscious perhaps of this love had led her dev devoted doted slave a merry dunce dance from the time of his instituted guardianship david was given little anxiety concerning the various admirers who flocked in her train caro herself dismissed each promptly in turn now it seemed tier lier overwhelming desire was for some pet upon n which to lavish her affection A dog caro told her guardian Is a faithful creature responding unquestionably to ones moods but why david asked patiently mut it necessarily be a white dog end and very small white because I 1 shall have to keep it bathed and cared for caro answered small so that I 1 may hold it in my lap the guardian sighed caros explanations were as unsatisfying as the smile which accompanied them was charming better wish for a dog of that description he suggested for you to wish Is to have Is it not caroline there was a saddened note in the guardians voice not always caro replied she looked at jilin quickly with inscrutable ca ees CS but as she phe drove her car that afternoon beyond her accustomed way a small dog of exactly the kind she desired came dashing out across a barren field to bark furiously t it at her intrusion caro stopped the car but the little animal continued to bark until at length it paused breathlessly to listen to her caressing voice come coaxed the girl you ton dear little things tiling and its as she sprang down into the road the dogs feathery tall wagged fervently in greeting before her astonished gaze he arose presently waving his two forepaws fore paws in the air and executing a solemn dance around her you funny thing she exclaimed you little trick dog before she could forbid the little white creature had leaped into the car grinning at her in log dog fashion from the front seat iles hes mine caro told herself defiantly 1 I wished for him but the guardian failed to rejoice with mill her when he learned the discovery though the dog devoted himself jealously to caro david blair insisted upon placing an advertisement in the found column of that evenings paper and following closely upon its appearance pe arance came a pitiful reply tile the little found dog Is my fidget came scrawled in a childish fashion he Is all I 1 have to love ile he acts with me in the circus please bring him back to marietta and though there was no further direction or adress danid daid and his rebellious bel bell lious lous ward drove that evening with fidget between them to the faraway grounds where the traveling circus pitched its great tent the little dog of the loved I 1 marietta was at once recognized by welcoming watchers she sleep last night a painted clown said fidget Is all the folks Mari Mar ettas lettas got now you see her mother live long after her dad was killed in his famous jump last year the circus had sort of adopted marietta since every one likes to see the kid dance with tier her dog tho it aint much of an act after all marletto marletta called the clown come liere here honey and marietta came A vision of flying golden curls and and short ruffled skirts she flew toward her pet and had him in her arms then tear filled the childs I 1 blue eyes sought caros im sorry she said that you cant have fidget but I 1 love him and I 1 got anything else to love the dalton heiress nodded understandingly stan her guardian noted in distress that her eyes were also filled with nith tears suddenly impulsively the girls arms closed tight about the chil childish digh form dear said caro do you suppose that you could possibly learn to love me would you like to come and live in a big stone house with a garden would you like to be my little sister carol david blair ex postulated think asly what ou oil are offering 1 I do think the girl answered quiet ly the old twinkle came back to liei her eyes marletta marietta will iiii be more satisfying than fidget she said and as he stood looking down upon the two david baars blars face softened into a great tenderness tend einess 1 I am afraid caro that I 1 have ver known the hie mal you he said mid I 1 and the girls ryes again d to lc his reflected reflect dl their I 1 liddil le I 1 it ll 11 wenters Ne IV onlin |