The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-02-01

but dog They are my pet aversion !!
And Toms dog Rover was no exception.
1t was not, Glove me, low my dog" in
this case, for Tom dog l did not love,
whatever might have been said of Tom.
Now when l say that Tom would keep
dog, do not mean that he persisted in
this course against my expressed wish to
the contrary In fact. there had been a
sort of compromise between us. II l
hated dogs, he detested cats, and a pet
cat was one Of my few hobbies. So we
signed a sort of hollow truce and Rover
and Tabby became domesticated In our
household. They were very good friends
themselves, which was mercy, as they
might otherwise have caused q rupture
between their master and mistress, each
being bound to uphold and sustain his
or her respective appendage. But for
while matters went on swimmingly. v
One afternoon Tom came into tea earlier
than usual. "Lou,' he said, Il have a
present for you, from grandmother. /
had a note from her at the office this
morning, asking me to call over there
and | went. She had intended to give
you something when we were married,
but cotldn't quite decide then what it
should be, and now she wants me to see
to getting it over here. I'll drive around,
| think In the morning"
"But you haven't told me what it is,
Toni"
"Ah my dear! so l haven't You re-
member the large jar that has always
stood in grandmother's parlor, filed with
roseleayes, believe? Well that is the
identical thing as Capen Cutie use to
say. How do you like it, Miss Louisy?"
co." said. ''the one grandmother
thought so much OF because it came from
Holland, and has always been in the
family? l am delighted; it will look so
nicely in the parlor, Tom p
"Glad you're pleased, my dear" Tom
said, lighting his cigar. Il used
to be always stumbling over the confoun-
dsd thing at grandmother's, but I'm
more careful now l IN married man"
had a few private doubts as to Toms
Improvement in that respect, but they
did not prevent my pleasure when the
next day he brought the jar home. l
gently admired the effect Of the blue and
white china. with its grotesque fgnre
against the dark marble of the mante
and hearth, and Tom himself confessed
it quite an addition to the room. And
when | had filled the jar with ose-leayes,
the room smelled like a garden, and my
pleasure in the present was wholly un
alloyed. It was week or two after
ward that one afternoon Tom came frotn
the Office early to take me to ride. "Hurty
and get ready, Lou he said, "we've no
time to spare"
A S there was no mortal reason for our
going or returning at particular time.
could no! quite soc what the hurry was,
but like dutifuf wife, | made no re
marks, and put on my bonnet aud shaw
as qnickly as possible. Tom didn't come
into the house at all, but sat on the steps
smoking unit was ready.
"Did you shut the parlor door Lou?"
he asked, as l joined him; Rover and
Tabby are in the house, and might get
in there, if the doors are left OPEN"
"Oh, | shut them all!' l answered
confidently; "but Tabby could do no
harm, at any rate, and you oughtn't to
leave Rover in the house, Tom"
"Nere er mind. he's all right, aud
won't forget him again T.
And, dism issing all care, we gave our
selves up to the pleasure of the ride. i
was after dark when we came home, and
Tom left me at the door, driving the
horses to the stable himself. went in.
into the parlor moment to
light the gas before going up stairs,-
But as it flashed up, what a sight met
my horror stricken eyes! Alas! my beau
tiful Holland jar was broken in pieces,
the fragments lay .strewed around, and
the roe-leaves were scat tered in all di-
rectious over the carpet "Oh! chat
horrible dog!' | exclaimed involuntsirly;