Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-02
"And did you give my message ?,

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all the nights they sot up with you
when you had the 'namatory rheum
atiz last spring"
"Wall, no; there warnt nothin
-yes--no, nothing in particlar'
NOW, I'll warrant there was,
said the old lady, pushing back heI
nigh cap border and looking scru
tinizingly at ber husband "Yor
look as guilty as you'd been sheep
stealin' Come, out with it,"
"Wall, said he, medtatively. 81
dunno how Juno could have had
the heart to do it?'
"Do what?" said Soprano, i'm
patiently.
"Wall, fact is, Juno's gone and
had a lot of puppies just at this
mighty announcement time, and the
deacon didn't know what in the
world to do with 'cm. They're
just big enough to wean. But the
neighbors have divided them round
'mongst them, all but one, and that
is the purtiest of the lot to my no
ton. Miss Kellogg said she would
not part with that no how, and
talked strong of taking it long
But when l up and telled her how
mighty consarned you was to do
suthin' for her, she looked mighty
pleased, and SAID she knew twas
ridin' free boss to death, but there
warn't nothin' in the world you
could do for her equal to takin'
care O that pup while she's gone" "
"And what did you tell herr
said my grandmother, with sud
den sharpening of key.
oval, l just told her you warn t
master hand for dogs,and l could
not say how you'd feel bout it
Guessed I'd 90 hum and talk it up"
The old lady turned her keen,
gray eyes full upon him to see
whether she was being tricked, but
he sat looking down at his cow
hide boots with such an honest,
contrite look that the suspicion
vanishen.
81 might fix up aplace for him in
the barn." said he at length, mus.
ingly. "There's the empty calves
pen. That's snug and tight, and |
could keep an old platter there, and
feed him with the froth from the
milk pals"
"There's no way out ont" she
muttered, with just such a cast Of
countenance as l remembered to
have noticed once before, when she
sat down to have the turnkey ap-
piled to q contumacious nolar.-
Miss Kellogg had much better
have drowned the whole lot than
to have been plaguing her neigh
bors with 'um. He'll do we'll
enough ont to the barn. You'd
better take an old basket and 60
right over and git the thing, cause
they'll want to be shetting up air
ly in the mornin'." "
"He's out in the woodshed. l
thought mebbe you'd want to see
him before you'd made up your
mind"
"What do I care (sharply) how
the critter looks! He may be as
humbly as a rail fence for all / care.
Guess the COWS. and sheep won't
make faces at him !"
At my entrcaty my grandfather
brought in a covered basket, set it
down on the floor and raised the
lid. There, curled up in a roly-
poly, and looking very much like
a beautiful mink muff, lay the little
doggie, quite unconscious of the
evil eve that surveyed him. Pres
emily he reused, shook himself,and
putting one siIken paw on the edge
of the basket, looked inqu.sitively
round.
This was too bewitching for me,
and took him in my arms and
sat down on the bed; but he i'm
mediately sprang from me and be-
gan to fawn rond my grandmother,
wagging his little whisk Of a tail
shaking his cunning crimped ears,
and testifying his joy with extrav-
agant energy.
'He thinks it's Miss Kellogg
explained my grandfather, "and
feels kinder to hum. She used to
corset him 'mazingly,'
The poor old lady who had new
er in her life before had pet ami
mal-who didn't know how it felt
to have one fond of her-was too
much amazed at the ardor of his
greeting to cry quarter till he had
danced quite a madcap jig on her
clean quilted countcrpane, fortn-
nately without soiling it. Such an
impressment of good will, such
marked partiality for her was thaw-
ing the ice of her prejudice, eyi-
IDENTIFY, for she bade me give him
the rest Of her supper, and fetch a
porringer of milk from the pantry.
How my grandfather watched the
little creature as it Tapped up the
creamy toast, and put its nlmbleI
tongue into the delicious milk II
He found it so pleasant to be kind
to something! really thought
his eyes misty.
After doggie had finished supper
and washed his dishes, too, a good
deal more neatly than some Bridg-
cts, my grandfather lit his lantern
and said, "Come, Curley, let us find
our night quarters" He was too.
wary tactician to prolong the in
terview, or press his unexpected