The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-07-21
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HOW wIGGr wEAr TO SEE THE woRED.
Did Won eyer hear how WisRy went to |
sea the world Wicay wss fSnuy name
for s . tommy h.s;s sss -ss.. silly hair :ns s
wbcS be Aid on The mat ssleep he looked
ike . fsnslcd bali Of shining hair. 80.
That wss the way he came by his name,
for everybody rennembered how poor uncle
joseph. comins In ono day from tie sunsy
world ostaide, thought he saw his best wig
left oat by the careless housemaid on the
bed, and, Rrumbliug loudly, proceeded to
grasp the poor sleepy little dog to put him
In tho box, when 10, four paws, two eyes
and q whisking tail scared the poor old
follow almost out OF his wits, and he
dropped the dog in = great hurry.
Somehow the story all came ont, and,
though the puppy had been named "Dssh,"
IL vas no 1ss, and every body called him
Wisgy,n from that day.
Well, instead Of being happy little
dog, a hs shoufd haSo been, he grow quito
discontented. :Throngh the summer, he
had enjoyed the friendship Of . very
aEistoeEaElc coach dog belonging to gem
Nslaan who was spending the summer at
Fine Bush. In their doggish way they had
long tnaks a. they lay In the car1iage-way
| summing themselves, and Wiggy was allied
with envy when be saw Jasper jogging
lDds .A'''D'A'u 40 A" y VIC 'es@
Before Jasper came he used to think
there was no home me &c, his OWL g5 sunny
doorway with mat 20 lay on, ana oones
to pick all day. Little Rit loved him
dearly. and kept his siiken ears brushed
clear ana hae "a, Ana Dane MaFseryd g the0
| would chirrup and say silly little things
| to him which he would answer by wag OF
his tail. - a. 49,.
I And If baby Charlie did squeeze him ra-
ther tight sometimes, ne knew 1t was al
better Behavior.
But when dogs, or children, or grown
people, begin to look only on the dark side
of things, they think there is no sunshine
any where. So Wiggy thought life was
} very tedious humdrum matter at Pine
Bush, and that he would go to visit JAS
per, who had invited him to do so, promis
J to the park with him.
So lie held his little head up very high
} one fine morning, and trotted off down the
road which led to the city,. at brisk pace;
\ Old Granny Barker's churn dog called
: ont as he passed Running away. Bet.
l ter not. A stranger dogs got 30 chance
away from home. Don't be q fool, Wiggy
but stay where You are well on" ba'
heart, "Of course an old, hard working
o dog like that can't get into society. III
). different with me. Blood will tell they
:. say-and besides Jasper will look after me
' All right, Tower, you stay home ant
q cburn. and growl-iIl 90 ont and see
: little BIT Of life"
. The sun was growing hot as noon cam
i 40 he began to look about for water. A
last he came to spripg near a school
house, just as the boys came whooping an
> veiling for their recess. His thirst was q
, great That he acted like a frantic creature
- and they set up cry of Mad-dog, an
- was Glad enough to run. for his life. On
.. stone had hit bis shoulder, too, and he We
y OBLIGED to linn a little. Farther on ther
was trough where teamsters were wor
re- 10 water their horses, and be dipped in b
81 dusty head and took great "laps" of col
water, He remembered an old bone whis
,r he buried that very morning under IL
Ill peach tree,
ct He did not intend to give up SO, hoy
9, ever. but trudged on patiently until I