The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-03-12
WHY B4NGS H4TED DOGS

"Got out" y
Bangs, that is my dog"
"Ycs, I know it, Get, you brutel"-
And be SHED at him an iron paper weight
Ny face flushed. Bangs" said |,
"ozcuse me, but I've on affection for that
dog"
Excuse me, Pills, but I've an anti.
pathy against all dogs. Get out, you YER
min" aud be gave my pei black and tan
vicious kick, that sent him bowling into
the corridor. Bangs shut the door and
put The key in his pocket.
~ wish, Pills, tho next time you come
to my Office you would leave that brute be-
hind. I've most uncomfortable anti
pathy against all CANNES, and"
Bangs might have SAID more, put tue
look on my face must have convinced him
that I was seriously angry
Suppose We let this pass" he Said'-
~ was wrong, III admit;T ought not to
have kicked your pup but you don't know
how | bate 'em, big and little. Sit down,
Pills, aud let me tell you something that
heretofore has been a secret with me,
secret hidden from the gaze Of the cold,
uusympalhising world. | fest that nov
some explanation isprOper for me ter
u lbopdEsHGidrps
standing between two saSh firm friends as
We have been 10 ths past, and | hope will
bo in the future"
), / sat down in the chair Bangs pointed
to, aud said, "go on"
II don't know" continued Bangs,
"tbat l ever hadany particular dislike to
dogs previous to the circumstance which |
am about to relate. Do you remember
the spring I took trip to the country"
"yery we'll, l replied,
THAT was nearly six years ago. 1bad
confined myself very closely to business
ever since my admittauce to the bar, and
1 thought a month in The country would
freshsSn me up considerably"
"it did not seem TO, il l remember
rightly" l said I.
You'll not wonder at il, Pills, when I
tell you about the facts. 1 went down to
little seaside resort, called San Marino
ever been there?"
. ~Never."
"Well, it's very queer sort Of "a place
There 6ue stream Of water courses
down from the mountains and empties into
the sea about half mile from tho town;
although there is no town there, only q
hotel aud blacksmith'S shop. The streart,
.r,nt;os into the sea in winter! during the
heavy rains butt summer time the surf
banks stops up the mouth with sand and
forms quite a lake or lagoon. "Laguna
a Puritas" is the Spanish name. The pro-
prietor Of the hotel had a few little sail
boats fitted up; they we're in constant use
BY the guests. Game is plenty in the
hills aud about there, deer and quailS; the
creek is full Of speckled trout; the hotel is
Just lar enough from the sea to render the
climate delightful. The San MariuO
House was filed to its utmost capacity
that season. 1t was a curious kind OF q
crowd gathered there. City sp0rtsn'n,'I 4
with dogs, guns, fsbiug.tackle, ETC.; sup
erauuuated old women, and, for tho bene-
Ct Of The sea breeze, young boys fourteen
or fifteen years Of age, making their FIRST
trip from home aloue-twoOf three grass
Widows sOmeWhatfa clergyman rode
down from the city on his velOcipede-aud
three or four young ladies aud dozen
ftisky schools, gitll On the WHOLE it
was as jolly a crew as ever gathered TO-
getber. With horseback riding, boating,
fishing, and hunting, the time passed rap
idly enough. I said there we're three or
four young ladies, but, 50 far as ! was
concerned; there was only Oue-Miss Too
tis Tusby-excuse me, Pills, but | cannot
speak that name without emotion" and
Bangs drew forth his handkerchief and
.;.sjh;s sves vigorously, IL.