The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-07-29
HER DOG.

black, and he or 1t or tnAG was DlS,
stumbling, sheepish looking dog, thin
in flesh, and about the color of new
saddle She led him by a piece of
clothes-line, and as she dropped into a
seat the dog skulked beneath it and
glanced out at us with his yellow eyes,
plainly showing burden of guilt on his
mind.
ssPoor Henry is you afraid % she
whispered, as she reached down and
caressed his nose.
'Henry" skunk still further under Inc
seat, turned around twice, and then fell
over as if he had been shot. Every pas
senger wore a knowing look and faint
smile, certain IN his or her mind that
there was trouble ahead.
When the train started and the con-
ductor came along he scented that canine
in a York minute, and he scowled fierce
ly as he dragged the dead-head out to
view and inquired:
''Whose cur is this %
'"That's my dog, replied the old lady,
bracing herself for struggle.
sHe1l have to go into the baggage
car, madam, and it will be fifty cents ex-
ira.
"Neever l' she exclaimed, half rising
from her seat. 'Im a-takln' that dog
to brother William, and he's goin' to
ride in this keer -
Madam, it's against the rules, and
he's got to go. Fifty cents, If You
please"
sI'll never pay it, I swan / won't, y
she holly replied, '.and if you lay hand
on Henry I'll prosecute you to the long
est day live. Tn Christopher Thomp-
sons wife, L am -
Cant help it if you are Christopher
Columbus's wife or first cousin to Queen
Victoria. Come along, you brute -
She saw that the odds were against
her, and she changed her tactics.
''Wall, here's the money" she said,
feeling IN her pocket, 'and you'll take
good care of him.
''Oh, yes; he'll be tied up in the bag
gage-car and cared for. Come along
nowi"
When the dog had been dragged out
OF the car she leaned over and whisper
ed to me:
''All right When I git around home
agin this railroad II hear from me
We've got few dollars laid up in bank,
and well use it to find out if there's any
justice in American
We all got to bed after awhile-after
she had given everybody in the car the
history of that dog, and I was just fall
ing off to sleep when she stuck her head
ont of her berth and inquired:
"Con duc-ti-or! does Henry seem to
pine for me ?''
sob, he's getting along nicely" was
the reply, and she dropped back on the
pillow with the muttered remark:
tsSome folks can travel with seven
trunks and not pay extra, but these rail
road robbers charge me fifty cents fol
bringing one dog along!''
Half an hour passed. I was dreaming
of storm ut sea, when the old lady g
voice opened my eyes. Her head was
out to view, wound around in a night
cap, and she was calling for the conduct
or. He hurried up the aisle, and she
inquired:
HAS the train run off the track? ?"
''No, madam; we are running along
safely and smoothly"
''Waal, I drempt we had run off the
track, and that poor Henry had his col
lar-bone broke - she explained as she
fell back.
l dreamed again. [ thought / was
climbing rugged hill, and was pursued
by q Notwithstanding beast. He was
about to seize me when L awoke. The
woman's voice had aroused me again.
'sCon-duc-ti-or Con Duct or !" she
was calling, and as soon as she caught
sight of him she asked:
''Are we all killed go
ssNo, madam-we are all alive"
'sWaal, that's queer, she continued
81 must have drempt it. / thought we
were all mashed up, and that poor Henry
had seven ribs broke and his leg cut off
Does he seem to want to see me?'
1.-The dog is all right, madam, and
you'd better go to sleep"
turned over, counted the tops of the
telegraph poles through the window,
and dreamed that / was walking through
green meadow and lifting my feet very
high to avoid snakes. A horrid serpent
suddenly sprang up and bit me in the
leg, and L bumped my head against the
upper berth as [ suddenly sprang mp
The old lady's head was at the curtains
again, and she was saying:
.'Waal, con-du-ti-or, you know best
but I've got it on my mind that poor
Henry is grieved for me ~
'' wish your dog was drowned in the
SEAL growled fat man from the thirC
berth down, but she was enough fo
him, and talked ''dogology" until / fel
asleep. was making up for lost time
and had overhauled an hour of los
sleep, when the locomotive uttered
dozen short, sharp whistles, indicatin:
some sort of obstruction on the track.
.'Here here - the old lady was call
ing as 1 sat up. where's the con-duc
ti-or!"
He was DOING at the lower end @
the car, and as he came trotting mp sh
continued:
Il was dreamin' that the baggage
mister had piled eighteen trunks and
satchel on top of poor Henryl''
''Oh, thunder. give us rest on Cha
dog - growled the fat man, and sh
went at him and used him up again.
She must have slept from midnight t
one o'clock, for she permitted the res
of us to do likewise, but at that hou
she called out, and then regularly twic
an hour until daylight As soon as sh
could see she wanted to go forward an
have look Mt ''Henry" and see if h
was joyful or sorrowfGl, and when pre-
vented from so doing she got her voic
on pitch which reused every sleeper
About eight o'clock the train drew u
Mt her stopping place, and she entreate
me to see that Henry was passed on
TO her. / stood beside her as he wa
dropped from the baggage-car, an
when / gently informed her that the mis-
cradle apology for n dog ought to b
asphyxiated, she grasped my hand an
heartily replied:
There I knew the minute 1 sc
eyes on you that you had O tender heal
and would like Henry.' NJ. Quar-
A MOTHER STARVING HERSELF t
DEATE.-Mrs. kemper, wife of Jaspe
Kemper, died Sunday morning, Jun
~, under peculiar circumstances, While
which are as follows: About thre