Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-12-25
THE BRINDLED Doc.

Yesterday morning a soap-hared gen
teman of eighteen summers was drawing
a big brindled dog around the City Hall
market, anxious to find a purchaser. A
corpulent old chap, smoking long pipe
and lodging the rain, finally halted the
young man, and asked
My frent, how little you wants for
dose dog ?"
1.-Two dollars will take him and
better dog never stood on four legs and
howled," was the reply.
".Vell, goom along init me-" contin-
ued the old chap, raising his UMBRELLA
He padded n full mile through the rain,
the young man and the brindled dog at
his heels, and reaching home at last, the
dog was led in, the old man realled his
pipe and sat down, and said:
Now, my trent, is dose goot dog ?"
He's the best kind of u dog" was the
reply.
house ?"
. You bet he will Why, ho'd chaw
up a man quicker'n flash"
Docs he keep der bat poys out of my
garten ?"
" We'll, you ought to see him go for
boy once. He's had his teeth in every
boz in Macomb county,"
Z" Does he like my schildren ?"
Like 'em Why, that's his strong
suit. Nothing ploases him better than a
house full of children"
The old man hesitated an instant and
then asked ::
Can dose dog play on n fiddle ?"
Play on eddie? Why-hy-yes,
he can. He can play seven different
tunes on fiddle"
1t was a big lie, but the soap-haircd
young man was bound to make sale, if
he had to bury truth out of sight.
Can dose dog play on II horn in der
brass band ?" asked the old man, after
pause.
son horn ? Why, he has led the
Mount Clemens brass band for the last
year. Yes, stree, he can play on II horn
with anybody"
The old man seemed little staggered,
and he waited quite while before ask
ing ..,-.,
my prudder in Shermany 2'
Write ? Write letters ?"
Yaw."
4" wish had pen and paper here
He writes the most beautiful hand you
ever saw, and he writes like lightning.--
| could hire him out for fifty dollars n
month to keep books, but don't want to
work him too hard. Besides there's a
mortgage on my farm, and | must have
money to raise it,"
Der brice is two dollars ?"
"Only two dollars. He's worth hun
dred if he is worth cent but I'm forced
to sell. If you keep him till March, I'll
buy him back and give you two hundred
dollars for him."
The old man smoked away for awhile,
and then asked
Can dose dog baint n house ?"
Paint "A house2 I'd like you to see
three big houses he painted last week.
He's good as three men, and never wastes
a drop of paint. I'm in n hurry to catch
the train and I'd like to have the money.
"Two dollar ?"
"Yes, two dollars, you'll never have
another such chance"
The old man made n motion toward
his wallet, but let his hand drop and in
quired
Can dose dog shump over der City
Hall ?"
This was n crusher. The young man
knew he couldn't beat it, and he an
swerod
"No, don't think he can, but III
warrant him to jump forty feet and catch
ny."
You can dake dose dog away, my
irent," said the old man.
You won't take him ?"
No, thur | wants no dog what can't
shump over der City Hall"
But you made fair bargain and
said you'd take him"
g can't help dat. Vhens l bay two
dollar for dog he shall be able to shump
like pird."
And the young man dragged that brn-
died dog out Of the house and back to
the market, where he offered him for fifty
/ cants Without oattiu0 a buvnr