The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-11-21
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mo. said Snobkins. l don I think shall
ever have another pair of pants dyed
Not that had any of this foolish pride
which is unfortunately too common. or.
that have ar income sufficient to war
rant me in buying new pair Of pants af-
ter each meal. or that don't want to see
the dye-hous-s WAX mighty and grow rich
II is for none Of these causes, but there is
one cogent reason which. In a case like
mine. makes man IN pair Of dyed pants
wish the world had made an assignment
and closed its doors, and he had put on
the clothes the angels wear. and Snob-
kins took a long breath and looked at his
auditors as II some one ought Ia pass the
hat before he went on with the continual
ton os his story. well. You see the
thing was this way. | had two or three
pairs of faded pants which were vet In
very fair state Of preservation, and my
wife said II was pity 70 lose en-. and that
ought to have EN- dyed. The sugges-
rion was quite apropos. | thought, 50 the
next day ! was talking to my friends
down town about the economy Of my wife,
and the prospects of fresh colorei pants
for myself BlifkiLs said IL was an excel
itDt tflst( ut Haik bNtN
liked 'em very much. Tompsins sand the
same, as did also Sniifkens and Judkins
and Brown. and Smith. and Jones, and
they told me where they had them done.
and...>-uk mine TO the same place" Here
Snobkins too. another rest and an express
sion Of pam, showed itself in scattering
way over his iace. hut he went on.
In a few days ! got my goods home
apl .ha I tbnpt-tt A
90 round and show the bows my new az
QUESTION. Coming out Of Blitkenses gate.
met his dog md expected to have 10 de-
clare wal and issu, a hostile manifesto;
but no. the dog came up. shifted me- once
or twice wagged his tail. and seemed Ia
consider me his equal and his friend, and
felt relieved and went on. The Tomp-
kins dog greeted me in the same hospiia-
bls way. like charity was shown by the
CANNES ofthe Sniffkenses and the Iudkins-
es. and when left the Browns, the Smiths
and the Joneses, | was surprised IN the
same manner. ID WAS ~ dark a. the
pagans' mind, when J rot home and
hadn't noticed anything much until |
opened my own gate and got into my
front door, where | was met IN the hall
way bv my own house dog, Hero, who gave
a growl and shot by me and IN about i've
minutes there was the wors, old dog hight
going on In my front hail you ever heard
Of. The whole house was alive IN ten
seconds, and night caps and shriekIng fe-
males. and howling infants. and white
robes. and dog hair. and internal yowl.,
and banks. and yawps and crunching Jaws,
and falling furniture and breaking glass.
got all mixed up together, tall ! thought
whole lunatic asylum on a jami'orce bad
been turned loose in nv house, and | was
the worst one IN the lot. At last. after
half my new dyed pants were torn of.
my Sims skinned like beef. and the foor
covered with unprepared sausage meat.
some one lit the gas. and the iearfniless
sight was presented you ever saw. And,
Snobkins totally oblivious Of the glass took
drink Of water out 1t the pitcher. AMI
went on MY dog was sitting ON hrs
hunkers IN the corner, and the Bliifken-
dog with one ear gone and his fore leg
chawed in two, and the Tompkins cur.
with his eye out aud the blood coming from
his neck and the Sniikins and Brown and
Jones and Smith stock scattered every
where rs IL a can Of nItro-giycerine had
gone off among EN-, and there stood
over IL all. Nero amid the ruins. and the
cause of IL all. for my pants were dyed
with the same stuff that Bliii kIns and
Tompklns' and Snii'kins' hnd the other
were, and when their dogs shifted me,
they though was them. and they follow
ed me right home. and Thought they were
doing Just what any decent dog ought 10
do: bu, my dog wasn't posted, and there
was where the bullet-hole wa-, and you
may Just be. your chances for the Sweet
By-and- BY that this child don't never get
any more pants dyed.