The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-10
IN A BAG.

"I will not wait another day." said
Miss Norfolk S~tanley-a stout, middle
aged lady, with a rubicund ~countenance,
a juvenile straw hat perched on the
bridge of her nose, and many onyx
beads wound around her throat.
"Bow-wow," responded her little dog
Biiou.
Nephew Dick, presumptive heir of the
lady, had failed TO meet her at Turin, as
agreed, and she had been forced to wait
"a hours, without result. She was
deeply incensed, as became a British
spinster with a neat property in Derby
shire, and funds in Turkish and Indian
loans.
The bag was produced by the maid.
1t was a large bag of black leather.
Bijou eyed it apprehensively, yet with
resignation. The tiny terrier, with
eyes like shining beads, an inquisitive
nose, ard black body, with a patch of
soft velvet brown on breast and paws,
jumped into the outside pocket of this
travelling mansion, and submitted to
having the strap carefully adjusted over
his prison in such a as allowed
a breathing space. Bijou was struggled
on board trains; the maid "a not
trusted with the bsg in her third class
seat, and it was a point of economy with
his mistress not to pay for a dogs ticket
in her own first-class carriage. Miss
Norfolk-Stanley took the bag herself,
thus exciting the interest of keen
eyed birds of prey lowering about
in scent of jew~el-cases and bags
carried by the English lady
traveller. At frontiers the pet was pop
ped under his mistress's mantle, while
the maid took the bag to the custom
house officer for inspection; then the
inmate was successfully restored. BIZ
jou remained as silent as a mouse in the
pocket for hours, and resisted the most
tempting inducements to bark at
startling noises. He knew full well that
when the enemy had deserted the field
his mistress would take him out of the
dismal captivity. Bijou's fur stood on
end, at the approach of a guard, by in
stinct.
Miss Norfolk Stanley and her maid
appeared on the platform of the Turin
depot at 9 O'Clock in the morning.
Nephew Dick would find the birds flown
when he saw fit to grace the Pied
Onontese capital with his presence. BIZ
jou was invisible to the most penetrat.
ing eve, curled up in the bag.
"Giye me a ladies' carriage, and
alone, If possible" said Miss Norfolk
Stanley to q smiling official, with q per-
suasive exchange of francs from palm
to palm. The smiling official bowed,
and soon the lady was installed in q va
cant carriage.
"You shall come out, pet, If we are
left alone" she whispered, christening
the strap over the pocket of the bag as
it rested on her knee. Bijou thrust out
little black head, reconnoitered
the premises, and discreetly withdrew
from sight again.
The Turin depot is one of the most
amusing fields of observation in Europe.
How Charles Lamb, the gentle philoso.
pher, fond of q London crowd, would
have enjoyed it! The British lion mo.
nopolizes the field, as q rule, and pre-.
sents here his most eccentric national
aspect. He comes from Nice and Men.
tone uia Genoa, stiff in gait, with dyed
whiskers and naughty mien, followed
Nby wife and troops of daughters. HI
comes from India, MA Brindisi, tall and
lean as q cane, in Oriental cap and
belted tun'c, like q very large schooI
boy, accompanied by q sickly and quer
uiOus helpmate, whose aspect suggests
loss of health and children on the Dor
ders Of the jungle. Everywhere i