Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-03-26
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
THURSDAY. MARCH 26, 1886.


erica MISS Jane IedSieo, cAoi1culy
never could abide old bachelors, and here
one of ems gone and moved In right
next door, He's got a great horrid dog.
too. I'll warrant he'll be the plague Of
our lives"
"Mebbie not, Jane" mildly expostulat-
ed her sister, Mrs. Webb. "Old bachelors
amt apt to be meddlesOme, gener'ly."
Him! mean the dog" snapped Miss
Jane. "0f course he'll be running over
here, t0rmenting the cat and digging
holes in the flower beds next sum mer
for cool place to lie in, or chasing the
Eens, and stealing the eggs, when they
have made nests in the weeds. bat |
Won't put up with, il and | shall tell
him so, plump. the very first chance
git
THE deg, Jans?"
"The dog! OF coarse not. mean the
crusty. Grabbed old bachelor himself"
'Oh Jane! Yeu don't think he would
steal the eggs and make holes in the
flower beds, do you"
"Fiddlesticks. Amt you got no sense
at all, Melancey? body might as well
talk to clothes prop as you! said the
dog would steal the eggs, and shouldn't
put up with it, and Ishould tell the old
bachelor SC, too. Now do you understand?
And so / will! I'll take the brOOmstiek to
him. too. See if DON'T" she concluded
smphatically.
Miss Jane and her sister owned the lit
tie cottage in which they lived, which
was about all they did own, and man
aged to exc out living by doing plain
sewing or anything of the kind they
could get to do.
There's the gate open and Sam Pick
less old bell-cow trampling round in
The truck patch of course and snatching
up sunbonnet she darted ont to put
summary to the old bell-cews despreda-
tions among her garden truck"
Meanwhile the old bachelor next door
was taking survey of the situation.
Two women folks. and one Of them
an old maid, I'll bet pOeketknife. The
other looks like she might be widow,
from alias dressing in black. Thunder?
What did | ever move in here for? Paid
six months rent, too? ConfOund it all,
man ain't safe anywhere hardly these
days. OF course they'll be asserting their
caps to ketch me-but | won't DO caught!
I'll keep out of their way as much as
possible, and even if meet them face to
face I'll look another way, | see they
keep parcel Of old hens, too. If any of
EN- GENE a-seratching around here I'll
set the dog on 'em sure. l amt going to
be pestered by old maids, or their hens,
either. I've hired man servant a-pur-
pose to keep out of their clutches, and |
amt ag0ing to be Jock in by the smartest
woman that eyer lived"
He was by no means the crusty, crab
bed old bachelor, Miss Jane had declared
him to be, but rather fine-loOking man,
with pleasant dark eyes, and only a few
threads of silver shining in his abund-
ant brown hair.
Moreover, mis- canine follower was not
"great h0rrid" dog, but very curly
and frolicsome Newfoundland puppy.
There's that dog worryin' the chick
ems agin," screamed Miss Jane one morn
ing, and, snatching up broom, she hur-
ridely gave chase.
Finding himself pursued, the puppy
at once released the leghOrn ROSTERS
tail, which he had been playfully shak
ing TO the great disgust of its owner,
and with bark of delight seized the
edge of Miss James homespun petticoat
which showed beneath the rim of her
dress, and shook it energetically.
The outraged Miss Peasee in the
meantime beat right and left with her
broom, missing the culprit at each lick,
however, until thoroughly exhausted she
dropped her weapon on the ground,
whereupon Curley Immediately seized il
and scampsred off with all his might.
Over the neat, gravelly walk, over the
versicOlOr. round and rUund he whiried,
dexterously avoiding the avenging foe,
until at last he espied BOnapart. the big
of IoiQ " Tn "A
walk. WhereHpOn he at once cropped
the broom and gave chsse to the cat.
Bonaparte fled up a tree in great ter
rOr, and Miss Peaslee, seeing the demon
allied broom, made sudden sOrtie on
the dog. Curly, however, discovering
this rear attack in the nick of time,
scuttlsd swiftly across the yard and
through the fence to his masters domain,
where he Immediately unearthed half
gnawed bone from it's hiding place and
preceded to solace himself Herewith.
"You had real nice play with him,
didn'tyou~ said Melaneey, cOmplaeent-
ly, looking up as her sister made her ap
pearance.
PLAY! The vicious beast chawed the
broom to pieces, and tore the skirts half
off o. me, if you call that play" shifted
Miss Jane. wrathfully.
Jane! janet What ON airth is this
that dogs been shaking and walloping
around in the dustp' cried Melaneey
few days later.
The dog was growing and shaking
some dark object fearfully.
After desperate struggle the sisters
succeeded in rescuing all that remained
of-a coat. A mans coat. of fine. heavy,
dark cloth, hOpelessly mUtilated by the
teeth and claws of the froicsOme puppy.
Dear me, its plum ruined" cried Me-
lancey. "It must belong to the old bach
elor and the dog has stole it," And she