The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-09

tHdt lOsb from tllS cause S01eTdl I'LL
portant orders.
When | retired for the night, took
Mingo, for safe-keeping. into my bed
room and put him comfortably to bed
on the hearth-rug. In the middle of
the night was awakened by something
heavy on my feet. 1t was Mingo. He
had deserted his own couch and was
sharing mine. / kicked him of. But
he again aroused me at the most drowsy
hour of the morning, by his scratching
vigorously at the door to be let out, as
IF he had suddenly recollected some i'm
portant appointment.
BY throwing everything within reach
at him, and using as strong language as
a strict regard for the commandments
would allow, l induced him to return
to his place on the rug, in which he
forthwith proceeded to scratch a large
hole. thrashed him soundly.
Determined not to repeat nv expert
ence of the day before. left him in
charge of ''boots'' at the hotel, who
promised, for a consideration, to look
after him. On returning in the evening,
| found that, having been let out for
air and exercise into yard at the back,
he had improved the occasion by chas-
ing and killing a brood of young chick
ems. 1t was srorf To him, but not to me,
for it cost me fifteen shilling to make
good the damage.
Irelated my misfortunes in the COM
mercial room in the evening. There ]
got no sympathy. The vagabonds pelt-
ed the dog and laughed at me. They
crammed him with biscuits, and even
offered him gin and water. If he had
accepted the liquor, / should hardly
have been surprised; but he did draw
the line at that, his sole remaining vir-
tue being, apparently, adherence to total
abstinence principles. When came to
pay the bill on departure, found that
my personal expenses amounted to
twenty-seven shillings, and Mingo's to
two pounds, which was hardly fair
proportion.
On returning home, / was so full Of
my grievances that had hardly kissed
my wife before | began to relieve my
mind on the subject.
''How in the world came you to lei
Mingo follow me?n | said. 'sYou can
not Imagine what nuisance he has
been!' 1900.
"Mingor' exclaimed my wife.
"MingO! What do you mean? Why,
Mingo is here, and has been here the
whole time. suppose he is in the gar.
den now, or he would have rushed tC
meet you as usual. All! here he is
But mercy on us! there are two Of
themI''
And, sure enough, there were two
Mingos, both frisking round me.
"Then it was true, after all!'' / Elk.
claimed. 81 have stolen somebody
else's deg. And that horrid ruffiar
knew it, and offered himself as my ac
complicer'
"Horatio said my wife, ''what art
you talking about? What horrible ruff
fan have you been consorting with, ant
why have you brought home another
dog?"
As soon as could collect myself {
little | told her what had occurred
There's the whole story" / said, ''ant
what on earth am to do? | can't keeE
q dog that doesn't belong to me-"
'DoP" said my wife, who prides her
self on her strong common sense
''Why, find the owner and send thu
creature back to her, of course. Tn
sure zoe don't want her nasty dog. The
one we have already is bother enough. ,
(My wife is charming woman, but she
doesn't appreciate dogs.)
II hope she'll accept my explana
toni l said, neryously.
"Accept your explanation was hel
reply. "She'll be only too glad to ge
her dog, I'm sure. 1t was a mere mis-
take, though how you could have beef
SO stupid as not to know a strange dos
from our own [ can't think!n
The two dogs had been fraternizins
around my legs, and / now glanced
down at them. A tantalizing though
struck me.
Graciousr I exclaimed. "Hov
are we to return her dogP They've go
mixed!" as -
1t was true. We had not been paw
ing attention to the wretched animals
and now it was impossible to say which
was which. There they were, exactly
alike in every particular l defy AM
human being to have distinguished
them.
At first my wife was incredulous
"Nonsense!' she SAID. "T'U soon fine
out which is which," rr
| Accordingly she retired to a little dis
lance, and called, j." Ningo! Mingor'
Both dogs bounded toward her at thu
call. She took out q biscuit.
Begm she said, this being the rea
Mingo's special accomplishment.
Both dogs tipped up on end stimuli
taneously, both hanging their paws ant
gibbering with the same idiotic ex
preston. Every other test failed in Xix
manner. If the two had been one do!
in two volumes, or one rolled into two
as conjurors do with rabbits, they .coulC
not have been more exactly alike.
So matters went on for week. TIL
two Mingos scampered up and down tn
house and over the garden together
turning up, in company, to claim thei
meals with unfailing regularity.
watched them with the greatest care
hoping to seize some indication tina
would show which was the real Mingo
1t was in vain. / even carried a dog
collar in my pocket, to place round tn
real Mingo's neck, and so mark him
the moment | could secure any eyidenc
. of his identity. 1t was to no purpose
Later, for thus far l had written
week ago, | CHANGED to glance int,
into the window of a pastry-cook' shol
one day, and read, to the disturbance
of my nerves, a handful in the follow
ing terms:
FIVE POUNDS REWARD
SToLEN-On the 14th inst outside Eustol
Station, faVorite pug-dog, answering to tn
name of Pink The thief was a rakishlookin
man, dressed in grey suit, and carrying
black leather bag. The above reward will b
paid to any one returning the dog to Mrs
GRASS, 10 Sherry Gardens, N. w.
n, B.-t the conviction of the offender b
procured, the reward will be increased to SEA
EN- POUNDS!
went home, and told my wife wha
/ had seen, only emitting the libelou
description of myself as "rakish-look
ing man."
"WeI," said my wife, "we can nov
find out which the strange dog is, for
know its name. The dogs are in tn