New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-12
THE Dixie:
=. rrTrrp AND A NERVE TACK.


damn newly cut hay mingled With an odor OF SAT-
nory,d,ny the place skye terrier sitting on inc
,ab,e I'm the direct glow OF the light ana Watching
with kcenest eyes the movements OF TWO women WV
Seem somewhat excited over an open let'er VIM"
they have evidently Just peTused. hcaucr i"
IS our shany, It Is our kerosene lamp our ori''
nh would he were indeed ours our mosquitoes
orr moths and we arc tho two women with the et'cf
u ia one Of the mssives which Ozas brought and VIC
maid him two cents for IT, 1t seems misery enough
TO have It without the consciousness mat We ha'o
also paid for It. But still 1t might be far "oIso TIA"
Il is II IS an answer to our advertisement coioer"
Ing the dog which notice appeared some weeks ago.
en- long ago in fact that have been able DAY py
day 70 thrust more and moro successfully from Us
tho thought ttat thcrc would ever be an answer inc
| enveope IS postmarked in Glasgow, scotland. mo
writing Is Of that tall, slim kind wherein each ic''"r
is precisely Ike every other letter, anu "hch 0"o
does not read but dvines in some unexpalnaoe way
We have OWNED IT, or we think we have ana ,his 10
Dear unknown friends Of Orlando across tho water
Arthur has inst happened to your advertisement
In an old Boston paper that we found In our s'aerooi
| Arthur Is my husband and we have come on our
wedding trip TO Scotland where his parents were !
born I'VE been sick almost every bit OF the voyage,
and you don't know how lovely tits to be on land
again Arthur says shall love Scotland as he loves
IT, He lust LOOKS over my shoulder and suggests
that I say something about Orlando OF course, he
Is right. There never was sweetcr DOG than ui"'
one Ny brother gave him to me and we missed MIN
enc time when we visiting the Webster place.
Arthur says must give you my address, but how can
I when We expect travel for the next SIX monts,
and IN be abroad for year two1 Arthur says
there is nothing like seeing other countries to make
a man appreciate his own know you VIII DC KIM
| 70 my own dear doggie. Hug him hard for me and
kiss his little black nose"-hero we paused to obey
this request, and then, when Orlando had almost
knocLed the lamp OVER We went on. Arthur thinks
! from your advertisement that you Will be just as
| kind as can be to hlm-the dog, mean. lie says
that I'd better let you keep him, the dog you KNOW,
until We come back, as you seem to DC so attachou
10 him. to Orlando you undcrst Arthur Is watch
ING nc so as l write that II Is quite confusing. Arthur
saws you be sure be thankful for the privilege Of
! hovirc bim-ob dear of having the skye, mean
And as for me- | cannot express how grateful am
that Orlando has found sympathetic friends | have
worried awfully about him, and Just cried Tor JOY
when Arthur showed me the notice mean TO WHO
70 YOU again. and mplore that you VIII occasionally
send me a word about the dog, though Arthur says
that would be no end Of bore to YOU Gratefully
yours, hOsE E'"->'
,rh,s was the letter and IT covered four sheets of
rote nauer so extensive the chirography Al
first We did not notice tna' Mrs. Mcdonald han no'
after ALL gwen any address, but on looking closely
over the sheet we found no more hieroglyphcs' anu
turned to each other with thankful giances' Why
, did not Arthur have his wife put on an audress :
lie must have been absent from his bride when she
really scaled the note. Yes indeed, 1t might have
beer good deal even though my friend sus-
l rcsted that Rose Evans Mcdonald, by the time she
returned to her native shores might be so tired oil her
Arthur that she would be glad to resume her orahdo
| ppt tbcrc were a great many chances in our favor
Mrs Arthur mcht choose settle in Arthurs Scot
land or she might even die. But II was wicked 10
f speculate thus. The present was our own "Eeh
the time drew nigh for the return OF the McDohad''
VIC might abscond As for giving up Orlando-'hat
alternative grew more and more fearful 70 thihA Oh as
- the days passed on
+ Our discussion Of this subject was cut short By The
terriers leapng from the stand and flying 10 tho open
- door wherein an unsteady figure presently appeared
| This figure was that of ROdge Peakc very mnch
u crumpled as to his shirt and over-als, and very
n hlrrred as 10 his face lie gaspcd the Side
e of the door, made a movement that was meant II
cause us to think nc very upright indeed, then NJ
= asked socltousy for our health. Before we coui(
# rcpIy he told MS earnestly that the Brand was thu
n MACE for women, and he'd got house there ira
J., he'd sell reasonable. Having said this he wen
!, down in a heap the floor, with the dog flying aoon
: him We heard mutter to the effect that som'
" strong coffee what he needed, for his nerves
j. sometimes played him these tricks. We acted upo
thts suggestion and began to make fire the frs
stem toward coffee We Immediately suspected tina
4 Mr. Peake h,i been asleep on the d1c s0aiewher
rs ever since we had been informed that be had bee
2, swlln' whiskey,n and that, for some reason nj
d wife had not chosen 10 come after him. MI. PeaA
II drew himself UP and leaned in sitting postur
re against the wall just within the door As the aronl
~ Of coffee grew strong upon the air our guest bega
- TO revive and when he had drank one cup and hcl
~ the other in his hand he was almost himself IL
had probably slept oil the first and deepest clectS
?" his potations lie now looing rather shauc'ace'
~ and this look grew upon him rapidly. lie commence
uC an elaborate explanation Of the tricks his ncrve
III would at certain periods cut upon him. lie sal
Us that folks to look at him, praps, wouldn't say b
us had In him, but, in point OF faci, he was
chock full Of women, and when he'd Dee
W out I'm the hot sum- Ike settn his mcchlne he
Nc been dom de why then he Jest had ter CIV
no up AN lay down right where he was lie had oi'e
-, found dt mighty announcement to have this kind
-, nerves. m when he kinder come to, he he'd to he
l' some coffee stddy him. lie could feel this COM
a sdyn' Of him now.
It's great pity you couldn't be a. homo 10
III Studded under your own roof, m let your own WI
il- make your Coffee said a pathetic, longdrawn-o
IS voice outside The dog dashed out and conduct
he into the shanty slender, young looking woman
r. the washed-out blonde type, who went to Mr. Pea
and put her hand on his forehead as she look
* anxiousy him. Then she glanced at Us and said
no whisper that he Just rlhe feverish now. She
la take him light home m nuss him up. When he HI
W. these tacks they centrally lasted about three days
- knew how TO take of him. II there was ever
eS' woman that knew about nerve 'tacks she was tn
Mp woman for her husband had had UNI
rs. married him She know he was liablo to
in when he was the mcrchinc. She should have
he after him sooner only she'd been spendn' the d
nn lest below the and didn't git the word TN la
ant Come Rodge, don't you think We can walk hol
n now | guess get there somehow"
- Her minor drawing tones very peno ratln
-, her face was sympathetic and gentle. There
' q hint In her whole aspect 10 show that shc was
w. sincere or that she could detect the fumes Of whsh
oh which her husbands breath made very percepub
even above the ouor oil conec III Tue niue roon|
raj Mr.. Pealc looked at his wife and then at us W
VAS nm air of Drde lie struggled up to his feet "
her help As they stood together for a moment bcf
, starting that he might be allowed TO get his cqulbn
r, as mucn possible, 1t occurred TO us thai ne
wi attacks were very antasonsc TO CELEBRITY in the mat