St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-19
He Took a Night Off.

A great big st. Bernard dog. full
,bIooded and evidently valuable animal,
according to the New York Evening
Sun, was found trembling in the arch
,Way of residence on Henry street,
South BROOKLYN, early the other morn
ing, by the servant who first opened
the door. When the girl recov-
cred from the fright attendant upon the
discovery of the huge beast. who at first
sight looked as big as lion. her first
impulse was to drive him away, but the
dog lookedAso woe-begone and diseonSo-
late, and was so evidently a valuable ami
NAL, that she finally concluded to take
him in and await instructions when the
family should come to breakfast.
If the dog had seemed as big as lion
to the cook he proved to the family to
be a veritable elephant on their hands.
In contrast to the undoubted value of
the dog was the rude collar that he
wore, made of piece of old harness and
joined by the cOmm0neSt of iron buckles.
The animal from his battered and dusty
appearance was either much the worse
for his journey or had came long dis
tadce, and the newspapers were eagerly
scanned for an advertisement that
would lead to return to his owner.
For nearly week not line appeared
that would indicate to whom the animal
belonged, and in the meantime his dog
ship had good-naturedly destroyed all
the flowers laid out in the back yard.
The big, fellow. too. though gentle, was
as unhappy as a dog ever strayed from
home, and took his food with reluct-
ance that conveyed the idea plainly that
he didn't really know whether or
not life was worth living under
his new conditions. Every name in
the dog vocabulary was applied to
him without gaining the slightest rec.
ognition i'll, return, and the most per-
sistent kind Of dog-talk failed to arouse
even glimmer of response. He
browsed about the yard in half dead
and alive sort of way, plainly laboring
| under load of woe that was pitiful if
comcal to behold.
One of the daughters of the house
hold-a lady of enduring patience and
great fondneSs for dogs-devOted two
hours one morning of the most unremit-
tent attention. coupled with the most
tempting food that was ever set before
a dog, and could not elicit even a JOY
Gus wag of the tail from the big ST..
Bernard.
What was to be done with him? He
required great amount of attention,
and the likelihood of his going mad
cooped up in the house all summer grew
apace.
1t was resolved to send him to the
country place of a relative, when to the
great relief of the household the wished
newspaper under the heading Lost
and Found" The owner of the
animal. if such the advertiser
should turn out to be. was the proprie-
tor of weiss beer manufactory on
Hamilton avenue. Accordingly mes
senger was dispatched and his arrival
threw the entire establishment into an
unbottled ferment. From the descrip-
tion the dog evidently belonged there,
although it was somewhat remarkable
that only few blocks from his home
| he should have got into such a dilapi-
dated condition after only being out
| oyer night.
1.-THE good-natured German who was
| tie proprietor hoped in well-seasoned
| broken English that the animal was his,
| ashiS wife was made sick by the loss, so
| attached had she grown to the dog, and
| forthwith dispatched with the meSsen-
| ger one of his employees, a Squat-fgured
| liatle German, who quite relished the
| idea of going. Before he had fairly got
| inside the basement door the big st.
Bernard exhibited signs of animation.
| and when the little man passed through
| Tile klICUcu dllu Cdlltu Oul DCD, .LIlt
dog almost went wild in his joy. There
was look in his eyes and penitentiaI
oscillation of his tail that indicated he
would never take another might off,"
| Amid the canine ecstacy the entire
| household arrived upon the scene, and
/ presently roar of laughter went up at
|. the expense of the unfortunate but we'll
| intentioned young lady, who had spent
F several hours daily talking her head al
/ most off in a one-sided conversation
I with the animal in the choicest English.
| The dog only understood German.
/ He-Why, it is growing quite dark!
!. You can hardly distinguish the people
|: at the hotel. She-And rathercool. too.
|. / ought to have something around me.
i He with familiar movement of the
+ arm)-That'S so.
/ TEMPUS.
L when the feet of Time unmtffied fail.
/ How tagging he comes to shake. the glass,
I So slow, we YEARLY count them all
/ The heavy steps as they come and pass;
| But when his tread is hushed in flowers
| How swiftly he goes in his noiseiess flight