Morning journal and courier., 1889-07-29
AIRING HER MISTRESS, PUG.

The Untold ARonies OF a Respectable
Elderly Female In the Cool of the
Morning.
LFrom the New York Evening SUM-
There is prisoner of toll in this city who
is subject for the deepest compassion.
She does not live in a tenement house with a
does not make shirts at fifty cents dozen
for a grasping monopolist. She does not
stand an day in hot and crowded shop or
work in stiaing factory. She has plenty to
eat and drink and wear, and whole house
to herself, but nevertheless her lot is bitter
one. She hes to take pug out for exercise.
The lady of the house and her family are
away. The house and the dog are in charge
of reliable maid. She is middle aged
woman, we'll dressed and respectable II az
| pearance, and somewhat stout of build. IN
| the so-called cool of the day, early in the
| morning and late in the sfternoon, she ST.
| lies forth with her charge to take the air. or
rather to let him take it. She knows that 1t
| would be es much as her place was worth to
| lose him, so she conducts him for his turn of
promenade with a string attached to his col
| lar
The pug is ysung and frisky. 1t chafes
him to be confined to one end of string.
| Il chafes him still more to feel that a re3pec-
table elderly person ia confined to the ether
end When the front door is opened and he
suiffs the free air of hsaven he forgets for
the moment his trammels and springs forth
| in q series of leaps and bounds. The respec-
table elderly person is jerksd precipisately
down the steps and narrowly misses falling
on her respectable elderly nose. She takes a
fresh grip ON the string and starts to walk
sedately down the street. The pug brides
off sideways till the string IL taut, and, with
its legs very far apart, stiffers himself, tugs
at the string and glarss at her from the cor
| ners of his eyes, which are soon bulgine
from his head He is in momentary danger
of death from strangulation, but firmly de-
c.ines to proceed till he has thoroughly ex-
plored the adjacent gutter. His attendant
attempts to walk serenely on, ignoring his
caprice. She finds it difficult to walk Sc
renely, and at the same time drag by main
force rather large and heavy animal with
his four legs rigidly unbending
She gives it up and tries to look uncon
scious of the observations of passers-by
, while she stands still and the triumphan
. pug roots ecstatically in the gutter. HI
i suddenly observes a meek looking dog acros
the street and salliss abruptly ACROSS to chal
lenge him. His satellite sallies abrupt
across also, dragged by the string which i
| strained to its utmost tension. The meek
looking dog unexpectedly shows fight. TIL
valiant pug fees precipitately to shelter. B
a series of hurried gyrations he swift
wraps the string q number of times tightl
round the respectable elderly persons legs
while he CLUES himself in an agony of ter
ror to her skirts. This maneuvre fire
quently results in chaotic heap on th
pavement, composed of digni6ed maid.
I great deal of string and q wildly strugglin
d pug, and occasionally complicated by tn
It presence of the strange dog.
b In the process of eXtrication the pu
l, sometimes escapes and tastes the joy
7. freedom by scampering away as fast es
l. can go. The maid, red, painting and pc
n spring, ,ins ponderously after him. II
10 gamins of the street, with shrill yells
l. glee, join in the chase. Her respectable
Is is shocked at being compelled to co-opera
se with such allies, but necessity knows no ley
and she thankfully receives the string ba'
from an extremely dirty small hand.
Annoyed by the jeers of the populace s
v starts for home. She can only reach
shelter though at the capricious will of t
pug. First he saunters slowly along wi
| the maid dawdiing behind him. Then, wi
CO the vivscity of youth, he springs forwa
ts and she follows him a. brisk gallop. /
or pauses to investigate every basement, Ian
). post or ash barrel. He plunges madly In
% every excavation, down steep embankmeI
10 and up preoipitous slopes. The game of 4
n, | low.my leader is only terminated when
in exhausted victim drags him reluctant up
l stems of his home.