Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1889-11-30
ELLLE'S DOG.
BY MRS. FANNIE l.. STONE.


81 told Ellie-she's my wife that |
didn't mind the money, though I'll be
goldarned if a hundred dollars for a
commin' lookjn' yaIIer purp, without no
experience, didn't seem sorter steep.
said Millionaire Jones, Quondam Miner
Jones, as some gentlemen stopped to
admire the handsome, fine bred dog,
which trotted along by his side with the
greatest show of confidence and respect.
But that want neither here nur
there-it went again the grain to share
my home with any pesky dorg, -and so
seq to Ellie.
"Ycu dear old blunderbuss." seq
she. It's all the style, and with that
she gey me a squeeze that made me feel
as young as | used ter, and mighty
nigh as sheepish like as when we went
to srellin' school hand in hand years
ago.
"Of course that settled it. She got
0ue ivy Duu SOulellDN III OIu6t GuluSS
didn't jibe as well arter that twixt Ellie
and me- Every time l came into the
house there was that pesky critter a
marchin around as Independent as a
crow in a cornfeld and like ez not
Ellie Tettin him and calm him
the same purity names that she used ter
call me out n Dakota thrilled me, I
kin tell you, and [ reckon | did my
beatenest to put myself on a level with
mynew associate-leastwise Ellie SEE I
acted like perfect brute.
Tn afeerd to think what mightn't NV
come Of it if it hadn't a bin for the but
ter.
You see, had got so as [ hadn't
much to say round the house them days,
but when Ellie she begun to have the
butter dished up in little hunks and sot
around at a feller's plate as if there was
jest enUff to 60 round and no more, or
as if she was afeerd someun might eat
more'n as ~ good for 'em, | couldn't
help remarkin' that it appeared uncom-
min stingy to me.
Ellie she just looked at me sort O
plying as if l want smart enuff to
understand nohow and then begin a
pettin' that there dog. You kin jest bet
your boots that sort O bluff want kali
ker.ated too make Teller feel any too
amazin' comfortable.
We'll, things. went on from bad to
worse till most wished I'd never bin
born, AID I'd rather sight bin Jest
common miner agin than tC hev had all
the money in christendom Ellie she
jest kept ge,tiu high tonoder all the
time and runuin' after folks what per-
tended to be some punkins, and 1
w sort o. mean too, cause / couldn't
Jest git over the notion that it wuz our
good dinners they w after, though
mind, We, stranger, there hain't no bet
ter nor purifier woman what steps than
Ellie.
One night lot of EN- come to din
ner we call it supper out West and
the clothes that Ellie said must wear
made me feel as if / wuz tryin' to
cover up somcthu | wuz ashamed on.
Ineycr felt SO like blasted sneak in
all the days o. nay life. Blamed ef ]
dared TO eat anything cept bread and
butter, vuz that feared I'D d. it
wrong.
And when ] seen there VIM uutmu'
in Them buucr plates at all, concluded
that things Wula g.u q little too laG
aud sel b. myselL nm jest tell Billie
aner those 'e.e moaymes ore gaae that
I've ohaoel .bee.e with pie 90 .u tho
fashion but ll % lIuNej ii nh ett
butter Will .es unm. fashion ur ue
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