Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-07-25

when / get him home
But a crowd was beginning TO gath
er. and this Don's master did not de-
sire With a nod . the policeman.
and firmly clutching the chain. he
turned. retracing his steps to the sta
tion he had left not twenty minutes
ago.
"Tn catch the HAS back he said
to himself. They'll all be 50 delight
ed and it's best to take him straight
home. That fellow may have con-
federate-.
It va no far TO the station. fOrtu-
nately. FOR the dog pulled beak a good
deal. making his new master feel hot
and uncomfortable.
He'll make me look like a dog
stealer myself" be thought. Dear
me, what a few weeks iii-u~age viii
do, nonal. who would have followed
me with n silken thread or with nc
thread at ALI He doesn't look in such
bad condition, either. Oh. it will be
all right when he gets HON c and sees
all his old haunts again
IL was not a crowded time OF day.
and Mr.. Dornley was well known on
the line No difficulty was made as to
the dogs sharing his masters CON
partment. but b. still looked depressed
and almost sulky. crOaching in a or
Ter a. if he had not Il friend on ea~th-
Mr.. D~ornley's caresses were in vain.
Good Doual, dear old fellow pats
and strOkings. had no effect The col
lie was gentle enough Oace or twice
he tried "A feeble wag OF the tail. but he
was evidently strange and feeling quite
depsyse. It was very disappointing;
and at Underbrooke station. the near
est railway point 10 U~pperbrOolse vii
lage. Mr. DOrnley. who had been rath-
err looking forward 70 a sort % tri-
umphal reception Of the truant. vas on
the whole not sorry that there was no
one about save a stolid and recently
imported porter. who knew not DOuai.
IL was i hot and tiresone walk home.
There was no question Of loosing the
dog and letting him follow. he had so
very little look Of following about
him Mr.. Doruley felt both distressed
aud mortified. he could have staked
his life on Donal's intelligence and
fidelity, But still "a day or two will
make him all right. he repeated. a. he
tugged the unwilling collie into his
own stable yard
"Simpkins. Jephson. where are you
alp he shouted The yard seemed
deserted. the fact being that coach
man. grOomS. gardeners. aud every
body were assembled in one Of the out
houses in a state Of no small excite
ment -Simpkins. again shouted his
master. come out. cant you? I've
found Donal and brought him back9~
Simpkins emerged at last. very red
in the face. his eyes sparkling. but at
the sight before him he grew still red
der. and opened his mouth without
speaking
You've found Donal. sir" he ejacu'
lated.
TO be sure Don't you see himg'
Pom my -" began the coachm an.
ut a loss for sufficiently foreible ex-
preston. yes. sir To be sure. and ia
have said so myself: it's DonaI to the
end Of his nose-if it wasn't that
That what. you idiots1 said Dorm
ley. losing patience at last. Are YOU
b~ewitehed? Is the dog bewitched?~
for the collie was dragging away from
him in the most aggravating manner.
If it wasn't, sir, that DonaI's here
already He came back this morning
just as | drove home from the railway.
walked in, sir. - cool as could he.
Here he isr for the clubhouse door had
burst open. and out dashed the true
Donal. not cool now. but Ieaping,
barking. wagging his tail till you won
dered it did not drop of. in his frantic
delight ut finding again his beloved
master.
1t was very gratifying. but very en-
barrassing. Mr.. Dornley felt as if the
ponderous policeman had been in the
right to ask for his card.
However. the extraordinary resem-
blanee between the two dogs would
have deceived any one In this all
agreed And if Mr., Doruley had stolen
Donal No. ,. at least he had stolen him
from a thief. which surely altered the
aspect of things,
Where had Donal. the true DonaI.
been2 That we have never known.
He looked well and plump; but it was
hardly credible that he had strayed
away of his own free will. for his
rapture at being restored to his own
family" was unmistakahle.
Money was Eot spared in advertising
his double. But he was never claimed
by any one in the slightest degree able
To prove Il right to him. and in the end
my friend and neighbor handed him
over to me. It took the dear fell
low some time to make himself AT
home. for which | liked him the bet
ter Many q day | saw in his deep.
gentle eyes the shadow of home-siex-
ness for the unknown master he had
been parted from. but by degrees he
acclimatized himself, and we are now
the best of friends; and if there can be
& dog so delightful n the Dornley's
ID onal. will take it upon myself to say
that that dog Is my Joek-Mrs- MoIes-
worth. in Time.
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