The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-01

| any have found.n
| Long, reverberating howl from Wagner.
Feet on railing come down With thunder
| ing clap.
"Ilang the dcmoniac brutel"
"Ii Chang, scntcntiously and approving
ly-"All light-hang him light away"
Soliloquizes as he drags the resisting
Wagner ofr--"He too mucheo thinkee-in-
side him; no good thinlzoe."
| Gentleman tosses q half-smohed cigar
aside, and entering the house. he partalIes
of something out of bottle He looks at his
| watch.
"Halfpast four only; thought I'd been
scorching on that porch three hours. This is
/ the striving, active Western life which was
to make new man of me, and choke off all
morbid retrospections. Morbid retrospect
ions seem to me about all the place is made
| for. | drive them off with brandy, or try to,
and my nerves are going to the deuce. The
howl of miserable little cur starts the
most insane fancies in my brain. I'd better
be moving further on somewhere-try a
South Sea island, or try the climatic infiu-
ences of KamchatlSa won't wait to find
as big fool as myself to pay me the worth
of my improvements on this income-devour-
ing ranch I'll charge him only for the eli
mate, about half as much as l paid for 1t
myself'' Grately mopping his shining BROW,
"and throw in the new barns, fences and
agricultural implements. If all the idiots
swarming to this gigantic fraud of an over
advertised paradise lose as much coin as
have lost and gain as little peace of mind
-O
He hears outside an intermingling of pig
con English and canine moans, and he
strides to the window, and exclaims: "By
Jupiter what's the pagan up tol l say,
Chang, let the beast alone Are you fool
enough to suppose I'll let you hang the
harmless whelp in full view of my windows,
or any where else?"
Hi Chang-"No hang himl SWELL what
must do now2n
He stands with dangling rope and patient
expression, Waggy subduedly lamenting the
instability of human intentions and canine
fate.
The Boss-"Let him gol Keep him out of
my sight and hearing Give him beef
steak"
Hi Chang, hanging out clothes onl line. He
chirps vivacious Chinese melody. Odelia
approaches from rear and addresses China
mans white -shirted back.
SIS there any body on this place besides
you!"
Hi Chang, intensely gracious-"O, you
come make visiti Velly glad see you'll
velly hot day Me here all by self"
Odelia, rapidly twirling string of sun
| bonnet but speaking with sort of pulled-up.
by-roots politeness-"Yes, very warm day.
l have come to ask if you have seen any
thing of my little doga he is missing since
Saturday"
Hi Chang sympathetically- lose
him dog2 Pity-heap pityl What kind
-,vhifa fN1npp m tail2f'
Odelia, keeping a grip on her feelings
"No; little dog-long hair-all gray"
Chinaman, meditatively swinging coil Of
wet sheet to and fro-"Littee dog-all gray.
Long time go me see one all samee that"
Voice from sun-bonnet, like boiling over
kettle-"You deceiving cat you've seen
him yesterday or to-day, sure as you're
standing there alive and grinning like a
corpsel Where is it you're keeping the
dogr'
Hi Chang in high pitched wonder-"4Ne
keep himl What for me keep him dogm
''To play your tricks with the devil"
Hi Chang, with sudden illumination
80, may be so he go devil, and may be so
you lilee go find him.
Odelia, twitching Chnaman's sleeve, bon
net falling off in her agitation-"Here, you,
take this dollar for the chickens and get
me the dogn
Hi Chang sliding out of her grasp, and
eyeing the dollar with aspeculative squint-
''Dollar too muchee for dog, not 'nough for
chickee."
Odelia. wildly-"So it's for money you're
holding the dog are youl You're thinking
it's me you can cheat and rob. You'll see
you'll see." Goes off with a rush.
Hi Chang, excessively courteous-"X on
go nowl Goodbye; come again soon"
".
Hi Chang at a table chopping hash in time
to his favorite melody. He hears approach
ing steps. He smiles and blinks in response
to some idea in his heather brain. Con-
tinues to chop energetically.
Low, sweet voice at the door-"I am look
ing for little lost dog" .t
Hi Chang, dropping hash-knife as If shot,
turns to see a young and handsome lady,
who is certainly not Odela The pagan,
brcathless with wonderment, seems about
to PROSTATE himself in Oriental alteration.
He speaks in honeyed tones-"Dog b'long
youi Myi my me no sabe b'long you'll Me
no sabe you-me sabee ole woman. She
come here, tallIee heap bad; me talk velly
poll, and all time she get more mad"
| Lady, sweetly-"Yes. Well it is my dog,
| and have come for him Perhaps he lost
| his way, and somebody here is taking care
of him for mel''
Hi Chang, his face one all-illuminating
grin-"Yes lose him way. He come here;
| he likee stay; he good dog; me fix nice for
! him. One minnee-me show you"
| He vanishes through inner door, and re-
turns after short absence.
"You lilSee come now-me show you"
The lady is conducted upa narrow, dark
stairway which ends in dim little attic
room. She does not like the look of things
at all. Chinaman divines her feeling, and
turns to give reassuring wag of his head.
"All light-you no fiaid. Now look see."
He throws open small door, and reveals
| a closet of room, furnished with Chinese
| coat or the floor and plate of food. And
| there, devouring the food with frightful vo-
racity is the lost dog.
Lady emotional Wagner more responsive
to hunger than to affection.
Hi Chang, placidly-"You think me nc
| good for dog! You see nice loom, nice bed
feed him tee time one doy, heap high tone
all samee home.n
Voice below, singing. Lady starts uI
with alarmed exclamation. Dog howls.
Voice below-"Where is that bowling
dervish of brute' Here, you, Chang Hi
Chy Changr'
Lady, in whisper-"S-hl WaggyW Tt
Chinaman-"D "Do-do show me another way
down!'
Hi Chang-'No more way. Boss good
man; he no mad you"
Waggy's wall continues. Gentleman
stamps up stairway. Lady retreats into