The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-06

you!"
Hi Chang, intensely gracious-"O, you
come make visit! 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
byroots politeness-"Yes very warm day
l have come to ask if you have seen any
thing Of my little dogl He is missing since
Saturday.
Hi Chang, sympathetically-"Yo lose
him dog? Pity-heap pity! What kind
dog? Black-white place on tail?"
Odelia, keeping grip on her feelings
mo; little dog-long hair-an gray"
Chinaman, meditatively swinging coil Of
wet sheet to and fro-"Littee dog-al gray.
Long time go mo 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
corpse Where is it you're keeping the
dog!"
Hi Chang, in high pitched wonder-"Ne
keep him! What for me keep him dogl"
ITO play your tricks with the devil.''
Hi Chang, with sudden illumination
20, may be 50 he go devil, and may be so
you ikec 60 find him"
Odelia, twitching Chinaman's sleeve. bon
net falling off in her agitation-'Here, you,
take this dollar for the chickens, and get
me the dog"
Hi Chang, sliding out of her grasp, and
cycling the dollarwith speculative squint-
"Dollar too muchee for dog, not 'nough for
chickee."
Odelia, wildly-"So it's for money you're
holding the dog, are you! You're thinking
it's me you can cheat and rob. You'll see
you'll see." Goes off with rush.
Hi Chang, excessively CONDENSATION
60 now! Goodbye; come again soon."
".
Hi Chang, at 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 theoretically.
Low, sweet voice at the door-s'I am look
ing for little lost dog.''
Hi Chang, dropping hash knife as If shot,
turns to see young and handsome lady,
who is certainly not Odelia. The pagan,
GREATNESS with wonderment, seems about
to PROSTATE himself in Oriental alteration.
He speaks in honeyed tones-"Dog b'long
you! Ny! my! me no sabe b'long you! Ne
no sabe you-me sabee ole woman. She
come here, talkee heap bad me talk vclly
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 me!'
Hi Chang, his face one all-illuminating
grin-"Yes, lose him way. He come here :;
he ikee 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 ikee come now-me show you''
The lady is conducted up a narrow, dark
stairway, which ends in a 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.
"An light-you no taid. Now look see''
He throws open a small door, and reveals
closet of room, furnished with Chinese
coat on the floor and a 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 no
good for dog? You see nice loom, nice bed !;
feed him tlee time one doy, heap high tone,
all samee home.''
Voice below, singing. Lady starts up
"1CA 6l<SE1uCU oAC1au16GlOu. DOk NOWlS.
Voice below-"Where is that bowling
dervish of brute? Here, you, Chang Hi
Chy Chang!"
Lady, in whisper-s'S-h! Waggy!' To
Chinaman-"Do-do show me another way
downr'
Hi Chang-''No more way. Boss good
man; he no mad you.''
Waggy's vail continues. Gentleman
stamps up stairway. Lady retreats into
darkest corner.
Gentleman, with ferocity-"Am to have
my house turned into kennel for this yelp-
ing mongrel! Didn't tell you must be
rid of hima''
Hi Chang, gently-"You tell me feed him
COW, sheep, chickee-''
Gentleman sWears, but stops, astOunded,
on seeing dimly outlined figure in cor
ner.
Hi Chang, in explanation-"Lady catch
him dog.'
Gentleman-"You will kindly excuse any
violent expressions, madam, but I confess
the repeated visits of your dog have been
rather annoying to me.''
No response. Gentleman irately and curl
ously approaches figure. He stares, and
stares harder; holds his breath, and finally
exclaims- ''Thunder and Mars! Impossible
Yes, without Doubt"
Lady, in mufaed tones-"I am here only
for my dog. Ihad to come myself to get
him. thought some good old farmer lived
here"
She makes a movement to pass the gen
tleman, who holds outa OBTAINING hand.
"But, Millicent, this extraordinary meet
ing must be explained.'
Mi]licent, scornfully-s'You should know
that never make explanations"
Gentleman-''But I was so sure YOU had
gone to Europe"
Millicent-"Yes! You thought yourself
sure Of good many things. Who said /
was in Europea"
Gentleman, subduedly-s'No one said so.
I guessed so-and came straight this way"
Millicent, sardonically-sSo did I-by an
unfortunate coincidence of ideas.'
A good deal of animated discussion fol-
lows. Hi Chang deliberately retires into
the small room, keeping one eye fitted to
narrow chink of door: His ref1ectons-tsMe
sabe now what for he so much tlinkee, and
ikee give dog sheep, bull, chickee. Have
big fuss; he go way. He sit down, think,
think, all samee not plentee womee in
world. He heap mad; he likee never more
get please. She come; she look velly niece;
he forget one minnee: She no forget-she
| talk make him solly-womee heap smart
man no can all time find out" FIN
Lady-"You grant that you gave me mor<
than provocation1" --.
Gentleman, abjectly-'sYes, you were
Justified, entirely. But man can't help
the mad things he does when he is Jealous
Millicent, speaking fast-'I don't in the
least refer to things you did when you wert
jealous-if you were 80. 1t was the real in
dignities suffered through her. And, by the
way, where is she nOw!"
Gentleman-'I have not seen her sinc<
that hideous week at Tumido Park"
Millicent- All, really !! how wonderfully
with what fortitude, you endured the hor
rors Of that week. We noticed, didn't we
Wagner9''
Gentleman, graphing at diversion-s'N
wonder that beasts howl was 30 familiar
J Millicentreproachfull - You threatened