New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-15

An then mcks him jOomp over my swagger-
cane, an shck hands an beg, an lie dead, an a
LOT o them tricks ladies teaches dogs though
l doan't baud wi it mysen, for it's maxim fool
o a good dog to do such like
An at lung length it cooms ont at she'd been
thrawin' sheep's eyes. as I sayin' is, at KIP Tor
many day. Yo' see her childcr grown up,
an she'd nowt micl to do an were all1s fond
of dog SOa she axes NE if I'd tex somethin to
drink. Ar we goes into { drawn-room wheer
her husband was a-scttin They meks CURT
fuss over Z dog, an has a bottle o aalc, an
he gave me handful o cigars.
Soa coomed away, but Z avid lass sings out:
"Oh, Mister Soldier. please COON again an BRING
that prettee dog"
I didn't let on Z colonels lady about Mrs
DeSussa an Rip, he says nowt nawther; an l
Goocs again. an ivry time there was good dhrihK
an handful q good smoOaks. An tcled
t AVID lass a hccap more about Rip than Ia
ever heeard how he TUX { fost prize at iunnon
dog show, and cost thotty-tEce pounds Tower
shillin' from { man as bred him; at MS own
brother was & propputty o t Prince o
Wales, an at he had pedigree as long as doom 5
An she Tapped it all oop, an were nivcr tired o
admrin' him. BIT when { AVID lass took to glNln
me money an I seed at she were gettin fair fond
| body may give soldier { price of pint in a
| a friendly way an theirs no harm done, hut
when il cooms to five rupees slipt into yonr hand,
slv-like why it's what { ectioneerin fellows calls
bribery an corruption. Specially when Mrs De
Sussa threwed hints how Z cold weather would
| soon he ovver an she was gon to Munsoorce
| Pahar an we was goin' to Rawapindl, an she
| would niver see Rip any more oness somebody
she knowed would he kind tiv her.
Soa ] tells Mulvancy an Ortheris all & taale
| thro', beginnin' TO end.
It's larceny that wicked ould lady names
| says { lrishman: it's felony she is seIucln' yc
into my frnd Lcaroyd, but I'll purect your In
| nocince. I'll save We from the wicked wlles aV
| that wealthy ould woman. an I'll go wld We TINS
| evcnn an spake to her the wurrds av truth an
honesty. But Jock" says he Vaughn his hecad,
" twas not like We to kape all that good drink
an thin fine cigars yerself, while Ortiz ris here
| an me have been prowlin' round wild Threats as
dry as lime kns. an nothin 10 smoke but cantccn
| plug. Twas dhirty thrick 70 play on con-
rade. for why should you. Learoyd. he balancin
yourself the butt a satin chair, as if Ter
| ence Mulvaney was not the aquil anybody who
! thrades in jute!'
Let me alone" sticks in Orth'ris. but that's
like life Them wots really fitted to decorate
|
man like you-"
| Nay" says |, it's none o { hlunderin York
shireman she wants. it's Rip Hes t gentleman
this journey
Soa I next day Mulvancy an Rip an me goes
| 10 Mrs DeSussas. an { Irshman ben a stranger
She wor a bir shy at fost. BIT yo've heard Mul-
vaney talk, an yo' may believe as he fairly he
wiched / AVID lass wal she lei ont at she wanted
| to TEX Rip away wi her 10 Munsoorec Pahar
| Then Muvaney changes his tune an axes her sol
emn-like if she'd thought o [ consequences % get
tin two poor but honest soldiers sent Z Andamnins
| Islands Mrs DeSussa began TO cry, so Muvancy
turns round open I other tack an smooths her
down, allowin at Rip nd he a vast better of IN
{ hills than down i Bengal. an twas pity he
shouldn't 60 whcer lie was SO well behkcd. An
soa he went on backln' an film an workin
| up & avid lass wal she felt as if her life warn't
| worth nowt If she didn't heve Z dog.
| Then all of a suddint he says: " But We shall
have him, marin, for I've feelln' heart, not like
this could-blooded Yorkshireman; but twill cost
! We not a penny less than three hundhcr rupees.
Don't yo' believe him. num- says Il It
! colOners lady wouldn't TEX five hundred for
| him.
| Who said she would?" says Mulvancy; 81 is
not buyin' him | name. but for the sake o this
| kind good lady, I'll do what l dreamt TO
do in my life I'll stale hlm!'
Don't say steal, says Mrs DcSussa; " lie shall
have the happlest home. Dogs often get lost, you
know. an then they stray, an he likes me all /
like him as niver liked dog yet. an must hey
| him. If | got him at L last minute / could carry
him oil to AlunsoOIee Pahar, an nobody would
| nIVer knaW.
| Now an again Mulyancy looked acrost at me,
| an though | could max nOwt o what he was
| alter, | concluded TO tan his lccad
| We'll, mum, | Says, " ! never thOwt 10 COON
| down 10 dOg-stcealln, but II my cOmIadc sees how
| il could he done 10 Obllge lady like so sen, n
| nut L man 10 hOd back, tho it's a bad business,
I'm thlnkln', an three hundred rupees IS poor
! set-On again chance . them banning Islands as
| Mulvaney talks on.
IN mex 1t three dfty,' says Mrs. DeSussa;
| only let me hev / dog W
80 we let her persuade US. an she ticks Rip )
| measure theer an then, an sent 10 hamilton ) 10
order silver collar again L time when he was
10 he her avn which was 10 be I day she set
| oil for MunsoOrce Pahar.
| Sitha, Mulvancy, says !, when was outside,
you're niver goln TO let heI hey Rip nee
An would We disappont poor old woman
| says he; She shall have Il Rip
| An wheers lie 10 through" says |.
| LearOyd, my man. he sings out. you Ie II
pretty man av your inches an good comrade,
| but your head is made av dun. Isnt our friend
| Ortiz ris TaNidermist an rale artist wild his
| nmble white fingers? An what 1aXidcrmist
but man who can thrate shkins? DO We
| mind the white dog that belongs to the Cantccn
| SaTgint bad cess 10 hm-hc that's lost half ms
time an snarn the rest? He shall be lost for
! good now an do yc mind that he's the very spit
in shape an size av the colonels, barrln that his
| tail Is an inch too long, an he has none av the
color that divarses the rale Rip. an his timper
is that av his masihcr an worse. But fwhat is an
| inch on a dogs tail? An fwhat TO professional
like Ortiz rls Is a few rlngstraked shpOts ~ back,
brown an white? Nothin' at ALL at all"
Then meets Orth ris, an that little man bein
sharp as needle, seed his way through I bust
! ness in a minute. An he went to work prac-
tisin' air-dyes the very next day. beginnln on
some white rabbits he had, an then he drored all
| Rips markin's on t back Of white Commits
sarlat bullock, so as 10 get his and in an pc
sure of his colors; shadin of brown into black as
material Us life. If Rip he'd fault II was TOO
mich markn, but 1t was strangely reg lar, an
! Orthris settled himself 10 make fOst-rate- l0b
Oh it when he got hand o Z Cantcen Sargent S
| dog Thecr niver was SIGH dog as thot Tor pad
! IL LII Lnn