The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-08-08

ooior Inab uiVhrslHeb Jne Tale hlp, an
hi7 timper is that av his master an
worse. But fwhat is an inch on q
dogs taili An fwhat to professional
like Orth'ris is few ringstraked shpots
ev black, brown an whitei Nothin' al
all, at ALL
Then we meets Oith'ris, an that
little man bein' sharp as a needle, seed
his way through T. business in a minute
An he went to work a practism' air
dyes the very next day, beginnin on
some white rsbits he had, an then he
drored all Rips markin's on t back of
a white commissariat bullock, 80 as to
get his and in an be sure of his colors;
shadin' off brown into black as natural
as life. If Rip he'd fault it was too
much markin', but it was strangely
reglar, an 9th ris settled himself to
make fost rate job on it when be got
hud o t canteeu sargint's dog. Theer
niver was sich dog as thot for bad
temper, an it did nut get no better
when his tail he'd to be fettled an inch
an half shorter. But they may talk
O. theer royal academies as they like.
| niver seed bit o animal paintin' to
beat t copy as Orth'ris made of Rips
marks, wal t picter itself was snarlin'
all t time an tryin TO get Rip stand
in theer to be copied as good as goold.
Orth'ris allus he'd as mich conceit on
himsen as would lift balloon, an he
woor so pleased wi his sham Rip he
wor for tecklng him to Mrs De Sussa
before she went away. But Mulvauey
an me stopped thot, KNOWN Orth'ris
work though niver 80 oliver, was mob
but skin deep. ..'
An at last Mrs De- Sussa fixed t.
day for startin to Munsooree Phar.
We was to tex Rip to t stayshum i a
baske an hand ovver just when they
WIS ready to start, an then she'd give
us t brass-as was agreed upon.
An my wodl 1t were high time she
we're off, for them air dyes upon t
ours back took q vast of paintin' to
keep t rect ouller, tho Orth'ris spent
matter o seven rupees six annas i t
best droogshops i Calcutta.
An t canteen sargint was lookin'
for ii dog everywheer; an wi bein'
tied up t beasts timper got waus nor
eyer.
IL wor i t evenin' when t train
started thro' Hswrah, an we 'elped
Mrs De Sussa wi about sixty boxes,
an then he gave her t basket. Orth'-
ris, for pride av his work, axed us to
let him COON along wi us, an he
couldn't help liftin' t lid an shown t.
cur as he lay coiled oop.
"Oh!" says AVID lass; sthe bautee!
How sweet he looks" An Just then t.
beauty snarled and showed his teeth so
Mnlvaney shuts down t lid aud says:
"lell be careful, marm, when ye tex
him out, He's disac oustomed to travel
ing by t railway, an hell be sure to
want his rale mistress an his friend
Lesroyed, so yell make allowance for
his feliIgs at fost.'
She would do all that an more for
the dear, good RIP, an she would nut
oppen t basket till they were miles
away, for fear anybody should recog
nize him an we were real good and
kind soldier-men, we were, an she
honds me bundle O notes, an then
cooms up few of her relations an
friends to say good-by-not more than
seventy.five there wasn't-an' we cuts
away.
| What COON to t three hundred an
fifty rupeesi Thot's what l can scarce
lins tell you, but we melted it, 1t was
share an share alike, for Mulvaney
said: "lf Learoyd got hold of Mrs
De Sussa first, sure 'twas l that remim
bered the sargints dog just in the nicl
av time, an Orth'ris was the artist a,
JANUS that made work av art out 8,
that ugly piece av i'll nature. Yet, BY
way of thank offerin that was no
led into felony by that wicked oult
woman, I'll send thrife to Fathe
Victor for the poor people he's Away
beggin' for"
But me an Orth'ris, he bein' cockne,
r an / bein' pretty far north, did nut So
it 4 t Same way. We getten t bras
an we meaned to keep it. An so
we did-for short time.
,| Noa -noa, we niver heeard a wo'
, more O. t AVID lass. Our rigmen
went to Pindi, an t canteen sargen
t he got himself another tyke instead c
t one at got lost so reg'lar an was los
for good at last.-Raldyard Kiplias