Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-19

like this cold-blooded Yorkshireman; bu, twill
cost ye not penny less than three hundhsr
rupees"
"Dont yo' believe him. num-" says I; 80
colonel's lady wouldn't TEX 500 for him."
''Who said she vould?" says Mulvaney. ITS
not buyin' him name. but for the sake o. this
kind, good lady, I'll do what never dreamt
70 do in my life III stssle himr'
"Dont say stesl," saws Mrs. DeSussa; he
shall have the happiest home. Dogs often get
lost, yoa know, an then they stray. an he likes
me an like him rs 1 niver liked q dog vet
an l must hev him. IL 1 got him tlast
minute could carry him Of 20 Munsoores
Pahar. an nobody would niyer knaw."
Now an again Mulvaney looked scro.t N
me, an though I could max nowt O. what he
Was after, concluded TO tax his leesd
We'll, mum. lssys. Il never thowt 20 COON
down TO dog stealth. but n my comrsde sees
yosen. Tn nut man 20 hod back. tho it's |.
bad business. I'm thnkin'. an 500 rupees is a
poor set of again chance o. them Damnina
Islands as Mulvaney talks on
I'm mex II $50" says Mrs. Desussa; ''only
let me hev 4 dogr'
So We let her persuade us, an she ticks
Rips measure theer an then. an sent 20 Ham.
iltons 20 order a silver collar again time
when he was 70 he her avn. which was 10 be q
day she set OF for Munsooree Pahar
''Sitha, Mulysney" SAYS l. when he was ont
side. you re niver goin 20 let her hev Rip!'
An would We dlsappoint poor old womAp?-
says he; 'she shall have Rip"
AN wheers he 20 come through" saysL
"Learoyo, my man. ne sings out, you're
pretty man sv your inches an q good COM
rade, but your head Is made av dun. liant
our friend orth'ris q tsxidermist an q rsle
artist wild his nimble white fingers? An
what . taxidermst but n man who can
thrate shkinsl Do We mind the white dog
that belongs to the csnteen sargint bad cess
to him-he that's lost half his time an
snarlin' at the rest2 He shall be lost for good
now; an do We mind that he's the very spit in
shape an size sy the colonel's barrin' that his
tail is inch too long. an he has none ay the
color that divarsifes the ssle Rip, an his tim
per is that av his master an worse But fwhAs
Is an inch on dogs tail An fwhAt 10 Q pro-
fessional like Orth'ris is d few ringstraked spots
av black, brown an winter Nothin' at ell, 40
all.
Then we meets 0rth'ris, an that little man
bein' sharp as a needle, seed his way throughs
business IN minute. An he went TO work .
practisin air-dyes the very next day, begin
ming on some white rabbits he had, an then
he drored all Rips markin's on q back Of a
white commissariat bullock so as 20 get his
and in an be sure Of his colors; shadIn' Of
brown INTO black as natural life.
IL Rip he'd fault il was too
mich markin', but it was strangely
regular, an 0rth'ris settled himself 20 make a
fest-rate job on IL when he got baud o. q
canteen sargints dos. Theer nlver was SIGH
| dog as thot for bad temper, an IL did nut GET
no better when his tail he'd to be fettled an
| inch an a half shorter. But they may talk o.
| theer royal academies they like / niyer
| seed bit o animal paintIn 20 beat G CODY az
Orth'ris made Of Rips marks, wal q picter IL
self WAS snarlin' all { time an tryin' 60 get az
Rip standin' theer to be copied as good 40
goold.
Orth'ris sllus he'd as mich conceit on himsen
| as would lift balloon an he wor so peleased
wi has sham Rip he wor for ticking him TO
Mrs. DeSussa before she went away But Null
| vaney an me stopped thot, kuowin' Orth'ris'
work, though niver SO oliver, was nobbut skin
deep.
An at last Mrs. DeSusss fixed e day for
startin' to Munsooree Pahar We was 70 tex
| Rip to stayshun l. q basket an hand him
ovver just when they was ready 10 start and
then shed give US & brass-as was agreed
upon
An my wodl 1t were high time she were
vast OF paintin' to keep & rect cutler, tho
Ortiz ris spent a matter O. rupees 6 annss 4 g
best Druggist shops i Calcutta.
An csnteen sargint was lookin' for rs dog
everywheer; an, wi bein' tied up, beasts
| timper got waur nor ever.
1t wor i & evenin' when G train started
thro.' Howrah, an we 'elped Mrs Desussa
wi about 60 boxes, an then he gave her 6 bas-
ket. Orthris, for pride sv his work. axed us
to let him COON along wi us, an he couldn't
help llftn lid an shown 6 cur az he lay
cooled oop.
"Ohr" saws e AVID lass, ..the beauteeI How
sweet he iooks!" An Just then G beauty
snarled an showed his teeth so Mulyaney
shuts down { lid and says; ''Yell be careful,
marin, when We tex him out He's disaccus-
toned to travelling by & railway, an he'll be
sure to want his rale mistress an' his friend
Learoyd, SO yen make allowance for his feel
| ings at fost"
She would do all thot an more for the
dear. good Rip, an she would nut open g
| basket till they were miles away, for fear
| anybody should recognize him, and we were
real good and kind soldier men, we were, an
| she bonds me q bundle o. notes. an then cooms
up q few Of her relatives an friends 20 say
| goodby-not more than as there vasn't-an'
| we cuts away
What COON TO $50 rupees? Thot's what
can scarcelins tell you, but we melted it 10
was share an share alike, for Mulvaney said,
IF Learoyd got hold Of Mrs. DeSussa first,
sure twas that REMEMBERED the sargints dog
just In the nick ay time, an Orth'ris was the
artist av JANUS that made a work av art out av
that ugly piece av ill-nature. Yet BY the way
av q thank-o-ferin' that was not led into
felony by that wicked ould woman. I'll send .
thrifie to Father Victor for the people he's
Away Begin for"
But me an 0rth'ris, he bein' Cockney an
bein pretty far north, did nut see il j. & Same
way. We getten 6 brass an we meaned TO
keep it. An sos we did-for q short time.
Noa-noa, we niyer heeard q wod more o. g
AVID lass. Our gmint went TO Pindi, an q
canteen sargint he got himself sno Their tyks
instead a & one at got lost SO regular an vas
lost for good at last