Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-20
A STORY OF TWO PRINCES.

They We're just Dogs, but They Made an
| .- East Epder Much Trouble Boys
Chase for His Own-Test Of Dumb AfIeo-
tion-A Happy s~qnei.
"A gentleman who resides in the East
End, and has but one weakness, so far as his
friends have been able to discover, had an
experience one day last week that came near
curing him. The particular weakness is for
hunting dogs, and he has an inoriinate ad-
miratfon Of settlers. Some time ago lot of
well-bred little fellows of the Irish variety
made their advent at the home of one of his
friends and at the first scent of the news he
6esieged his friends office, and would not
leave until he had been promised one of the
puppies.
Time passed, and the promised puppy de-
veloped into pretty good chunk of dog.
The ardent admirer made frequent trips to
his friends Office for reports as to health,
etc., and it was finally decided that Prince,
for that was the name chosen, was old
enough to be taken to his new home. Now 1t
happened that nephew of the owner of
the puppies was visiting him last week, and
he was deputized to catch Sir Prince and
take him to the city, where his now proprie-
tor could assume charge of him. And 1t also
so happened that small boy, who lived but
around the corner from the home of the pup
pies, had a dog of about the same age-a
mongrel, it would appear-for the ragamuffin
owner afterward explained that it was part
Gordon setter, part water spaniel and the
rest, just dog. But the boy loved him in
spite of the misfortune of SO promiscuous an
ancestry.
The Wrong Dog In the Right Place.
This puppy had been in the habit of
visiting the Irish puppies and was very
much in evidence the morning the nephew
came out to capture Prince. The mongrel's
name was Prince too, and somehow it was
the wrong Prince that got OH to the end of
the nephew's rope. Down town came the
nephew and the puppy and the latter was
duly tied up in shed back of the Office of
the owner of the Irish puppies. Our East
End gentleman was prompt, and finding his
friend busy, volunteered to go back and get
the animal himself. Ho went out and found
his new property was black. He could not
understand how an Irish setter could be
black, and returned 20 the Office to get him
self enlightened on the color OF Irish settlers.
"Well, if you don't like the color of that
puppy you don't have to take it," remarked
his friend rather petulantly. "Plenty Of
others want him."
Ashamed of his ignorance, he skunk back
to the shed. got out the puppy and by SNUG
Cling 1t through an alley got safely to Fifth
avenue to take cable car home. He was
it was black, and strode With Che strides of
man who is envied of all the world. just
opposite the old postoffice building, where
the crowd was thickest and our hero's airs
were most ex.ravagant his victorious march
was interrupted by the shrill voice of
dirty ragamuffin behind him, "Here, Prince!
Prince stopped short, and he waaged his
tail, and he whined and he tugged at his
rope. But the new master had expected Ihis
mol of hie xvl Ia In hnx "a nj nm
calling. Angered at last he turned on tho
boy and ordered him to mind his business. |
The boy had no other business just then and |
continued to mind that. |
"What are you interfering with my dog |
for p roared the man while a crowd gath |
cred. "Don't you see want to set him on |
carr"
"'Taint yer dawg-'at's my dawg and I'm |
goin' to hcv him."