St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-24
The Doorben Tinkled.

The DoOrbell Tinkled.
+ She had not got the words out of her
mouth when the door bell again tinkled.
L inwardly growled at being disturbed
so early, but there appeared to be no
way out, so up got. By the time [ got
down stairs the hall was almost full of
men with all kinds and conditions
of dogs, and,- through the half.
opened doorway, l could see
string of more would-be dog sellers
making for my residence. Here was
predicament for mani / did not know
what to do. Every man swore by ev-s
erything that was holy that his dog was
perfection in its breed, and, as the
erS added volume to the chorus in eX-
patiating upon the good qualities of
their respective CANNES. The dogs also
began to add music to the medley
chorus, and | began TO wish myself
we'll, no matter where.
There were all manner, all shapes.
all sizes and all colors of dogs. There
were biinked eyed, stumped tailed.
bow legged dogs; there were smooth
haired, long-haired, wired-haired and
no-haired dogs; there were white, BLACK
and ''yaller'' dogs; there were puppies,
young dogs and old dogs. In fact, there
all this. Information from their owners.
Each man. having exhausted himself
OF the good qualities of his own dog,
had begun to pull the other dogs to
pieces, in metaphOrical sense. The
hall was now crowded with men
and dogs; there were men and
dogs crowding the doorway, and a
long string of them down the
street. The noise was deafening.
had perched myself halfway up the
stairway; my wife had yelled to me to
make bargain at once and turn the
gang out" and | began to fear that my
hold an Indignation meeting and pass
resolutions against my performances.
A Small Dog.
I did not know what l was doing,
but, seizing a small dog in the hands Of
a young fellow who appeared to be max
ing the most noise. and, therefore, nat
urally must know what he was talking
about, asked him how much. Twenty
dollars" he replied. The half-starved,
mongrel-looking animal seemed to be
dear at gift: but there was no
ed him the money and or
dered the gang out. They skunk
away somewhat disgruntled, but | did
not care. had got cog, and took it
to exhibit its good qualities to my wife.
1t did not make very good impression,
but then. as L explained. it was dog,
and that was all we Wanted-a dog. If.
when l came to examine it closely, it
was minus one eye. that there was a
mere apology for tail and that its front
legs had twist resembling a semi
circle, what matter-wasn't it dog?
had advertised for dog and got one.
g.. I fol in
mind.
But that lad" was destined to give
me lot of trouble.
.sTinkIe, TinkIe.'
Having bought my dog. and it not
yet being o'clock, l was preparing
to return to bed. But it was not to be.
The doorbell continued to ''tinkle,
tinkle,'' Sarah came hopping up stairs,
and [ was perforce to locate myself per-
manently in the hallway. This contin-
ued without intermission, and [ began
to feel worn with interviewing men.
boys and even women with dogs to sell.
They would not heed my information
that l had bought dog. must buy
theirs also. A lovely dog; such man
ners and such head-a pedigree as
TO the end of the chapter. T
wanted my breakfast. but had no SOON
er sat down than that awful tinkling
was resumed. They would not be con-
| tent with Sarah'S statement; they
wanted to see and would see the master
| OF the house. In the innocence of my
soul telephoned to the GLOBE to take
that lad" out. But the siege continued
l could not even 90 to my work. My
voice gave out shortly after o'clock;
could only talk in hoarse kind of a
a l. ~
How l cursed the very mention of a
dog. l could stand it no longer. Sd,
having posted the following notice.:
please go away, have bought dog, =
| bolted and barred the door, cut the
front door bell combination, sneaked
| out at the rear and made for town.
1t was after 6 o'clock that evening
when / returned home. | found any
wife sitting in the center of the dining
room the picture of despair, and she no
sooner caught sight of me than the tale
| of woe" opened.
That awful dog.
The first thing was called upon to do
was to search out carpenter. We
| should want a new front door. The
| present door, regardless of my piteous
| request for callers with dogs to ''piease
, go away" had been utterly disregarded,
| and when the bell ceased to do its work
caller after caller applied any kind of
| an instrument on the door to raise The
occupants of the house, The door was
entirely .'out of shape"-at least so said
Sarah. / had no desire TO see it. and
| indeed there was no opportunity af-
forded. The disordared CONDITION of
every room attracted my attention.
What did it all n!ean2 The flonrs were
entirely Uttered with bits of rugs, cur
| taiDs. paper and eriianieiis.
| My wife commenced to cry and all