The morning call., 1892-01-23

at home. You NAV be quite sure you're
right II about forty or fifty yeping ours
come running up to you as you 90 in"
The information proved 10 be strictly cor
rect. On the corner lot, amid piles Of old
junk Of every description, was the SEM
blance 0f a shanty, which looked unfit for
the habitation Of a decent rOrker. Every
thing was out OF plumb, great rents yawned
IN the roof and walls, and volumes Of smoke
from a stove escaped i'm all directions. 1t
seemed at first sight like the material for a
big bonfire, but presently a human form
emerged from hole answering for the pur-
pose Of door. 4 moments inspection con-
WINGED tie visitor that he stood in tie pres
enCe Of Old jim. If confirmation were
needed 1t was afforded by torrent Of exc
CTauOus, exceeding in awfulueSs and origin
atty anything the visitor had ever heard
These excavations were Intended 20 paCIHy
and restrain dozen mongCei ours which
had by this time made a rush to the spot
They were mOmentarly re-enfOrced by
arrivals from hiding places in the piles OF
junk and d,Smantied wagons streWn about
the place.
After old J M had rarefed the air with a
Few more sampleS Of hgCrative language he
walked away without a word OF greeting
10 more decent looking shanty a few yards
OF, which served tie purpose Of a stable.
Il had only three walls to il, but Jim had
probably been reading in his youth the
voyage 10 the Houhyuhums in GulliYer's
Travels and had drawn the Inference that
the horse, being an animal superior TO man,
deserved superior accommodations.
The horse was brought forth. In far dis
tant years tile animal might have had some
pTetenSlUus To symmetry, but the lines Of
beauty had been replaced by Obtusa angles
and acute angles. with a tendency 10 an
erratc growth Of Struggling hair and
general suggestion OF a cross between Rgsin-
ante aud the Beast in Revelations.
Old Jim looked QulZZcaly a. the reporter
as mu b as to say, Amt We a pretty pair?
Which would you rather haye?' The re-
porter mentally replied that, while excep-
ton might be taken to the general appear
ance OF the horse, the verdict would have
o. be agai ST old jim lie looked like 4
Nashoe miner returning IN the rainy season
dead broke, after an unsuccessful prospect
ing tour, or like the pictures Of Les
MlseraDles on the Tamparts If Petersburg
The reporter decided to hazard a question
at the fisk Of being promptly devOured by
the dogs, which had again gathered around,
evidently in gleeful anticipation Of hearing
the words seek him"
Would you mind If l took a snap shot
at the dogs" said the reporter, tImidly
producing hand camera.
A change came over the rugged features,
which relaxed into broad grin Of pleasure.
A weak SPOT IN that scared heart had been
touched The ready torrent Of curses flowed
back, ana instead Of cOnsgning the visitor
to lingering torrents old Jim put his fingers
TO his mouth and gave a shrill whistle.
which brought about twenty more dogs to
the spot They had manifestly Just left
their progeny in VARIOUS unseen nurseries to
respond 20 the general alarm.
Ihe picture was taken and the dogs pres
emily dispersed. all save one wall-eyed,
slobber-mouthed bull-terrier, which crouched
between old Jiul's legs, on the assumption
that he might yet be permitted to sample
trousers patterns at the reporters expense.
After little cOaXing the Old man grew
more communicative, bat it speedily be-
Ananias GehaZi, or 10 the affidayit-makers