The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-03-04

was a snrl Of prsacher. or exhor,e
Al least. | whispered this |,
Hound.
:, Il say, clip in here. All rish,
Shed. ehY"
"AlI riyh.. Tom; lei 'em chip"
The iank man let his hat fal
d!wn by the Cog and his knees fel
ON the hat with a ihnmp. Thel
Hound wanted to kneel, 100, 70
he d'd moi like his job, | can tel
Won hat, but his right hand wa
holding on to the gnarly and twist
ca moose, and he knew bel,er tha,
let 90 OF it. So he looked at Shet
] and he SAID:
u "lon don't mind, Shed?'
IL don'l mind, i0m.'
| And so he put The ndese aro,nt
the mans neck and kindly looked
and waited "A second to see il il
was all right.
Hurt We, Shed z"
mo, don't hurl, don't hurt now
Tom"
Aud now Tom went down on his
knees, and The boys bent thel,
heads and CRED. You could hea,
them cry. Why, the very old dos
seemed to leel The atmosphere OF
ply and the ralhos of The scene.
Bnl let u, end this. The cid EN-.
lerant arose his hat lay before
nm and Hound stopped to plcl, il
up.
Give us that hat" said a husky
voice below.
Hound handed down The hat.
Bout done, Tom," whispered
Shed.
Bout done, Shed, Just a minute
now." answered Tom, as he raised
up with tie hat, heavy from the
collection. Shed Saw his and
said:
"rom.'
wen, Shed T.
LEND me "A dollar till, I'LL,
"Why. Shed, here /! iii chip in for
both, see %
"Thank you, Tom. And now,
Tom"
"Well, Shed ?"
You'll see me put away, won,
you!"
"Well, there, sec. That's the
grave all ready. She'd"
"Ihank YOU, Tom, and I'm all
ready, She'd"
Then such crash and Jerk. The
dog sprang down to the ground and
began to howl, aud The men fell
back and down as il shot BY grape
shot and cann,sler
Around and around swung the
huge heavy body. and then it sud-
denly stopped ; stopped right still.
with The lace lifted and The head
little sllewiSe, il look straight, at
Tom Hound and l; looked black
al us, you may say, but not un.
kindly, for only two or three sec.
onds, yet it seemed years, for no
one thought of,he black cap.
Then quick and suddenly il began
to twist and whirl and turn The
other away and we tumbled back
and down to The ground as best we
could, for fear that we Nigh; faint.
l lett Hound TO finish hls work
alone and sci out on a long and
ilrcni'ous walk over The hills to
Try and shake off the nightmare of
his miserable day on my way
iOme. | sal down on a bowl,ler
or a half an hour below The town,
md on rising up and looking back,
Is one always will alter day like
his, only then | saw the huge and
'hadowy old dog. l went home
lasllly, but more than once The Old
log bumped his huge head against
ny heels.
The next morning found him
yi"g close by'my door; and he put
'u' his head little, licked his
onsue out jusl the least BIZ, as i'll
lie wanted 10 say that his brave
Id heart was broken, but he didn't
whine at all.
Oi course | conldn'l stand the
or at all, and so | went to Hound.
Alter some mutlerings and sullen
rotesls against my request that
G should take HE dog to the wo-
IAN, he finally put a ,ow.strlns
round his huge neck and We to. :
ether led him to her cabin.
She came tearing OUT like a wild !
east, kettle OF hot water in one i
aud and knife in The other, and |
aihs enough in her mouth to sink
ship.
"Yon hung an innocent man |" !;
le shrieked, and she hurled the =
., water al Hound. :,
Then who killed Berry % | y
lonied back over my shoulder at a
safe distance. :
81 killed him, and III kill you, i
~ devilw She was irenz,ed =
ith rage, but we were we'll oul CT h
Dr. way. i
"Have to hang another one. :"
'm," | said finally, after we had !,
alked TO his hutcher.shop il ST. i
nee. "
He tied The dog back by his
INK and pelted his bowed old head |,
a long time. Then he came up !
me ;, and said sharply, mot d
We'll, what will we tln!o i
"What will we do? Keep our Il