The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-12
"LOVE ME, LOVE MY DOG. -
The Touching Story Of a Little
Canine Wait.

AS the great Sir Walter says, the pub
tic likes the big bowwow. Yet what
if try whether it may not be interest
ed also in the little bow-wow?
The little bew-wow took an immense
interest ia me at first sight lie was
such poor and friendless creature,
and it was such a cold and clustering
night, that had not the heart to shut
the door in his face, as he stood wag-
ging his tail in the stream of light from
the open hall and looking upon me APP
pealingly, with big, innocent brown
eyes, from under silky fringe of hair
that appeared to hint of Skye descent,
though rather more than less remote.
Yes, he is certainly mongrel. this
Artful Dodger of mine; perhaps if he
had been of good honest Skye strain
this tale could never have been told of
him.
However. in he came with me that
night and out he went with me the
next evening, for the first of our mys-
terious walks abroad.
1t was only round couple of cor
ners on an errand to the green grocer's
about the morrow's list which had not
properly been made up; but when |
pulled my glove off at the home door
to grapple the better with the difficult
ties of the latch-key, felt Il cold nose
thrust into my hand-nay, more than
cold nose-an apple, which, so red and
glossy as it was. | was quite sure my
provident friend had selected from the
very basket of apples | had just or
Iered home from under the green gro
GERS counter.
That was e1cusable enough. perhaps.
But what followed day by day ex-
hausted all my stock of apologies for
my poor kleptomaniac.
For day by day there was something
Of my neigh bors' goods laid at my door.
One morning it would be prime beef
steak, fresh from the butchers stall;
another it would be dainty handker-
chief thrust into my hand as we walked
together along Chestnut street. / soon
learned TO cschew the shopping quar-
ter, however, when we two went out
together. But my Artful Dodger was
too much for me. One snowy day all
the neigh bors' door-mats were piled up
in our vestibule, and my poor little
fellow crept out from among them,
wagging his tail with delighted con-
sciousness of merit, as | came UP the
steps.
Some Fagin had trained him; there
was not a doubt of that. 1t was the
part of a Christian moralist to reclaim
him, not TO turn him adrift in his evil
WAYS, ! argued. ! seemed, however,
to be the OILY Christian in the house;
or indeed, in the whole block. /
fancy they would have left my poor
little fellow to go to the bad alto
gether, in another neigh borhood re-
mote from theirs. But then he never
looked up at them with his big innocent
brown eyes Drumming with love and
trust, as ne did at me
Love me, love my dog" said to
Hugh one evening, as ! stood with him
in the vestibule, and the Artful Dodger
whined 50 piteously on the other side
of the closed door that / was Obliged
TO let him out 20 walk with us Then
/ could feel myself blush furiously, for
though Cousin Hugh and ! were-wen,
il IS hard tosay what we We're: but this
unlucky speech Of mine was certainly
the first word OF love that had passed
between Us.
Twas glad 10 go down on my knees
TO the little fellow leapinc about ne 10
escape the eyes Of the big fellow stand
ing over NE. for felt sore there was
a laugh In them
when your dog IS IS honest as you
are, Kitty" said Hugh, u NAY per
haps begin 10 love him as"
"As do?' answered my dog and
sprirginc down the steps together
gayly. y wouldn't advise you to; evil
communications corrupt good manners,
TO quote still another provsN: and my
Artful Dotgcr may teach RE IS much
Is have failed IN teaching him. poor
oov'''
al that rate. i: IS as veiI ! an tax
ing Won botE - poor quarter Il the
city. said HB-h. And indeed l felt
that the oog Eaigh: help t. cheer the
little crippled lad he was taking ne
70 see.
il was nos The first tine Dr. Hugh
bad carried ne Of - so sore patient
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