Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-29

As l have advanced socially / have
tried TO give TO the great world an idea
Of my progress by the kind OF dog | car
ried, just as a good Mason or Odd Fellow
might wear an emblem 20 show what
degree he was working under. My
earliest dog was a simple hearted home
less thing, who had tried everything al
most and had failed at It. He had been os-
traciZed from good society, when he was
young, at a drag hunt, where he Joined
the chase and came in fifteen minutes
ahead OF the pack because be had
watched the preliminaries and had seen
where the course lay from the top Of the
straw pile on the hill. So when he came
in cheerily with his tongue out and ex-
pected ~plaudits and thing he was kicked
In the stomach by a coarse groom and
told to avaunt.
Then he tried other things. He could
not be a foxhound because he was q
native American dog, with no pedigree
to speak Of, as ii had been shut In a door
once, or something, and so he had 10 go
In entirely on his merits.
He went on the stage for a time, be-
ing willing to work his way up, but he
"falled up" on his lines, and Of course
nobody wanted q bloodhound that had
stage fright. He was broken hearted,
for he had a good voice and a quiet
humor that pleased the audience very
much indeed.
But he failed and came TO me with
nothing but unfructifed hopes. He re-
manned with us some time. He was a
good watchdog, and would watch and
guard anything so faithfully that 10
body could get IL from him. He was so
faithful that way that | had to shoot
him once before | could get my %overcost
back in time TO catch a train.
Then came other dogs, now and then
one with a strain OF blood In him.
l had one imported Irish dog. He was
brought over by an Irlshman who did
some ditching for me. He came con
cealed in the steerage. He was very
fond OF the children, especially OF a lit
tie boy OF mine, who was tender and
Just about tall enough TO be handy. We
called this dog Little Lord Fauntleroy.
That was because we could hot see that
he resembled Little Lord FauntleFoy
except that be wore a sash onc or twice
after he had jumped through a window,
and short pants also In hot weather.
Afterward / learned that he was an
exile from Erin, and that a price had
been set on his head there.
But he was full OF Ireland's wrongs.
He had a good many Of thoseto redress.
That was his business while in America.
Between meals he redressed lreland's
wrongs, and / paid the damage. He
lived on cold potatoes while In the
old country, but he wanted cold quail.
He Is dead now.
He sat for his death mask two years
ago. 1t Is all | have TO remember him by
except a mementO which people notice
who are IN bathing with me at the sea-
side.
Since that have learned that Ireland
is not entirely populated by blooded
Irish settlers. Some Of the native dogs
In Ireland are quite b%ourgeoise.
Lately / got q large English mastif.
We thought he would look well on the
new lawn. ] traded a team for him.
With him / got a box Of dog biscuits
and a pharmacopeis. / met him a. the
train and hadsthe car containing him
side tracked. / presume that be is no
larger than some other English mastiffs,
but 70 noe he seems larger, and / feel
also like a~pologizin9 to him for the raw
state he finds things IN. I've got so l
can meet Lord Chesterfield. who drives
my team, almost Oh friendly terms now,
but this dog makes me feel as / did
when / gave my hand ia marriage TO
my first wife-as M might, you know,
who stood 10 the presence OF superior
being.
l would no more tell him TO go lie
down" than I would have told Goliath
of Gath TO go lie down"
And IL isn't his size, after all, because
I weigh 100 pounds myself, and my
teeth are still good, but it's his manner
De seems TO know that ] started out
with no advantages. He seems to read
me through and through. eve saw
such a dog.
He sort OF realizes that | never moved
in his set. He is better bred than / am.
one would think. and has more dignity.
He Is so dignifed that he won't sven
bark.
His name 10 Flossy.
We live In the timber where Il is
pretty thick. and I have had 70 clear of
. few acres for Flossy to wag his tail
on. he does hot wsg IL the same way
that one ought 10 under a Republican
form Of government He does IL as .
ueIl hired duke might shake kant8 who