Griggs courier., 1893-10-13
euN,oNs WON FAME.



1t Was Of Lowly Sort and Not Unaccom-
panied by Embarrassment.
He was cur of lowest degree and
abhorred of all save the incipicnt
voter contingent that had gallantly
rescued him when rudely waited from
q "side-door Pullman by the delirious-
ly joyous ilnbiber of strong waters-a
free and accepted disciple of Weary
Watkins-en route deadhead to bleed
ing Kansas.
With boyish aptitude for rigid
though brutal candor they had dubbed
the treasure trove ''Bunions'' on ac-
count of the numerous ridges that
adorned his numbering frame, and
which with the fiail-like tail-that one
engaging tot of two invariably utilized
as a perpetual motion lever-rendered
the nomad uniquely ugly enough for a
Voodoo fetch.
For two years had the rescuers, after
arduous efforts. gingerlv produced in
mutilated images of poor Lo and vain
ly vouchcd for ''sinker'' nickels the
requisite ransom whereby the four
footed abettor of untold mischief was
allowed to exist and proudly sport a
brass tag numbered and revited onto a
repousse collar, purloined from sisters
Skye terrier by the acknowledged lead
er of that budding statesmen.
But the fair was the wielder of potent
influence, and the traditional burnt
pockets of small boys became mended
and able to hold securely the pennies
nd MI <hnk
bourne of pleasure. So it was that
Bunion's chances of having liquidated
his dog tax became fewer, though the
hopeless one dreamed not of impending
doom.
The guileless summer girl was in the
| zenith of success. Attired in all the
bewildcring glory of folderols and fur
bellows, she graced the sylvan scene
fourteen of her more or less. Swcetly
demure maidens and staidly cultured
ones, winsome, merry graduates" and
appallingly literary disciples of Brown.
ing, all adorned the spacious, velvety
lawns of the ingeniously confiding IRE.
duced lady" who ''toolx in few-a very
few-congenial ones of the mot re.
duced."
Chatter and firtations galore more
or less brisk were progressing, while
kindly witticism and blithesome, mus.
ical laughter we're continuous
Suddenly there fell silence-aug.
mented when the more morbidly deli.
cate maidens retired, violently af.
fected.
"seem's if Kitty's burning bones
bushels of EN-" crisply ventured re.
cuperating molder of the young idea
possessing, as is usually the case. in
trepid courage of her convictions
''It's disgusting, and we're off''-as the
handsome bicyclers vigorously put
space and grecnsward between them
selves and pungency.
But the climax of fragrance was at
tanned when the abhorred and missile
Scared Bunions projected his huge
body into the midst of the dream OF
lovely women, gravely deposited q
curiously spotted object, and plain
lively awaited reward.
After an amount of honeyed suavity
that would have sweetened a cask o
butter-proof vinegar, 'Dolphus, tn
ebon-hued, swathed in cumbrou
robes and dripping spirits Of camphor
finally induced the redolont cur to mi
CRATE.
Hes the ugliest dog know Of, ant
always my special object of hatred
thus the reduced to q bevy of pale
faced summer girls-but the manner il
which he settled that skunk-th,
plague of my life-wipes out old scores
I'm Bunion's ally henceforth. he board
free for year, and I'll get his licens.
also, were he twenty times as big {
thief. Chicago Times.