The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-05

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advantages. IL s2c,..S to read III
through and through. Ino,er saw suc1i
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T. sort Of realize; rllat | never m3.cl
in his set. lIa is lei. Rr hral t,Gan LA.
one would think. and has Eloie di"1,itv s..
lie is sodigiiifed that he woiteven barr.
His IaMs is Ilossy.
We live il thetiinber who're it il pretty
thick. and | Eavc had to clear OF Il few
ceres for Elossv to v';tg his tail on. lie
does not wag it The same way that ole
Ought to under Il republican form Of
government. He does it as Il well bred
duke might shai.e hm us who had a
strain of royal. sirulnous blood in his
veins.
I'm afraid that | can never live up to
Flossv. l have looked into his great. sad
eyes for hours and tried to discover one
responsive look of love, OF g respect.
but | have not seen it.
Once | lail my coat down by him and
told him to watch it. lie looked ut it
sadly. read the name Of my tailor on the
loop. shudicrsa and burst into tears.
hate to zee IL great. strong dog weep
that way. but it showed me that l am
not up 70 him nj Ill.
How poor and cheap everything mu
ln.f- 20 ElNgr,f fN,,, Ia .,..~,t So, ~,
Ing with rs. i,it it vas Very stiff ami
dull for him. and after we had PLAYED i,
piece for him and | had sung Il Scandi-
navian lullaby lie came aid asked to be
shown to Iii, room.
thought Ia. would do nloSt of his loaf
ing III the library. but he only remained
there half an hour, locking over the titles
Of my books. many ct which are by
American authors. Helooked for IA time
at the Christmas London News. and then
sighed SO deeply ti.at two Of my ho,idav
magazines. from which | lad remove!
the advertising. were blown MP the chin
ney fne.
1t is an awful thing to be cowed by u
dog. All my articles of yirtu. even
those brought home from Paris. where
they are SO rare. fail to please or even
interest Flossy.
Yesterday he Went out in the glad sun
shine and rubbed himself against the
barn. not knowing that it had been
built by contract. He WAS sorry when
he saw what he had done. and came and
licked my face with his great wealth of
warm. wet tongue.
The doctor says | will never hear again
with the ear on that side. He is the most
copious dog | ever saw. But he mas al
ways moved in Il different sphere from
my own and has been more tenderly
reared. | was reared lr main strength.
but flossy has nestled in the arms Of
noble ladies and been foln,led and kissed
by them. have not. have never been
fondled much since the death Of the
Wing party. Since that time | have had
to dress myself and live for Il purpose.
flossv turns mp his nose at North
Carolina and seems dissatisfied. lie
never saw IL possum before and does not
know what 10 do with one. | see 70
way to have any finn with him.
One day ] dressed up to make a call,
siit with . i'iullitu Lt C.tillc IitIlfliiie
toward me, barking a glad welcome.
He came twenty yards, and it was down
hill. lie ;nistook HE for an a~ristocrat
probably. and was coming to put his
paws on my shoulder and lick my spec
tacles off with joy. but | turned quickly
aside and he went ON through the con-
seryatoy.
If it would rot be too much trouble |
would like To insert the following notice
here and will call in and see about it
after awhile:
For SALE OR EXCHANGE.
Persons of culture can secure a rare
dog by calling Oh the undersigned. who
is about to start for Europe.
will sell my English n"iastiif, Flossy,
exchange him for farmin. implements
i'll good order. He is Il very large dog
and can sneeze Il candle Out at eighteen
PAGES. He is "a good dog to roll a lawn
with and has good habits. He broke
into IA corn field and damaged it twelve
dollars worth last summer. but it was
not through malice. He would not hurt
a flea.
Two of my men easily manage him
and hold him down while the children
play with him. He would like to 20