Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-03
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Morning Surprise

hut 1t Gave Two Men an Unpleasant Early
Morning Surprise.
Two men came out of Turkish
bath establishment in Twenty-eighth
street the other morning and started
10 walk up Broadway. Their CONVEX
sation was in the remorseful vein that
is hkeiy to come on the morning after,
ana there was more or less talk of
last night" bottles" and .'too much
Tor any man." At Twenty-ninth street
the pair stopped, and one of them
scratched a match against the lamp
post on the corner. As he brought The
light to the cigarette between his lips
ne glanced up mechanically at house
opposite Instantly the match fell
from his hands, his jaw dropped and
the Cigarette slipped to the ground.
he grew as white as his shirt, and,
ciutching at his companions arm,
seized 1T in a grasp like a wise
Say. old man." he began. SO slowly
that every word sounded as if it were
spoken only after long elaboration,
SAY, old Acknowledgements
thing-up-there?''
Where? What in thunder has struck
you, anyhow?" sputtered the other,
whose nerves were not in a condition to
stand any trifing.
There, on the third story Look,
it's moving
The other looked up At the third
story of the hotel narrow ledge less
than foot in breadth runs around the
building on a level with the windows
There was undeniably something NOV
ing along the ledge. 1t was about
three feet long and reddish-brown in
color. 1t had a long, narrow body,
and pair of crumpled front legs hard
Iy four inches long. A thin. pointed
nose stuck out from between the long,
silky ears
Yes. see it"
At these words an expression of de-
lighted relief sped over the counte-
nance of the man who had spoken first,
but the JOY went out of his face again
when his companion exclaimed senten-
tiouslv:
''Cat!'
The FIRST speaker gathered strength
enough to cross the street. He leaned
against store opposite the hotel. and,
standing as immovable as if he were
part of the building. stared up at the
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man followed him. He was trying
hard to remember if he had ever before
seen cat quite like this one, and to
save his life he couldn't recall one. 1t
seemed bit queer. so he leaned against
the store by mis- friend, and without a
word the two men stared up before
them.
They saw the animal move deliber-
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tire length of the building. When it
had reached the end the two watchers
expected that it would step off into the
air and melt away. 1t did nothing of the
kind. 1t turned as readily in the mar
row space as though it were in the
center of Madison square. Its long
body moved with snaky sinuousness,
and it began the trip along the ledge
almost at trot. The men continued
to stare up at it with a sense of grow
ing relief that was apparent on their
faces.
Just at this juncture a woman ap-
peared at one of the windows of the
hotel. 1t was the one in front of
which the animal had been standing.
She leaned out and looked down to the
street with an expression of distracted
apprehension. she peered down anx-
iously to the sidewalk in every direc-
ton. When she was about to leave the
window apparently a familiar sound
attracted her attention. She looked
to the left, and her eyes fell on the
dog, wagging its tail and running
carelessly along the ledge. A false
step would have thrown him to
the ground. He was valuable
dachshund. so finely bred that his ex-
aggerated ugliness was ridiculous
Every point that made him unlike any
other dog in the world was perfect.
The long, thin body, the stumpy.
crooked legs, and the pointed nose
were all faultless examples of this per.
verted species of dogs best points
Neart the window the animal halted
in evident fear of punishment The
woman coaxed, and he advanced with.
in reach of her arm. With look OF
delight. she seized him, and, turning
from the window, disappeared from
view with the dog in her arms
The two watchers on the sidewalks
had passed through varying emotions
while the dog was promenading on
the ledge. There was almost terror in
the first mans tone when he spoke
FIRST and he was the more embarrassed
of the two men when the woman and
dog had disappeared
Its on me-" he said.-N. Y. Sun.
Merely . Matter of Form.
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