The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-05-11
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Poor Thing. 10 Followed Her Home one
bay. Like Mary. Lamb.
It was the woolliest dog that she had
ever seen. Mrs. TomlSyns declared.
She never did pretend to know much
about the canine gems. Which was
sufficiently evident. her husband re-
marked in his sarcastic way. else she
could not have picked up such speci-
men IL was of the purcst mongrel
breed but, like some poorly.brcd per-
sons, possessed an cxtravngant flow Of
animal spirits.
IL was not exactly true that Mrs.
Tomlyns picked him ~. lie followed
her home Of his own accord and
against many protest, on her part but
when she said Go away, doggy! he
responded by wagging his tail and
seemed encouraged to keep on. When
she reached her domicilc aud shut the
door in his face he lay down upon
the mat and waited cheerfullv. There
was no way TO get rid of him, unless
by sending for policeman TO take him
nway. and that would be equivalent to
booming him TO death at the pound,
which Mrs. TomlSyns could not think
of.
Night came on very cold and still, the
dog lay patiently on the mat, evidently
confident that he would be admitted
some time. Tc leave him out there to
freeze was impossible. Mrs Tomlyns
called him in, whereupon he wagged
lis tail and looked extremely grateful.
Mr.. TomlIyns made "A cynical remark or
IL. al lit. a
his wife knew very well that he would
have been as little disposed as herself
10 let the beast suffer So he was talk
en- into the kitchen, where IA bowl of
milk, a generous bone and an impro-
vised bed were provided for his com
fort
Only month after she was married
Mrs. Tomkyns had experienced the an
noyance of having n very young colored
baby left i'm her back yard one evening.
The cook discovered it by stepping on
the infant fortunately without injur-
ing it at all, while on her way to fasten
the gate. But the child had been read
lily disposed of by conveying 1t to the
nearest police station, whence it was
transferred to suitable asylum. I'm
fortunately, no charitable organiza-
tions exist for taking care of stray
dogs, and SO Rags (Which was the name
given to the woolly guest by Mr.. Tom
kyns) was difficult TO get rid OF. In
fact, he had TO stay.
With his fate in this respect he
seemed most content. Perhaps his
dominant quality was amiability. lie
lao Il Mt n
violent affection for Mrs TomlSyns,
whom he insisted upon accompanying
to market every morning. Though not
n connoisscur in dogs, she perceived
that his want of breeding was rather
painfully palpable and that his com
pany lent no credit to her. Wi hin
twenty-four hours after his arrival the
family kitten, very small one,
Glanced to be playing with its tail in
the middle of the kitchen floor Rags,
observing its contortions with curiosi-
ity, chanced to yawn over it-he was
quite large dog--and it is not SUR
prising that the mother cat thought
that he was on the point Of devouring
her offspring instanter
She made spring at him, and a
brief and decisive conflict resulted in
the hopeless rout of Rags, lie fed and
hid himself in the coal bin for some
hours. From that time forward he
was in terror of all cats. If he saw
the most peaceful tabby sitting in the
sun and washing her face with her
paws he would make rush for
shelter The shelter he preferred was
beneath Mrs Tomkyns' sl1irtG when
he was out walking with her This
was extremely embarrassing In
fact, Mrs. Tomllyns had made up
her mind that she would never take
him to market again, when an incident
occurred which relieved her of all fur
ther anxiety on the subject, though il
was rather annoying in itself She
was on an expedition for domestic for
age at the time.
She had completed her purchases and
was on her way out of the market, ac-
companied by Rags, when she was con.
fronted by an angry coloreG woman,
who pointed to the dog, while exclaim-
ing:
$50 you are the person who stole my
dog?"
Mrs. Iomkyns would have entered "A
disclaimer but her interlocutor would
not listen. The latter launched into a
flight of vituperative eloquence, which
Immediately gathered crowd, and,
after eNhausting her vocabulary of epi-
thetS, she quietly walked away with
Rags, whose real name it appeared was
Beauty, leaving the victim of the cpl
%, h., al 1.
rs much dignity as she was able to
summon to her aid.
That is the reason why Mrs, Iomllyns
says that she will never bave another
dog, particularly woolly one. Wash
ington Star.
The Foot Nun.
A down-lined foot muff is one of the
cold weather novelties IL is anita ex-