Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-11
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}. aovs Two Men an Unpleasant Early " Morning Surprise.

Morning Surprise.
 ,oan came out of Turkish |z establishment in Twenty-eighth I !. the other morning and started || a,1, m Broadway. Their conver- II ion was in the remorsefui vein that .| 3:ssa,v to come on the morning after,
 1* .bare was more or less talk of
 ,ight. ssbottles" and ''too much ny man" At Twenty-ninth street :z na;r stopped. and one of them
 .crbed a match against the lamp ! ss* m the corner. As he brought the S ,'..h, & to the cigarette between his lips
 rIaneed up mechanically at house =. arnosite. Instantly the match fell slars his haRds, his jaw dropped and .hs cigarette slipped to the ground. ns Fl. crew as white as his shirt, and, s,stchine at his companions arm s.iv.d Z 1t in a grasp like wise.
 .ssav. old man." he began, Sc slowly , .,,st avery word sounded as if it were -,,clren only after long deliberatlon, sssav old fellow-do-you--see-any' 4hinq-up-there?"
 4Where? What in thunder has struck "A, anyhow?" sputtered the other,
 hoaa nerves were not in condition to alsnd any trifing.
 ssThere, en the third story. Look, If's moving.
 The other looked up. At the third < S4nrv of the hotel & narrow ledge less 5E.n s foot in breadth runs around the hnilding on level with the windows. There was undeniably something nov {ne along the ledge. It was about z {hree feet long and reddish brown in 1olor It had 6 long, narrow body, nd a pair of crumpled front legs hard |zip four inches long. A thin, pointed nose stuck out from between the long, 1ilky ears.
 ssYes. l see 1t.
 At these words an expression of de. 4frhted relief sped over the connte- < nrnee of the man who had spoken first, bnt the ioy went out of his face again when his companion exclaimed senten- tieusly:.
 "Csti'
 The first speaker gathered strength < Enough to eross the street. He leaned aRainst store opposite the hotel, and, Banding as immovable as if he vera part of the building, stared up at the xhird floor of the hotel. The other man followed him. He was trying hard to remember if he had ever before seen & eat quite like this one, and to save his life he couldn't recall one. It seemed bit queer. so he leaned against the store by his friend, and without a word the two men stared up before thsp
 They saw the animal move deliber- atsly along the narrow ledge the en- 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. It did nothing of the kind It turned as readily in the mar row space as though it were in the senter of Madison square. It's 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. It was the one in front ot 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- tion. When she was about to leave the window apparently familiar sound Extracted her attention. She looked zto the left, and her eyes fell on the sdog, waggiag it's tail and running .carelessly along the ledge A false Estep would have thrown him to zthe ground. He was valua ble Hdachshuna so finely bred that his ex- Exaggerated ugliness was ridiculous Every point that made him unlike aAy l other dog in the world was perfect The long, thin body, tke 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 sidewalk 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 nrst 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.