The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-03-23
MRS. romKYns' wooLLv DOG.

Poor Thing. N Followed Her Home One
bay. Like Msry's Lamb.
II was the wooilicst dog that she had
ever seen, Mrs. Tomkyns declared.
She never did pretend TO know much
about the canine genus. Which was
sufficiently evident, her husband re-
marked i'm his sarcastic way, else she
could not have picked mp such speci-
men II was of the purest mongrel
breed, but like some poorly-bred per-
sons possessed an eXtravagant flow of
animal spirits
II was not exactly true that Mrs.
TomlSyns picked him up. lie followed
her home OF his own accord and
against many protests 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 domicile and 81 t 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
AWAY. and that would be equivalent to
booming him to death at the pound,
which Mrs Tomkvns could not think
Of
Night came on very cold and still, the
dog lay patiently on the mat evidently
confident that ne would be admitted
some time. 10 leave him out there to
freeze was impossible. Mrs. Tomkyns
called him in, whereupon he wag ged
his tail and looked extremely grateful.
Mr. Tomllyns made "a cynical remark or
two. but that vas only his way and
his wife knew very well that he would
have been as little disposed as herself
TO let the beast suffer. SO he was TAX
en- into the kitchen, where bowl of
milk, generous bone aud an impro-
! viscd bed were provided for his com
| fort.
/ Only month after she was married
| Mrs. Tomkyns had experienced the an
noyance of having very young colored
baby left in her back yard one evening.
The cook discovered it by stepping on
the infant. fortunately without injur-
ing il at all, while on her way to fasten
the gate. But the child had been read
lily disposed of by conveying it to the
nearest police station, whence it was
transferred to a suitable asylum Tn
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 He
had at once become inspired with Il
violent affection for Mrs. Tomkyns,
whom he insisted upon accompanying
TO market every morning. Though not
"A connoisseur 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
J family kitten a very small one,
chanced to be playing with its tail in
| the middle of the kitchen floor Rags,
! observing its contortions with curlosi-
! itv, CHANGED to yawn over it-he was
! quite "A 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 IA spring at him, and a
brief and decisive conflict resulted in
the hopeless rout of Rags lie fled 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 Toml1yns' skirtG when
he was out walking with her. This
was extremely embarrassing. In
fact, Mrs. TomSyns 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 colored woman,
who pointed TO the dog, while eXclaim-
ing:
80 you are the person who stole my
dog?'
Mrs. Tomkyns would have entered a
disclaimer, but her interlocutor would
not listen. The latter launched into a
/ flight of vituperative eloquence, which
Immediately gathered a crowd, and
| after eXhausting her vocabulary of epi
thets, she quietly walked away with
Rags, whose real name it appeared was
Beauty, leaving the victim of the epi
sode to make her way homeward with
as much dignity as she was able tc
summon to her aid.
That is the reason why Mrs Tomkyn'
says that she will never have another
dog, particularly a woolly one Wash
ington Star.
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