The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-06-28
ONLY A DAcHsHuND.
But 1t Gave Two Men an Unpleasant Ear
Morning Surprise.

Morning Surprise.
Two men came out of q Turkish
bath establishment In Twenty-eighth
street the other morning and started
to walk up Broadway. Their CONVEX
sation was in the remorssful vein that
is likely to come on the morning after,
and there was more or less talk Of
''last night" "bottles" and too much
for 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
he 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,
clutching at his companions arm,
seized IL in grasp like q wise.
Say, old man." he began, so slowly
that every word sounded as II 1t were
spoken only after long deliberation,
'say, old Acknowledgment see--any-
thing-up-thereq',
"WhereP What in thunder has struck
you, anyhow2" sputtered the other,
whose nerves were not In a condition to
stand any triiing.
There, on the third story. Look,
it's moving.
The other looked up. At the third
story of the hotel q narrow ledge less
than foot in breadth runs around the
building on level with the windows.
There was nndeniehl something NOV
ing along the ledge. 1t was about
three feet long and reddish-brown in
color. 1t had long, narrow body,
and a pair of crumpled front legs hard,
ly four inches long. A thin, pointed
nose stuck out from between the long
silky ears. .--
Eyes, see IL"
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 ont Of his face agar
when his companion exclaimed senten
tiously: ,gi49 u.
"Catl"
The Arst speaker gathered strength
enough to cross the street. He leaned
against store opposite the hotel, and
standing as immovable as II he wer,
part Of the building, stared up at tn,
third floor Of the hotel. The othe
man followed him. He was tryin,
hard to remember If he had ever beior,
seen q cat quite like this one, and Il
save his life he couldn't recall one.
seemed bit queer. 80 he leaned agains
the store by his friend, and without
word the two men stared up befor,
them.
They saw the animal move deliber
ately along the narrow ledge the en-
tire length Of the building. When /
had reached the end the two watcher
expected that II would step off into tn
air and melt away. Itdid nothing Of tn
kind. II turned Us readily in the mar
row space as though 1t were in tn
center Of Madison square. Its lonI
body moved with snalky sinuousness
and II began the trip along the ledg
almost at trot. The men continue,
to stare up at 1t with sense of grow
ing relief that was apparent on thei
| faces.
just at this juncture woman ar
peared at one of the windows Of tn
hotel 1t was the one In front O
| xuh;nb Aha artv.a1 kn5 49,. 49,. a.. !.
She leaned out and looked down to tn
street with an expression of distracte,
apprehension. She peered down anz
iously to the sidewalk In every direS
ton. When she was about to leave tn
window apparently familiar SCUM
attracted her attention. She locke
to the left. and her eyes fell on tn
dog, wagging lis tail and runnin
carelessly along the ledge. A falls
step would have thrown him
the ground. He was valuabl
dachshund, so finely bred that his ez
aggerated ugliness was ridiculous
Every point that made him unlike an
other dog in the world was perfect
The long, thin body, the etumpy
crooked legs, and the pointed nos
were all faultless examples Of this PEI
verified species of dogs best point,
Neart the window the animal halte
in evident fear Of punishment TIL
woman coaxed, and he advanced with
in reach Of her arm. With look {
delight, she seized him, and, turnin
from the window, disappeared froi
view with the dog In her arms.
The two watchers on the sidewal
had passed through varying emotion
while the dog was promenading o
the ledge. There was almost terror 4
the first mans tone when he spok
first and he was the more embarrasae
of the two men when the woman an
dog had disappeared.
| ITS on me, he said. N. Y. Sun.