The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-18
AN EARLY MORNING SURPRISE.
From the View York sun.

bath establishment in Twenty-eighth
street the other morning and started
to walk up Broadway. Their CONVEX.
sation was in the remorseful 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 it in grasp like wise.
''Say. old man." he began. so slowly
that every word sounded as if it were
spoken only after long elaboration,
"say, old -do-you-see-any-
thing-up-there?"
Where? What in thunder has struck
you, anyhow" sputtered the other,
whose nerves were not in a condition t6
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 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
| ly four inches long. A thin. pointed
nose stuck out from between the long
silky ears.
'les. ! 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: :
i'Catr'
The first speaker gathered strength
enough to cross the street. he leaned
| against a store opposite the hotel, and,
standing as immovable as If he were
part of the building, stared up at tho
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 a bit queer. so he leaned against
the store by his friend, and without 4
word the two men stared up before
them.
They saw the animal move deliber-
ately along the narrow ledge the en-
tire length of the building. When il
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 sense of grow
ing relief that was apparent on their
faces.
Just at this juncture woman APP
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 tho
street with an expression of distracted
apprehension. Sne 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, wsgging its tail and running
carelessly along the ledge. A false |
step would have thrown him 10 !
the ground. He was a valua bic |
dachshund, SO finely bred that his ex-
aggersted 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 q 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
first and he was the more embarrassed
OF the two men when the woman and
dog had disappeared.
ITS on ma {" he said