The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-07-25
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| ndndS before MIN. walked towards {
readI8g stand by the alter rails. Bones
uttered a distinct growi The minis
ter stopped.
We, and we alone, comprehendeG
IN a lash the whole situation. The
Bible was nearly the size and shape
Of one Of tho59 soft clods which We
were a the playful habit of painfully
launching at Bones when he lay
asleep IN tho sun in order to see him
cioyer}y eyade it. We held our breath
But tie oppurtunity belonged 10 ON
leadeI-Jeff Briggs confouudedly
good looking fellow with the golden
m0Hs5e che OF d northern viking and
the curis OF an Apollo. Secure in his
beautJ he rose from the pew and step
ed b0teTc- the chaucel.
i would wait a minute if | were
you, sir" he said respectfully. 'and
You VIII see him go out quietly"
w hat IS wrong whispered the
minister in some concern.
He thinks you are going to heave
that book at him, sir-with0ut giving
him a far show, as we do"
The minister looked perpleXed, but
remained mOtiCnless with the hook in
his hands. Bones arose, walked half
way doEn the aisle, and disappeared
ike aye.ow flash.
With this justification Of his repu-
tation, Bones disappeared for week.
at the end Of that time we received a
polite nyte from Judge Preston say
ing that the dog had become dOmicil-
ed in their house, and begging that
the camp without yielding up their
valuable property in him would per
NIT him TO remain at Spring Valley
for an indefinite tine. That both the
Judge and his daughter, with whom
he was already an old friend, would
be glad if any Of the camp would
visit their old fayorite whenever
they desired and assure themselves
that he was well cared for. I
am afraid that the bait thus ingenious
y throw4 ont had a good deal to do
with our Ultimate yielding. However
the reports Of those who visited Bones
were wonderful and marvellous. He
was resting there in state, lying on
rugs III tae drawing room, coiled up
under tie judicial desk in the Judges
study, sleeping regularly on the mat
outside Hiss Pinkey's door. or lazily
snapplnc5at flies on the judges lawn.
He's as yaller as ever" said one of
our informants, but it don't somehow
seem 10 be the same back that we used
to bunk clods over in the old time to
see him scOot out of the dust"
And | may reluctantly record a fact
which l am aware ali lovers Of dogs
will Indignantly deny, and Will be
furiously bayed at by every faithful
hound since the days of Ulysses.
Bones not only forgot but absolutely
cut us. Those who called upon the
judge in store clothes" he would
perhaps casually Lotice, but lie would
sniff at them as If detecting and re-
5enting them under their superficial
exterior. Iherest he simply paid no
to. The more familiar term
Of Bonesy formerly applied TO him as
II our rare moments Of endearment
no response. This panied
/ think, some Of the. youthful of Us,
but through some strange human
weakness it also increased the camps
respect for him, Nevertheless we
spoke OF him familiarly TO strangers.
at the very moment he ignored Is. I
am afraid that We also took some pains
10 point ont that lie was getting fat
and unwieidy, and losing his elasticity
implying coyertly tnat his choice
was a mistake and his life failure.
\ year after, he died III the odor Of
sancity and Responsibility being foun
one morning, coiied up and stiff, On
the mat outside Miss Pinkey's door.
When the news was conveyed to us,
We asked permission. the camp being
in a prosperous condition, to erect Il
Il stone over his grave. But when it
came to the inscription we could only
think Of he two words mmmured to
him by Miss Pinkey which we alway
believed affected his conversion:
"(ir0l Doc"