The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-07-25

exciteaent-hls stump Of tail vlhra
ting with such rapidity that the loss
Of the missing portion was scarcely
noticeable Suddenly she stopped be
fore him. took his yellow head be
tween her little hands. lifted 1t and
looked down into his handsome brown
eypslgith her two lovely blue ones.
What passed them III that magnetic
glance no one ever knew. She return
ed with him; said 10 him casually.
We're not afraid Of brass bands are
veg" to which he apparently acquiesc-
ed. at least sitting his disgust OF them
while he was near ber-WiIch was
nearly all the time. During the
speeches-we did nothing without
speeches at RattIers- her gloyed hand
and his yellow head were always
seen together, and at the coming cere-
mony-ler public checking of Greeba
Bills ''waybili" on behalf of the town
ship with gold pencil, presented to
her by the stage company, Bones JOY
far from knowing no bounds-Gppar
entity knew nothing but them, and he
witnessed it apparently in the an.
No one dared to interfere; for the
first time 4 local pride IN Bones sprang
up III our heart5-and we lied to each
other about him open and shameless
y. Then the time came Tor parting
" c We're standing by the coach door,
hat In hand as Hiss i'inkey was about
TO step into it. Bones was standing
by her side, confidently looking iutu
tie interior and had apparently sell
octed his own seat on the lap Of Judge
Preston in the corner, when Miss Pin
key held ~ the sweetest Of admOnIt
ory fingers. Then taking his head
between her two hands again she
looked into his piercing eyes and sim
ply said Good dog" with the gentlest
of emphasis on the adjective, and
popped into the coach. The six bay
horses started as one, the gorgeous
green and gold vehicle bounded for
ward. the red dust rose behind and
the yellow dog danced in and out of it
to the very outskirts Of the settlement
And then he soberly returned.
4 day or two later he was missed
but the fact was afterwards known
that he was at Spring Valley, the
country town where MissPrestOn lived
and he was forgiven. 4 week after
wards he was missed again, b3t Ger 8
longer period, and then in q pathetic
letter from Sacramento for the store
keepers wife. "Would you mind"
wrote Miss Pinkey Preston, asking
some of your boys to come over here
to Sacramento and bring back Bones? ?
I don't mind having the dear dog
walk out with me at Spring Valley
where every one knows me, bat here
he does make one SO noticeable, on
account of his color I've got scarce
ly frock that he ggroes with. He
don't GO with my pink muslin and
that lovely bluff PRINT; hc makes them
shades lighter You know yellow is
so trying" A consultation was quick
~ held by the whole settlement and
a daputation sent TO Sacramento to
relieve the dear girl. We were all
quite indignant with Bonos-but odd
" enough | think it was greatly
tempered with our new pride IN him.
While he was with rs alone, his pecu
Iarities had been scarcely appreciated
but the TecurTent phrase, that yailer
dog that they keep at Ratrler's," gave
us Il mysterious importance along the
country side as if we had secured q
geological curiosity at great expense.
This was further indicated by a
thrilling occurrence. 4 new church
lad been built at the cross roads and
an eminent divine had come from San
Francisco to preach the opening Sc
mon. After a careful examination OF
the cramps wardrobe and some feiici
t0us exchange Of apparel, a Few Of Us
were deputed to represent Rattlers at
the Sunday service. In our white
ducks. straw hats and flannel bIOuses
We were sufficiently picturesque and
distinctive and 'hOnest miners to be
shown of in one Of the front pews.
Seated near the prettiest girls who
offered Us their hymn books-in the
cItaniy odOrs Of fresh pine shayings,
and iroued muslins, and blown over
by the spires Of our woods through
the open windows, a deep sense OF the
abiding peace OF Christian communion
settled upon Us. At this supreme
moment some enc murmured in an
awe-stricken whisper, "WiIl you look
III Bonas!>
We looked. Bones had entered the
church and gone up in the gallery
through a pard0nable ignorance and
moaesty, bat Perceiving his mistake,
was now calmly walking along the
gallery rail before the astounded Wor-
shippers. Reaching the end he paus-
ed for a moment and carelessly look
ed down. Ii was about fifteen feet to
the floor below-tha simplest jump in
the world for the mountain bred
Bones. Daiuti!y, gingerly, lazily and
Yet with a c0uCeited arness OF man
ncr as Il. baman]y speaking, he had
one leg in his pocket and were doing
it on three. be cleared the distance,
dropping Just before the chautel,
without a sound, turned himself
around three times. and lay comforta-
bly, down.
Three deacons Wore instantly in The
aisle coming up before the eminent
divine. who. We fancied, wore a re
strained smile We heard the hurried
whispers. Belongs to them" quite 2
local institution here. you know"
Don't like to offend sensib;lities,' -
aud the minister's prompt. BY no
means" as he went on with his ser
vice. 4 short month ago we would
have repudiated Bones: to day we
sat there in slightly supercillous atti-
tudes as If to indicate that any affront
offered to Bones would be an lnsult 20
ourselves aud followed by an instan-
taneous withdrawal in a body.
All went Well until the minister,
lifting the large Bible from the com
munion table and holding 1t in both