The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12

you might think" said a church usher
10 the New York sun. "fhat there was
nothing 10 do IN church but seat people.
but dear me, strange things are happening
all the time. one summer day, when the
church doors were open, I saw dog af-
pear j stood at the back Of the peWs,
just beyond the end OF the middle aisle.
and the dog stood right at the end Of the
aisle looking at me and wagging his tail.
DE was a nice-loOking dog. shaggy and
gentie-lOOking, but. OF course a church
was no place for him. But he was nearer
the aisle than 7 was. and he was bound TO
MAKE the tour or the church, ana i was
sure he would start down the middle aisle
the moment ] made any effort to put him
out. Still / advanced toward him with a
friendly bearing and outstretched hand.
hoping that he would stand still until L
could get between him and the aisle. He
Wagged his tail good humoredly when he
saw me approach, but before / could get
near enough 20 cut him OF he started down
the aisle, 50 softly that nobody heard him
and nobody saw him until he had passed.
In one OF the pews about half way down
the aisle sat a little girl with one hand
resting on the arm Of the pew. The dog
halted here and with his nose gently
pushed the little girls hand of the pew.
she snatched II away and looked around
wonderingly, end saw for the first time
the dog standing there and wagging his
tail and looking at her She laughed out
right; and then the dog waged his tail
more and started on again. BY this time
every BODY IN the church new about the
dog. and everybody was interested in him.
He kept on down the middle aisle. past
the pulpit, and around the end of one of
the blocks OF pews toward a side aisle
ana started along the side aisle toward
the rear Of the church again. Then the
sexton started M the side aisle from the
rear OF the church. intending TO drive the
dog out, but when the dog saw him com
ing ne Wagged his tail and turned and
started back the way he had come and
around into the middle aisle again. He
stopped there once md looked 10 at the
minister, wagging his tail all the time:
he seemed to be the best-natured dog that
ever l.ved
back. He came down to where he had
started, and then trotted along the base
or the pcWs and out Of the church by
door opposite 10 the one by which he had
entered. The instant he stepped through
the dOOr we heard the most tremendous
uproar; he had met another dog outside.
AS a matter of fact, 1 suppose our dog
had come into the church to escape the
other dog; he didn't want to fight, and I
suppose he thought IL the other dog saw
himself and go away. But he didn't; he
Just hung around outside and waited. The
peaceful dog was diplomatic, you see. too
he went out by a different door from the
one he came in at, thinking, no doubt,
that the dog that wanted to fight him
would wait for him wnere ne came in,
and that he would escane the other dog
and get away quietly by going out at the
other door. but the other dog must have
guessed his attentions, for he was wait
ing for him there.
"Our dog didn't want to fight, but he
didn't run away; good natured, shaggy,
and gentle as he was, he pitched IN and
fought like q demon. Between them they
made more noise than an earthquake. It
| pretty nearly broke up the gravity of the
| 90 out and drive them away; so we never
/ knew how the fight came out.