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

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exception ia favor Of drunkards
! Even an ordinary registering baccha
] nallan party brought him ont fIOu
uH3el tree or shed in the keenesr
satisfaction: he would accompany
! them through the long struggling
! straoNoI the settlement, barking his
! delight at every step or misstep Of the
| rayeiers, and exhibiting none Of thai
mistrust Of eye which marked his at
| tendance upon the sane and the re
| spectacle. He accepted even THEN
uncOuth play without a smart Or &
yelp, hyPocriticaliy pretending tc
| even Ike {. and conscientiOHs!y be
| liaye would have allowed tin can TO
be attachea to his tail If the hand
that tied It on We're only unsteady
and the voice that baae him lie stil
were husky with liquor. He would
SEQ the party cheerfully into the sa-
loon. wait outside the door, has tongue
fairly lOlliug from lis mouth IN en-
joyuent-until they reappeared, per
nit them even 10 tumble on him with
pleasure. and then galnbol away be.
fore them Needless OF awkwardly pro.
jecting stones and epithets. He would
afterwards accompany them separate
~ home or lie with them at cross roads
until they were assisted to their cab
aus. Then he would trot rakishly 70
his old haunt by the saloon store.
with the slightly conscious air ol
having been a bad dog, yet Of having
had a good time. We never could
satifv ourselves whether his Judgment
arose from some merely selfish con
victi0n that he was more secure with
the physically and mentally incom
peteut, from some active sympathy
with active wiChedness, or from z
grim sense of his own mental super
iorlty at such moments. But the
general belief was in his kindred sym
nuthy as 4 '.yaller dog with all that
was disreputabie And this was sup
ported by another very singular ca
nine manifestation: namely the sin
cere flattery Of stimulation or imitation.
Uncle Billy" Riley for a short time
enjoyed the position OF being the
camp dTGnkard. and at once became
an object Of Bones greatest solicItude.
He not only accompanied him any
where curled up at his feet or head,
according TO Uncle Billy's attitude at
tie moment. but It was noticed, began
Presently - undergo singular alter
alton I'D his own habits and appear
ances From being an active, tirelsss
scout and forager, a bold and unoyer-
taxable narauder. he became lazy and
apa.hetic, allowed gophers to burroN
under him without threatening to
undermine the settlement in his fran
tic endeavors to dig them ont, per
mitted squirrels to fash their tails at
him 100 yards away, forgot his usual
caches, and left his bones unburled
and bleaching in the sun. His eyes
grew dull. his coat lusterless in pro
portion as his companion became
bleU-e eyed and ragged; In running,
bis usual arrow like direction began
t. daviate and it was not unusual to
meet the pair zig-zagging up the hlil.
Indeed Uncle Billy's condition could
be predetermined by Bones appear
auca at times when his temporary
master was invisible. The old man
mnst have an awful jag on to-day"
wa. casually remarked when an extra
iiuiiiucss and imbecillty was notice
able in the passing Bones. 1T first
IL was believed that he drank also,
but when careful investigation prov
ed thi7 hypothesis uutenable-he was
fTeeig called "derned time-seTyIn,
yatIer hypocrite.n For 4 few adyanc
ed the opinion that II Bones did not
actually lead Uncle Billy astray-
he at least ''slavered him over and
cud1ied him until the old man cOn
celted in his wickedness." This un
doubtadIy led to acompulsory divorce
between them and Uncle Billy WAS
happily despatched to q neighboring
town and a doctor. Bones appeared
20 mss him greatly, ran away tOr two
days and was supposed TO have visit
pd him. 10 have been shocked at his
c0nyalescence and to have been ''cljt
by Uucie Billy III bis reformed char
acte-. and he returned to his old act
i've life again, and buried the past
with his forgotten bones 1t is said
that he was once detected trying to
lead an intoxicated tramp into camp
after the methods employed by a
blind mans dog, but was discovered
In time hy the-of course -uncOrrOD
Grated narratoS,
l should be tempted to leave INN
thus in his original and picturesque
sin. but the same veracity which com
PEELED me to transcrihe his faults and
| iuiQuities o1liges me to describe his
ultimate and somewhat monotOuOu-
reformation which came from nc
fanlt OF his own. ltwas q Joyous day
| at Rattlcrs Ridge that was equally the
| advent OF his change OF heart, and the
first stage coach that had been in
duced 10 diyerge from the high road
and stop regularly atour settlement
Flags were flying from the postoilice
and POlk's saloon-and Bones was
flying from the brass band that he de
| tested. The sweetest girlin the coun
| ty-PinkeE Preston n-daugbtor OF the
! county Judge, and hOpelessly beloved
| bv al hattlers Ridge. stopped iron
/ the coach which she had g,0rfci 10y
/ occupying as an invited guest ~ hai
makes him run away e she asked
! quickly, opening her lovely eyes in .
| possible innocent wonder that any
/ thing could be found to run away
from her. he don't like the bras,
band" we explained eagerly. How
funny" murmured the young girl
rs It as out Of tune Is al that >
This Irresistible witticisn would have
been quite enough for us-we die
/ nothing but repeat it to each other al
/ the next day-but We were positively
/ transported when we saw her gather
her Dainty skirts in one hand and tril
, off through the red dust toward:
/ Bones, who with his eyes over his yel
/ low s-ouiders. had halted in the road
and half TUNED in mingled DISCUS