The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20

ment Men las got years Of penal servi-
tude for les perjury that you've Just COM
mittel How dare you say my dog goes
Out at uisht2 Because / gets up when
likes. goes 20 bed when l likes, works
when 1 likes a lot Of you Hbellous old
cats in the village speaks OF me In way
as you IL pay money down for in court
I of law one Of these days. / don't deny that
bein' my own master / please myself
do But there's one point on which I'm
strictly res lar, as can be proved by evil
dence. Every night at half-past nine
punt / goes TO the White Hart and has
my glass; every night i taxes the dog
with me; every night ] comes back before
7 10 ana chains. the dog IN his kennel Cast
your eye down the garden, and you see
the dog get out at night?"
The kennel was quite large enough TO
mastim. William had found it too good a
1 bargain TO neglect because II was bigger
than he wanted
Now youll chain that dog up at day
time, tOO,' said Mrs. Ointment, ''or Ill
know the reason why"
81 won't do nothink of the kind, and 1
won give no reason except that 1 aim
lmDccile Ike yourself"
Very well William Sake. You soles
and 'eeis no more boots for me. / takes
EN- to Mr.. Johnson, in Joochur. And as
And as for your boots said William,
now slightly angry, you can take them
70 the deVi' Tor all / care. Johnson Keeps
plenty OF brown paper and he'll be able
TO make the sOles match the uppers. link
ering three-an -elevenpenny reach-me-
downs amt no treat TO me, thank you.
You've arst for the law, and you've ad
the law. If you goes against it, you'll
find yourself in prison, Mrs. Ointment,
an good-mornin to you"
Mrs. Ointment retired, more angry than
ever. At one moment she seriously
thought Of appealing to the law, but she
soon gave that up II was traditional
IN the village that William Sake, though
unacccountable and hopelessly unmarried,
was an authority on the law. His repu-
tatiOn was chiefly based on his own eX-
pressed belief in himself, and partly on
the fact that ne did once achieve some
thing: particularly fragrant and impu-
dent attempt had been made to enclose
a piece of common land and William
had successfully resisted ii. Mrs. Orli-
ment felt that 1t would hot be safe TO
appeal to the law. No, all she could
do was TO take away her custom and
give il to Johnson; and even this was
not an unmiXed joy, as Johnson was a
distinctly inferior workman.
"Now, Hayes" she said sharply, when
she entered her own shop, what tom
fool thing ave you been dom while 1
was away?'
ooh, nothing, Jane. nothing at all
There amt bin one customer in. l never
did see such a dun place as this is. Well,
there, / went to the door and not one
'uman soul could you see in the street,
except William Sake's terrier T. come up
to me. Nice affeckshint little dog, e is
too / wish ! 'ad i'm instead O that ole
'eathen William. I fetched i'm out a bone
a dog as pleased as e was, Reg lar jumped
for joy
Mrs Ointment sat down. The thing
seemed to have grown almost beyond the
reach of words. Haynes" she said in a
patient, resigned voice, 81 don't blame you.
You were always the biggest fool i ever
came acrOrst Hif it's my lot to live with a
block'ead, l suppose l can bear it. as
very much TO bear In course, if l ever
ketches you agin stealth out of my htch-
ing for to encourage mad dogs, or any
her NeTunfn lOnf of the fOIIge
that minute. But / don't blame you. You
was born to be o cross and a affiictiOn,
and so you are, and 50 you allus will be. %
There was an apple tree IN the little
garden Of William Sake's cottage. 1t stood
in the center of the diminutiVe lawn, and
under II one fine afternoon lay William
himself. He was doing no manner of
work. on fine days he would occasion
ally postpone his work until night. From
where he lay he saw Violet Mysey pass
the gate, and whistled to her. She came
in gladly. 1t was the time of year when
Williams apples We're not too unripe for
a girl with some pluck.
"HullO" said Violet, did you want me?''
yes. did" He pulled out some cop
pers and handed them to her. Il wants
my ounce of baccy, and i wants a penny
mornin' paper. Supposed you took and
fetched 'em."
"All right. I'll be back in a minute"
A shop-combining the newsvender with
the tobacconist-was only twenty yards
from Williams gate. Violet had soon per-
formed the two commissions.
Thank YOU" said William. i've been
wantin' them two things powerful bad
emp
stoppiin' lying down and l didn't want to
stop
Violet laughed. DO you want any
thing else?"
angling, and there's two buttons off of
1t, loose in the pocket. And you knows
where the needle and thread is. / don't
doubt / could put EN- on better myself
like"
"Oh. can put buttons on proper" said
Violet. She ran and fetched the waist
coat, and sat down in the grass.
You can eat any as is fallen" said
William, almost savagely.
Violet collected eight large apples, and
commenced on the largest. William
slowly and carefully filled his pipe
These is good eatin' apples" Violet
''They is" William unfolded his pa.
per, and then laid it down again. You
don't appen to ave seed anythin' of Mrs
Ointment of late, do yer?" he asked.
ed Violet. Nor wanted. Your dog does
ate her She throwed stones at i'm, and
e amt forgot IT, Els a clever 'un, e Is
This mornin" said William, "as ]
were settin under this tree up she
/ comes. She We're as smooth as oil She
u
/ give me five shlllin' for i'm, she did
Said she wanted i'm as a pressunt fur q
/ friend as 'ad took a likin to i'm, and ]
/ ave the mending of er boots, and 'eI
sisters boots if I'd sell. Now what dc
yer think Of that?'
Dunno. It's known in the village as
she can't bear that dog. And she cam
/ bear you neither. Nor me-"
We'll l explained to 'er that wher
I'd give sevep-an'-siX for a dog, and Z
We're worth three pound, l wasn't in the
'abit of sellin' i'm for five shilling If I'd
/ sold er dog, she'd ave pisined i'm. That
was what she wanted. Pressunt fur a
1 friend, indeed Its beginning to be bore
/ in on me that ] shall ave to keep my eye
on Mrs. Ointment.
4 owes er one myself observed Vio-
/ let
Then William Sake picked up his pa.
/ per- and studied the subtleties of the
police court cases, and Violet went on
| with the Sewing of buttons and the eat.
/ ing of apples.
1t was on the next day that Violet NV
sey wanted to purchase some of those
/ cough-lozenges that are known as The
/ Delectable. She had no cough whatever
and would never have dreamed of doc.
/ toring herself but The Detachable was
good to eat, and-subje it to a severe
| time test-she found that it tasted longer
! in the mouth than any other juiube OF
! the same size and weight. But when she
got INFO the chemists shop she found
] that another customer was occupying Mr.
/ Pembles attention. The other customer
/ was Mrs. Ointment, and Mr.. Pemble was