The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-16
LITTLE ROBBIE STAYED.
No Rule or Brass-Buttoned Man |
Could Get Him Into the HorrId |
baggage Car.

Could Get Him Into the HorrId
baggage Car.
From the New York Tribune.
Nearly every railroad company IN the
country has a rule as unalterable as
the laws OF the Modes and Persians that
no dogs shall be allowed to ride in the
passenger coaches. 1t makes no difference
whether a dog is a St. Bernard or a
Skye terrier. whether he has won a hun
dred blue ribbons or whether he is only
a mongrel whose ancestry Is shrouded in
darkness, he can't ride in passenger
coaches
But there IS something In this wide
world. little black and tan terrier. with
a nose like a needle and pair of spark
ling black eyes. who rode all tho way
from Albany to New York In a passen-
ger coach the other day, in spite OF the
united efforts of a conductor and three
brakemen to get him into the baggage car,
where no doubt he would have been well
treated and perfectly happy.
The dog boarded the train in the arms
OF one OF two women who took a seat
I'm the second coach. The fair passengers
for they were fair-depOsited the ami
NAL between them without the least at
tempt at concealment and as II they had
not the slightest idea that dogs i'm pas
senger coaches were contraband goods.
Probably they had never heard OF the
lfonCliu rule InAL QlSCflmlnaIeS against
dogs and favors cats.
A brakeman was the first to discover the
fact that one OF the "riglatlons" had sus-
tained compound fracture. He stopped
in the aisle and surveyed the women In
amazement. As soon as he had recovered
his breath he said: Excuse me, madam,
but It's against the rules to allow dogs
in the passenger cars"
The woman who sat next the aisle look
ed up from her magazine with glance OF
panied surprise.
Are you sure?' she said. II never heard
Of It."
.Yes'm." said the brakeman. politely.
I'm sure"
Il don't believe It," said the other wo-
man Indignantly. Il never even heard of
well, it's a fact" said the brakeman,
so II you'n Just give him to me I'll put
him in the baggage car"
The owner of the dog shrank back In
horror. "Oh," she gasped. 81 couldn't think
Of it; really / couldn't l seldom let Bob
bic so out Of my sight"
But, madam, you'l have to let him go
out of IT this time" insisted the brake
man.
"Oh, but can't. Besides. It won't make
any difference just this once. The com
pany never will know the difference" And
she swept the dog up off the seat and
folded him in her arms declaring that little
Bobbie should never, no never, go into the
horrid baggage car.
The brakeman was nonplussed He had
never seen anything like this before-not
since he first began to brake. He brushed
his hand confusedly over his face and
with grunt Of embarrassment turned on
his heel to find the conductor, feeling
thankful in his fSsrt for the first time
that he was not 1T official.
The conductor soon appeared. He was a
magnificent conductor. The buttons on his
uniform shone resplendently and he
marched down the aisle with such a lord
ly stride that IL seemed q pity that there
hand aboard n MI
See, the COnquering Hero Comes. j" There
is proVerb about what goes before a fall
The conductor had IL.
He stopped short beside the two women
and the dog.
Madam" he said, sharply, you'll have
to put the dog in the baggage car No
dogs allowed in the passenger coaches. -
And he reached out his arms for the ter
rier, which promptly bit him.
The conductor lost his dignity and said
damn" The women stihed a chuckle
and went through pretense OF slappins
the dog. 1t was hollow mocxery.
Come" said the conductor, savaRely
and with some excuse. Let me have
the beast"
the dog with spirit, "he is not a beast"
j don't care what he is" shouted the
lrate official. Hes got to go into the
baggage car If he's an angel" And again
he reached for the terrier.
But the terrier was safe in the arms OF
hs mistress, who remarked with sobs in
her voice, "Oh, please, please don't.
can't let him go in that awful place. Lit
tie Bobbie would die, / know he would
Please let him stayl"
The other woman did not cry. She was
made of sterner stuff. She waxed indig-
nant, ana her eyes shot glances of in
d1gnation at the unfortunate conductor
who stood the picture of mingled embar-
hand.
II should think you would be. ashamed
~ mn ola fafNa.. 10.
sis. mo gentleman would treat a lady
so. / shall report you to the company. .
"Besides," put in the owner of the dog.
'Bobbie's such little fellow"
THE rules don't say anything about the
size Of the dogs" said the conductor
They just say dogs"
"Well, he isn't going anyway, for all
your old rules" was the plaintive re-
Now, this conductor was merely irving
to do his duty as an official of the com.
pany. He had done his best and had even
suffered bodily injury in his attempts to
enforce the rule of the road. But failure
stared him in the face. Every passenger
| in the car was watching the UNEQUAL con-
test with undisguised interest and amuse-
ment Two drummers had made
audible bets upon the outcome
and their eyes were riveted upon
! the combatants. Even the brake
man who had first met with defeat stood
at the other end of the car and grinned
at his superior.
The conductor was beaten and he knew
It. II the offenders had been men the
problem would have been an easy one, but
as IL was, violence was out of the dues-
ton. He was beaten, but he retreated in
good order. well, madam" he said
sourly, II have notified you Of the rules"
You have" said the indignant woman
shortly.
Poor little Bobbie they shouldn't put
him in the baggage car, so they shouldn't"
said the other. And she Rugged Bobbie to
her breast.
The conductor fed with soto Voce re-
marks about the cussedness of woman
kind. while Bobbie rode to New York in
the arms OF his mistress. The other pas
sengers were good natured the rest of the
trip.
Wilmington Market.