The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-25

and he did not succeed, because that
Is impossible, even TO q man. IL Is
said by profound philosophers that in
men the power OF lying is confined to
speech; that the power of throwing
falsehood into glance is possessed only
by women.
Ponto exhausted himself in vain eff
sorts to lie with his eyes. But this
unsuccessful falsehooi was even more
discriminating that an avowal.
looked fixedly at Ponto. Here,
Ponto," said |. take this" and i Of
fered him the second chicken, which
Katherine had just finished pluelSing.
Ponto looked at ne renectively.
Hum" he said. lyon evidently sus-
pect me. Why do you give me a
chicken today? You never gave me a
whole chicken before" He took the
chicken in his mouth and immediate
ly deposited IL on the floor at my feet,
and, looking up in my eyes, he said;
You must think am fool"
lnstinctively said 20 myself: Thief.
Scoundrel. You have betrayed me. You
are perfdious dog. Your honest ca
nine existence of loyalty has now come
TO an end. and you have been as false
as If you We're only n mn" But pat
ting him on the back. ! aided aloud:
Good Ponto. honest Polto. nice Ponto."
The discrimination was rather too
deep for Ponto. Urged on by the sa-
worry smell of the chicken. he took it
between his jaws and started TO so.
But before he reached the d1or he turn
ed several times and locke. at me care
fully in order 10 see IL he could fathom
my thoughts. AS soon as he had left
the kitchen / closed The door and be-
gan spying upon him through the blinds
OF the window. He went few PAGES
as If intending to devour his prey and
then stopped, placed the chicken on
the ground and thought deeply for a
long time. Several times he looked at
the kitchen door with ais false and
treacherous eyes. Then, giving up all
attempts to seek an explanation salts
factory to his mind. ne contented him
self with the fact that he had the chick
en-, picked il up and departed. AS he
in the distance l could see
that his sometime timid tail, which had
hesitated throughout our entire CONVEX
sation, had again became bold and firm.
Ponto's tail said: Bah! l have both
chickens. Nobody saw me take the first.
Hurrah"
/ stealthily followed him from afar,
and surprised him in the act of hastily
a hole in the ground with
his powerful forepaws. The chicken
that l had given him was lying on the |
ground and in the hole he was digging |
lay the other chicken. l was heart |
broken. My friend Ponto retained the |
Instincts of his remote ancestors, the |
ioXes and the wolves, and buried his /
But, alas! being domesti- |
,ated animal, and having become the |
of mankind, he lad learned |
o lie.
Under the eyes of the treacherous and /
low shame-faced Ponto l made up a /
little package of the longer feathers |
# the two chickens. and deposited this |
title feather buster en- my working /
able. Whenever thereafter I was en-
Jagged at work and Ponto came bring
ng his ball and said, with a light and
asy air, Come, come! Lay aside that
'ubbish and let us play ball" / in
'ariably lifted the little feather buster.
Then Ponto would drop his treacher-
'us head. His tail would sink between
= legs and adhere to his quivering
]sdy, while the ball would fall from
lis nerveless jaws. AS he looked at
ne he would say, rs it possible that
-ou are so ruthless, so unforgiving? Do
'ou never pardon?"
Weeks passed, and had not vet par
loned Ponto. But nc was indefatig-
lble in his attempts to win me over.
20 one morning when he came to me
gain, and when / seizea the poor
title feather buster and T DOR Ponto was
bout to withdraw, said to him:
Look, Ponto," qucth l. Look upon
his for the last time. Thus perishes
he only token of your fault" and I
lurled the feather duster into the fire.
Ponto carefully watched the feather
luster burn. Then, without any hys-
eric manifestations of Joy, without |
caps or skips, but nobly, simply, with |
lightly, he came and proffered his paw.
rhe crime was forgotten. We were .
riends again. |
Ponto was glad that he had been for
given, but he was not nearly so glad
is that had forgiven him.
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