The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-04-09


at times they seemed 70 say WIS
would you' am ozly four footed beast
bot ! have human heart a better cn'
than that Of many men ! am bcast snt
bSvc suffered much. IIsuh-r siill, b'
cause | csuuot express myself 10 speeot
and tell yon, 10 those things you cal
sotds NY hdellty sod devotion Yes,
an youts. aud | love you Ike dos. Nbsi
ever belongs 10 you Is seonre, Jns,,let
anybody touch 1t, aud You will see,
Bat ponto aud fell ont one day, II
was very unfortunate affair. Oaly tbost
people, who like myself, believe bliudly 10
doss will understand me. Ihs Is What
happened The cook had killed two chick
ems aud bad gone INTO the adjoining pan
try to get basket to put the feathers 10
ss she plucked them. When she relurned
10 the Kitchen she uttered a Shrek --oue
OF the two chickens had gone, Yet she
had been absent but few moments
Abl said the cook reAscltvey, evident
ly some beeesr has passed here and has
t.ken one of the chickens through the
window.
She looked out OF the door 10 order to
hnd tue suppositltlous beggsr, bat there
was nobody there. Then for moment
she thought it must be the dog, but she
was at once siasd with remorse.
What Suspect Porlo9 Never He
would not steal. Why he would watch
over leg OF mutton al day without touch
iug IT, even when he was peri4hins With
hunger, Besides be IN there IN the kitcb
en- sitting on his launches, with his eyes
partly closed and occasionally yswning
He was not thinking OF chickens
The cook was so profoundly puzzled
that she summoned her mast T, aad
came. The melancholy aidr was laid be
tore NE. looked at Ponto. PoDto was
sitting there with studied air of iDdfIer
ence, apparently half asleep. | called
him, Pontol He looked toward me and
lifted his heavy eyeids
Did you call me master? was only as
Ieep. | was dresming-I was dreaming of
my ball.
OF his ball, eh? became at one suspi
,ious, This was evidently a'pretert But
said
think, Katherine that yon are right,
The dog could not have stolen the chick
10. II he had stolen 1t be would now be
engaged IN plucking it somewhere in the
garden,
But look at hin sir - Just look at bin.
he has not the air Of christian dog.
Wnst2
! say that Ponto has not sn honest
.ir.
! turned and eessd at him
Look at me Ponto.
Ponto looked, bat bis head dropped,
'pd be grumbled.
Do you think that would be hanging
rsund here if J bad stolen a chicken
Why, I'd be eating it.
But this remark did not divert my tus
,icions. On the contrary, it confirmed |
hem.
Katherine, said | solemnIy, TO the cook,
is Ponto. Alss 1t is ponto.
What / had seen in poDto's eyes was
errible. | swear to you. reader, that
m most serious. | had distinctly seen
here an almost human lie.
1t is rather difficult TO explain my
meaning. Ponto wished to assume an ap
'earsnee OF sincerity IN bis glance, aud
e did not succeed, because that is impos
ible even to a man. 1t is said by profound
philosophers that in men tho power Of ly
ng is confined to speech; that the power
I throwing ialsehood into glance is pos
essed only by women.
Ponto exhausted himself 10 vain efforts
0 lie with bis eyes. Bat this uusuccess
ul falsehood was even more inoumIu ating
ban an avowsl.
! look fSedly at Ponto
Here, Ponto, said |, take this, and
hered him the second chicken whIch
ia'herine had iust finished plaoking,
Ponto looked at me rehectiyely.
Hum, be said, eyideItly you suspect
az, Why did YOU give met chicken TO
syS You never gave me q whole chicken
ei0re
He took the chicken 10 bis mouth and
immediately deposited 1t on the floor at
~ feet and looking up IN my eyes. be
aid:
Yob mrst think am a foJl
l1stinotiveIy / said to myself. Thief,
You have betrayed me. Yoo
re perB1ious dog, Yonr holest csnioe
1 Iistence Of loyalty has now come to an
nd and you have been as false as il you
lere oalys man. hut psttIng him 90 the
sex. added aloud Good Ponto, honest
onto. nice Ponto,
This dissimul,'ion vas rather TOO deep
2t PUuto Uts-d on by the ssvory smell
I the chicken, be TOOK it between bic
avs sod started to go. But. before be
cached the door be turned several times
nd looked at me carefully 10 order 10 see
be could iathom ny thoughts As sooD
= ua bad ielt the kitchen | closed the
oor ani bsssu spJ lag upoo hin through
,- Binds Of the wlndos. Hs xeutsfs
'.- - If luteudlug 10 devonr his pre-
D ID % stopp ID plao.i bis on cksa %
be- .foaud, sad tbousLt deeply fore long
m- > vrr.l timss be looked at the sltcH
, do ~irb bls false snd lrr.obefoas
ye Inrn sl'ilg gp Ell attempts to sert
u rtulsns lot 80 i'isniory 10 bis mind.