Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-04-19

young son had just completed his chris
tening as Joseph Jefferson. What made
you call him that?' inquired the conduct
or with interest. Like. Jefferson, do
you?" well, no." said the man apollo
getically. ''That is, [ haven't seen him
him something and"
Talking about Jefferson" stated the
conductor, forgetting all about the little
new namesake in the depths of recollec-
ion; and the trainman, being extricated
from his difficulty, took time to listen,
while Mr.. Crugom told of personally
conducted experience with the great actor
which had to do with Milwaukee and one
of the dogs Schneider of history.
"One afternoon" the conductor said,
ga good many years ago. was out in
the yard Of my house, with big, mag
niicent Newfoundland that I used to
own, walking around behind me.
still think he was one of the finest speci-
mems have ever seen, and to back the
statement, had refused an offer not a
week before that was more than Hatter-
ing to the dog. Well, / saw two men
coming up the street and didn't pay
any attention to them, nor they to me,
in spite of the fact that they stopped
stock still in front of the house and stared
over the gate in my direction. 1t was
the dog they were looking at. They
talked together about a minute, then
one of them called out:
"Give you $50 for your dog"
s'No, you WON'T" said.
Neither of us said any more, and they
went on up the street, and didn't trou-
BILE myself about either Of them till /
saw them coming back in little while.
This time they stopped again, and called
the dog up to them, and | was afraid of
some trick naturally, and followed the
dog up to the fence. I had fiattered my
self that the dog had two or three little
ways Of greeting-special ways of saying
he was glad-that he kept particularly
for me, but there he was capering
around an oldish looking man, and CIV
ing them all to him, and the man was
looking at him as if he had owned him
all his life.
'Give you SIS for your dog" he said,
without looking at me.
mo, you won't" / said:
and smiling, ''Say, what are you going
to let me give you for him?'
And 1 said directly, 'Not anything. you
nor anybody. else knows how to give. .
And with that I called the dog and
walked off to the house, because, to tell
the truth, began TO be afraid that if he
stood there and smiled at me as he was
doing I would offer him the dog in a
minute at reduced rates.
''Hold onr' he called after me. "Would
you like to go to the show tonight!
"Why, yes," / said, "as to that,
shouldn't mind. But you can't have the
dog"
man said, scribbling away on card; -
'but you go to the show anyway"
didn't look at the card he gave me
till after he had gone, and when | did it
said: 1.-TWO good seats. Joseph Jeffer-
- To of ciUht INV %hot limo
but l was glad to think l hadn't given
in about the dog. went to the theater
that night and saw Grip Van Winkle,"
and the minute the dog came on the
stage saw what he wanted of mine.
He wanted it to be Schneider.
[ had an idea from the looks of his
face that he would be back again next
day. and sure enough he was, and then
1 told him what he could do. He could
have one of three little Newfoundland
puppies that / had for a Schneider if he
wanted to, and that was what he finally
did.
Two years afterward when he was
here again, | went to see him, and the
little thing had grown up and gone on
the stage and was being Schneider night
after night and giving satisfaction.
went in to see him, and Jefferson re-
membered me in a minute. and said:
"Here's the man that wouldn't sell me
his dog
Then he told me about the one that I
did sell him.
''He's good Schneider he said ap-
provingly, "and devoted to me, but he
has one drawback: He is so devoted
that he can never forgive Dame Van
Wrinkle for driving me out in the rain.
After that scene in The cottage I have
never yet been able to get him back on
the stage"
1t was a fact that of all the Schnei-
ders that Jefferson ever had the only one
that resented Dame Van Wrinkles treat
ment of his master so that he could not
be coaxed back to the footlights, was the
Schneider from Observation-Disclosures
Evening Wisconsin.
An Amusing Suit.