The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-04-15
a DOG sAMID DIMPLE

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position Of susles.
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;irl vith bis. blue, couh 'l3s eJes, wh 1sl
iimplrs sDd freckies s. tme] made ior kis
rs. she propped Bp book TO read ss shl
.SsIl1ssd ber hssty meals. apart irou
tbe family il posstble, . uiied ltem more
bg liil uIshi, iushteued the men by he'
sru iitiau, despised pets, played tennis
simply for e1stci ise, rode bicycle 10 As
to get quickly from one place 10 smother
aud lna1e oil glrlkiad ieeI themselves
mere pupPts sSa uol's.
Bat how bad the mighty isllenI Eu
yeuia bad purchased a dog sni given 1t
the name OF Dimple No wonder thst,
not daring to ieer, We vsre silent
| However, when the dog arrived, We
we're Obliged to admit that be justified
his name. OF all the dear roly'poly little
log b.bles that ever saw, Dimple was
the most iasciosting and the very first
wse OF bis tail excused Eagenia's bsckslid
ing,
when Dimple grows up, suntis hsd
footisbly said one day, apropos oi lothing
aud Epgsuia hsi tutued up9n her With
lofty scorn and informed her that the en-
gapiog morsel. at thst moment busy 10
The demohuoo Of one Of my newest and
longest evening gloves, would never eroS
any more, the man from whom she
bought him having assured bfr that be
had quite completed that part Of bis edu
cstion. Which donb,iEg We were never
thaless silent
Two or three days after tbs mistake Of
my sunt's. Dan came ont to dinner aud
deeply annoyed Engeni. by picking up
the small mass Of fur by hia neck and re
marking;
when this fellow gets over beiuga pup
py. he'll be qaite dog, Elgenis
He is not a puppy, Dan; he is full
grown, onr cousin responded, icily and
then added with some asperity, have no
sort Of tolereuoe for puppies of sny kind.
My brother threw back his handsome
head and laughed low bat heartily.
May enqnirs the age OF your full
grown dog, my cousin2
lie was SIX months old when | bought
hun, two mouths ago.
III BIT months CID: You deer little
goose, II he is one bal that | shall be as
touisbed. These mae ifs
He isn't smastif.
Indceil And what is he2
A Scilan poodle.
O-ohl
The peal Of laughter which greeted
this dignifed response was quite too much
for Eugeuis, She picked up her dog and
departed, red with indignation, leaving
Dan the only person in the world who
ever dared to tease her, to apologies to
auntie, be by her forgiven and fear, en-
to repeat his o1ense.
From that time we noticed that Eugenis
was more or less uneasy, Once caught
her holding aysrd measure suspiciously
near Dimple, but she dropped ii at once
npon my approach. After a few weeks
here was no use Disgusting the fact; that
Iull grown dog was rapidly increasing in
,izn; indeed, be seemed to enlarge during
liR slumb bers and wake up full size big
ger than when he went to sleep a
/, began With bis legs, which 30 extend ,
"a themselves shat, had you seen him in q ,
collection Of freaks, you would have sus !
7ected him Of being on stills; them the q
little round body, so sbsurdly mounted
N its thin supports, began to swell ont
Engenis grew very grave, She would /
rt Tor hours over her books glancing iur I
lively nom time to time at Dinple doing I
~ her side for be tad grown much too |
arga for her lap-as if they had never 6
,sen introduced, Ole day she forgot to :
70 70 her lecture at the proper time. 50 =
,usv vas she iryiog TO induce Dimple to a
.rowd himself into the SYMPTOMS basket n
ghjoh had been provided for bis baby i
rood SO cateEorn did she become, 10 b
iced T. at we never alluded to the dogs
growth. I
"A the months rolled on. the singular 4
nsp'ness Of Dimple'. name became posi- y
ively embarrassing, for though auute
nd could have laughed over it and .
made it perfect golseud 10 tb wy ois a
pur to lausuishing conversation, Eugenia, =
eelinR that she had been duped, regarded a
t So so keen . modification that we avoid A
d the subject with terror 4,
What has become OF your pretty little a
,uppy, Miss Eusenia' asked one uuwsry q
VAN; ald, and as il 10 snswer, the door ,
ras pushed opeu anl 10 stalked a gfeat b
ear, lons-legged, big-hodisd, solemn dog, (
raging bis tail slowly.
He walked up to EnReuia, lsil his /,
cad ou her knee, then turned snd wiuked
/ her 49esIi5oer. On, yes, be did, he
Ginked deliberately. then raised one huge I,
.sv aud pot It down on EoselIt's shoul
Ter. WITH a. si' Of patroulziag proprietor :,
hip that sas positively mAddeains. 1t 4,
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