Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-10


she asked a favor Of me. OF course
/ could not REFUSE. This IL the result.
II you happen TO possess a dog and
that dos has a brother and the breed il
a good ono and the limits Of your nat
do not permit the Intelligence " two
dogs displaying itself. then you send
the newest dog to some friend IN Eng
land. You have a national pride about
II. You want 10 show her-I mean the
English gifi-juat what sort Of doE
can be bred on this gay ana festive
shore and that the noble and fcrocious
fox terrier cultured aud beautiful. IL
the dos u the day and greatly to be on
WED. Helped by his ffut owner. pre-
pared the dog. who rcjolced In the name
OF Alexander. for his trip. In return Tor
the compliment wrote letter TO my
friend which read after this fashion:
came on board looking. az every 9TH
or woman does. rs n I had never
heard Of such thing NJ ncaalckncaa
and got up In tho most jnunty fashion.
wore a yachting cap ON my head. a
striking ulster onvclopcd my person.
and a pair VI glasses was strapped over
contempt for everybody that didn't look
az ala. Alexander escorted me. but he
vas immediately consigned 90 The
butcher shop. That nlght NJ dinner ev
crybody was very full o. fun. and
few brave souls tested at acaaickneas.
! hadn't much heart for eating myself,
but was satisfied with a little fruit and
a glass Of champagne However. the
young woman who knew everything
and there II always one OF that kind
ate a hearty dinner and said that be-
Ing M resulted entirely from peoples
vivid lmaginationa. During the even
Ing she was not visible. and when l
went down 60 my athteroom heard her
IN the next one. She was hanging up
things 90 hold brushes. combs. tooth
paste, perfume. shoes and all the non.
sense which somebody going abroad for
the nrst tlmo usually fetchea along
Sleeping the sleep OF the just was
awakened early In the morning by hear
ing somebody's belongings ny all about
every place. The ship was lurchlng 10
and fro. and the brushes and perfume
bottles In the next room were In har-
mony with the motion u the ship. The
girl next door was the slckeat creature
you ever saw. A ntewardena held her
head. while her face was the color that
you admire In piHtache candy. but
which II scarcely suited 20 n woman,
A. you can Imagine. my daily duty
and pleasure was 10 visit Alexander IN
the butcher shop. The butcher was a
mild looking man with a fcrocioua way
Of talking. lie was fnthcrinR three 9TH
or gentleman dogs besides mlne--anoth-
or fox terrier. an Irish setter and
brindle pup. Life was evidently full Of
Joy for the young man who hutchcrcd.
inaamuch as he was master Of the stu.
alton, and you had to plead with him Tor
doing what you were paying him 90
perform. had urged him TO feed Alex.
ander with milk and bread only. but
sn perfectly certain that the dog lived
o. raw meat and became absolutely
hooithirnty during the trip Whenever
vent 20 see him there was n sort Of
''IIg. ha, base vilinini" look In his eye
IN fact, Ia both OF them--and once when
the butcher had hts knives out all the
dogs looked at the knives and then
looked NJ me. A. II only tho presence
OF the butcher protected me. SIN. he
was a civil man, and one day when II
was particularly rough he sent me an
Invitation TO come down ana see the
brindie pup, who was seaslck. Up 10
that time had never believed that a
were human. but " you could have seen
the nendlah expressions OF giee on tho
faces OF the other dogs, who belnE
quite well themselves, watched their
sick companion, you would have agreed
with me that they were close kin 60
mankind. I said, Give him sulphur and
moianaca," but the butcher raid. let
him have his 60" and as he was well
the next day l presume he had his
went"
There was one trial left for Job lie
was never made ships surgeon. uo
that he needn't be counted the most pa
tlcnt man In the world. To be a ships
surgeon Il Il necessary, first " all that
man be good looking. Next, he must
be consldcratc. and. most important
Of all, he must answer every question
put a. him. When you realize that the
questions range from an inquiry aa 10
whether the captain would stop the
ship say. for a hundred dollars a. a de-
sire 10 know exactly how deep the wa
ter II whore Il lies az that particular
time down Go being asked his opinion
Of every patent medicine ever Invented.
while he n expected 10 carry the uF-
Hest crosseHt ana most undesirable old
maid up stairs because she thinks no.
body can do Il as well as he does you
can understand how manifold are his
duties and how untrng he needs 90 be
in them. Women lean on him and be-
lleye In him az II he were a father com
feasor. and when they are In various
colors Of the rainbow rs Co complexion.
their hair out Of curl and while they are
limp and squirmy a. fishing tackle
they SIN expect the doctor 10 admire
them and 10 md a certain amount oi
pleasure In listening to their story OF