The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-18

could HOl EeluSe. lHlS IS the result
If YOU happen to possess a dog, and that
dog has brother, and the breed is Il
good one, and the limits Of your fiat 1C
not permit the intelligence of two dogs
displaying itself. then you send the new
est dog to some friend in England. You
have a national pride about it, You
want to show her-I mean the English
girl-just what sort of dog can be bred
on this gay and festive shore, and chat
the noble and ferocious fox terrier, cul-
tured and beautiful is the dog of the
day and greatly to be envied. Helped
by his first owner, / prepared the dog,
who rejoiced in the name of Alexander,
for his trip. In return for the compl'.
ment / wrote a letter to my friend,
which read after this fashion,:
came on board looking, as every other
woman does. rs il 1 had never heard OF
such a thing as seasickness. and got up
in the most jaunty fashion. | wore a
yachting cap ON my head a striking III
ster enyeloped my person, and a pair of
glasses was strapped over my shoulders.
/ had a general air of contempt for
everybody that didn't look as | did.
Alexander escorted me, he was imme-
diately consigned to the butcher shop,
That night mt dinner everybody was full
of fun, and few brave souls tested at
SeasickneSs.
A LADY WHO KNEW IT ALL.
j hadn't much heart for eating, myself.
but was satisfied with little fruit and a
glass of champagne. However. the
young woman who knew everything
and there is always one of that kind
ate a hearty dinner and said that being
i'll resulted entirely from peoples VIVID
imaginations. During the evening she
was not visible and when | went down
to my stateroom | heard her iii the next
one. She was hanging up things TO hold
brushes combs, tooth paste. perfume
shoes. and all the nonsense which some
body going abroad for the first time
fetches along Sleeping the sleep of the
Just, / was awakened early in the morn
ing by hearing somebody's belongings
fiy all about every place The ship was
lurching to and fro, and the brushes and
perfume bottles in the next room We're
in harmony with the motion of the ship.
The girl next door was the sickest crea-
ture you ever saw. A stewardess held
her head, while her face was the color
that YOU admire in pistache candy, but
which is scarcely suited to Il woman
AS you can imagine. my daily duty
and pleasure was to visit Alexander ~
the butcher shop. The butcher was
mild-looking man with ferocieus way
OF talking. He was fathering three other
gentleman dogs besides mine-another
fox terrier, an Irish setter and brindle
pup. Life was evidently full Of JOY Tor
the young man who butchered, nasmuch
as he was master of the situation. ana
YOU had to plead with him for doing
what you were paying him to perform.
| had urged him to feed Alexander with
milk and bread only, but | am perfecti:'
certain that the dog lived on raw meat
and became absolutely bloodthrsty dur
ing the trip. Whenever / went to see
him there was a sort of "Ila, ha, base
Villain look in his eye--in fact, IN both
of them-and once when the butcher had
his knives out all the dogs looked at the
knives and then looked at me, as # only
the presence of the butcher protected
me.
ONE DOG WAS SEASICK.
Still. he was a civil man. and one day
when it was particularly rough he SEM
me an invitation to come down and see
the brindle pup, who was seasick. III
to that time / had never believed that
dog could be seasick. / had known they
were human, but il you could have seer
the fiendish expressions of glee on the
faces of the other dogs, who, being quite
well themselves, watched their sick com
panion. Won would have agreed with me
that they were close kin to mankind.
said: Give him sulphur and molasses,
but the butcher said, Let him have his
gO,'' and as he was well the next day
presume he chad his went.
There was one trial left for job. lie
was never made a ships surgeon, so that
he needn't be counted the most patient
man in the world. To be Il ships sur
geon it is necessary. first Of all, that 9
man be good looking Next, he must be
considerable. and, most important of all
he must answer every question put tC
him. When you realize that the ques
ti0ns range from an inquiry as t.
whether the captain would stop the ship
say. for a hundred dollars to crafty {
desire to know exactly how deep the
water is where it lies at that particular
time down to being asked his opinion
of every patent medicine ever invented
while he is expected to carry the ugliest
crossest and most undesirable old mai'
mn stairs because she thinks nobody cal
do il as well as he does, you can under
stand how manifold are his duties am
how untiring he needs to be i'll them.
A MAN FOR WOMEN TO LEAN On
Women lean on him and believe IN mn
as if he were a father confessor, am
when they are in various coiors OF IN
rainbow as to complexion, their hair on
of curl, and 41e they are limp an
squrmy rs fishing tackle, they still eN
pect the doctor to admire them ana 7
find certain amount of pleasure i
listening to their story Of anguish. II
nust be bit Of gossip and tell then
how sick Lady This was and how rougl
and coarse Lady That was. Unless
were paid salary twice that given t
the President 0f the United States
would decline to be q ships surgeon
for his woes are many and his pleasure
are few
Soon after the briHde pup was sicl
word came that a baby had been bor
in the steerage, and we nh went dow
~ a2e IL III waS q funny linking littl