The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10

FTesumlng TO judge d human beings
conduct. He set Gown before me and
then he laid down and turned his bad
red eyes up to me. And he never tcok
'em OFF. would have paid no attention
10 him, but he annoyed me so. So al
last | says TO him, saysI:
'G'wan wild yez, for ye are well
known to be no more than q fool says
|, so the mistress tells me-
''lIe blinked one eye and then the
ether, but beyond that he did not stir
lie made me thai uneasy a-blinkin' his
eyes at me that I thought to quiet ne
feelings with cup Of tay and a bite to
eat, which it was yeself, ma am, told NE
to take when il pleased me. got I'D to
go to the kitchen and the dog he got
up, too.
Lie down, ye brute!' says I to him
"But the divil bit he lay down, but
he wag9ed his tai! and looked at ne
with the same insulting smile that be
sitting on his countenance now. went
on to The kitchen and he went on be-
hint me. stopped and he stopped, an.
though I be a Christian woman, l lost
me patience then.
"'To the Givil with yez!' says I, and
the Cog lie wagged his tail
and 1 went to the pantry and laid
my hand Oh the door of the ice box. The
beast was standing in front of me, look
ing ne in the eye.
what business Of yours is it?' says
l, if l choose to be taking bite, as the
mistress has said had the right TOP
But the beast be only come a step nigh
or to me. turned the latch OF the ice
box door. What does lie do but have
the CwdaciousGess to growl at me Ike
l was & thief. am an honest woman
and lady, and hold meself too high to
mix up in dos fight. So left the ice
box and went to the tay chest, for, says
to mesilf, If l cannot ate, there's nc
son Of gun CT dog shall keep me from
a cup CT tay.
40 sooner had laid my hand On the
cover CT the tay chest than the dog
stands Up on the floor and puts his feet
on the shelf beside ne. The ugly face
of him was forninst me ear and l could
feel his hot breath.
"'What viii ye now? says l.
and, desperate like, unlocked the
cover cf the tay chist, and he growled
again.
With that 1 was not only mad but
grieyed, for it seemed like lie was a
watch over me, and 1 turned NE back On
the brute and come on out to the parlor.
| was weary and faint and sick at heart.
Says 1 to mesilf l will lie ON the lounge
ard take bit OF a nap. And it may be
that the beast will be asleep when
/ wake and will not trouble me.
SO l fixed the pillows on the lounge
And as 1 was about to lay mesilf down
up came the dcspicablc deg. First he
put one big black foot upon the lounge
and then another, and then his whole
self, looking me in the eye, cautious
like, the while. And he stretched him
self out on his lazy side. And the con-
t,mptible creature laid his black head
or the very pillow had laid cut for me-
silf.
"'Git up says I. But the beast
wagged his tail and never moved.
"'Git up says I. But he only kept
On wagging his tail. He closed one of
his eyes and regarded me most insult
ing with the other. ] an a patient
woman and not one to lose my temper
or act ad-lille, but ! could stand no
more. l went and got me umbrella
and polled the beast with it. stood
off as far as / could for fear should be
attacked by the brute. Ee took no no
tice except to swing his tail a little more
free each time as gave him poke.
With that l turned the handle around
and give Kim a smash with it in the
ribs. Then he stopped wagging his
tail and growled at me once more, most
;ntimidating. What could do the rest
CT the night but sit on a chair and look
ct the red and blinking eye of the un-
clean beast. For so soon as | rose up
he rose likewise. So soon as sat down
so did he, laying out his head'on the pill
low as I told you. Likewise he blinked.
And the minute I closed my eyes to rest
them from the light he growled like he
feared l would sleep despite all his
interference.
$50 have I been sitting on me chair
a-cursing of the dog through the night
and him a-sleeping in comfort saving
when l stirred or closed me eyes, and
then he was most villainous awake.
And as 1 sat there loollin' at the baste,
ct first I thought it was his nature to
be so. But then the moro thought
the more it was a wonder to me that
you, Mis- Perkins, who l had always
thought to be such a lady, would be
llapin' a animal SO vile. And the more
l considered your keeping the baste the
more I come to regard it as intended
to be an insult to mesilf. And have
now concluded that / was left in the
house with the dog with the purpose
that the creature should insult me, as
lie did, most faithful. And SO it stands.
1 want no more Of ye and yours. Never
will I come into the house again, not if
the two OF yez go down On your knees
to ask it, So help me.
Good 1nornin''
Samuel Perkins, Sr., and Mrs. Per-
l1ins threw their arms about the dogs
neck and told him that he was lots more
fun than a poker game and much less
expensive.-N. Y. Sun.
a Spanish Tramp.
Don Carlos is very nearly as ex
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