The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-02
THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE.
A Day From the Diary of Young
Dog.
From Pick Ne Up.


ergy enough to stretch myself. IN the mid
die Of the night a strange man came in
by the kitchen window very quietly with a
bag. I chummed W to him at once. He
was nice to me and 1 was nice to him. He
got me down a piece of meat that j could
not reach myself. While I was engaged or
this he took a whole lot of silver things
and put them into the bag. Then. as ne
was leaving, the brute-I believe now it
was an accident-trod on my toe, making
me yelp with pain. ] biz him heartily, and
he dropped his bag and scurried of
| through the window again. Ny yelpine
soon woke up the whole house, and in a
very short time old Mr.. Brown and young
I Mr. Brown appeared. They at once spot
I the bag Of silver They then declare ! have
saved the house and make no end of fuss
/ with me. [ am hero. Later on Mss
| Brown came down and fondled me lots,
and kissed me, and tied a piece OF pink
| ribbon round my neck, and made me look
a fool WHAT'S the good Of ribbon / should
| like to know? las the most beastly tasting
stuff there ever was.
S:3O-Ate breakfast with difficulty. Have
no appetite.
S.35-Ate kittens breakfast
S:5d-An affair with the cat (the kittens
mother) But I soon leave her as the cow
ard does not fight fair, using claws.
900-Washed by Mary. A hateful bust
| ness Put into a tub and rubbed all over
mouth, tail, and everywhere-with filthy,
sOapy water, that loathsome cat looking
on all the while and sneering in her DASH
ed superior way. I don't know, l am sure,
why the hussy should be so conceited. She
has TO clean herself. I keep a servant to
clean me. At the same time | often wish
L was a black dog. They keep clean so
much longer. Every finger-mark shows up
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am sight after cook has been strokng
me.
9:30.-Showed myself in my washed
state to the family. All very nice to me.
Quite a triumphal entry in fact. 1t is
simply wonderful the amount of kudos
I've got from that incident with the man.
Miss Brown (whom l rather like partic-
uiarly enthusiastic. Kissed me again and
called me "a dear, clean, brave. sweet
smelling little doggie."
9;40.-While a visitor was being let in at
the front door 1 rushed out and had the
most glorious roll in the mud Felt more
like my old self then.
9:45.-Visited the family again. Shrieks
of horror on. seeing me caked in mud But
all agreed that was not to be scolded to-
day as l was a hero lover the manD All,
! that is, except Aunt Brown, whose hand,
for some reason or other, is always against
me-though nothing is too good for the
cat She stigmatized me, quite gratui-
| tously as "a horrid fellow
9:50.-Glorious thought! Rushed up
stairs and rolled over and over on the old
maids bed. Thank heaven, the mud was
still wet
1890 TO 10:15-Wagged tail
10l6.-Down into kitchen. While cook is
watching regiment pass play with chops
| and bite big bits out of them. Cook, who is
quite upset for the day by seeing so many
soldiers, continues to cook chops without
noticing.
1920 to 1.-Dozed
1:00.-Ate dinner.
1:15.-Ate kittens dinner
1:20.-Attacked by beast of cat again.
She scratched by hind leg, and at that 1
refused to go on. Mem: to take it out of
her kittens later
1:25.-Up stairs into dining room. Family
not finished luncheon yet Young Mr..
Brown throws a bread pellet at me. hit
ting me on the nozzle. An insult 1 swal-
low the insult Then I go up to Miss
Brown, and look at her with my great
pleading eyes. I guessed it; they are ir-
resistible. She gives me a piece of pud-
ding Aunt Brown tells her she shouldn't
AT which. with great pluck Miss Brown
tells her to mind her own business. 1 adj
mire that girl more and more
1:30-A windfall. A whole dish of may
onniase fish on the slab in the hall Be
fore you can say Jack Robinson 1 have
bolted it.
1:32.-Curious pains in my underneath
1:33.-Pains in my underneath get worse.
1:34.-Horrid feeling of sickness.
l:3o.-Rush up into Aunt Browns room
and am sick there
1:S7.-Better. Think I shall pull through
if l am careful
1:40.-AlmOst we'll again
l;A.-Quite well again Thank heaven!
Ii was a narrow shave that time. People
| ought not to leave such stuff about.
l;42.-Up into dining room. And to show
how well l am, I Sallop round and round
the room at full pelt about twenty times.
steering myself by my tail. Then. as a
grand finale, l jump twice on to the waist
coat part of old Mr.. Brown, who is sleep
ing peacefully on the sofa. He wakes up
very angry, indeed, and uses words have
never heard before. Even Miss Brown. to
my no little surprise, says it is very
naughty of me Old Mr. Brown insists on
my being punished and orders Miss Brown
TO beat me. Miss Brown runs the burglar
for all he is worth. But no good. Old Mr.
Brown is dead to all decent feeling So
Miss Brown beats me. Very much Thor
oughly enjoyable. Just like being patted
But of course L yelp and pretend it hurts
frightfully, and do the sad-eye business.
ana she soon leaves off, and takes me
into the next room and gives me six
pieces of sugar. Good business. Must re-
member always to do this. Before leaving
she kisses me, and explains that I should
not have jumped on poor pa, as he is the
man who goes to the city to earn bones
for me. Something in that, perhaps. Nice
girl.
200 to 315.-Attempt to kill fur rug in
back room. No good.
3:15 to 3:45.-Sulked
3:46.-Small boy comes in and strokes me
| snap at him. / win not be every ones
plaYthng.
3:H TO 4:O0-Another attempt to kill r,,r
Would have done it this time had NOT that
odious Aunt Brown come in and Interior
ed. L did not say anything, but gave her
such look, as much as to say. 'I'u do
for you one day" think she under
stood.
400 to 5:15.-Slept
5l5.-Awakened by bad attack of &C.
2ema.
$50 to 5:30-Slept again.
5:5O.-Awakened again by eczema. Caught
one.
$50 to 6;oo-Frightened canary by staring
greediy al it,
6:0O.-Visited kitchen folk. Boned some
bones.
615.-Stalked a kitten in kitchen mass
age. The other little towards ran away.
6;D.-Thngs are looking brighter HelD.
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