The age-herald., 1898-09-11
Copyright, 1S9S.1

<Ab Wdo SetyluS SOOuDy lO tt lTleuu she asked a favor of me. Of course I could not refuse. This is the result: If you happen to possess a dog and that dog has brother and the breed is good one and the limits of your flat do not permit the intelligence of two dogs displaying itself, then you send the newest dog to some friend in Eng land. You have a national pride about 1t. You want to show her-I mean the English girl-just what sort of a dog can be bred on this gay and festive shore and that the noble and ferocious fox terrier cultured and beautiful, is the dog of the day and greatly to be en- vied. Helped by his first owner, I pre- pared the dog, who rejoiced in the name of Alexander, for his trip. In return for the compliment I wrote letter to my friend which read after this fashion:
 came on board looking, as every oth- CT woman does, as if I had never heard of such a thing as seasickness and got up in the most jaunty fashion. I wore a yachting cap on my head, a striking ulster enveloped my. person, and pair of glasses was strapped over my shoulders. I had a general air of contempt for everybody that didn't look as did. Alexander escorted me, but he was immediately consigned to the butcher shop. That night at dinner ev- erybody was very full of fun, and few brave souls tested at seasickness. I hadn't much heart for eating, myself, but was satisfied with little fruit and of ol,o, young woman who knew everything s and there is always one of that kind ate hearty dinner and said that be- ing i'll resulted entirely from peoples vivid fmagfnations. During the even- ing she was not visible, and when I went down to my stateroom heard her in the next one. She was hanging up things to hold brushes, combs, tooth paste, perfume, shoes and all the non- sense which somebody going abroad for the first time usually fetches along. Sleeping the sleep of the just, was awakened early in the morning by hear ing somebody's belongings fly all about every place. The ship was lurching to and fro, and the brushes and perfume bottles in the next room were in har- moGJ with the motion of the ship. The girl next door was the sickest creature you ever saw. A SI6WaTQeSS nelQ her head while her face was the color that you admire in pistache candy, but which is scarcely suited to woman.
 As you can imagine, my daily duty and pleasure was to visit Alexander in the butcher shop. The butcher was a mild looking man with ferocious way of talking. He was fathering three oth- CT gentleman dogs besides mine-anoth- CT fox terrier, an Irish setter and a brindle pup. Life was evidently full of joy for the young man who butchered, inasmuch as he was master of the situ- ation, and you had to plead with him for doing what you were paying him to perform. I had urged him to feed Alex ander with milk and bread only but am perfectly certain that the dog lived on raw meat and became absolutely bloodthirsty during the trip. Whenever I went to see him there was a sort of "Ha, 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 if only the presence of the butcher protected me. Still, he was @ civil man, and one day when it was particularly rough he sent me an invitation to come down and see the brindle pup. who was seasick. Up to that time I had neve< believed that a dog could be seasick. I had known they were human but if you could have seen the fiendish expressions of glee on the faces of the other dogs, who, being quite well themselves watched their sick companion, you would have agreed with me that they were close kin to mankind. said, ''Give him sulphur and moasses," but the butcher said Let H.. x,t1 h. ,aJ1 the next day I presume he had his went"
 There was one trial left for Job. He was never made a ships surgeon, so that he needn't be counted the most pa- tient man in the world. To be ships surgeon it is necessary, first of all, that Q man be good looking. Next, he must be considerate, and, most important of all he must answer every question put to him. When you realize that the questions range from an inquiry as to whether the captain would stop the ship, say, for a hundred dollars to a de- sire to know exactly how deep the wa ter 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 ug- Hest, crossest and most undesirable old maid up stairs because she thinks mo- body can do it as we'll as he does, you can understand how manifold are his duties and how untiring he needs to be in them. Women lean on him and be- lieve in him as if he were a father con- lessor, and when they are in various colors of the rainbow as to complexion, their hair out of curl and while they are limp and squirmy as fishing tackle they still expect the doctor to admire them and to find a certain amount of pleasure in listening to their story of