The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-26

the Hall establishment. but if any one
placed her name also upon the books
of a rival agenev it aroused the Jealous
wrath Of Murray Hall.
IF you can't be content with me you
can just get out" Murray Hall would
cry in his high, thin voice. Il won't
have any divided allegiance"
It was pretty much the same with
his blaclS-and-tan dog. Nick. To do the
animal justice, it is only fair to say that
it seldom reused the jealousy Of Murray
Hall, but more than once the neighborS
were aroused by the yelps of the ami
mai, which was being punished for hav-
ing followed or shown partiality toward
some other person than its owner.
And the next time you lick that boys
hand you'll stay out in the yard all
night" said the four-foot proprietor of
the intelligence office to the cringing dog
as he let the animal into the house after
a singing lecture, to which all the
neighbors had listened.
PROUD OF THE DOG.
THAT dog knows more than some peo-
pie I know said Murray Hall, scOrnful-
", to his neighbor, Joseph Silk. a book
seller. who had complained of the dog
bowling at night. He bowls because nc
sees things Other people howl without
seeing things"
Diploma tic relations between the book
seller and the owner of Nick ended at
that point.
Because Of ''Nick's.' predictions for
wandering, it was Murray Halls custom.
to lead the animal by a string when he
went to market. During the life OF the
second Mrs. Murray Hall" she used to
carry the market basket, Whi1e her rthus-
band Steered the dog Every day the
dog would get Murray Hall wound up in
the string. Then he would fall down
and drop his basket. The dog always
ran away at that point and Murray
Hall would run after it, dragging the
basket behind him.
How it was he was not. killed a doz-
en- times, I don't know. He would run
right in front Of the cars while chasing
that dog. and twice since the electric
ears have been running he has beer
picked up by the fender and carried a
block
Il saw Murray Hall daily for great
many years, and in all that time new
er suspected the true sex of my tenant
1t IS true that thought him a queer
and very effeminate man. but I had no
sort Of idea that this hard-drinking,
hard-swearing little scrap of humanity
was woman
He wore the worst fitting clothes I
ever saw on human being. Murray
said to him one day, Where on earth
did you get those trousers2 Who makes
them for you and why did you let them
do it?'
- I don't know that it's any business
Of yours said Murray Hall. his anger
rising suddenly. ] pay for them, any
how, even if I do buy them ready-nade
8 tReady-msde is right enough says I
but they are cut wrong at the ankles
They make you look like q sailor. Now
what you want to do is to take out Some
Of that cloth --' and I was stopping 10
Murray Halls ankle when he just fairly
screamed, Leave my ankle alone, Will
your Mind your own business2 p Oh, but
he was mad He got as red as a poppy
with anger
Pugnaclty and pluck were also part Of
this creatures makeup. It Is a matter
of record that this being, who weighed
lis pounds and could walk under the
out-stretched arm Of most men, once
punched big policeman and did it 50
effectively that the bluecoat had to call
for help. Murray Hall was given to
drinking whisky Of the kind sold around
the Jefferson Market police court.
Once, having been found apparently
incapable on the street Murray Hall