The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-04
mr. Oiggins and mr. BARKER
Brooklyn Eagle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
There lives In Chicago a charming
young woman who Is the proud possessor
ef two dogs. This in itself, it may be
conceded, is hardly worthy of comment.
for there are many charming young
women who own dogs; but these particu-
lar dogs have been very strangely named.
The fact is that the young woman In
question prizes her dogs so highly that
she thinks the greatest compliment she
| can pay to q young man is to name a
dog after him, and at the same time
she is so discreetly decorouS and such a
slave to propriety that she-would not VEN
ture to give the young mans front name
to. a dog-it would seem too familiar.
Now, young men come and go and young
women are VIGOROUSLY tickle, but dogs
at least these dogs-remain, so it hap
pens that they are now bearing the APP
pellation of cavaliers who have passed
| on to other charmers. 1t never would do
to change a dogs name every time a VI
vacious and firtatious girl shifted her
affections, you know.
The real names may not be repeated
here, lest trouble should arise therefrom,
but for the purposes Of the story the
dogs may be designated as "Mr. Wig
gins" and MIR. Barker" The idea of
calling a dog Mr." may seem strange,
but in view of the way they were named
it would not seem proper to refer to them
as simply Virgins and Barker and the
young woman never does it. She is dis
tinctly formal in addressing them, as nat
urally would be expected of q girl who
has been properly brought up. That, 1t
may be said in passing. is the occasion
for this story. II the circumstances were
different there would have been no dis
Hoo nd mis- nd ar
standings.
A young man who knew nothing about
the dogs called On the young woman re-
Gently. He was a stranger in the city,
but she had been a chun Of his sister 3
at boarding school, he himself had met
her once or twice, and he was assured
Of a warm welcome. 1t is impossible to
describe his emotions satisfactorily, but
if the masculine reader will mentally put
himself in his piace-remembering always
that nothing had been said to him about
dogs-he may have a fair conception OF
how he felt and what he thought.
He heard her tripping lightly down the
stairs. and just as ne was rising with
pleasurable anticipattons to meet her there
was an interruption OF some sort He
knew this because he heard the stamp
Of her foot. the rustling of her gown and
these rather startling words:
BEHAVE yourself, Mr.. Virgins. Y GU RI
mussing my dress all up. How do you
think I'll look if you don't let me alonei
| Stop ii, I tell you!"
The next moment she appeared In tee
doorway, smiling a pleasant welcome &c
him.
Pardon me for keeping you waiting, -
she said, ''but Mr. Virgins has beer
bothering me 50 1 could hardly do a
thing"
81 think I heard you speak to him.
suggested the young man, rather point
eddy.
ooh, yes" she replied calmly; 81 have
to speak to him pretty sharply some
| times, or there's no telling what het
90. Why, he nearly tripped me up twice
this afternoon"
He mIrst be an awkward BRUTE" he
remarked for want of something better
to say.
ooh, no. not really awl1wtard-just play
| fui, you know" she answered. And he's
no worse than Mr.. Barker either Why
this morning Mr.. Barker bounced into my
room and ran away with one of my shoes
| just as l was about to put it on-actually
| seemed to think it was a joke Some
times I think Mr.. Barker has a vein OF
! real humor in him.
/ The young man said nothing. There
| really seemed to be nothing for him t
| say, and if there had been he couldnf
/ have said It. He had met strange PEG
| pie in his time, but Well, wouldnt
| you have been at a loss to know what
! to say or do in the same circumstances
They're a dreadful trial" she went
on you've no idea how annoying they