Arizona republican., 1901-01-24
M. J. RIoRDAN's PUP
Jones Paid the Freight and Bougf
 Dog Cakes.

| 1T Oiit 70 sp uhl'l A1Aistbt .tS to DN tflt
 victim of a practical joke there |: I no better time for his friends to spring
 It on him than when he becomes a member of the legislature. Though il may be unchristian, 1t is nevertheless
 human, to keep kicking a man when ha is down. MT. NJ. J. Riordan, the duly accredited councilman from Coconino | fell down last summer, and as pen
 alty they sent him to the legislature;
 then some of his fellow citlzen ms fol-
 lowed him down and told the follow ing story on him.
 Mrs. RiorGan spent last summer in l Cincinnati visiting relatives. She has
 an eye for art and took advantage of
 an opportunity to buy nice chiseled stone pup, which she intended to send home to her husband to be used in the
 ornamentation of their handsome Flag l staff residence. She telegraphed him to that effect. hut when the message
 reached Flagstaff MT. Riordan was | out of town. One of the office enployes
 thinking it might relate to an impor- 1 tant matter, opened it and instantly
 the possibilities of the situation flashed | upon him.
 Fe conferred with other cvil-minded persons and deep, dark plot was laid
 for the ambush of the unsuspecting MT.
 Riordan They got a telegraph blank and had message written announcing that Mrs. Riordan had purchased a valuable dog and would send it to him
 by express. Thtn they went out Into | the highway and lassoed the mangiest,
 biestlooking cur that could be ! found in Flagstaff, crated it carefully | took 1t to the express office and pasted ] the crate all over with express tags. | Tn express agent became particeps l crimnis and mailed MT. Riordan a mo- | tce that he had a dog awaiting his order.
 When MT Riordan returned home I he lost no time in getting to the eX- press office. He eagerly laid down his notice and demanded to see the pup. | He saw him and wept in sympathy. i The dog looked as though he hadn't had bite to eat since he left Cincin- natl. and but very little for some time 1 before. Nevertheless he knew that beauty was but skin deep and that blood will tel He knew that Mrs. INlIludIi WDutI HtNcl l1NSSl III any thing canine without 1t was the best brand on the market and while he
 didn't know much about dogs h. had implicit confidence in her judgment. So ne asked the agent what the charges
 were, Thirty-seven dollars said that
 official, and never batted an eye. The bill looked pretty steep but he knew Wells Fargo X Co. had lead pipe
 cinch and 1t was useless to argue. He
 paid 1t like a man and had the crate
 sent to the house.
 Then he hired a colored boy for $2
 to give the dog a bath, crimp his hair,
 tie f,W blue ribbons around his neck
 and put him in touch with high life.
 This done he got a collar, bought silk
 cord to lead his new pet with and took
 him down town 10 show him to his friends. His appearance had improved considerably, but he was still a brin5le pup. Every friend who was shown his new possession, of course inquired as to his breed and pedigree. He could not answer the first question but averred to all corners that the pedigree was all right and as !Gng as the new code of the territorial statutes. Finally h. got tired of his own ignorance and applied to the only man in town who pretcnded to know anything about dogs, fo: information as to his breed as he could not wait for d letter ::a!n his wife
 That worthy, Who in the meantim. had been taken into the confidence of the consprators, displayed the great est possible surprise at MT. Riordan's ownership of such a valuable specimen of the canine family. Why" said he. that Is a Norwegian setter and he shows the markings of a well bred ami mat"
 T should say he was" replied Mr. Rlordan, the expressage alone was s31. But he looks a little run down | doesn't he?"
 Well he is not in the best condi- l ton replied the dog fancier. and I | would suggest that you feed him some | dog cakes"
 Where can I get them,' said Mir Riordan, and what do they cost" The | fancier told him that Los Angeles was the nearest market ha knew of. and they sold for g. a dozen. They were expansive but they had no equal as a blood purifier for pups and dozen ought to do the business. The fancier was told to get him a dozen, as a dos of his lineage should not be allowed to die for want of attention. So the fancier got some soda crackers and madc. a dozen dog cakes, each one con slstinE of two crackers stuck together with mucilage. Tl the course of four e i've days they were delivered and the cash payment made He told MT. Riordan that they were not very pala- able and if the dog objected to soak hem in fresh cream.
 The dog, of course, did object. and or the next week quart of cream was eft by the milkman at the Riordan At the end of that time tn. log began to pick up, or at least it's ,wner thought it did. His pride swell d little bit every day and by this , ime nearly every man in CoconinoI ounty had heard of the famous animal md most of them had been introduced ( O him.
 One day MT. Riordan was walking town the street proudly leading the { Sorweigian setter with a string when
 little boy from Tin Can alley ap- roached him and said: MT. Riordan { ai have got my dog" "Ch I guess not" proudly answered he man that held the string. This is
 finer pup than you ever laid eyes on 4 onny He came from Cincinnati and he expressage alone was $37. God nows what he cost originally" t,al