The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-10
.4..- 1890 --,.--- - -
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
Dicks Ride ON the TroIiey-'A Dove
In Church-Thc Bell Of
the Angels.

NV friend Dick is bulldog, and
fine fellow he is too. Some bulldogs |
Won and know scare away all the
children, and the big people, too, for
that matter, till nobody dares go near
the house where they live, but this
bulldog was brought up to be gentle
man, and he can behave In parlor J
quite as WE'LL was going to say as a
boy or girl; but, do you know, ! have
seen boys and girls In parlors who did
rot behave half as well as Dick. Then,
as to soaring children, why, Dick just
loves them and could play with them
al day long.
or course, being only dog, Dick is
not quite perfect, and his great failing
is-let me whisper 1t very low-he will
sometimes fight, but he always chooses
the biggest and strongest dogs to fight
with, and the little ones might snap
and snarl at his heels as much as they
liked Dick would never notice them,
and, as for chasing such weak, silly
things as chickens, Dick scorns such
foolishness.
| was going to tell you, wasn't l, how
Dick took trolley ride? You see,
Dick tried TO tell me all about it, but
unfortunately ! don't know much dog
language and could not understand all
lie said. OF course, / know few
words, and when he frisked around,
barking little sharp barks, knew he
was saying, "Oh, my, but l had good
time on that ride! What fun 1t Is to
ride on trolley carl" This is the way
it happened:
Dicks mistress took him to the vii
lage one day shopping, and, after going
in and out Of shops until he felt very
much bored indeed, Master Dick decid-
ed that at the next place he would sit
outside and look at the trolley cars go
by.
The next place, | think, must have
been a millinery store, for Dicks mis-
tress staid till Dick thought every troll
ley car in the United States had surely
gone past, and still she did not come
out. Well, Dick did not know what to
do about 1t. He put his head on one
side and thought the matter over and
decided that for some strange human
reason his mistress must have gone out
of the back door and walked home
without him and that being the case
the wisest plan seemed to be for him
to get home as quickly as possible
and we all know there Is nothing
quicker than a trolley car when you
are in hurry.
Now, on this trolley track which Dicl
was watching three different lines o.
cars ran to the postofiice, stopped ant
waited for passengers to change, ant
then off they went to as many diferen
parts of the country, and the printed
signs to tell people which was the ca
they wanted We're puzzling enough TO
anybody to make out, not to mention
dogs. But here was where Dick show
ed his education. He walked down t
the postolTice, examined the signs an
decided which was the car that ra
past his own street corner, and the cor
ductor and motorman We're very niue
surprised to see n quiet, thoughttt
looking bulldog jump on their car an
march in. The motorman says Dick &C
lin on the seat and calmly sat there
but Dick did not tell me so, 50 | cal
not be sure about it. Anyway the col
ductor did not feel as calm as Mastt
Dick. 1t was against the rules for dos
to ride Oh the trolley, and that we
what the conductor explained to Die
But. dear ME, Dick did not pay Il
least attention to him, and when bo1
the conductor and motorman came
to see what could be done with III
Dick just put up his head and stu'
out his underlip in very rude, impe
tinent way, and the men hurried ava
without another word.
They both knew very well VINE
Dicks home was, for they often sa
him as their car flew past, but wheth
Dick would be willing to get off at
own corner was something they q
not know. Dick knew, though.
He had lovely ride, and when t
car stopped at his corner he came OF
jumped off and ran gayly home WI
out, am sorry to say, ever thinking
paying his fare.