The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-02-14

two ends around 50 dat de pup is
tied up In a rega1er bag De bathtUb
is almost fun Of water, an, hOldin' de
two ends In my hand lets Trilby
slosh down into It. be strangles an
commences to howl an de ole daisy
comes runnin' to de bathroom door
g o. what's de matterP she yells-
Is my dear little Trilby hurt2' she
yeIIs- I wouldn't have nothin' hap
pen TO Trilby for a thousand dollars
Lemme in she yells.
Say, dat gimme an idee- Dat put
me wise in a minute. 1 remembered
about dat kid out at Omaha dat got
Pinched an his ole man put up $4,000
bucks to find him An says to my
self: Here's your chance to git
piece of dough- So drops Trilby un-
der de water again so he couldn't yelp
an I says: De soap got into Trilby's
eyes, t'ink,' I says, but he's all right
now. Wen be trough in a minute
says
when I lifts Trilby out Of de wa
ter he's too near erOaked to howl an
I dried him OF an combs him out
fine Den puts on his pink silk blan-
ket, de ole daisy kisses him gOOd-by
an me an Trilby starts out for
walk
"TriIby's so fat dat he can't hardly
waddle an he's scarf to deaf of me.
He looks at me out of de corner Of
his eye ike he knows he's up against
de real ting. We spells half way
round de block to de alley and dere
I,,Ls-l IL a. t---sT1s-s - IL old
daisy lives stands an iron garbage
box half as big as house, wild
swinging lid ten feet long. 1 lifts up
de I'D an sees dat de box is empty. So
1 drops Trilby in an reaches over an
breaks OF de blue ribbon close up to
de collar.
Den 1 runs around to de front of
de buildin' an chases up de stairs to
de ole DANES fat so I'll be out Of
breath an can make my spiel right
'-She opens de door herself an
yelIs: 'Trilby broke away from me
an run on yells-
d" 'TriIby.' yells de old daisy Run
away Lost!'
&c .Yes'm,' 1 says He broke de rib
bon / SAYS. shown her de little
piece ] had in my mittl Den he tried
TO bite me an den he run away down
de street and got such a hustle on
him 1 couldn't even keep him in
sight
DE ole daisy give tree wild yells
an drops down In a chair.
".What'H I DO she says. 'what'u l
do2 Ny darling little Tri.by Ioston de
streets OF Chicago she says He'll
starve 10 deaf she SAYS. an YOU are
responsible for H. YOU devil she says.
III call de police she SAYS. IN shoot
you, I'll never sleep a wink till my
dear little darling lost one Is found
she says. on. what'll 1 do? Whatu
1 dO2'
4 hope &c dog catchers don't git
him. / SAYS. IF dey Go its all or
[ SAYS. 'Dey'u tie a brick 10 Trilby,'
says. an drop him in de drink and
de next YOU hear of him ] says. he'll
be stoppin' up de intake pipe out to
de four-miie crib / says
81 give her a strong game of talk
so shes loosen up when IL come TO Of
FERN d reward. An she yelled an
hollered-so dat was afraid dat she'd
90 bUghoUse.
Cal de police says. an tell EN-
10 keep dere lamps lit for TriIby; tell
'em Trilby's not dangerous an dat
you'I pay two dollars reward for him
Two dollars.' wells. de ole daisy.
I'd give ten dollars dis minute to have
de dear, little sweet ting in my arms
~'AE right I says. telephone dat
to de police. Den call mp de afternoon
papers an put in an ad: Ten dollars
reward an no questions asked; an
swers 20 de name of Trilby.r Den me
an you'll go out an look for him. /
hope he amt went mad / says an
dat de Stun street gang amt got him.
says. Dey Pours kersene on de pups
dey catches I says, an sets 'em on
fire.
DE ole dame telephones TO de police
an 10 de newspapers an den I knOwed
had her by de PocketbOok. Her an
me goes out an looks for Trilby down
by de lake shore for an hour an den
she went home an went TO bed after
telephOning for dc doctor.
81 screws down to an puts Tree
Twenty-Seven wise to de graft. He
makes a quick sneak, puts on his plain
| clothes, digs Trilby out OF the garbage
box an takes him an de ten dollars
reward ad. up to de ole daisy's fat As
soon as she seen TriTby she tries to kiss
/ him on de snOut, but T'reen Twenty
Seven makes her cough up ten bucks
before he lets 60 Of de pup
eve splits de ten an de next day I
gifts de manager to call up de ole daisy
- 81 Ie- did she oft her doc bac1-
yit-
Yes she says, i did an never
wants you to send me dat boy again
/ what was up here yesterday
Oats &c way 1 give de dOg-eall
| daisy de double cross an I think she
had it comm Pups is all right, but