Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-31
A DOG STORY.

William ToWnsley of Cleveland Is fond of telling an especially good sto- ry.
 Some time ago." said MT Townsley, "I got on train at Erie, Pa, and half way to Cleveland a woman got on the train with a small pet dog. She was refused admittance to the ladies coach with the dog, and the brakeman finally suggested that she put.the little creature in the baggage car. She 1n- dignantly scorned the suggestion, and was finally told that if she wanted to brave the discomfort she might find in the smoking car she might sit there with the dog. Giving the brakeman an indignant glance, she walked into the smoker. She took a seat just behind a husky looking commercial traveller, who was smoking pipe
 ''After they had gone little way, the woman, half choked with tobacco smoke from the mans pipe, leaned over and indignantly exclaimed, Sir, you are no gentleman! The man took around at the woman, and, after giy- ing her a good long stare, remarked, Is that so? He reasoned that as the smoking car was made to smoke in and as the woman had no business
 
 After his reasoning he placed his pipe in his mouth again, and began to puff great volumes of smoke. The woman became almost speeches. with rage, stood it as long as she could and final ly her indignation got the better of her discretion. She deliberately rose from her seat, reached forward and grabbed the pipe from the mans lips. Before he could recover from his astonishment the woman threw the pipe out of the window and coolly settled back and began caressing doggy.
 1.-The travelling man as soon as he could recover from his amazement, stood up and gaZed at the woman long and critically. In all his life he had never been subjected to such an indig- dignity. He decided not to stand it, and deliberately grabbed the dog by the neck and threw it out the window. The woman screamed as the dog went sailing through the window, and de clared that the man was a brute. Tn a short time the train drew in at the depot at Cleveland. The woman, her eyes flashing fire and her face flushed with indignation, hurried from the smoker and ran smack into the arms of big man who was evidently her husband. The tr2$eling man came along about the same time, and the woman pointed him out That man that mann she almost shrieked in her salesmen. that man threw my dog out of the window. TEseIhusband glared at the travelling man and then started for him.
 Sir he exclaimed. catching the traveller by the arm, did you throw my W1fe's dog through the window?
 "'Sir," replied the travelling man, shaking off the irate mans grasp, eff that woman is your wife I certainly did throw her dog through the win dow At this the husband struck the traveller square in the face. Then they began to fight and crowd gath cred. Finally the depot police separat- ed them and the crowd dispersed. The husband, however, had not received satisfaction and in a few minutes he and the man who had insulted his wife were fighting again. It looked as if some one would get badly hurt, and people were beginning to get anxious when some one shouted: Look what's coming" Everybody looked, and what did they sseg
 "Well, what did they see?'' breath 1essly inquired one of Townsley*'s aud itors.
 What did they see? Why they saw the little dog coming into the depot carrying mans pipe in his mouth- Indianapolis Journal.