The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-03-08

cause Trilby likes dat odor.'
Say, wasn't dat nice game for d.
boss kid in l offs to be mixed VI
wild? An not cent in sight.
II shuts de bathroom door an turns
de key. Den picks up a big heav,
bath towel an soaps it up in good il
de middle. / takes de two ends in M
mitts, maxim basket out of it.
puts Trilby in de basket an twists d,
two ends around so dat de pup i.
tied up in regaler bag. De batlituf
is almost full of water, an, holdin' de
two ends in my hand | lets Trilby
| slosh down into it. He strangles an
commences to howl an de ole daisy
comes runnin' to de bathroom door.
%, what's de matter?' she yells
is my dear little Trilby hurt? she
yells. 4 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 minute. ] 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 q
piece of dough- So / drops Trilby I'M
der de water again so he couldn't yelp
an l says: De soap got into Trilby's
eyes, | t'ink,' says, but he's all right
now. Wen be trough in minute l
says.
when / lifts Tri1by out of de wa
ter he's too near croaked to howl an
/ dried him off an combs him out
fine. Den i puts on his pink silk blan-
ket, de ole daisy kisses him good-by
an me an Trilby starts out for a
walk.
"Trilby'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 like he knows he's up against
de real ting. We spiefs half way
round de block to de alley and dere
behind de fiat buildin' where de old
daisy lives stands an iron garbage
box half as big as house, wild a
swinging lid ten feet long. lifts up
de Lid an sees dat de box is empty. So
] drops Trilby in an reaches over an
breaks off de blue ribbon close up to
de collar.
Den l runs around to de front of
de buildin' an chases up de stairs to
de ole DANES fiat so I'll be out of
breath an can make my spiel right.
"She opens de door herself an
yells: 'Trilby broke away from me
an run off, / yells.
Trilby,' yells de old daisy. Run
away! Lost!'
"'Yes'm,' i says. He broke de rib
bon,' / says, shown her de little
piece had in my mitt! Den he tried
to bite me an den he run away down
de street and got such hustle on
him l couldn't even keep him in
sight
de ole daisy give tree wild yells
an drops down in a chair.
'What'll / do she says, 'whatIl
do? My darling little Triiby lost on de
of Chicago she says. He'll
starve to dealt she says, AN you are
responsible for it, you DEVIL she says.
III call de police she says. I'll shoot
you! I'll never sleep a wink till my
dear little darling lost one is found
she says. oh, what'll do? What'll
| do?
~ hope de dog catchers don't git
him. l says. If dey do it's all off,
says. 'Dey'lI tie brick to Trilby,'
says, AN drop him in de drink and
lie next you hear of him. ! says, he'll
be stoppin' up de intake pipe out to
lie four-mile crib says.
II give her strong game of talk
10 she's loosen up when it come to of.
ERIN a reward. An she yelled an
,ollered so dat / was afraid dat she'd
70 bughouse.
Call de police I says, AN tell 'em
o keep dere lamps lit for Trilby; tell
EN- Trilby's not dangerous an dat
Tou'll pay two dollars reward for him.
1.-TWO dollars!' yells de ole daisy.
I'd give ten dollars dis minute to have
lie dear, little sweet ting in my arms
"'All right says, telephone dat
o de police. Den call up de afternoon
'apers an put in an ad: "Ten dollars
eward an no questions asked; an
wers to de name of Trilby" Den me
n you'll go out an look for him. ]
Iope he amt went mad l says an
at de Stun street gang amt got him.,
says. .Dey pours kersene on de pups
ey catches ! says, AN sets 'em Oh
re-
"De ole dame telephones to de police
n to de newspapers an den knowed
had her by de pocketbook. Her an
ne goes out an looks for Trilby down
y de lake shore for an hour an den
he went home an went to bed after
for de doctor.
II screws down to l 6 an puts Tree
'wenty-Seven wise TO de graft. He I
iakes a quick sneak, puts on his plain
.othes, digs TriIby out of the garbage
OK an takes him an de ten dollars
eward ad. up to de ole daisy's fat. As
Don as she seen Trilby she tries &c kiss
i'm on de snout, but T'reen Twenty.
even makes her cough up ten bucks
efore he lets go of de pup.
ave splits de ten an de next day ]
It's de manager to call up de ole daisy
n ask her did she git her dog back
t..
"sYes.' she saws. Il did an neve,