Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-02-18
TALE OF TWO DOGS.


ment Of which young Washington man
delivered himself the other evening, as
he stood on corner, permitting the
starlight to soak through his skull
And the high resolve had been brought
about thus:
About six weeks ago the young man,
upon visiting the back yard Of his folks
home, found that he was couple of
nice litue Boston terriers to the good. The
pups had arrived that afternoon, and
their mother was complaisantly looking
them over.
Bully That's one for EACH unused
the young man, and he proceeded totake
vast care and pains with the pups until
the arrival OF the time when it would
be possible for him to take them from
the mother and distribute them.
That time arrived about fortnight
ago. Tying piece of narrow pink rib
bon around the neck Of one OF the pups
the two of them looked enough alike
to be twins, as they were-he started
for the abode Of Girl No. /, to present
the pup to her, for she had frequently
expressed herself as being upon the
verge of dissolution, owing to her In
tense hankering for Boston terrier.
Well" said the young man to the
| delighted young woman, and lying
with the greatest cheerfulness and
aplomb, 1--WE at length got you a
peach of purp, hey? He was born in
England, and only arrived in this eoun-
try few days ago Fellow | know
over in London sent him to me. Both
of his parents have won hundreds of
blue ribbons at the English bench
shows. Don't suppose that there's a
finer bred dog on earth than that dog,
and wouldn't give him to anybody else
on earth but you, and you ought to
know it."
Girl No. l was so overjoyed with her
canine present that she freely and frank
ly told the young man that he was all
right, or words to that general effect.
On the following evening he tied a
piece of pink ribbon around the other
pups neck, and started for the abode
of Girl No. 2. Girl No. 2 having also
expressed herself as being in pining
condition for the lack of a Boston ter
rier.
WELL" said he to Girl No. 2, not ex-
hibiting any versatility whatever in his
cheerful and amiable lying: I've at
length got you peach of pup hey? He
was born in England, and only arrived
in this country few days ago. Fellow
| know over in London sent him to me.
Both of his parents have won hundreds
of blue ribbons at the English bench
shows. Don't suppose there's finer
bred dog on earth than that mutt, and
wouldn't give him to anybody else on
earth but you, ard you ought to know
It,"
Whereupon tn, young man leaned
back and reyeitd IN the shower of CRATE
ful expressioa wAich Girl No. be-
slowed upo4 4..A.
And I'm So claG we're going to move
tomorrow, t0a ala Girl No 2, after
she'd tailed a,o. talk to the pup for
awhile. We. cave lots of room In
he back yar4 {. the house that we're
going to move to, 90 that the dear little
love will have pl,4ty of space to play
around in
by the way" inquired he, where
are you going to move tor"
She told him, and he became chalky
all of a sudden,
The move was to be the house right
next door to that occupied by the par
ents of Girl No. 1.
The young man mopped his brow in
a tumult of thinks, and then, after
phony story of an imperative appoint
ment, he took his departure wrapped In
gloom.
He had In his minds eye picture OF
the situation when the inevitable ex-
posture came, revealing him as the pos
SCISSOR of weirdly picturesque imag-
nation and double-dealer from away
back
And it happened just as he had antici-
pated it would. On the very next even
ing Girl No. l stood at the front gate
of her domicile, while her pink-ribboned
pup frisked outside the gate,
Shortly after her appearance Girl No.
2 (whose parents had moved into the
next house that day. also made her APP
pearance on the front step with her
pink-ribboned pup playing around her
skirt.
The two young women stared at each
others dogs across the yards, and they
also stared lot at each other.
After bit they both moved out to the
sidewalk, accompanied by their respec-
tive dogs, which quickly fraternized.
Then the two young women began
talking to each other about the marvel
Gus resemblance between the dogs, and
then they began to tell each other at the
same time how and from whom they had
| received the CANNES.
OF course, they broke off suddenly
and glared at each other when they
found, upon taking breath, that their
stories as to the dogs were precisely
| the same, and then the pair of brother
dogs, as if to widen the breach, began
to eat each other up on the sidewalk
| The pups were finally pried apart,
and the young women went into their