New-York tribune., 1908-06-28

| Butternut street It is no easy task to go round
! a corner on an icy pavement at full speed with
out either eaking your neck or losing ground
| and l had before the further possibility of
losing a portion of my apparel should l invite
| the nearer approach of the dog by slackening
| my gait
Therefore, when 1 beheld standing on the cor
ner a tall hatfooted who looked like a
/ Presbyterian | said to myself For goodness
sake," and the next moment | grabbed him
about the waist and swung myself around the
| corner with d dexterity that surprised my most
| hopeful expectations. AS l did so | hurriedly
begged his pardon and told him to believe me
that l should never have taken the liberty had
l not been sore pressed.
1 really was very sorry when heard with
what loud whack the old gentleman fell down
and when | heard him graphing with the dog
said to myself: For goodness sake"
1 don't know just what the cross dog did to
the good man. or what the good did to the
cross dog, but the two of them together GER
tainly made unholy disturbance. And three
or four timid pedestrians, scenting danger in
the commotion, took their from me and be
gan TO run.
It was exceedingly dfsagreeable to me to be
the cause OF SO much public excitement and
when windows began 10 go up and men and
women poked their heads into the night / felt
positively humiliated BY the time l got into
our back alley there perfect stampede of
boys and men coming down the street There
did not appear 20 be any clearly defined notion
among them as what it all about, but
so far as l could Judge, The crowd was made up
of two factions--one running away from danger
and following me as a leader, and the other
impressed with the conviction that l being
chased Included in the latter faction were two
policemen.
Fortunately. I happened to know Of these
and when they nabbed / was about to
scramble over the fence, said to him: Believe
me- O'Hara. this is all very painful mistake
/ am simply running away from dog charged
with mission to injure and disgrace me-"
After a moments consultation, in which
O'Hara assured his fellow officer that he knew
me to be perfect gentleman they agreed to
allow me to proceed unmoested, with the un-
derstanding however. that 1 would appear in
court should developments make it necessary
Our cook having in the mean time opened
the back yard gate to ascertain the meaning of
this unusual commotion in the alley. L slipped
in and told her it was all over and that she
had better lock UP and go 20 bed.
The family were somewhat surprised to hear
me come in the house through the Kitchen but
! said nothing to them at the time concerning
my misadventure, except to confde to my Sis
ter Ellen. that 1 had inadvertently got some
ice water down my neck and that one of her
hot lemonades, with dash Of brandy and nut
meg would be particularly agreeable
She responded at with her usual tact
and goodness. manifesting curiosity and
asking no questions until | tossed the fatefui
pocketbook upon chair Then with a little
start of surprise she picked it up, and said:
"Why. where did you find this? | have been
looking everywhere for it. II has in IT the
name Of dgsssmaksr on Euclid Place that