The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-19
The Lost Dog
And How 1t Was Found

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All Pong had two little daughters
twins eight years old-Yip Lily ant
Zip Rose. Their mother had died il
far away Foochow, and All Fong had
sent for them to live with him here In
America.
One day Zip Lily aud Zip Rose ap
peared in the doorway Of Tony's shor
Juggling between them a black-an-tar
terrier that yelped and struggled tc
get free.
"Plitty dogg'ee," said Zip Lily to
Tony, who was sewing on the sole OF
a ridingboot.
You linda heem?" said Tony Eyes +?
Were? II da street? Yes?"
Zip Rose shook her head vigorously
in assent.
"You wanta me buy heem?" said
Tony Valoroso. "Yes?"
Zip Rose and Zip Lily both nodded
together.
But Tony shook his head the other
way. mot gotta da num-" he said !;
mot gotta da num-"
Zip Lily thrust tiny sandal frem
beneath her Christian bingham dress
and pointed to her foot.
Make shoes of heem?" said Tony.
"Ah, MOI" He shrugged his shoulders.
and fell desperately to stitching again.
re Society for re Cruelness to re
Annimiles, zey would cut off from
poor Tony hees head for dat. No.
MOI"
The little girls and their struggling
burden had been gone some minutes
when a handsome, flushed young fell
low in tennis flannels entered.
TONY, the cop says Spot was
brought in here by two little Chinese
girls"
"Ees it your dog?" said Tony, jump
Ing up and letting lot of leather
odds and ends slide from his canvas
apron to the floor "Ah! zey may
have him cook and eat by now.
tfnked he was but commonwealth
you call it. pup! l run, IL fly to
see!"
And Tony bounced out, his apron
flying, his cheeks blazing with excite
ment, into the laundry where All
Fong stood placidly at the ironing
board with a red text from the Sun
day school above his head.
"Ze dog, re small dog!" spluttered
Tony.
The Chinaman ironed away, ignor-
ing the visitor.
II want heem!" said Tony.
There was no answer.
"Ze little girls zey have taken re
dog to make scoop of heem," cried
Tony, fairly dancing.
The youth in tennis flannel ap-
Feared to reinforce the frenzied Tony.
Have you got a dog here?" he de-
manded
All Fong called out something in a
shrill, Gael ,!ns patter toward the back
of the sho J. Presently Zip Lily and
zip Rose entered, making tiny sa-
laams, but no black-and-tan terrier
was forthcoming.
Where is the dog?"
YES" chimed in the little shoe
maker. "Ze dog Re dog" All, mis-
taire, zey are cooking heem for to eat
heem, re beautiful cane, re bell
dogg-ee."
Suddenly light seemed to dawn
on All Fong's countenance. He lifted
the covering of the ironing table, that
fell in ample folds to the floor, and
10! beneath, on the floor, lay the
black-and-tan terrier coiled and quiet
ly sleeping. All Fong spoke to it in
rapid-fre Chinese, and it jumped and
danced about him with extravagant
demonstrations of affection and de-
light.
The young man uttered a disguised
exclamation. Ours was a Boston bull
terrier of pure breed" he said, mot a
NANCY, flea-bitten mongrel like that"
Which did not greatly enlighten the
foreign audience present.
10 Lee just then sauntered in, most
OPPORTUNITY from his laundry two
blocks up the street. Business was
light and he had locked his shop and
was taking half an hours vacation to
renew old Foochow memories with
his friend, All Fong. 10 had been in
this country longer and could speak
English, and All Fong's rapid-fire was
turned on him for several minutes,
while 10 listened attentively. Then 10
translated, in sing-song drawl:
"Ah Fong say he send his leetle
CELLS to have shoes made like Ameli
can, and dey take with dem de small
dog. but Tony Valolo he p'laps maybe
no understand, he t'ink, maybe. :"
Not waiting to hear more, the ten
mis- flannels ran across the street to a
public telephone station in Maynard's
market.
"Oh, that's all right, Tom, dear"
came a feminine response from the
golf club. 81 found him here. re-
now, I tied Spot to a tree |
when | was playing yesterday after
noon. Poor thing, he's been out here |
all night, and he was most starved to |
DEATH"