The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-18
ON PATTON ALLEY

was soured She had rooms that faced Patton
| instead. The animal was referred to as whiret.
and IT was said that his disposition had also been
soured
Mr. Jacob RAISER thrty-seven years old He
was tailor, and it said OF him that he hated
women and his disposition soured. He was SIM
gle lie little with strut and much
because he had never found woman good enough
Tor him. He had lived for years paint store.
TO seek other quarters. He came and rented rooms
on Patton alley. They were exactly opposite the
lie also had a dog he was thinking of bringing
libel suits against sundry and divers persons who
had referred to the canine as a mutt -,
Miss Harner resented the arrival Of Mr.. RAISER
Miss Harner and her whiffet already installed.
The first thing both of them did was to draw
down the window shades That shut all the light,
however. and the shad to raise them again. But they
would ignore each other. He did his cooking on an
eggs ioated across to her. and the odor of her fish
reached his nostrils They stared boldly at
each other. but not nod or word.
When Mr.. RAISER down to his sewing machine
he made extra racket for the benefit of his neigh
Dor When she sat down to hers she sang an ac-
compartment the top OF her voice for his delec-
. .aaon sometimes ne pounded with hammer when
bottle into the alley that the crash of glass might
startie him and make him thrust his head out Of
the window There was antagonsm pure and SIM
pie. but why"
about the whiffet and the mutt They were worse
All day long, with only short intervals for breathing
sills and confronted other and barked and
growed and INDUCED in blood -curdng threats Their
noise disturbed their owners much any
else, but they were not reprimanded. They
even encouraged
After or so Mr. RAISER determined on a
bold stroke to vanauish his enemy. He had bought
tripe Goldfish cakes and left them exposed at
the Kitchen window make Miss Harner Jealous
but she had gone him better by getting smoked
tongue and fresh clans
He would dine at He would
In his Sunday clothes he dined. lie would walk
with his cane and his mutt would follow at his
heels All the residents the alley would him
go and come, ana the seamstress would be humili-
As the tailor planned. things came about
vain for odors She him go GER
tam, tam hours but it was whole week before che
frying SAUSAGE and holding her high In air Tho
news astounded and the truth hur,
What He. common tailora only five feet
ngh--a man with mutt of a dog eating at a res-
leee it until siyly him to his lair
Miss Harner s~ere that her revenge should be per-
rant She would get table near that d her enemy
She would listen to what he ordered, and then
expensive his. and she would tip wainter
sides. And her shret should follow her and sit
under the table and If his mutt poking around
| he would licked Of bis boots.
On certain evening the tailor had sailed forth
He strutted His atiey saw
him. 1t was sensation. and Top Of it that
She carried ian and purse, She eye
glasses She walked in anguid way. and she
decorum
Patton alley dispatched three diaeren, messengers
10 follow Miss Harner. When those messengers
turned and reported that she had entered the same
eating house ratronized by Mr. RAISER and taken a
seat at the best tahle-the only boasng
cloth on Its surface--Inen and women sat down
the curestones and were dumb.
Mr.. RAISER table when his eyes be-
held a vision or arther, two Visions lady and
whifet dog They sailed past him just ordered
small chncksteak and soft boiled egg. They
sat down and looked him over in disdan. IN voice
that thrilled his very soul and made him long to do
murder they ordered:
'waitah bring me fried oyster. hash brown pota..
toes celery, asparagus salad and small bottle Of
your very best caret. Be sure-the very best"
And the waiter, knowing that he had a lady
to deal with. got gait him. and all the other
diners looked and reverenced.
The tailor was souelched His glory had sud-
denly departed His pomFesity fell from him like
horse blanket There was but enc thing he could
other All tina, was needed to- brspg an aarair.
was little announcement. Mr. RAISER gave his mutt
kick and the battle All diners agreed
the ailor.s dog being kicked outdoors hy a
waiter and the tailor following without being kicked,
though he threatened all KINDS OF lawsuits he
went
Next day Mr.. RAISER back to his stove
and kippered herring. He explained the eating
house was running his digestion. Two days later
Miss Harner Went back to her oil sausage.
she explained that IL was too Tar to go to first
class eating house Again the whinet and the mutt
sassed' each other across the alley Again the
racket OF the sewing machines Again
And then one day the climax came and Cupid ar
He ran down his stairs and up hers She had driven
He assisted the woman mop her face in cold
and chafe her hands and ask her If she felt better
With pair of pincers he pulled the needle out. He
ran after arniea and plaster He guaranteed there
would be no case Of lockjaw.
And Miss Harner grateful? was She
realized for the first time what little chap Mr.
RAISER was and he realized the financial advantages
of tailor seamstress undcr one roof and
it wasn't month before the whiffet and the mutt
were eating out Of the same dish
Patton alley says it's all arranged and all right.
and when the loving couple walk out to take in
moving picture show--arm in armand the dogs
side by side there whispers Of:
MY. but II they happy what viii ii
be when they are we'd