Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-08-29

/ parcntly OF too solid virtues for this
( airy vocation His expression was
/ meiAnchoiic his manner depressed
/ He was IcaShcd to Il vile white dog,
/ loathsomely int, dendishly III uatured.
/ gloatingly intractahle toward his de-
! spSed conductor
| At corner nearest to his apartment
| house the doSman turned down side
! street, hoping for fewer witnesses tn
| his ignomny. The surfcited beast wad
! died before him, painting with spleen
and the labor Of motion
| Suddenly the dog stopped. A tall.
| brown, long coated, wide hrimmed
man stood like n Colossus blocking the
! sidewalk and declaring:
We'll. I'm a son Of n gum"
Jim Kerry" hrcathrd the dogman.
With exclamation points In his voice.
sam Trlfatr," cried Wide Brim
| again. you ding haStcd old Willy wal
| loo. give MS your huutr
Their hands vlasprd in the BRIEF,
! tight grccttnG at the west that Is death
| t. the haudShNkC mivrohr.
Won old fat rascal" continued Wide
Brim, with n wrinklrd brown smile
| Its boon 1--WE yCarS since | seen YOU
! | been in this town a week, but YOU
| can't tnd nobody in such place Well,
| you dtngcd old married man. how are
! they cominSy"
Something mushy and heavily soft
| like raised dough leaned against Jims
| leg and chcwcd his trousers with a
yeasty growl
Get TO work" said Jim. and ex-
plain this yard wide hydrophohia year.
| ling you've throwed your lasso over
Are YOU the pound master OF this
burg? DO you cali that dog or
whatY'
IL need Il drink" said the dogman.
detected AT the reminder OF his old
! dog of the sea Come on
Hard Ivy was cafe, IT'S ever so In
the big city.
They sat NJ II table, and the bloated
monster yelrcd and scrambled at the
end OF his leash to get ut the cafe cat.
whisky" said Jim TO the waiter
"Make II two" said the dugman.
|
look subjugated don't know about
the east agreeing with you. All the
boys asked me to hunt YOU up when |
started Sandy King. he went to the
| Klondiko. Watson Burrel, he married
the oldest Peters girl made some
money buying beeves, and | bought n
lot OF wild land up on the Little Pow
| tA,lny "a nIl mn
Rawiins, he's gone TO farming. You
remember Bin. OF course-he was
counting Marcella me, SAM
mean the lady you married. while she
was teaching school ut Prairie View.
But you was the lucky man. How Ii
Missis Telfair?"
"S-h-h-hr' said the dogman. signal
ing the waiter. give It IL name"
whisky" said Jim.
Make II two said the dogman.
"She's we'll" he continued after his
chnser. she refused to live anywhere
but In New York. where she came
from. We live In Il flat Every even
ing at 9 ! take that dog out for a
walk. It's Marcela's pet There never
We're two animals on earth, Jim. that
hated one another like me aud that
dog does. His name Is Lovekins, Mar
celia dresses for dinner while we're
out. We eat table dote. Ever try
one of them, Jim?''
mo, | never" said Jim. II seen
the signs. but l thought they said tn.
BILE de hole thought It was French
for pool tables. How does 1t taste2'
III you're going to be in the city
for awhile we will
mo. stree. I'm starting for home
this evening on the 1925. Like to stay
longer. but | can't"
"I'll walk down to the ferry with
you" said the dogman
The dog had bound n leg each Of
Jim and the chair together ana had
sunk into coInatose slumber jim
stumbled. and the leash was slightly
wrenched. The shrieks Of the awaken
ed beast rang for n block around
"lf that's your dog" said Jim when
they were on the street again, what's
to hinder you from running that ha-
beas corpus you've got around his neck
| over ~ llltlD anu "ulklnk on utll loIHtl-
ting himf"
I'D never dare to-" said the dogman
| awed AT the bold proposition. He
sleeps In the bed. sleep on lounge
! He runs bowling to Marcela II look
at him. Some night, Jim, I'm going to
| get even with that dog I've made up
my mind to do H. I'm going to creep
/ over with II knife and cut II hole In his
mosquito bar so they can get In 10 him.
/ See If | don't do IT,"
You Amt yourself. Sum Telfair
You mint what you was once. don't
know about these cities and flats over
/ here. With my own eyes | seen yon
stand off both the 1illotsOn boys in
Prairie View with the brass faucet out
Of molasscs bnrrcl And | seen You
rope and tic the widest steer on Little
Powder ia 392"
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