A Sad Dog

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 88, 23 January 1892, Page 4

A Sad Dog

It was in one of those tunnels on the Manawatu line, and for, a wonder the carriage was unblessed with lights. A. modest youth sat in it, and. vastly was . he surprised when there fell upqn/?\is - ears the words, "Oh Bob, db stop that nonsense." The voice was feminine; the nonsense presumedly proceeded from ! the other sex. Though a member of the • T.M.C.A., he had that day forgotten to | bring with him the supply of cottonwool i with which he usually travelled, lest he ; should hear anything which might shock ' his better nature. As a consequence of this omission, it was not loaig before be ' heard the voice exclaim, in still more* earnest tones, "Bob, dear, do behave yourself and leave off that foolery." His peony blushes were lost m.the dark* ness, but though unseen, his.rubicundity increased when lie was. forced to' listen to the awful words: "Oh Bob, you really must leave off ; you shan't do it any longer." Had the V.M.C: been a baccarat player, he would have exclaimed " This is too hot !" But instead of using that questionable phrase He pufc up a prayer to Heavcnthat lie might'be rer moved from a world where such fearful wickedness existed. At that moment the train glided into the light of day, and revealed a spinster of some fifty sumr mers wrestling, with a ; black , nose pup, ' which she had carried in a' basket to. cheat the railway , and which was pei[sistently , endeavouring to : destroy .^the embroidery on -its^niistress' slfirts.-l-PateVeounty iPre'ss.V. '& (i . ; \