MR. PLUMB'S DOG.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 305, 16 April 1877, Page 4

MR. PLUMB'S DOG.

Isfafc of Neban-strcet,, {taring a » to owa a % has txctn it* gratification by the obstinacy iamb. Mr. Plumb wanted a * protection of his property, b waa just as desirous as he to property from the hands of od ' waa perfectly willing to "object through the tnstrumenfag-, sS th« dog didn't baric so*, icket in the Kijht made her id thrtmgh the day it irritated tg entthl not, of coarse, keep* ir without harking, hat it was I discrimination in the animal led her. He harked at every* goa the premises Mr Plnmb !>*d oa trial a dog a menth for ear, but none suited. They L About a week ago Mrs. rd of a dog that wonid answer r. He w»oJd allow anyone to he premise#, and would not , hut he wottld not allow hint his owner came. He carried tt there was no harm in receiv- . providing he did not let them I they were seen hy the proper We never before heard of a kind. Kelt! 1 «r had the Flams. > hastened away to see the r hearing the news from his dog was just as represented, ight him, and located him in ed, where he made a bed for next day was Saturday. Mr. t down town about eight o'clock raing, Mrs. Plumh was busy king and her dinner. It may mention that Mrs Plttmb is a Her house is as clean and house can be made, and she df on her cooking. In addtbaking she was preparing an oiled dinner. About ten o'clock oven a little stow she went tt> ed for a basket of light wood. fag, was there. If Mrs. Plumb tad not had her bread in the oven she irottld have stopped to have made his ao Suaintance, but she was in too. nmch of » twry to bestow more than a word on him. She titled the basket, and started Tor the door. Then she particularly noticed Pinch. He stood facing tier with hts tail !o> the door, every hair on his back standing straight up, and the skin about Fits seek drawn very unpleasantly forward. " Mercy !" ejaculated Mrs. Plumb, hastily drawing back. The hair on Pinch's back softly settled down. " Pretty doggy," observed Mrs. Plumb, fas t conciliatory voice*. Pinch made no reply, bat stood there looking at the lady. "Kice doggy," added Mrs. Finch, endeavouring to diffuse a smite over a vyry white face, and taking a step forward at the same time. la an instant every recumbent hair on ith* dog's back lifted itself, two rows of teeth glistened forth, and a depressing growl escaped therefrom. Th« unhappy woman gave a cry of alarm, dropped her basket, and scrambled with all haste to the top of a box. Then*, having drawn her limbs in under her for better protection, she aat and trembled and looked.

The aagacious dog made no attempt; to retard this movement; on the contrary, Ike appeared to be highly in favo<, r «>£ it, and when it was over he .fjnatted down at th« door, and fixing; his eyes upon Iter, licked his chops is a painfully sanative

Poor Mrs. Plmnh I Her bread was in Ilk* oven, her dinner was in the stove, and therv »he aat am object of attention to an intelligent and faithful dog, and a prey to the moat poignant emotions. Several times she offered him a sop in the shape of a pleasing title, lie made no manifestation of disapproval to this coarse, bat when she sought to follow it op with her body,, the hairs on his back sprang tt» their feet, the wrinkles flowed op hb neck, his teeth appeared, and the growl, deep and ominous, followed. "It was no use. There she was, and had she been under a ton of iron she could scarcely have been more a prisoner. She thought of her bread and the dinner, until the tears conraed down her pale check» in unbroken streams. ' Once in a white a subdued sob would hrsak from her bosom. Her face grew whiter and whiter as the moments rwlEed by, and the despairing ache in her heart grew more intense. Bat there was relief-

; The cold was benumbing her body, while the pain was rendering her sont. Hir reflections finally grew sw bitter and agonising that she hid Iter face in her apron and gobbed outright. And these she sat and cried, and he sat and watched, true and faithful tt» the bat. And there Mr. Plttnab found them two honrs and a quarter later when lie came home to dinner, and after a nervosa search for his wife.

Mm. Plumb had to be lifted bodily from the bees and carried into the house, far long position in the cold having rendind her limbs almost powerless. She had never been so glad to sec her hosband since the time when Sunday nights were a speciality with the twain, bat she coald not look pleased ; she could mat utter* word. The pain in her heart was too great. Titer* was no> need of Hying to the oven to see the bread nor to lift the lids of the pots to observe the dinner. Everything 5# the way of bating and cooking was manifest to the most casual observer on entering the kitchen. It was the event of Mrs. Plumb's life. Btr brown hair has become a snowy and her face looks ten years older. Ittcb Is working in a brickyard for his fcdtxrd.—Detroit Free Pm?.