Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1882 — A Dog—bone Pet. [ARTICLE]

A Dog—bone Pet.

A lady and gentleman, the former accompanied by her faithful lapdog, are alone in a railway carriage, the little darling being Bcented with musk until he was a sight to behold—or, to Bpeak more accurately, a perfume to inhale. “Pardon me, madame,” says the gentleman, “but the odor of musk is disagreeable to me. Would you have any objection to my lighting a cigar?” She has a very great objection, but the French being the politest nation in the world, he lights his cigar. A few minutes later he drops into a doze and the lady gently takes possesion of the cigar and drops it out of the window. The action arouses the gentleman, but he discreetly says nothing, and when the lady in her turn goes to sleep, he gently bnt firmly grasps the dog and drops him out of the window. When she awakens and misses her pet she is greatly excited, and asks the gentleman what he has done with her poor little doggie—where and oh, where can he be? * “Madame,” says the gentleman, politely, “that dog seemed a very intelligent animal, and yon doubtless had trained him to fetch and carry. Maybe he saw you throw my cigar out of the window, and thought you wanted him to bring it back and so—.”