Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1894 — Kicked Into a Lady's Arum. [ARTICLE]

Kicked Into a Lady's Arum.

A chappie stood in front of the Tremont House, yesterday afternoon, smoking a cigarette, and gazing admiringly at the prettv girls that passed. Beside him cowered a small terrier, shivering with the cold. The dog had evidently lost its master, for it kept watching the crowd with an expectant look, e igor to catch sight of the lest one. Two or three times it followed pedestrians, time it was sent back with a kick or a gruff "go home.” It seemed to get no sympathy from any one. Finally It went up to the chappie, and with a doleful air placed its little paw on his lordship's leg and whined. Alas, there was no sympathy for it from this source. Chappie did not stoop down and pat the dog gently. Oh, no! He would not stoop so low as to pat a terrier on the street He savagely gave the poor animal a kick into tne middle of. the sidewalk, for the terrier had made a mark with its paws on his nicely creased t rowsera. His brutal act did not escape unnoticed, however, for a fashionably dressed lady had seen it, and approaching him she said, “You’re a contemptible coward to kick an unprotected di g lik that, If I saw a policeman I would have you arrested." She picked up the little terrier in her arms and patted it gently. The animal appreciated the kindness very much. It wagged its tail and tried to lick the lady's face. She carried it way in her arms.—Boston Herald.