Show ai M 74 i W J i e I 1 I 1 mm adventures 2 OP F THE PUPPIES they we ir Too 1 Boeh ach for ako tko of 7 W iw I 1 0 L g r 7 1 on vone one ter our small coast survey schooners ners biere ere was once a litter of puppies belot belonging ging to the captain wrote the late admiral stevens in the youths companion they were to be allowed to remain on board until old enough to leave their mother but during their stay on board what scurrying scampering frolicsome nuisances they were the smartest and most energetic puppy of the lot was a little fluffy black and white watte spotted fellow called spot tycus the gladiator and he be led all the others in mischief the puppies had their meals immediately after the wardroom ward room of offices flees Spot tycus evidently considered it an infringement of his dignity to bo relegated to the second table and sd one day tie he led a crusade it was a warm summer evening and the wardroom ward room officers were just being helped to their soup when there was a rush overhead follo followed w ed by a most fearsome succession of tiny barks the officers look looked ed up and beheld every one of the open skylights overhead occupied by a little dog reaching over as far as he could get his mouth open and his little red tongue hanging out the first lieutenant rose from his seat in horror but as if that had been the signal agreed upon Spot tycus a slipped lipped from his hold and plunged headlong into the tureen of hot soup As in duty bound the others followed I 1 his bis example and for awhile in the midst of sounds of breaking glassware the thud and splash of falling bodies and a prolonged and horrible yelping squealing and whining it rained puppies the next exploit was to tall fall overboard all together being led as usual by the indomitable Spot tycus whose cheerful disregard of consequences was something appalling they were rescued from a watery grave and wrapped in hot towels whence they escaped ed to I 1 eat a lot of poisoned flypaper they b became deathly sick of course and all that night had to be attended by two of the officers and most of the crew after this they were sent ashore and ahe ship adopted a menagerie acerie of kittens having found puppies beyond control co n remembering the effect of poisoned I 1 flypaper on the digestive organs of small animals the officers threw away what they had of this kind and laid in a stock of the stick kind this however was hardly an improvement pro for the kittens would go to sleep on it and waking to find their movements hampered in some mysterious manner that savored of witchcraft wit c h they would give a wild yell and plunge up the companion ladder a frightened scrambling stick mess of ef furry brown paper the field of waterloo the modern belgian peasant altac attacks ks the visitor to waterloo with immon i i aeration and demands english silver most persistently the conductor of the t charabanc char a banc which conveys you to the field sturdily claims backs heesh for the sole service of having relieved you of your r fare prom from the moment you leave the station until the moment you return you are pursued by y a crowd of ragged urchins howling charite charit e at the tops of their ugly voices or insisting on the purchase of the most ridiculous di mementoes at the gates of la haye sainte where the brave germans fell to a man after having exhausted their ammunition a farm girl invites you to enter and then bars your exit with a belated demand for half a franc a visitor at Hougo they have learned to improve upon this A lady makes terms with you while you are at the gate for admission at the i rate of half a franc each but this you learn to your disgust 0 on n your departure t does not include an additional charge of halt half a franc each for the service of the guide to the farm from whose clamor you have vainly en deavo red to escape during the entire length of your stay such I 1 in n so sober b e r truth is the condition of the field of waterloo today to day what it will be when the railway Is opened and the dejected battalions of the personally conduct i ed are poured out on it is one of those things it is better to suspect than know pall mall gazette |