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Show 61 0 TALES0F WOE. S ir of the Tiniest of Canines Cause s Peck of Pull Sized Trouble. MET WITH A VIOLENT DEATH, tlit Other Was Held Captive in the I Hinds of a Scowling Villain Two Street Scenes ro incidents, illustrative of the love iq for his dog, were witnessed on neets on Saturday evening and rilay afternoon. Both in their way rather ridiculous but at the same both had about thorn an element ntlios. itcnlay afternoon two ladies were ig a post parandial stroll. They wero i fashionably dressed. Behind them ,d a curly haired little dog. Ho .'vidt'iitly quite an aristocratic ani-His ani-His curly wool was as clean as ,ath could make it and as ho trotted u be shook from his fat ribs the ' perfume of the finest cologne. A ribbon was around his neck and a iy bow rested under one ear, iu ih a tiny bell tinkled and made i t music wherever he went. ie ladies started across Main street ie corner of Fourth South street. A horse, attached to an ultra fashion-cart fashion-cart and driven by a kid-gloved belly-banded dude, was dashing n Main. The Lilliputian canine evidently possessed of a full share mgy-curiosity. He was also appa- y paralized by the swell and his i out and stopped to take it all in. mistress got safely across the track his doggy-ship met with a hard He got entangled in the wheels ie cart and in a moment was a ne. The wheels passed over his umcd littlo body. He gave one airing yelp for help; an agonizing to his mistress; rolled over on his k; closed his eyes and his tiny spirit . its flight to dog heaven. iie dude never halted, but with one I glanue back at the miserable work lad wrought, and the agonized face lie mistress of the dog, applied the p to his horse and rattled on. Not the lady. She forgot her stylish 5s and in a moment was down on knees in the dust beside the cold y of her darling. The lifeless little- al was in her arms in an instant, kisses were showered on the cold c nose that would never again bo d to her for a caress. In endearing us she called on her Mopsy to speak ifT, but tears and words were vain, hugging the little body in her arms linally walked off, crying as though heart would break. . man with a lowering countenance, r.ving a bundle wrapped in a white Hi and walking down the street as ugh he were beut upon winning a lal in a pedostrian contest, and an l country man, with a beard like a "arch, rushing down the M, under a full headway of steam 1 crying "stop thief " at the top of voice, was the rather unusual sight n on Third South street on Saturday ning. it the corner, opposite the new East-p East-p hotel, the patriarch overtook the n with the bundle. '(Jive up my dog," he shrieked as he 'if a grab for the bundle.- t hat in the h is the matter with growled the man with the scowl-wee scowl-wee as he pressed the bundle ;"er under his coat. ion stole my dog; I saw you take it f m.V wagon," howled the country- ''and he again grabbed for the Hale. . Ms time he got his hands on it and until he brought forth tho tinier tini-er trembling little rat tei-rier pup-' pup-' He held on to the little caui ne J Hie other man eventually gave him "id the old man hugged the little I tn his breast as though he were his 1 son and heir. lo stole him, you villian", he lvlpfl as he danced around. "I'll have 1 uirested. Wher is there a pojice- ii ? ( lou lie, you old scare-crow. Stand 'if; you have your dog. I found him the street." o policeman could be found but a '"'d had by this time collected about 'wo excited men. ' ioii had better go along quietly," ised aby-stander, but the mau with ' shadow on his face couldn't see it 'flight. iu like to see any one stop me," he Til follow you till I find an officer." Jn the old man, still hugging his 'o his heart. ' he thief started off and the old man 1 the crowd after him. . He went in-,; in-,; the fence surrounding the new ho-and ho-and twisted himself in and out lne the arches. The crowd was still ;r him. This chase was kept up for e tW(1nty minutes, but an officer did 1 come, and the thief managed to himself and the old man then left, uy in regaining possession ' of his |