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Show l'ETE AM) THE I'JIONo'oRAI'H. A. DOO THAT D1EUMS TO SHOW SURTK1SE ATTllE0TEIiS OP SCIENCE. Xext to Mr. Crane liirnKlf and Mrs. Crane, who Is as popular anions those who know her as her genial husband, the tiro anoat at-tractho at-tractho feature of Hie elegant flat in Fifty ecrenth Street nru t'etsand a phonograpli. l'tle ia a bright little blaib and tan, Uie joint pru erty of Mr. and Mic Crane. Much tratel and careful training hare made of Pete one of -the met Intelligent Intel-ligent of dogs, lie has M-en a great deal of tills great country of ours, always accompanying his master and mbtrufca en the comedian's tours, and w hat he dots not Lnow .uxml I'ulJtuan car porters and cun-dULtors cun-dULtors and hard-hearted hotel pru prietors Is net w ortli learning by a xtll bred dog. He has a bright, saucy eye, which looks j ou ttralgbt In the lace and gleams with canine wisdom, l'tle alua- larks at the approach or a strauger, but the niin-uie niin-uie the fetrauger's liaud is grasped b Mr. or lire. Crane he is accepted .is a member of the family, and not even a grow I disturbs the social harmony har-mony of the occasion after that. Pete Is, to sum hb character up In a ier words, a remarkably well behaved be-haved dos. The antipathy of Pullman car purUrs and hotel Weeiwrs to dogs of any kind is well know u, and J'ete baa bad many an advenlum in his -ucouulers with these unfeeling (eople. His master and niistxese, mm ever, have a sleight of hand ritkby uitlcli they render him Invisible In-visible to all but themselves when occasion requires, and Pete alwaj s travels wlUi them in as One style as they, in spite of railroad lulea aud enmlaite grabbing baggage suuuli-cre. suuuli-cre. JuX how this Is accompluihcd is a secret which even a reporter feels bound to guard as too sacred for the lublic ear. Pv.te is al ays at the theatre when -Sir. Crane acts. He goes to bis .nailer's dressing room, curls himself him-self up in a chair, and remains there usually until the end of the play. Mr. Crane may change his Iolbcs a dozen times In the course of the play, but the dog knows every .uit, uuu never moves until his naster begius to make lha last haugu after the curtain has fallen n the last act. Then Pete arises, shakes himself, and makes ready to jike his seat lu the carriage which jrhirls him home. Occasionally he makes excursions on the stage x-tween the aits, and greets hb friends among the company. On these foraj s his ej es are kept jn all sides of him, and if Mr. lie Vere, the stajps manager, happens to appear, l'ete scampers olTinahurr to his master's dressing room. He knows that he lias no busiuetd on the stage, but he also knows that nobody but Do Vcre will fell called ju to enforce the rules. Kxcept at those tlmes.wheii a cuilty fearover-cunics fearover-cunics his natural ailection, IVte is i w inn friend of Stage Manager De Vere. 1 ne phonograph was for some time a mystery to Pete, and he eyed it ipn.ioUHy is it sent forth lis volume of found from familiar voices. On Mr. Crane's cylinders ire wuigt aud recitations by Trank Wilson, Jane Stuart, "The senator" Ulmsell, and a number of friends with whom l'ete is familiar in the dfdi. When It was first brought to his attention I'eto barked lustily at the phonograph, but he soon got used to it, nud would walk alMit unconcernedly while it was being uked, or sit sedately by aud eujoj its utterances with the guests of the family. One dayafnend of Mr. Crane's prepa red a cylinder for Pete's "pedal benefit He suddenly ended a humorous hu-morous recitation and song with the -bout: "lUre, Pete! come here, jou little scoundrel! Hkk, t'eti! 1'eU! Pitt!" The dog lunded around him in glee, but when the calls weru reieated by the phonograpli in the familiar voice of the man w ho was absent, the dog was fairly transfixed with amazement. He stared at the great funnel from which the call issued, Jumped frantically about it and whined. This was re(eated -wo or three time, while his master and inistresj, wltli their guesU jsughed loudly at his performance Thin l'ete began to meditate Vliat his line of rvasoulug a wlli jever bu know n, for with all his in lelii!?cnco Pete was dumK Ituthe evidently came to the coucIu-Ijii jji ne was being ruaJc ga.ueo! ind one day when the shrill yth 'Hire, IVti!" Ismed from tin honograph, the dog ftiled to respond re-spond in the accustomed way. He uttered a low grow I, seated lumelf gravely before the funnel, and with a sedate face sat watching It until the sounds ceased, when hn arose, grabbed a little rubber chliken aud began pbyiug with it as though nothing Iil occurred to anwe his eurioslty. He has never been deceived de-ceived by the phonograph slncc,and if his little brain is tilled with wou-Jcrwhen wou-Jcrwhen the instrument Isonc-hibition, Isonc-hibition, he exercises a remarkable elf control over his face. Pete and the phonograpli are now on equal terms. He declines to be astonLied by It. Xew 1'urL Time: |
