"Golly!" exclaimed the Buckee, when himself, mule and cart were back into the street. "I fought de ladies were scared ob dis chile, first sight; but I never knowed de ladies to be scared ob a hansum darky like me; and when I looked round an' see dat ar' mules coming into der mill'ner's store--O, yah, yah, yah! I shall die--O, yah, yah, yah!--de Lor'--to only fink ob it, a mule in a mill'ner's shop--he wants muslin--O, yah, yah! I shall die, sure." Then, after a few more outbursts, he stopped short--for the milliner was looking after the box--he rolled up his eyes very solemnly, and said to the donkey,-- "Yer ought to be 'shamed ob yerself to go into dat yer store--dar, take dat!" levelling a blow at the donkey's head with the whip. Then taking the box into the store, he returned, gave the donkey another solemn lecture on his impropriety, and mounted the dray and drove away. THE CONSULTING POODLES. A gentleman well known to the writer assured me that he once had occasion to repeatedly consult a physician in Philadelphia, a most excellent practitioner, who owned two pet poodle dogs. They were pure white, and occupied a portion of his office. When I first entered the doctor's presence, I was quite astonished to see, sitting on a corner of his desk, at his left, a beautiful poodle. I thought, at first sight, it was a stuffed specimen; but after inquiring the nature of my visit, the doctor said, "You can retire, sir." "What!" said I, in surprise at this summary dismissal, when I was startled to see the manikin jump from the desk and run away to a crib beside a book-case. [Illustration: DR. HUNTER IN CONSULTATION.] "I was speaking to Dr. Scipio," the doctor quietly remarked. Then adding, "Dr. Hunter, you can come instead," when another like poodle came and leaped upon the desk, and sat looking very wisely at his master. While examining my case, he occasionally cast a glance at "Dr. Hunter," sitting as quiet as a marble dog might, but seeming to understand the look which his master gave him, acknowledging it by a pricking up of the ears. I received my prescription, and what proved to be most excellent advice, and retired. The next time I visited the eccentric doctor, both Drs. Scipio and Hunter were in full consultation, sitting side by side on the desk. "Now, sirs," said the doctor, after motioning me to a seat near him, "sirs Scipio and Hunter, keep very still, and give attention." A yawning noise and expression was their simultaneous reply. "What is the object of the two canine specimens being always present when I have consulted you?" I ventured to inquire, on my last visit to the doctor. "Some physicians consult two-legged pups, in complicated cases. I prefer quadrupeds. Have we not been very successful--myself, Drs. Hunter and Scipio--in your case, sir?" This he said with a pleasant, half-serious countenance. "Indeed, you have, sir," I replied, to which the dogs gave a gap! (a smile?)