Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-06-25
The Difficulty abou! that Dog.

LosT.-On the 10th instant, small Ter
Iier dog, with brass collar upon his neck,
and the tip of his tail gone. Answers to
the na1oe OF " Jack" Five dollars reward
will be given. to the person who returns
| him 10 John Quill, No. 81 Rickety Row.
[ inserted the above in the Daily Flip
flap, in the hope that [ might recover the
animal to which [ was SO much attached.
The EIipfap goes to press at q. M. At
hat-past six / was awakened by pull at
my door-bell. [ got out and opened the
standing in my front yard with mangrel
dog. tied to a rope. He eazed up and
| observed
Hello . are you the fellow who lost a
dorg ?"
Yes / am
Well. then, I've fetched him, said the
man.
] then explained to this wretched human
being that my dog was terrier, while his
looked more like a log of wood with half
the bark Off and propped up on four sticks,
than dog of any kind.
Well, amt you Il going to take him?"
- wouldn't have him as gift. And l
want you to move off now, OF TIL call the
police
Now, guess you think you're smart,
don you ? I'D bust you over the jaw for
five cent, l wonld. You don't know good
doIg when you SEQ him, you don't" and
be went oni, after ripping the palings off
the fence.
In about half hour there was another
ring at the bell. / went down. There
was a man with si5 dogs of Il variety of
breeds.
"Wn-wh- which of ems him, boss" "
said this fellow, for he suffered as if he
would strangle on small syllable.
'Neither of them"
"Y-you said his n na name was I-Jack,
d-didr-' you ?"
Yes, that s it.
W-well, then, VIII VIII what dye call
th-that p says he, as he sung out Jack"
and the whole six dogs looked up and
wagged their tails like lot of spawned
oxen in fly time.
"Why, [ call it confounded nonsense to
expect NE to take the whole six dogs be-
cause they re named Jack. l don't want
to start sausage mill, you understand
Mince meat isn't in my line
"Ww-w-well, amt you going to take
him 9"
Certainly not; do you suppose am
gibbering idiot ?"
"W-v- we'll, you sh-shant have him
81 l.
q decent d-dog with nm man like you,
anyway"
And the SIX CANNES fell into line and
trotted down the street after him.
I had not got fairly into the house be-
fore there was another ring. Seedy- look
ing man with semi-decayed yellow-dog.
His ribs stuck out so, that he looked as if
he hod gorged himself with spiral spring.
''You advertised for dog, [ believe
Well, caught him around here in the
alley, after desperate struggle. Fine dog,
SIR"
"Well, don't think he is. He looks to
me as if he wasn't we'll. He is too ETHEREAL
for this world. young man, depend upon
it,"
Not at all, sir; only shedding his coat,
sir; all good dogs do that at this time of
the year. See that, sir," said this seedy
Caucasian, holding the dog blythe cuff of
his neck. See how he yelps-that's sign
of pluck; that dog would fight million
wild CATS he would, and lick 'em too, sir. "
''Get out I" exclaimed, and the dog put
his tail between his legs and ran for the
gate.
''See that, sir, see that" said the man,
as he seized him, "that's a sign he's we'll
trained; no raw dog behaves like that, l
want you to know. Now 'spose you fork
over that five"
Not much 1 don't want him, my
friend"
You won't do it? Well, then take him
for seventy-fve cents, and say no more
about it, He's valuable animal. You'll
never get another such q chance.
81 tell you [ won't have him.
''Well, don't them" said the man, as he
kicked the animal over on my flower pots,
and broke three of them, while the brute
dashed madly down the middle of the
street."
just then a big ruttian III slonch hat
came up with big bulldog, sprung in
the knees, and lamenting the eutire loss
of his tail. When the rufiau spoke to
him, he wagged the whole OF the last half
of him.
I've brought that there dog, said the
man, land I'll finger them there stamps,
/ reckon
my friend. said 1, hat is not my
dog
But it is not
Don't tell you it is Didn't you soy
the tip of his tail was gone Well, just
look at him, Will you . r. 4.-. .-
''Wen, won't have him, anyhow
"You want to cheat me, do you ? I'll
fix you. S-sick him, Bull 80 said this out
rageous ruffisn, as the dog few at me, Civ
ing me barely time to get inside and shut
the door on his frontispiece. l guess /
squeezed the nose off of that dog. The
man cursed me for about five minutes, and
then flung brick at the door, and went
away. In less than twenty minutes another
ring. Small pock-marked man in q red
shirt, this time. Had q speckled dog that