The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-06-12
d-dog with man like you, anyway.
And the six dogs fell into line ana trot


d-dog with man like you, anyway.
And the six dogs fell into line ana trotteo
down the street after him.
had NOT fairly got into the house before
there was another ring. Seedy looking man
with a semi-decayed yellow dog. His ribs
s,nck out SO that he looked as if he had gor-
aed himself with spiral spring..
"You advertised for dog, belieye. Well
caught him around here in the aiey AFTER
desperate struggle. Fine dog, SUI.
aWell. don't think he is. He looks to me
os IL ha = asn;t well. He is to ETHEREAL for this
World yonuc mau, depend, upon it"
"u sNot Of ali. sir. Only shedding his coat,
s;r. N GOOD dogs do at this time OF the year.
See that, sir" said the seedy caucasrian, ho-
ding the dog by the cuff of the neck. see
how he ye'ps that's sign OF pluck; that dog
would fight million wild cats ne "ouiu' anu
lick 'em too, sir"
( i go q ont ~ / exclaimed AMI the dog put
his tail between his legs and ran for the gate.
eSee that. sir Z? see that?' said the man, as
he seized him. sthats sign he's well trained !;
no raw dog behaves like that, want you to
know Now s'pose you fork over that hve..,
"Not much | don't want him, my friend.
sYon won't do it +? We'll, then, take nun !.
for seventy five cents and say no more auo W. ~
He's valuable animal. Youii ne'e-
other such chance"
Il
aWell Son,t them said the man, as he
l,;obad ~ oa;n,aI over my fiower-p0ts, and
hr-.,so e. Of them, while the brute dashed
,ns1ir dawn the middle OF the street.
in@ T,,St then a big rufiian in a SLOUGH hat
oon mel ND with bull dog, sprung in the knees,
and lamenting the entire loss OF his tail.
When the ruffian spoke TO him he wagged
the whole of the last half of him,
1--we brought you that dog" was the OBJ
servation made by the rufiian; and I'll niger
them there stamps, recon-"
"My FREUD" said ], 't..ats not my dog"
6. Yes it is, though"
but it is not" -,
"Don,t tell you it Is. Didn't you say. the
lip OF his tail was gone? Well, just look at
him, will you?'
B Well, won't have him, anyhow"
"You want to cheat me, do you? I'll Tx
you. S sick him, Bull p said this outraged
us ruffian, as the dog flew at me, giving me
barely time to get inside and shut the dool
on his frontispiece. guess squeezed the
nose off of that dog. But the man cursed me
for about five minutes, and then flung a blisi
at the door and went away.
In less than five minutes another ring
Small, pock-marked man in red shirt this
time.s Had speckled dog, that looked as i
he had been out without an umbrella when it
was raining ink Says this victim OF the
smallpox:
"Yon know that dog you advertised for?
Well, here he is"
so pshawl0 said 1; "you know that ISM
my dog" -,
at is" said |. M
swell, then, this here is the dog. He's thu
best ratter you ever seen. Sings them arount
| like he was amusing himself, he does, and
But he is not my dog"
"And he is bully watch dog. Look a
| him! Look at him now-he's watching now
| Why. he'll sit there and watch until he zoe.
| stone blind, he will. He'll watch all hight j
| you only let him. You never see a watcher
like him. Plljust chain him up while you g
in and get the v"
mo, you needn't said 1. 'I.ll blow hi.
brains out if you don't take him away"
swell, say, stranger, I'm little strapped
to-day; jest lend me a five on him this morn
ing, will you? I'll pay you tomorrow"
See here, now; you just get out of here
or I'll take the hide off of you." said, for
began to get excited, you know.
"Aw! you amt worth a cent, you actually
ain't," said the pock-marked man, as h
walked of, after clipping the dog oser tn
head with one ofmy fence palm s, and thel
| putting his fingers up to his nose.
Not minute after up comes man witt
| O mastif as big as small horse.
| "Say, boss, want that five," was all he re
marksd by way OF introducing the subject.
well, you can't get it, and if you dom
leave III call the police" exclaimed il des
| pair.
Watch him, Zip?" said the man, instant
ly, and the dog flew at me, threw me down
and bit slice of muscle out of my leg, an,
disfgured my nose for life. Then the assas
sin who owned him called him eff, an,
went away laughing.
| didn't answer any more rings that day
| but about four o'clock i'll the afternoon look
ed out of the second-story window and tn
yard was full of men with all kinds of dogs
Black dogs, white dogs, yellow dogs, varie ga
ted dogs, hea-bitten dogs, dogs with tails
dogs without tails, rat-terriers, bull pups
poodles, fox hounds, spaniels, Newfound
lands, mixed breeds, pointers, settlers, and
multitude of other varieties. all growlins
| yelping, barking, swapping and jumLin
| about, until there wasn't flower pot left il
the place, and The noise was worse than
| menagerie at meal time.
i haven't got my dog yet. / dom. wan
him either. don't care if never see anoth
er dog between this and the silent grave.
only wish that all the dogs from here to Rus
sian America were collected into conventlo
and had hold of that man with the mast f
that they might gnaw on him until he hadtr
morsel of meat lett ON his skeleton. Tha
is all want in the dog line in this world.