Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-07-08

raw dog behaves like that, I want you to know
Now s'pose you fork over that FIVE.
'sNot much don't want him, my friend. "
''You won't do it? Well then take him fo
seventy-Gve cents, and say no more about it. He
valuable animal. You'll never get another sue
chance"
II tell you won't have him."
'sWen don't then," said the man, as he kicke
the animal over on my fower-pots and broke thre
Of them, while the brute dashed madly down tn
middle Of the street.
Just then big rnffian in slouch hat came VI
with bulldog, sprung in the knees, and lament
ing the entire loss of his tail. When the rufha
spoke to him he wagged the whole Of the last hal
of him.
"I've brought that there dog, was the observa
tion made by the rufian, land Iii finger then
there stamps, reckon"
"My friend" said I, that is not my dog"
eyes, it is, though"
"But it is not.
'tDon't tell you it is? Didn't you say the til
of his tail was gone? Well just look at him, Wi
your"
"Well, won't have him anyhow. %
"You want to cheat me, do you? I'll fix you
S-sick him, Bull2' said this outrageous rufhan, a
the dog flew at me, giving me barely time to &c
inside and shut the door on his frontispice 1gues
I squeezed the nose off of that dog But the ma
cursed me about five minutes, and then flung
brick at the door and went away. s..
In less then twenty minutes another ring. Smal
pock.marked man in red shirt, this time. AM
a speckled dog that looked as if he had been on
without an umbrella when it was raining ink. Say
this victim of the smallpox:
-"You know that dog you advertised for? Well
here he is"
80 pshaw p said I, "you know that isn't m!
dog"
SYour names Quill, amt it9"
1T is," said L
"Well, then, this here is the dog. He's the bes
ratter you ever seen. Sling them around like b.
was amusin' hissef, he does, and"
but he is not my dog
"And he's a bully watch dog. Look at him
Look at him now-he's watching now! Why, he
sit there and watch and watch, until be goes ston
blind, he will. You never see watcher like him
I'll just chain him up while you 60 in and get tn
""
mo, YOU needn't" said I, "In blow his brain
out if you don't take him away.
"Well, say, stranger I'm a little strapped to
day; jest lend me FIVE on him this morning, vii
you? I'll pay you tomorrow"
eSee here, now, you jest get out of here, or LII
take the hide off of you" said, forI to go
excited you know.
cav you amt worth cent, you actually amt,
said the pock- marked man, as he walked of, aftel
clipping the dog over the head with one Of m!
fence palings, and then putting his fingers up II
his nose.
Not a minute after up comes man with
mastiff as big as small horse.
'Say, boss, want that FIVE, p" was llhe remark
ed by way of introducing the subject.
"Well, you can't get it, and fyou don't leav'
I'll call the police exclaimed in despair.
'sWatch him Zip!" said the man instal. ,ly, ane
the dog flew at me, threw me down, and bit slic
Of muscle out of my leg, and dis6gured my nos
for life Then the assassin who owned him calle'
him off and went away laughing.
I didn't answer any more rings that day, bu
about four o'clock in the afternoon looked out o
the second story window, and the yard was full
men with all kinds of dogs Black dogs, whit
dogs, yellow dogs, variegated dogs, Aea-bitten dogs
dogs with tails dogs without tails, ratterriers bu
pups, poodles fox hounds, spaniels, Newfound
lands, mixed breeds, pointers, settlers, and
multitude of other varieties, all growing, yelping
barking, swapping and jumping about, until ther
wasn't flower pot left in the place, and the nols
was worse than menagerie at meal time.
havn't got my dog yet. don't want him
either. don't care if I never see another do
between this and the silent grave. l only wis
that all the dogs from here to Russian Americ
were collected into convention, and had hold Q
that man with mastiff, the that they might gnay
on him until he hadn't morsel of meat left on hi
skeleton That is all want in the dog line in thi
world