The Placer herald., 1870-08-20
A DIFFICULTY ABOUT A DOG,
This was the cause of all the trouble

flve dollars reward will be given to the person
who returns him to John Quills, No. 4S Rickety
Row.
inserted the above in the Daily Fhpfap
in the hope that might recover the animal
20 which was much attached The Flip
flap goes to press at A. NJ At half-past
SIX was awakened by pull at my door
bell. l got out of my bed and opened the
window. AS looked out | saw man
standing in my front yard with mongrel
dog tied to rope. He gazed up and OBJ
served:
Hello! l say, are you the feller who lost
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 hit
looked more like a log of wood with the bark
knocked off and propped upon four sticks
,han dog of any kind.
"Well, amt you going to take him.
81 wouldn't take him as a gift And !
want you to move off now, or I'll call the
police.
CHOW guess you think you are smart,
don't you? I'd bust you over the jaw fol
live cents, would. You don't know a
good dorg when you see him, you don't, +"
and he went out ripping the pailings off the
fence. In about half AN hour there was an
other ring at the bell, went down. There
was man with six dogs of variety OF
breeds.
"Wh-which of ems him, b-b-boss, said
this feller, for he suffered as if he would
strangle on a small syllable.
"Neither of them. %
"Y-you said his n-na-name was J-Jack
d-didn't you?"
eyes, that's it.
"W-well then wh-wh-what do you call
th-that?' says he, as he sung out "Jack i"
md the whole six dogs looked up and wag-
5ed their tails like a lot of spawned oxen in
lily time.
"Why, | call it confounded nonsense to
expect me to take the whole six dogs because
they're named Jack don't want to
start sausage mill, you understand. Mince
meat isn't in my line.
"W-well amt you goin' to take hm?"
Certainly not; do you suppose that l am
a gibbering idiot?'
'W-w-well, you shant have him now if
you want him. ! w-wouldn't trust decent
d-d-dog with a m-man like you anyway"
And the six CANNES fell into line and trot
ted down the street after him. | had not
fairly got into the house before there was
another ring, Seedy looking man with "a
semi-dccayed yellow dog His ribs stuck
out So that lie looked as if he had gorged
himself with spiral spring.
''You advertised for "a 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
Tor this world, young man, depend upon it %
"Oh, not at all, sir. Only shedding his
coat, sir; all dogs do it at this time of year.
See that sir; said the seedy Caucasian,
holding the dog by the cuff of the neck
"See how he yelps; that's a sign of pluck
that would fight million wild cats, he
would and lick 'em, too, sir.
''Get out" | 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 sign he's well trained
no raw dog behaves like that, | want you
10 know. Now suppose you fork over thai
i've.
''Not much! don't want him at all my
friend"
"Wont do it? Well, then take him fol
seventy-hve cents, and say no more about it.
He's "a valuable animal. You'll never get
mother such chance"
81 tell you won't have him.
"Wel, don't then, said the man as he
kicked the animal over on my flower pots
and broke three of them, while the brute
iashed madly down the middle of the street.
just then "A big ruian in a slouch hat
came up with bull dog, sprung in the kneer
md lameuting the entire loss of his tail
" hen the rutfan spoke to him he wagged
he whole of the last half of him.
81 brought that there dog, " was the OBJ
.ervation made by the rufiian, 'and Ill fin
ger them there stamps, reckon"
@ My friend, said |, 'that is not my dog"
"Yes it is, though.
But it is not -
'Don't tell you it is? Didn't you say
he tip of his tail was gone? Well just
look at him, will you?"
Well, won't have him anyhow"
''You want to cheat me do you? I'll fix
you. Sick him bullp' said the outrageous
rutian, as the dog flew at me, giving me
barely time to get inside and shut the door
on his frontspiece guess l squeezed the
nose of that dog. But the man cursed for
.bout five minutes then slung brick at the
loor and finally went away.
In less than twenty mnutes another ring
A small pock-marked man in red shirt,
his time. He had speckled dog that
ooked as if he had been out without an UNI
,rella when it was raining ink; says this vic
tim of smallpox
"You know that dog you advertised for?
Well, here he is"
"Oh, pshaw!'' said l, ''you know that
isn't my dog
"Your names Quill, amt itP"