, 1873-08-24
though no darod not livo thoro, but mist turn
our backs upon 1t and ita bountiful proyider,",
cREEpER's HYDR0pHoBlA.
Aeomnrl<nb1o Experience OF a New
York Herald 1kgrortpr.

II VAS about o'clock in tho morning. Tho
penor haa gone to prose, and the elanking Of tho
tho roam, mingled With tho roar Of onrly market
yohiolea In tho Btroet. It WAS habit of tho
foroo to sit around for NJ, hour or two, s1uok-
Ing md exchanging lies, aftor tho work WAS
eeSs 1e" sas s9ns ta of to re esa s s Ts @
how lnborious md o1hausting tho work Ind
boon, tho boys all aoenlod to got their 1secoud
"a. ,T.skofal; Lounging about tho doyks, OF s!t-
aiis, tho statt indslsod IL IL - W!ae sid Yang" range
Of dlhousaion, embracing all tho To-
col topics, Ind often degonorattng into sol,atl." "
On tho night In question the subject happened
dog NJ aeood oro oa FSav
tho Hydra, so-called on account OF the num-
Of heads that had bcen nut On him. lend tie
conversation to tho subject ct hydrorhobia. and
we wcro hll narrowed up in tho most diBtreaBing
Of that d,atrossing dlaesso. Finally tho " Oroop4
or" who had heretofore emoked Ills cigar In
sslonce, occasionally mixing little Of tho old
fronohmAn's Frontignnn with On eqnat quantity
ct Of Whisky in glans and drinking y, spoko.
Tho Oreepor Nas u new accession 10 tho forco,
and came to ua all aoody and rod-eyed with irdi-
cations ot recent " wnllow in tho slough Of
desmond, Wooalled him the Oroepcr on account
Of hfH soft, cnt-liko trend. He was usually roti-
tho oonvergatlon, and the Inspiration Of tic
mixed Fontignan and Bourbon neemod to have
inspired him.
"Boys,' said tho oreepor,. IT hare listonod to
your conversation with painful interest. For
phobia. am glad none Of you hare quoted
Yonatt, who was tho intermittent har on earth.
But, boys you can't loarn oil about hydrophobia
from books and paporB, or oyen from observa-
tion. Thoro ia ono thing lacking and IN thRt I
We all etarted, and looked to soo il the Oreop-
ct Uas qni2zinH na.
:. Ihe .5hst I'll you haVe'"said tho chief "rell
''WeiI, It was hevoral yeara ago when first
me little Scotch terrier which Ia raised from
pup. and to which was very much attached. I
got work on tho Herald and doucod hard work
n'drF 91d poor Ray II was TO- can to'5 YOU
cd country, you know, and eouldn't COM
poto with. tho cursed fankoe reporters, wllo
snapped up everything ahead OF mo, aud rushed
IN With It. You must know reporter ia R'kind
Of detached pirate. who cr1isos around on his
own hook and only gets paid tor what ho gota
in. some weeks he may bo In luck, whilo othor
weeks ho atnrves. Woll, mo and Prince (thnt
WAS tho dog) had pretty hard timo Of 1t, md
woro kicked ont Of ono boartling-houao hfter
another until finally We took All airy eky-light
room In tho sixth story Of Division street
1odgiug-houac, aud took our ;n,ene whoroyor ve
could get 'oul. One day bocamo discouraged
afsor thFoe-daysr fast, and began to think OF
nnad}3 aaiJ nv t,1,,,st t'1o' ,t ~.
jrn.r, ~ pr;r',o ,aari ~, ssosi, " ssaIYo OF
from want Of food, ho started down. "Whore
ohoyso R,a lid, hororo coI op orraat TN o
.,.s Torn 'un 1an Insa.t. M thnunht Evar
liz t koaated III clity i If the dnc ia nv.h. Int
did moor Prince "a iuiuatlco, aa subsequently
appeared. In about fifteen minutes he rot11rn-
cd, slowly dragging with him beofHteak wcigh-
{,%r thran ,Sa In 1nf
faet. e and and then fantoI from exhaustion. After
os.ing shout = pouud Of raw boofstenk, I throw
come wator on Prince. and revived him. after
Witch | wo dlspoHod Of tho balance Of tho beef b.
twoen ] us and fo}t bottdr. Of conrae 1 know
1,r;nca Ind stoion tho maat rom thn hntchnr
around tha ] corner Int a ataryine man has no
conscionco and hot only failed to reproyo him,
hut absolutely encouraged him. I also took him
thst W. Ind 10th bssu1 aud meat. No 0ot along
nicetv for aomn wcnJ,a h,1t onc div I,ritico camo
homo covered with blood and without any steak
or broad and with M tnil to sneak NJ. Tho
@ rinr Tic % butchor th ri Ind cansht him in t6o
act. and with bis clcayer lad wlacEed OF
iii orran ~ ,eneaoh> shci a a;,ont toar and
proceeded m to do IN Tho gory remnant 10 Hussia
salyo. Poor Prince, however, laug1lshod aud
his Install tail ho % bit NC ia tho hand. It was @ s!ight
wound. SCARCELY breaking tho ukin. and paid
M attnntinn tn II. In t]ay or Two rrnco dad.
md + took linn ont az uielt and secrotly burioi
Inn ia tho earbaga- a-barroi. @'~~
u Abont threo weoks Ind psBsed uinco prfnce's
death. NV o1faira Ind matorially Improved.
Iad vritton IN a slroo-coIumn Iottor from South
Africa r n which PLEASED old Bonnett very much, On
Account Of The lucid mauner in which it OK
nlninoi rhe situation in tbat mart of tho country
snd ho had taken me regularly on tho stan At i
fair snlary. to Erito foreign oorroapond-
anco. | had ioft tho Diyisiou-stroot
rookery. and vas living in a ciyilizod
sort of way. ono morning while hoist
inn In m enfIy cookta;l preparatory to writing IN
nv Pataroninn corresnondence. I Ioxnoriouced q
vGrv neoiYliar slni},ler as tho iluid touched nv
Ina rThoro waa really notLinr in #. IL, far AZ
could see, any moro than one Of tleao cold ehiy-
era wl,ioll occasionallY run down the spine OF a
msn's hack avon in hot wentIer: and yot there
saernod to be- something moro Of It. too. il /
could only have got at it. I thought about tho
thinc In tho morning, a,ld tho thing hogan to
grnw ,,non ma unti finnlly I concluded to try
eenothor cnoktail No sooner had tho liouid
tnnej,ed nv IiDs thau tho SILVER was ropeatpd,
WITH yrentsr foroo. This time it Was aort Of
snssm' Or ralynpio shock, that ran through mo,
and nv tooth fastonod with click on tho rim OF
the tumbior. as Tia cocktail went homo. I uat
tho tumhier down and moditetod, caught sight