Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-04-25
s.s,,.lrs' Fog.
By MAX ADELER. !

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We dill. not want to take Simms's dog
home for Finn; but Sinms Insisted upon it.
He want d 10 go somewhere to meet Il man
and 50 he placed one end Of the chain in our
hand, and lets before We had time 10 renoil-
strase. 50, as it was absolutely necessary ,tts
do something with the dog, we concluded
that it would be better to do rs SiinEis sug-
gesTed. ainltake Him homes He was A large
dog, and his temper was nc. of angelic sweet
ness. When we started home with him, he
seemed disnclined to 60. He appeared to
entertain a preference for lying down and
thinking probably about the sucehIenee ani
julcincss OF the bites lie had taken cont Of
various human legs during his career. When
we pulled at the cham ls gr0wled. Whcn
We Whistlcd he rose and shook up tho hair
we attempted to drag him along by force he
flew at our leg and attempted to help himself
| to nn uthful, SO that he could in future
have another cherished recollection upon
which to muse and ponder. We lodged him
and seized a cane, one end Of which we III
serted in his collar, 50 that he could he kept
at n safe. distance. Then he was suddenly
seized with a intense yearliing 70 reach
Simms house at once, and he started with IL
Jump. i sr threc. or four huatred yards the
procession went OH smoothly enough; but
we should, perha S. have gore more rapidly
towards Simms' if the dog had not been pos
sessed by an irresistible desire to be socable
with every other dog that came within q
square of him. Tssf
Once Simms' dog obtained too much socia
biity. There was a bigger dog, which seem
ed more anxious to commune With Simms
dog than the lattcr did with him. The brie
interview ended with a fight. We wt're 81
imuch interested that when iIostiities began
we climbed impetuously oyer fence, ii
order. as 1t were, to obtain I; better stand
| point from which to view the conflict. WI
watched the fray from the other side, Will,
we passed the chain betweeo the panels anc
endeavored to sootll the excited passions o
| the parties. Simms' dog. we regret to s'y
whipped. Then we concluded to vary thu
exercises a llttie-by starting tor home ag air
But the blood of Simm>' dog was up. AS
| soon as we began to cross the tence he mad,
such savage demonstrations at us that W.
| thought 1t would be 4 suicide to get dow.
among him, we determined to remain
where we where. But Simms' animal wa
animated by aggressive zeal. If we woul'
not go to him he would to us. So he begtl
! to crawl through tie fent 1T the panel thro
which his chain went. just as he completed
hess To TryU urffeT- of1rrnJ-
/ surprised and gfieYed, but he emitted sag
age growl and began to crawl back again.
seemed then rs if considerations OF stricti
PERSONAL but very urgent nature required INA
we should return to the previous siaeE OF TN
fence aud when we did,. Silnms' deg seem
ed to regard 1t as a sacred duty to climb bac
at once. We Ikea dog ohaye perseverance
and determination. and Simms' dog had. a
/ these gymnastics were FAST becoming mono1
onous, we concluded to vary them, 50 W
let the dog 90 and repaired to Il nclghborn
| tree. AS soon as the dog arrived he gaze
upward for awhile and drank in the scene
4 Then he seemed satisfied, and lay down
the foot of the tree to wait till We deseendet
He stayed there tour hours and SO did W.
We couldn't desert such a faithful dog as tina
AT the end of that time Simms hove in Sigh
and. standing there beneath the out-spreat
iuo branches of that noble old monarch I
1.-THE forest, turned his face upward and abuse
us seurrilously ior not bringing home b
dog, as we had promised to do, intimatlng
the same time his belief that We cherished
intention to steal the brute. We shouldhaS
dropped OH Sinlms ead:nd crushed him
, the earth if hls dog hadn't been there. AS
was, we overlooked the insult. and he wei
home with his menagerie. The next time
have dog tostakc home we shall kill hi
before we start.