Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-03-20
BY JOHN sMIT.

10 the Editors Of the Independent
John SHIFTS bud of promise and
Sonny Jones are partners in an
educated, big yaIler dog, which
they have named Bob, from the
curtailment of his spinal appea-
dage. Bob is not only an intelli-
gent canine, but is really up to
snuff, and would bite such a fellow
as Bergh, for his inhumanity to-
well We were going to say his sex,
but some of tbs renowned philfuti-
bus doings would seem to point
his belonging to species of insect
gnat for example, bohbing in your
face, annoying, but harmless.
Bob's masters have sweethearts at
Madam Films, but as the young
ladies are guarded from all male
bipeds Sonny Jones and J. S.,
Jr., are compelled to resort to
stratagem, and Bob has been
taught to fix the business. When
Madam, after taking her lambs
upon a country stroll, is about to
return, suddenly a mammoth and
ferocious yaller dog attacks the van
and two Of the young ladies are SO
terribly frightened as to be utterly
unable to proceed homeward, un-
less supported by the young gen.
tlemen who, at the risk of their
own lives, had saved them from
the mad brute. Madam, thinks it,
to say the least, very singular that
the same viscious animal attacks
the same girls so often, and that
the same brave young gentlemen
are on hand to rescue them.
Sometimes Bob is made to finan-
ceir for the firm, and at such times
one of his owners will be found
lounging in store, where the pro-
prietor has an antipathy to big yal-
Ter dogs, presently Bob comes
sneaking in and curls himself right
in the shopman's way, his other
owner soon follows, pretending not
to see Bob, enters upon q CONVEX
sation about mad dogs. Bob
watches his masters and at the
proper moment utters an unearth-
Iy howl, such as superstitious peo-
pie dread to hear repeated, pres
emily the yaller dog growls and
begins frothing at the mouth, The
now Mortified merchant, who
stands agast, pale and trem bling,
offers the youthful heroes q dollar
apiece to drive the terrible brute
from his premises, they attack the
big yailer dog (but not for money
as they assure the proprietor after
he has paid the two dollars AID
after a fearful struggle he succnmbs
to tAeir prowess and The big yaller
dog sinks away to pastures new,
and two of Madam's young ladies
have plenty of bon-bons for a
week. Bob is employed as mail
carrier but never without being in
some way disguised that Madam
will not recognize him as the ter
rible big yaller dog other Saturday
afternoon Offerings. The girls
know Bob no matter how disguis-
ed, and receive and exchange mis-
sives with full assurance that the
faithful fellow will not betray his
trust. When Blobb's boy, called
Sonny Jones girl blear-eyed, and
then found himself, with his Mas
new china pitcher and a gallon Of
the best honey-drips tripped over
Bob-of course, it wasn't Sonny
Johns fault. And when ugly Mrs.
Cugg threatened to scald j. s., Jr.,
for eating her hopeful's mince pie
out of his dinner kettle, i'll the old
log school house, could any body
blame him because Bob rolled III
the mud and used the lady's high
priced, washed, new linen
without seam in the midle) just
hung up so dry, sheets, for a place
to shake the mud off.