The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-04
How SMILES inundated the Dog.

Sniffies, who lives in the Third Ward,
read in some book that in tho Hima.
Iaya Mountains, where the dogs are ex-
ceedingIy ferocious, travellers provide
themselves with 3 pair of hugo Cog
giles, and when they see dog in the
way they put them on and walk stead
ily toward the animal without saying a
word. The dog bristles up and stares
hard for q moment, and then all at once
it willis and sinks away. Now, Snif.
fles, in going to and from his home,
was compelled to pass house that had
savage bulldog among its regular
boarders, and it had often chased him q
block or two late at night, baying deep
mouthei welcome as he drew near
home. Once he left quito hunk OF
coat tail in the dogs teeth as he jumped
bis own fence, and Snitt1es swOre that
the next coat he had made should be
ornanented with dog buttons against
q similar experience.
The expedient of the goggles struck
Sniff1es as an exceedingly happy one.
and he determined to try it. So the
first time that he went down town he
invested in the biggest pair of goggles
he could find, and green at that, in case
he might meet any green dog IN his
travels that needed quailing. Sniffles
went home earlier than usual that after
noon. so anxious wa- re 10 try the new
method on that doc. He met several
inferior pups on the cate, and, putting
on the goggles, they Imediately scamp
cred away, but they might have done
that any way, YOU can't tell. Where
one oogwood smother dog would't
Reaching the vicinity of the house where
the bulldog put up. SnitfieS adjusted the
goggles and moved cautiously along,
keeping a sharp eye-!n fact a big pair
of goggle-eyes-upon the well-known
spot IN the fence where there was a
picket gone Che could picket out in the
dark through which he had seen his
canine adversary so often emerge. He
paused about twenty feet away, fear
ing that If be was too near when the
dog bounced out, he wouldn't observe
the goggles at all and would be far
along in his repast before he could call
his attention to them.
Snifiies waited and waited, bat no dog
At length he grew weary of
watching and waiting, and began to
whistle for him. Then he said, "Come,
doggy, doggy, doggy" in low, gentle
tones, and finally, as there was no re-
Spouse, he yelled out, "Come out of
there, you son ofa-gun DARRELL" As
this failed to fetch him, Snitfies walked
boldly up to the fence and looked over,
and there lay the dog on the front step
summing himself, with both eyes shut.
As Sniff,es contemplated him in lanEuid
repose, he wondered why be had been
afraid of him at all, and felt ashamed
that he had been such a coward as to
run away from him in the first place.
"But I'll give the brute scare, any
how" thought Snifles. So he walked
boldly through the gate, oil goggled as
he was, and gave little yell TO rouse
the creature up.
The dog, awakened suddenly from .
pleasant dream Of tearing the watch
dogs honest bark of some wayfarers
leg, seemed confused for moment.
His FIRST impression Was that he was .
performer in some amateur dog show,
and that . big pair Of opera glasses
we're leselled At him from the gallery
Then be didn't know but that photo
grapher with double camera was en-
to take his dogarytype. But
il wasn't long before his intellect
came TO his rescue. In the meantime
Snifnes Vas staring - hard as be could
his goggles, trying TO eonces-
Iyate in bic case Ill the stern iniimi-
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