Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-07
My Pet Terrier.

Tow-row, genuine wire-haired ter
rier of dark golden yellow, with white
frill and toes, was bred in the stable
yard of one Of Lord Lilfords country
seats.
1t was at the Star Inn, Weymouth,
kept by Freddy, that I made acquaint-
ance with Tow-row as pup. He took
liking to me instantly-always accom-.
panied me to my room and shared my
dinner. Experience taught him that
as soon as my own appetite was ap-
peased his would be attended to, SO he
would quietly sleep on the sofa until
his meal was ready. As he was highly
valued as we'll as valuable the street
was forbidden ground, ana though he
kept at my heel constantly he never
would follow me hey ond the doorstep.
When he was about six months old I
sent FAY portmanteau one evening from
the station to the Star by porter, as I
was going to stop there for the night.
l told the man to put it into my bed
room, and get glass of beer for his
trouble. On my arrival, 1 found the
dog sitting on the portmanteau, which
he had never seen before, with glazing
eyes and teeth displayed, daring any
one to touch it. BY what instinct he
had recognized it as mine is a mystery.
Freddy died, after q long illness,
and on his death bed enjoined his wife
to ask me to take the dog. I was glad
to receive the old mans legacy, and on
leaving the house Tow-row, for the first
time, paused not on the threshold, but
without the slightest encouragement
from me, gaily trotted ON to the station.
On getting home, I was obliged to show
him the whole house before he would
settle down sufficiently to eat his sup
per. He was soon in his glory, for 1
was troubled with rats, and with I'M
wearied patience he sat, hour after
hour, waiting for the vermin. and
speedily cleared the premises. His at
tachment to me was without limit, and
Sunday was day of sorrow and afflic-
tiou, because he was not permitted to
follow me to church. He knew the
day as we'll as l did, and after the first
check never attempted to 60 out with
me.
Once he bit me by accident, and I
shall never forget his grief and contri.
ton. He had got the bone of mutton
chop fixed in his palate, and came to
me in distress. In snatching eagerly
at the bone as removed it with pair
of forceps, he gave me a severe bite.
l could not scold him it was an acct
dent. He lay down on my feet, and as
clearly ex pressed his sorrow as If en-.
dowed with reason, and for days after
ward, as long as wore bandage on
my hand. he would sit and look ut me
with a subdued air that was touchingly
expressive of his regret.
The best of friends must sometimes
be separated, and when I Moved to
London, where l could not take him, l
put him with my sister.in-law, who
valued him AS much As l did. had
some misgivings, for there was another
dog in the house, little insolent mon
grel. OF course, as expected, Bruce,
on the first day, attempted to apprOpri-
ate bone. TOw-row seizad him by the
neck, shook him as he would rat. and
carried him out OF the room. This
taught the poor animal his place and
rank at once. He Was little cur, but
Tow protected him and fought in his
defence only too often. There was
wide, marshy ditch across one of the
adjacent fields, and if, during walk,
he could not induce the little brute to
cross it he would forfeit his own run
and 60 back home with the little cow
ard Lind and Water.