The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-09-11
A Painted Dog.

A man down in East End layished
small slice Of bis bank account, the
other day, in the purchase Of a coach
dog. He heard it was the swell 20 in
Europe 10 own coach dogs. Every lord
oi the realm owned one. So nv bought
the dog at round price and brought
him home. Next day he got out his
coach, and tied the pup under it as a
preparatory step in the young CANNES
education.
Now there were two immensely in
terested spectators 10 the preparations
Tor the training Two mongrel ours
next door we're watching things, and,
Selling up the carriage pup. they finally
winked at each other, aud said. in dog
language, a guess we're about one
pound heavier than that brute; let's
chew his hide off,
The coach started, and the coach dog.
which being attached by chain, as a
natural consequence started, too. Just
as the coach was gaining impetus, the
mongrel ours made dash at the thor
oughbred, and the next few seconds
were fraught with frightful bowls, yells
and shrieks. BY the time the coacher
got down Ia the rescue of his blooded
pet the damage was done. The doc
had plenty OF coaching for one day,
and he concluded he would not 90 an
other step unless the chain and axle
dragged him. "S'molher day, them"
said the owner, as he ran his coach in
the stable, and put his pup on ice to
cool of. Next day was but repetition
OF the former days trouble. The mon.
grels were "laying" for the high-fangled
quadruped, and they licked him again.
1t now became matter Of fighting
two dogs with one, rather than train
ing a coacher, and the gentleman grew
respondent. One day he met friend.
A happy thought struck him. Would
his friend lend him that bull dog for
just one day. He would. Bull was
taken to the coacber's house, and an
artist called in. Brush and paints were
brought into use, and in less than a
jiffy Bull was fac smile of the coach
dog. Without waiting for paint to dry
on Bulls hide, the experimenter HE'D
him off, and rugged up his coach. Then
Bull was led out and tied to the axle
without chain, but q wee bit of
string that wouldn't embarrass him in
case of an assault from an unknown
foe.
The two mongrel dogs, as usual, were
watching things with smiles on their
benign faces.
Said one OF them: well, the gol
danled fool! does he want US to eat
that dogp"
81 guess we might as we'll kill him
this time,' said the other, licking his
chops.
might as we'll chew of couple Of
his legs, at least" said the first, '.for
he'll never tumble till we do. Look out;
here he comesr' eH
Then they jumped on him.
Such yelling as that which followed
fast and furious was never heard be.
fore. This time the driver did not
leave his seat to interfere The painted
thing under the wagon seemed able to
take care OF himself. In two minutes
by the clock he had chawed one leg OF
the southeast corner Of the largest
mongrel, and had pulled an ear out by
the roots from the head Of the other.
While Bull was picking his teeth with
his claws and splitting out flesh and
hair, the wounded combatants dragged
their CORY carcasses from the field, try
ing to gather their bewildered senses
enough to wonder what in the dickens
had come over that coach dog all at
once.
And now that coach dog goes out
every day, and when he Frances on the
street every dog on the square goes in
and creeps under the house for fear he
will get sunstruck.