Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-02-02
The Letter Clip and the Dog.

IL
rant day before yesterday. A young
man came in with maiden with flame
colored hair and followed by blonde
complectioned dog that looked ike The
last remnant of third-rate family o
prairie wolves. The young man and
woman. who were evidently from the
rural districts, took their seats at table
and called for something TO operate on
while the dog amused himself by sneak
ing around under tables and chairs. like
young man trying to find his hat OF
the floor after church is out.
Things went along in this mannec' fol
the space of five minutes, when ;
rhange came DER the spirit of th'
scene. The dog had entangled himself
for the thirteenth time among tbs
rounds of respectable old gentleman
chair. and the room being dark enough
TO screen him, and not feeling particu
larly pleased over the intrusion, h
reached down, and. as the latter end o
the beast disappeared beneath the table
slipped upon the extremity of his tail /;
little brass paper clip with serrate'
edges and a handspring like the runnin:
years of a catapult.
The dog stopped. but for an instant
When he started he went off rs though
he was wound up to run all day. HI
opened his mouth, and a howl that tor
the hearts of his listeners and froze tn
blood of policeman, two blocks away
came out and ran around the room mod
flied and distorted into thousand diff
:erent echoes, and no two alike. Thel
he ran under stand full of glassware
Before the juggling and shivering ha'
ceased he was clear down ut the Oihe
end of the room. turning around hun
dred times 4 minute. in vain, despair
ing effort to grasp with his teeth the hor
rible incubus that thereby hung his tail
and making more noise with his moutl
than switch-engine with her steam-bo,
packing worn out.
Merciful heavens. The beast i
mad" shouted a fat man, springing u
and overturning table and all its con
tents into the lap of his friend opposite
Hey. head i'm off. Snub him. Chasl
him into corner Shoot him, some
body, quick" and fatty tore arounc
worse than two dogs.
drop it. old beeswax.n vociferateC
the owner of the animal. .'Who touche
a hairof yon-Whoop! Thunder. Run
Run. He'll eat up the whole shop" anC
he hoped around trying to find tn,
piece bitten out of his leg as the dog
passed.
BY this time the kitchen force, thu
bartender, two men. policeman anC
a reporter had crowded into the room
Only three tables were standing. on'
chair had lost its back, the maiden witt
flame co.ored hair had climbed upor
the counter and was hugging the gas
burner for protection, while the dog bat
essayed a northwest passage under tn,
stove. got fast in the attempt. and Ia,
painting and wailing and kicking anl
making more noise than all the rest o
them. His owner stopped down to pull
him out by the tail. and found the caus,
of all the commotion-the little bras
letter clip. 1t was standing TO its pos
like man, and would have died befor'
it would have deserted. Ii was re
moved. but the Revision of feelin.
was too much for the dog. and he triet
to crawl through the floor. The ole
gent who had instigated the revolt hac
gone. and about two minutes later tlt
young man and woman came out ant
went down the street. The dog tina
followed them looked rs though he haC
been sat upon by council of war
There wasn't hair enough upon his bach
20 make paste-brush. Burtiagto,
Hawkege.