The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-11-02
A Dogs .ADVEATURE,IN,ATU TUNNEL.

A Dogs sADVEAIUREsIN1ATUNNEL.
Snap, my little fox-tsrrier.swas the
most atfectionate. and devoted dog !
ever remember It n1attered not where
went. he was sure to be close to NV
heels, and the thicker the crowd, the
closer he Kept to them For;the three
years that lived in London, in all our
wanderings I never once missed him or
had any trouble with him. e. u ss5s'il 81!
GAS far'as possible. dogs are prohibits
ed from travelling on the under ground
railway; but as Il had constantly to
travel by it from Kings Cross. to Pad
dington, and Snaps habit of keeping
close being well knownsto the officials,
they wnkedG at his accompanying me. 81
On a certain afternoon, bcinC. as usll-
al, on my way to- Paddineton, and a
|, train. being due, at Kings, Cross; L
made rush for It, and reached The piat-
form iust ASA ira n wasscenling rim to the
station. .
Jumping into Compartment, I
looked tossee it the dog Cwas with me-
but to my sEaay, as 9 porter slammed
the door and the tram began to move,
| ebseryed Snap ON the platform. rtn-l
ming wildly up and down looking for,
me- Suddenly he Saw me at the win
dow, but itwas too late ;autl gaseweA en-,
tered the darkness of the tunnel, I
heard him give a despairfng bark. R''ss'ss'
I IA felt angry withgmysefsfor not look.
! ing after him more carefully, and re
SOLVED to get out at the next Station
and go back for him. But how had he
missed me? | could not understand it,
T for he had ne seradene such a thing be-
/ fore. Five minutes brought us to Cover
street, and a train then due took me
back in another five minutes to where i
/ had started from, .t.tss m,
;" Have you seen my doe?'' asked of
/ porter there who knewme.s .l$ .et
-. Your dog. sira2 answered the, man.
"Oh yes, to be sure. You left him be-
hind, didn't your Well, as the train
went into the, tunnel, / saw him jump
I from the platform and -followit. n ~
!. - WHAT isaitf;F he wasn't following
it when we reached Cover street,
-" Wasn't he p ThenI.expect he's still
, in the tunnel ~ hestraln Wehtatoo fast
for him to keep-u up with it,,
"a fHe'H be ruin over!pI exclaimed.
Very nervous forYSnap,sssafety. 81 4,Sl
Tell you What, sir = I'll 90 and get
permission, if you like, from the inspec
tor e take lanter r see if weican.
ssIthanked the idan, and he started off
toget the necessary permission, which
the inspector gave, after saving some
thing about PEOPLE having no RIGHT 10
bring dogsCi nle the station Together.
the man and I then went into the TIM
neil ss8STS0@ III y T9fl .aaisfs 81
s,Ihe sunaccnstomed. darkness, to say,
nothing OF fhe perils of such an expe-
dition, mspired imei with Considerable
dread, and ] kept tight hold aof my,
guide arm. When we had advanced
some two or three HIM red yards along
the underground highway. or. rather.
'4own way, the lights of an up train
became visible. sAs,ittwent by, and we.
stood still for M mute, the roar and rattle
were not calculated to dispel nv
nervousness: 1Fhey were terrible
deafening- Immediately itshat passed,
the porter cried outs e.,,s.a.. .,lv,.r,, .
Look there, sir-look; there he
goes!'sas f@~Tt 30 s3EAsEsfgs agsfgfssy u
He was pointing toward the rec. dan.
ger light at the taft Of the receding
train. and there, sure enough, was Snap
.scampering after it at a pace which no,
one could have given a fox terrier credit
for. .l1begans.tos ealIsand whistle as
loudly as | could but my, voice was
drowned by the Kissing wifi. and rattle
going on. eJust then another engine
hove IN, sight on our line of rails,agald
we Had rapidly to step back into one 81
the reeesses, or man-holes,s as Il believes
they are called. When this second train
had shot past US, there again, to our
astonis1ment, was Snap gallop11g after
it.GsHe had not observed us. Of COURSE.
We then. walked on some little wav
further along the tunnel, and in d min
uto another up.train passed. uss and
there once moro was the dog behind II.
''.How ridiculous" i cried, ssann1d vet
how painful. to see the poor little beast
tearing to and fro for dear life in this
way! He viii surely be run over before.
long a581 90 g9Re4HaY{ as.aa .z0.sts
But the reason was obvious; he could
not keep up with the speed Of the train
and blythe time it. had distanced him.,
another probably passed in the opposite
direction, when, confused BY the noise
ami turmoil, he turned immediatelvand
pursued that. It seemed to me simnly
marvellous that he had ESCAPED the
wheels even SO farm these .agonizing eff
forts to find me. 80 ~
.,,AAs the lights Of the next engine came
ia view, / resolved to give the last ear
mage inst. time to pass andthen TO rush
out, and. II possible, to intercept nv
poor pet for 1 expected him again to
re.9rh %1.h thattsI7was net mistaken,
front of the dog. the PORTER held his
lantern SO that its Light fell full anon
my form. Snap Instantly recognized
me, and with one bound ana a breath
less .yelp landed on my breast, and
c,iasplng me tightly round the neck with
has two fore-legs as if they had been the
arms of loving child, he rubbed his
W, wet nose excitedly against nv face.
Terrified well-nigh unto death, gasping