The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-30

his tail. He seemed half-starved, too;
and he came up to the back porch where
Jack lay, with his poor remnant of a
tail close to his legs; and il you know
what a ''hang-dog' look means you
can fancy the glance he gave his IA
/; yored brother Jack thought he had
never seen so wretched specimen OF
his kind. He reminded him of the
| tramps his mistress sometimes fed, when
| he let them get near enough to the
house to ask for meal. But he was
too forlorn to be fought or ordered off.
Jack got up, smelled him all over, and
then decided what to do. ''You stay
here, ? he said to him, in dogtalk, ''bnd
I'll bring some one.
Two minutes later Mrs. Stanton, TAX
ing her afternoon nap on the sitting
room lounge, felt a cold nose on her
cheek, and was awakened by the gentle
bark Jack knew how to give. ''Why,
what is it, old fellow-tramps? she
said, stroking him as he looked toward
the back door expressively. $50 find
Biddy, then! She is somewhere
around
But Jack did not stir. He knew well
enough that Biddy had slipped over to
the next neighbours while her mistress
slept. So, finally, when she could not
drive him away Mrs. Stanton rose and
followed him; and she knew what was
wanted when she saw the other dog.
A dish of water-and oh! how the poor
fellow Tapped it up-some scraps Of
meat, swallowed with a haste which
Jack strongly disapproyed, finally a
bandage to stop the bleeding from his
poor tail. ''But we can't have him
here, jack" she said when she had
done all that. You must get him out
of the yard now"
Jack understood; but for once he did
not mind. Instead he led the stray to
the brook at the foot of the orchard,
and when he had a bath brought him
| back to the porch and bet him lie down
on corner of his own mat; and there
the children found them, when they
came home from school an hour later.
"Oh! what funr' they shouted,
'Jack's adopted another dog!' And
they looked the newcomer over, and
decided that when he was rested he
would have some play in him; for he
was plainly a puppy. The children
wouldn't have minded dog apiece,
they were SO. fond of them.
But Mrs. Stanton was of another
opinion. eve must really get rid OF
him." she said to her husband, when,
next morning, she found him still on
the porch. Zone dog is quite enough
with hot weather coming on. Perhaps
Pat'-he was the man-of-all-work-
''could carry him to the woods.
Let him stay day, my DEAR" kind
hearted Mr.. Stanton answered, "get an
other square meal and chance to rest.
He's had hard luck, it's plain, and /
don't like to turn away even a dog in
such condition
"rm afraid if he stays a day there'll
be no getting rid of him at ALL" Mrs.
Stanton said, land of course we can't
keep him. Jack would die of jealousy.
wonder he's let him stay so long"
but since he has-out of pure pity,
of course-I think we can endure it. ]
don care to be outdone in kindness by
a dog But, of course, for Jacks sake,
he must be sent away in a day or two.
Perhaps we can find some one to take
him off our hands.
"Suoh wretched looking creature!
No indeed" And she proved right in
both her ideas. No one else wanted the
poor stray; and as he proved to have
plenty of play in him he was soon in the
children's good graces.
''Do let us keep him. they begged,
and Mr.. Stanton added:
Really, my dear, think we might
as well. Jack is getting old. He's not
good for much now to guard the house
And the dogs seem to get on well to-
gether. | don't believe Jack viii
mindn'
He put down his hand as he spoke tc
stroke the newcomer. 1t was after tea,
and they were all on the porch. Thanks
to rest and good feeding, he was not
such bad-looking fellow, and he put
up his paws now on Mr.. Stanton's knee
And then they heard a strange noise
behind them-a something between &
howl aud a roar-a and Jack, who haC
heard and seen quite enough, had hin
by the neck and was giving him such {
shaking as he had never felt before.
ooh! for shame! for shame! Jacl
Stanton!' little May cried; and then ht
dropped the puppy and skunk off, his
tail between his legs; and it was no
often Jack had to do that The puppy
picked himself up, breathless and be
wildered, and sought comfort in May
lap. Jack saw that as he went rounC
the corner of the house to his mat, arc
the memory ranked in him as he lay
there thinking it all over. This was
more than he had bargained for. TX
steal away his pettings, to make maste
talk of him as old and good for nothing
and think of filling his place! Plainly
he had done a stupid thing in taking il
the puppy. 1t was plain to everyon,
next morning that the dogs were NJ
longer friends. But it was plain, too
that Stray-so they had named him
was not going to leave the field. Fl,
tried to conciliate his big brother; bu
Jack would have nothing to, do will
him. He was too proud to fight such .
little fellow, but he growled every time
he came near, and once he snapped
viciously at Biddy when she tossed
bone to Stray. He snatched it away a.
soon as her back was turned, and raj
with it to the foot of the garden; anC
Mrs. Stanton who had seen it all, said
sadly, to her eldest boy:
ats no use, VIII. We must get rit
of him. We can't turn old Jack off
and there'H be no keeping the peac,
between them,n
eve shall have to shoot Stray then,
win said, gloomily. 'If we carried
him off now, he'd be sure to come back
| declare, mother, | thought our Jacl
had more sense"
He's jealous, you see. Dogs Away
are. Look at him now-how unhapp,
he is! Poor Jack! Come here. old fei
low" And Jack, returning sadly from
his bone burial, frightened at his mis-
tress' touch, wagged his tail delight
edly over her caressing words, and gay,
Stray, as he went to lie down, a glanc,
of high disdain.
But the next day something hap
pened. 1t was the middle of the after
noon, the children were not vet HON,
from school, and Biddy had gone dow
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