West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-23
BULL-TERRIERS.
How One of the Rasoals Lost Jack
a Fortune.
Unburdening His Soul ON the Subject of
Rich Uncles aud Bull-rcrriers-Why
lie Is Not Struck Over Bun.
Dogs.

Dogs.
was Strollng down Montgomery
| street one day last week with Jack
Wetherall, when a sccdy-looking indi-
vidual, leading a bull-tcrricr of the most
pronounced type, approached us and
asked that question which Schnvdcr has
made so famous: Don't You want to
buy dorgo' As neither of us cared
about investing in dog-'esh Just then.
we moved on to escape the mans i'm
portunities. As we did Jack remarked:
Curse those bull-tcrricrs. One of the
accursed brutes cost me a fortune.
How was that. Jack" | inquired.
the more anNiously because Jack was
known to have experienced some Great
appointment IN money matters,
though he was most rcticcnt upon the
subject.
"Wel, it's pretty longish yarn, but
If / shan't bore YOU, Just lets slip into
C's back-room, and I'll unburden my
soul on the subject Of rich unclcs and
| bull-terricrs
So we lit our cigars. ordered some
fluid comfort, AMI Jack Wcthcral gave
the following graphic account of his
troubles:
When ! was at Cambridge. in 'GS.
bull-tcrriers were the fashion among a
certain somewhat fast clique. Not
great, ungainly mongrcls like that brute
We saw just now, but high bred. hand
some little fellows, weighing from eight
cen to twenty pounds. and bred i'm such
manner as TO contain aS much force
as possible in the smallest amount oil
space. OF course | was bound 10 have
one, and rs money in those days was
not much of an object | determined TO
get good one. II was some time be-
fore | could find iust the doc wanted.
but at last | succeeded i'm buvinp. for
twenty pounds, the most incarnatc lit
tie liend in the shape of dog that man
ever owned. Ii was milk-whitc. with
handy legs, a round bullet head. a tail
linc a a black-and-tan and ears that
had been most arlisUcally trimmed 1t
weighed only fourteen pounds and
some odd ounces. When / TOOK il 10
the -tablcs, where | kept my horse. the
o-tlcr upon who's authority | had The
greatest confidence, assured me that il
was puiect lcctlc booty NV col
lcge chums all went into ccstas,cs over
snap (ior that was the name Of The i'll
omened brute). and fcltquite a sense OF
added grandeur in being the owner Of
20 hne dog. The man from whom /
had bought Snap had not by any means
exaggerated when he said that there
dog II face Old Nick He would lie
was immense on rat., but the vast
amount of bull in him made him hang
on too long 10 his game over 10 make a
fast rattcr, He was game however TO
the backbone I've put him i'm pit
with twenty-five big old sewer-rats.
and, although all bitten TO pieces, he'd
not quiz until he had killed every one.
cats he detcstcd. and whenever opppr-
tunIty offered took no pains to disguise
MS feelings. He had, however, one
very bad trait in his character; he was
quarrelsOmc TO a degree. The old
lady fat whcczy pet-spaniel was his
pet aversion, and many are the awk-
ward prcdiCaments into which Inc cot
me. One incident ! shall never FORGET
IL was summer va alton. and my people
were stopping i'm Cumberland Terrace.
Regent Park. OF course had Snap
home with me. for we had be-
come inseparable We'll, opposite
the terrace is garden (public
10 the terrace folks), where nurse
maids were wont 10 air fheir
babies, and where tbc old Indies Of the
terrace used 10 exercise their dogs.
Ono summer morning. Just as / was
quietly smoking my mautinal pipe.
with snap beside me on the garden
seat stout lady passed. followed by
the fattcst of fat spanicls I'm sec
ond, before ] had time 90 think or act.
Snap bad thaF wretchcd obese brute
by the throat Take 10 or Take 10
OF! II will kill my Fido. screamed
the stout old lady as she belaborcd
both dogs unfortunately with her
parasol Tragic though the affair was.
no doubt, to- the old lady, ] could not
help almost bursting with smOthcrcd
laughter The spaniel must have
weighed quito forty pounds. and there
was little Snap tuogno M il win ALI
ms might while 10 squealcd like
stuck pig ] lost no time. however. I'm
choking Snap on, and apologized most
humbly 90 the iratc old lady. She was
Ike Rachael weeping for her children.
only good deal more wrathv. and
would not bc cOmforted She left INC
with this parting shot Only costcr-
monRers fnd ratcatchcrs should 90
about with such dogs as that At the
time ! felt offended and hurt now
think she was right But here. I'm
getting away from thc chief aud most
expensive Of Snap misdeeds.
~ had certain rich uncle. a crustv
old bachelor, who lived I'm Warwick
shire The same vacation i'm which the
old lady episode occurred. about which
I've Just told you, ] had an invitation to
spend "a week with him at hs lovely
place near Guys Gulf Knowing that
the old gentleman was fond OF animals.
J had no hesitation about taking Snap
with me. The old boy met me at the