St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-14
TROUBLE OF THE 8OWSERS.
The Old Man Genes Home With a
Deg
BACKED BY A CERTIFICATE.
Rumous That the Animal Raised-.-Runs
Away, and Another Dog Is
Bought.

has been looking after mousse dog,
and good share of our troubles nave
arisen over this fact. On hundred
different occasions l have asked MIN
what he wanted OF dog, ana on
hundred different occasions he mas
raised his voice and replied:
"What do we want of dog? DID
you ever see family which amounted
to shucks which didn't keep a dog?
Nature gave us the dog to protect US
to be a sort of companion. There are
people who can strike terror to dogs
heart by one look, but am not one of
those, Mrs. Bowser-no, thank heaven
Cant you protect us, Mr.. BowSerP''
Certainly can and do, but suppose
am off my guard some night and
burglar enters our house,?
"And burglars the dog"'
sThat's it! Sheer at the poor dumb
brute because Nature made him dog
Under the circumstances / have stated
we should probably owe our lives to the
faithful guardian"
He brought home dog. 1t was a
dog with certificate of character from
his last owner. He was guaranteed to
be vigilant, trusty, tidy, kind, and to
have special hankering after the life
blood of house-breakers. He carried
his head to the left as if trying to see
his left hind foot, and there was suS-
picious squint in his eyes. He had been
badly knocked about from all appear
ances, but the boys who brought him
tacklng an elephant and coming off
second best. The beast growled at me
and snapped at the baby as Mr.. Bowser
brought him in, and when protested
against the invasion l was answered
with:
mo wonder he growls! A dog knows
an enemy on sight. He feels thaty you'd
like to murder him, and he properly re-
Sents it. Come here, RambO."
That night the dog had the run of the
lower part of the house. We had no
sooner got to bed than he began to howl.
MIR. Bowser threatened him from the
head of the stairs. and then lie baEked
at interyas of five minutes for an hour.
Mr. Bewser sileneed him after awhile.
and was just getting to sleep when L
heard the beast gurgling and growing
and worrying something. i wanted Mr.
Bowser to go down stairs, but he ut
terly refused, saying:
'.He has probably got hold of burg
lar. and don't want TO be appealed to
to call him off. just go to sleep and
leave Rambo alone. We haven't been
as safe for years"
NeXt.morning the beast bit the cook
in the leg as she went down, and the
minute the door was opened he lit out
for parts unknown. We soon discovered
what he had been worrying. 1t was Mr..
BOwser'S winter Overcoat, and it was re-
duced to a roll of strings and tatters.
You brought him hOmew L eX-
claimed as pointed to the ruins. r.
II did, eh?" replied Mr.. Bower, as he
: surveyed the heap. and you lay right
there and knew what he was at and
never said a word!"
you said he was chewing up a
burglar
"Then was talking in my sleep, and
you knew it! Mrs. BowSer, you don't
get new dud for a yearn'
The next dog was a hound. The
owner told Mr.. Bowser that he was a
good deer dog, and SO changed hands
on that account.
''13ut what good is a deer dog?" /
asked, when Mr.. Bowser explained this
fact.
10 run deer, of course. !" 49,
but where are the deerp
That's just like yon! You expect to
look out of the back door and see
dozen! propose to go where the deer
are. Did you ever see kinder face on
a.dog?" ..-. 80
HE looks very supplemented"
docs he? Well, don't fool yourself.
You may owe your life to him yet. He's
batter than forty burglar alarms.'' -, i
The canine deserved credit for one
thing. lie slept soundly on the parlOr
sofa all night On the second afternoon
he got out, and little terrier weighing
eleven ounces ran him three times
around the house and finally drove him
into barrel partly filled with plaster.
did l buy him for fighter?" shouted
Mr. BOwSer, as | related the occurrence:
HE ran, of course. | bought him for It
runner"
He whistled for Archimedes, as he
had named him, and the animal came
creeping in and hid under the lounge.
When routed out of that he made dive
for MI. 3owser's feet, just in time to
trip him up and let him down with lar
that made the roof shake. The scared
brute then jumped into the crib and lay
down on baby's head, from which posi-
ton he was lifted to be flung over the
alley fence.
is that the way they run deer?"
asked Mr.. Bowser.
Whose fault is it?'' he demanded.
You had that dog terrified as soon as
he struck the house.. 1t was his mortal
fear of you Which made him act so. If
you don't have something awful happen
to you I'll miss my guess"
1t wasn't a week before he came home
with another canine. The beast was
understood, out. at the elbows and
down-hearted. When | asked what he
was good for Mr.. Bowser replied:
''lt you knew anything about dogs
you could tell at glance. 'He's rat
terrier ~.
docs he terrify rats?''
''DoeS he? In one week there won't
be rat on this whole sQuare?''
"Wouldn't it be as well to stand the
rats as the dog?'
''That's you, exactly. That's speci-
men OF your mercy! It's wonder to
me that such murderous feelings as you
carry in your heart don't meet with
fitting punishment
The terrier didn't do anything re-
markable for the first three days, eX-
cept to fill up and sleep. The fourth
day, as we were eating dinner, we
heard row in the back yard and as
we got to the door we saw the terrier
penned up in the corner Of the yard, tail
down and eyes rolling, and small rat
was keeping him there and having lots
of fun. The rodent skipped at sight of
us, and the dog crawled under the barn.
i laughed till l fell down, but Mr..
BowSer was very stern and dIgnilied.
After he had pulled the terrier out and
flung him over the fence he came back
to me and said:
. "Are you satisfied now?"
"That the dog is ratter?"
mo, ma'arn. Satisfied that you have
once more, out OF pure malice toward a
helpless animal. driven him from home
to life of miSery LISA wonder to me
that you don't murder our child"
Does tt?
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