The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-08
MR.. AND MRS. BOWSER,

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over this fact On hundred different
occasions / have asked him what he
wanted Of dog, and on q hundred diff
ferent occasions he has raised his voice
and replied:
"What do we want of a dog2 Did you
ever see family which amounted to
shucks which didn't keep dogG Nature
gave us the dog TO protect us-to be q
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., Bowser?"
Certainly can and do. but suppose
] am off guard some night and burglar
enters our house?"
"And burglars the dog2"
"That's i'll Sheer at the poor dumb
brute because nature made him dogl
Under the circumstances | have stated
we should probably owe our lives to the
faithful guardian"
He brought home dog. 1t was adog
with a 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 rs if trying to see his left hind
in his eyes. He had been badly knocked
about from all appearances, but the boys
who brought him explained that this was
the result of tackling 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:
"No wonder he growlsl A dog knows
an enemy on sight. He feels that 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.
Mr.. Bowser threatened him from the
head of the stairs, and then he barked at
intervals of five minutes for an hour.
Mr.. Bowser silenced him after awhile,
and was Just getting to sleep when l
heard the beast gurgling and growing
and worrying something. | wanted Mr..
Bowser to go down stairs, but he utterly
refused, saying:
"He has probably got hold of a burg
lar, and l don't want to be appealed to
to call him off. Just go to sleep and let
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
new winter oyercoat. and 1t was reduced
TO roll of strings and tatters.
"You, brought him home" 1 ex-
claimed as l pointed to the ruins.
81 did, eh?" replied Mr.. Bowser, as
he surveyed the heap. "And you lay
right there and knew what he was at
and never said word F"
"You said he was chewing up bur
"ThenI was talking in my sleep, and
you knew it Mrs. Bowser, you don't
r get new dud for year "
The next dog was hound. The
owner told Mr.. Bowser that he was a
good deer dog, and $40 changed hands
on this account
"But what good is deer dog2"
asked, when Mr.. Bowser explained this
fact.
ITO run deer, of course"
''But where are the deer?"
"That's just like you You expect tc
look out of the back door and see g
dozen propose to go where the deei
are. Did you ever see kinder face Oh
dog 2"
"IIe looks very supplemented"
"Does hel Well, don't you foo
yourself. You may owe your life to hin
yet. He's better than forty burglar
alarms"
The canine deserved credit for ont
thing. He slept soundly on the parlo
sofa all night. On the second afternoon
he got out and little terrier weighing
eleven ounces ran him three times aroun(
the house and finally drove him into
barrel partly filled with plaster.
"Did buy him for a fighter p
shouted Mr.. Bowser, as / related the oc
currence. "IIe run, Of course. i Dough
him for runner"
He whistled for Archimedes, as he ha(
named him, and the animal came creep
ing in and hid under the lounge. Whei
routed out of that he made a dive TO
Mr.. Bowser's feet, just in time TO tril
him up and let him down with jar tina
made the roof shake The scared brut
then jumped into the crib and lay dow
on my baby's head, from which position
he was lifted to be flung over the allie.
fence.
us that the way they run deerS'
asked Mr.. Bowser.
"Whose fault is it," he demanded
"You had that dog terrified as soon a
he struck the house. 1t was his morta
fear of you which made him act 50.
you don't have something to happen +
you I'll miss my guess"
1t wasn't week before he came HON
with another canine. The beast wa
understood, out at the elbows and down
hearted. When ! asked what he wa
good for, Mr.. Bowser replied;
"If you knew anything about dogs 20
could see at glance He's rat tel
rieT."
docs he terrify rats?'
"Does he? In one week there won't t
rat on this whole squared"
"Wouldn't it be as well TO stand til
rats rs the dogf"
"That's you. exactlyl That's spec
men of your mercy It's wonder to N
that such murderous feelings as yo
carry in your heart don't meet with fl
ting punishment"
The terrier didn't do anything remarl
able for the first three days except to fl
up and sleep, On the fourth day, us "
were eating dinner, we heard row
the back yard, and as we got to the do,
we saw the terrier pinned up in corn,
of the yard, tail down and eyes rollin
and small rat was keeping him the
and having lots of fun. The rode
skipped at sight of us and the dc
crawled under the barn. laughed till
fell down, but Mr.. Bowser was very ste
aud digniGed, After he had pulled I'll
terrier out and flung him over the fen