Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-15


"Come, Towser, my boy and tell me how
you feel" and Mr.. Gross snapped his iinger'
at shaggy dog of the Russian etter variety
that was blinking owlshly before n CRATE
fire. The dog jumped to his feet, ran up to
the gentleman, and laid his head on his lap
with plaintive whine. Then he raised his
big brown eyes and looked into Mr., Gross
face and placed one paw on his shoulder and
the other on his knee. "lm blessed if / don't
think dog is nearly human, after all, ex-
claimed Mr.. Gross, throwing his head back a
trihe to escape the affectionate attentions of
the brute. "Towser has acted this way ever
since / got him off that cake of ice in the
lake. I'm glad he can't talk. for he is so
grateful that know he'd bore me with his
expressions of gratitude; but he is evidently
sorry that he is dumb, and is trying to make
up for the shortcoming by caressing me-
The dog did not remove his brown eyes from
those of his master once during the little
speech, but at the conclusion of it he straight
ened out his ears and gave vent to short
bark as if he understood every word.
Towser is the castaway that was afloat on
u cake Of ice half mile from shore one win
try forenoon when $. T., Gross, the real
estate man, was making his daily observation
of the lake through pair of marine glasses
The dog was seated on his launches and his
eyes were fastened ON the receding shore in u
helpless fashion. Mr.. Gross took long look
at him to satisfy himself that he was not
dead, and then he called his hostler and or
dered him TO get n boat and 90 to the ro.cuo
of the castaway
Bring the boat up here. John. and III ro
with YOU, sid the real estate mnu. "NVe
must do something for that moor creature mr.
it will perish in this storm hofora Inuer If
somebody does NOT On after itr
Mr. Gross put on his coat and hat md want
outside IN tal.e n closer. obss,.yotion of tla
doo and found ot last lOo otho,, ra,,,o,s m,
The shora d,.iye,r,v in+antlr ,,,,icbiro +ha
object of his solicitations Sn,ns os ,han,
io;nad Tho hos,Ia, i Ill, s,a,.,,l, s,.,, -
and others lrathered arnnnJ Mr. Gross ~
discuss tho dog's choncas of stoyin,, on th.,
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