The Penn's Grove record., 1889-11-09

The Owner Tells Uncle Billy Bowers
Ali About Him.

pVcooiuics udtlVo 0cOxSlaus kA0S 9
cheerful Georgian.
To a good many people in Georgia, to
nearly everybody in northeast Georgia,
the sherid's name Is at once an intro
duction and description, for everybody
in that country knows Jim Roberts.
Crouched under Jim's seat was q
measley, thin, black. and white cur
The dogs air Of modification and be-
wilderment was something ludicrous,
and all the more noticeable because II
was Jim Roberts dog.
The brute's looks were against him,
decidedly. His c~ountenance would have
convicted him of anything-sucking
eggs, sheep killing, chicken stealing OF
what not. He was q miserable, mean
looking dog.
Unc'e Billy Bowers sat Just behind
Jim. The two talked like old friends,
and, in the course Of conversation,
Uncle Billy recalled an experience Of
his own in which . very intelligent dog
had figured.
Jim could hardly walt for the old
man to finish his story.
"Talk about dogs" in q matter Of
fact tone, as Uncle Billy concluded his
dog story, 1--WE got the smartest dog in
this country, Uncle Billy. He don't
look as fne as some dogs" reaching
under the seat for the black and white
cur,. sbut that dogs q miracle"
The miracle was held up BY the nape
Of the neck for Uncle Billy's inspec-
ton, as non-committaf as a dishrag,
"Them eyes.o continued the owner,
proudly. as the miracle walled its eyes
around in q vague effort to escape,
.Just look at them eyes,"
Uncle Billy's face was . study. Evil
| IDENTIFY he was not certain In his own
mind that the dog was q miracle.
Uncle Billy, . in the same matter of
fact tone, as>the miracle was let go,
shat dog has Is much human nature
In him as me or you. 1 tell you what
that dog does, You know that little
branch In my bottomp Well, sir, he
goes fshin' every day at dinner time
lust as regular as the bows do. and the
other day / watched him at 1T, He
will run his paw up under a root or
| rock to scare out the flsh. and then he'll
stand and watch ,em as they 90 oyer
the shallow places. He don't pay any
attention to the little fish-not q bit In
the world. A whole drove Of silver
sides can wiggle and squlrm over the
shallow place. and Tucker won't notice
'em. I call him Tucker after DR..
Tucker, In Atlanta. But Just let a
good sized fsh start down-you oughter
see that dopI He comes down on that
fish like a kngfsher, He gets 'em
ever time.n
s,Don,t bother the little Hsb?',
"Exactly-but he goee for the big
ones, That's one reason I call on him
Dr.. Tucker. He's got eeuse. that dog
has.n
0About six weeks o continued
the owne Of the miracle. "a fellow
brought me a young pointer puppy.
Old Tucker has a box out in the back
yard, but we sorter depended on the
puppy to look out for himself. First
night after be got there, that blamed
nuppy rot ont on the hack porch and
hoWied and whined until 1 lust coulin' t
stand it any longer. Finally 1 got up
and carried him out and put him in
fuckers box. l hadn't more than got
back in bed before that puppy was back
on the porch. I carried him back to
fuckers box and went to bed again. /
had Just made up nv mind to 20 to
slesp when hat puppy set IN a whine.
He was back on the porch. 1 hated to
kll the puppy. / lust carried him
back to fuckers box. and 1 tried a
new scheme on him, I bundled him
MP under fuckers nose and put one OF
fuckers folelegs around him. like a
woman holds a baby, sNow. Tucker.
saws I. hold ,ml' 1 won't back to bed
and to sleep. l heard ANYTHING
more Of the puppy that night.
every night now After the puppy
gets his supper. old Tucker picks INN
IN and puts him to bed. When the
puppy Ia frisky and don't want Ia 90.
Thicker iusts picks him nm by the hack
of the neck and then lies down in the
boz and holds him till the goes
to sleep.
..He's q mighty polite dog. Tucker
is.n
The doubtful look on Uncle BiIly's
face had given place to n of vivid
interest, The owner Of that miracle
could convince . dictionary.
s.Politepn repeated Uncle Billy.
"Mighty polite dog-miphty polite.
George Parker came owe q week or
TWO ago. and brought that old hound
of his along, You've seen that old
hound man q time. George tied him
to the fence. bout the kitchen place,
and lust left him there. That night i
threw some scraps out to Tucker and
the pup, but never once thought Of that
old hound.
"Tucker looked up like he was
waitin' for me to do something else,
and after waitin' for a minute or SO he