Telegram-herald., 1889-10-23

nook eaa corner cf TIE CITY. Went 70
fl-lz1s. .R1l4s kaowiag that Iown - y -
sl-i csy AID nig1s, taas 4 Ae osrAea "a ~ef
porl-ga q e ooGld recQgE-lss bl2 te-s-
episa Al over tas coGutry 42a al 70
s3iisflction. At ore tine l serloosty
thought u sending : message 70 e-~a4Ss
9sklag Y be 1-.a seen . STRAY tAA-o2s ga
TIE Cepgo, Gla alrestlug hiG - ener ; re-
ward q hfte0n dollars 70 9appoo To Tor LIS
rScgyery.
Wule il that desperate mood II suddenly
Occurred 70 Hs that / L2a Dot yet Kls- .ed
the .peuDd jumping iato hanson,
dashed n al once Tor ila foot of one hun-
dred ana Fourth street Tae pound is q
long, i0s building extending some olslAnoe
olt into the E4ss river Ii IL surrounded
b. TOY bosls. tug beats and /. rks-prln-
c.p2lly b4rks There Is q large tslk uudeg
Il on whica is painted ia b-Ack-&aa tan lei-
ters CA = say terrier background NO dogs
declined with tanks Tue pound keeper =
q man who LOOKS ss II lie mig ght take Iot
Of terriers from tue pen and free ireland al
the drop Of the 6at. About three hundred
uongfel dogs are imprisoned AZ . large cs4
waiting until TIE law decides whether they
shall be executed by electricity 81 heas.
Tie pal4perea sel0ns of notler races each
lad Al Individual cell introduced m5 self
to the oeath-watch, who presented me 20
tue warden. asked him If the officers had
broughtin Ia q bulldog who looked Ike across
between a prize Eghter ana u comic opera-
He replied tAat there was a dog OF that de-
scripton IN The Attn oell rushed toward
the Dungeon and beLeld Zab, who. upon be
holding me, set up howl which his three
hundred fellow prisoners joined IN, and for
a liant hS FfsSf rfll a. II
after-diRner speech ~ a banquet mere than
any thing have yet encountered.
Iplanged my hand into nv pocket 70 re-
deem him, when 70 my horror discovered
that had brought no money with me. The
dogs were 20 be browne in twenty minutes.
What was 10 doi i explained the cirovm-
stances Il the warden, who smiled al East
river smile, and said: II don't know you,
and can't allow you TO have the dog unless
you give me three dollars" j told h.n that
was Louis Harrison, the comedian, and
asked II be had ever heard OF ne. lie said
he had frequently, but no would require
positive proof that Was the man. Here
was a chance 20 have my ability as mimic
recognized Ia q field never worked by llv-
ing actor II the dogs woul1 only allow my
voice 10 be heard-thet was my only fear.
They kept up a steady stream OF Nagnerian
choruses without intermission. | said /;
warden, il 1 give yon some limitations Of
celebrated actors wll you believe I'm Har-
risonF He said he certainly would, at
which the dogs set up another howl Of
agony. Well, / struck a tragic attitude.
and began 10 initiate Henry Irving as Ham
| let. AS proceeded the howls grew fair er
/ and fainter, and when / had finished the
| pound was as still as death. Tie warden,
with tears IN his eyes, admitted that j was
the man, but could not account for the
strange silence In the pound. He looked
into the pen and was surprised 70 find every
dog stone dead except Zab. he alone had
been able TO stand it. be had been there
| before.
He released Zab, and as we reached the
door said: 'Mr. Harrison, the Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty 20 Animals thinks
drowning very cruel way Of killing dogs.
II you will allow me will suggest that they
give you $1,000 a year TO come here four
times a week and give limitations OF Irving"
/ thanked him and said IL would be impos.
sible as my business compelled me 10 leave
the city.-Louis Harrison, in N. Y. World.