Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-05
KINER AND THE RED DOG
The Geneseo Journalists Unpleasant
Predicsment--.One Rainy Morning
Recently Held IN Mid stream BEFORE
Nav


Predicsment--.One Rainy Morning
Recently Held in Mid stream Before
Day Break.
A good many amusing stories have
been passed around about recent adj
venture of Kiner, of the Geneseo Meas
with a savage red dog early one morn
ing recently on this side of Rock river
The yarns that have been spun. not
without foundation. by his fellow crafts
men have worried Kiner somewhat. and
he has, therefore, decided to tell the real
facts in the case. He does so through
this weeks issue of his paper, and here
they are:
1t was very early in the morning
somewhat prior to o'clock-that we
arose from our slumbers at the Isaac
Sanders house, and shook on our
clothes. From there we Jared directly
to the river. got into Ed. Godfrey's dain-
ty little skifr, and set out for Penny
Slough, or Shadow Lake, with the inten>
ton of fishing for black bass Along
landing was made, and q big hunt for
bait inaugurated. Frogs were small,
scarce and exceedingly agile. 1t was not
quite light enough either. and most of the
frogs got away. Presently it set in to
rain. 1t rained steadily. dripping through
the trees. ana transforming the river into
vast nutmeg crater. Everybody was
asleep yet up in the tents on the hill. II
would not do to go prowling where ls>
dies were sleeping, giving them an inn
preston that robbers were about.
Away up the river at the mouth of
the lake was the camp of Joe Steven
son. His famous steamboat with
the calliope attachment lay emoored in
front of the tent. We got into the skiff
and padded rapidly to the steamer, shot
the skill on the gravel, and ran like a
quarter horse for the tent, for by this time
the rain was pouring in torrents.
When about half the distance from the
beach TO the tent, an ominOus growl and
a sullen roar from within the tent, was
followed by the flap of the tent flying
open, and Il red dog that looked rs big as
a calf in the uncertain mistv light, came
out with n bound. He was prodigal in
his display of fangs, which looked to he
about four inches long. Whirling with
Incredible celebrity, flying retreat was
made To the skiff. and such was the force
with which we leaped, with forward pro,
pelling motion, upon the diaphragm and
grasping the gunwales of the little skiff,
that the little boat shot like an arrow cleal
into the middle of the stream, to the iu-
tense establishment and disappointment OF
the dog, who sat down and stared and
licked his chops, He looked like demon
that had been half drowned
Wrath. indignation and storm OF
! fresh rainwater down our back made up
i wretched state OF feelings. There was
not clam shell. stone or any other mis-
sile in that boat to pelt the dog with O.
| If we only had had big swapping turtle
! to grab by the tail and belt that dog over
! his wretched head with. Once the lea
came up of rowing to the shore and firing
the paddle at him; but that wouldn't do.
There would we be in that swift current
without paddle? An effort was made
! to reason with and conciliate him; bat he
was adamant. No flattery or caiolery af,
fected him. When our skiff neared the
shore. his teeth appeared ominously di-
| viding his malevolent smile. Every time
! those teeth appeared, we got little far
Their from shore. But Joe Stevenson gOl
up at last, and suppressed the dog by ty-
ing him to tree; then built up roaring
fire in sheet iron stove in the tent, by
which our wet clothes soon were made
dry