Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-11
a,uDS UGLY CUR.
ut. Nas.er Was Allowed to Live for So
y" Many Tears.

Many IeaU.
uo was a hopelessly ugly dog. His
-, hack shaded of into yellow brown
,he sides, splotched with mud colors
v.nv His till was his only perfect
loan. but that dropped SO habitually
..sveeu his cowardly legs that it
.aded neither to his stature nor his
Landing in the community. He was
.,cLlv and sore-eyed, gave forth pesti-
Initial odors and barked necessarily.
~ had lived in one neighborhood ten
-..rs. and had resisted poison. glass
.sl,ets. fiobert rifles, the prayers of an
outraged community, and all the other
.,s,rnmeuts of canine destruction.
with II sickening sense of the hope
,essuess OF their efforts of destruction,
,he ueighbors had resigned themselves
AZ the belief that in the end the tooth
of time would gnaw him off.
The owner of this brute has been
Rud. the butcher, says the Indianap-
ais News. At the meeting OF the city
,riumvirs recently. before a quorum
lad appeared. Greens. the grocer, and
Finn, the fisher, appealed to Blud for
a reason for harboring such a dog.
THAT dog has history" Blud was
finally induced to say by way of pre-
mise for the following story: You will
readily conclude that l would not
maintain such nuisance as that cur
II he did not have some sort of claim
vuon us. You have heard me speak
q INV boy Bone. When he was q
eurly-headed two-year-old darling
was carrying on Il business of garden
ING. We had a few acres near the
city, and my wife would sometimes
help me at the work.
Zone day--it was about the time
that the Charley Ross affair was in
eyerybody's mind-we had left the
baby boy cooling in Il hammock under
the trees within sight and sound, and
we're at work IN the adjoining garden.
Happening to look up. l saw that 8
yough-lookine man had entered the
grounds. l did not divine his purpose.
We had a few days before adopted thi.
dog, in the hope that he would be {
playful and watchful mate for our boy
He was asleep under the hammock
where his young master lay. l saw
the man suddenly run toward tn,
hammock. felt at once that he wa
trying to steal the baby. What d.
you think that nasty-looking. vel
low cur did just ut that critical mo
nent?"
"Leaped at the villains throat?'
Quickly suggested Greens, mental.
asserting that he wronged the do
in believing him worthless.
IL always said that the meanest do!
was at least faithful to his master.
was Fins comment; ''and I have n
doubt your dog saved the child's LII
lhat day."
''You both do the animal an injus
tice," Blud said, rising. ''True to hi
eur instincts, he tucked his tail be
tween his running gear and fed"
Greens was half angered. and onl
rallied after some minutes to ask VIII
It was, then, since the dog had, indeed
proved himself worthless, that Blu
Had cared for him all these years.
There is no burying ground chea
enough for such critter. can
give him away, and he isn't wort
killing" was the owners answer.
was only after the lapse OF an hour Q
two that Fin discovered that the stor
was Lot complete.
by the way, Blud." he then asket
chow did you recover your baby frol
the kidnaper?'
''Oh. he wasn't a kidnaper. 1t W,
body snarcher, after the cur for tn
pound, because the dog-tax was d.
Enquent."
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