Telegram-herald., 1891-09-27
STORIES OF ANNALS
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Practical Joking.
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animals doubs that they have sense u
hanos- Teddy In hvsiy roam horss,
who has ideas Il his avn, and vsEy srss-
fnai conceptions Of whAs h amusing,
Ons day tho children had erected smAu
s@ns on tas lawn snd so vithia IL
driakins lemonade. sad playing THAI
thsf were b~nditti or soms sash Ike
beings Teddy Walked up softiy 10 the
side Of the tsnA and slowly inserted hts
noS through . esov.niens sliA Eyes
aad ears followed and, his head once
within a. ths back Al ths unsaspScious
FsveIIers, Teddy gave one tremsndou
nnsezs, Of that kind which - half . snort
The banditsi fsu bach In svsrv dirsc-
zion, and tbs horss Withdrawing from
shs tsnk laughed silsntiy 20 himself
before going back TO his gras crop ping.
Teddy's favorits amu2smsas 10 that Of
scastersnz foek Of sheep When he -
feeding with them In shs pasture. he
suddsnly stops eating and dAshes among
them, snd senfs them soaddinS over the
hiiisida Then he stands watching them
until they ssssls again 70 their nibblinx.
and after . shors luncheoo Of his own
repeats shs pleasing diversion Although
shiA horss y the gsntless creature In the
world, 10 plsAses him sxcssdingiy %
fyixhs<u any one who - shown simidi-
~ IN his presence
r His two missressss harness him With
out trouble or danger; bus one girl
cousin who visiss - the house he dslix hts
In alarming sundry hdgssingx and
nervous starts Of her own were enough to
show Teddy OF what manner and temper
smens she was. aud he - msrciless in
taking advantage Of that knowledge. II
she enters ths stables where he stands
accepting tho harness In che most docile
manner, he opens his mouth. showing q
wicked row Of teeth, and makes . feins
Of swapping a. her. She shrisks; his
mistress soolds aud reasons with him.
and Teddy stands mosionlsss, apparently
rspentant and sabdued; bus when this
incident u forgotten. he makes another
mischievous dart ~ his victim, and
again shs scene V repeated
A Fire Don
The nredogs ef New Yorz city
deserve mention. Bravery Il . very
common quality among these active,
bnshs-syed dogs Blu6 - typical IRE
dog He belongs 70 captain Psaslie, who
II Justly fond az his big Newfoundland.
Bluff has noe overcome his habit Of
jumping up and barking ~ the horses
and looking back ss them while running
% . nrs. This hahis causes much
anxiety 70 his master, who hes lost two
dogs that were run over while indulging
In this trick He evincss the greatest
disgust whom his boon-eompanionA tho
IRE isddiea, slsAn The engine house, and
when the place 10 inundated with water
and soap-suds he abandons his friends
and sits On che opposite side Of the street,
growing, showing his teeth, and mani
wsyA He gees regularly TO one of the
large hospitals which II quite near his
engins-hoase and carries home = small
bAakss Of bones for his breakfast. One
day Just after the kitchen-d door had been
shut behind him, he heard the alarm
sound IN the enxine-house Dropping
his baske ct, he barked furiously, and
jumped AZ the door The frightened
cook, thinking that the dog had gone
mad, fastened TO open the door. just a. the
engine dashed out OF the engine-house.
on ran the breakfastless Bluff in no,
pursuit Once at hrs he rushed into
one OF the rooms Of a tenement house and,
picking mp baby that lay in its cradle
forgotten, carried it down ths stairs, his
t~stb frrn1y fasfened I'm thu chfldfa fonc
clothes He was hailed with cheers OF
delight by the fremen, mono Of whom
had seen the child