Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-31

Here Il Another Story 10 Show the esass
That Exists I'm Canine Skulls.
From the Kansas City Star.
At the Box Hotel in Crookston, Mimi, some
six years ago, my attention was more than
once called to two dogs that were allowed to
loiter about the hotel Office. These dogs were
the greatest Of friends; in fact 90 ''chummy" a.
to call forth admiration from the various hotel
guests.
One afternoon one Of the dogs which had
been basking in the sun on the aoor Of the
Office suddenly gave bound and started for
the door. l Immediately stepped to the door
and opened it and the dog passed out, going in
the direction Of the Manitoba depot, where I
observed some ten or twenty other dogs hold
ing pow-wow. Then closed the door and
resumed my seat. Immediately Iheard terri
BILE commotion in the direction in which the
dog had gone. Stepping to the door l OBJ
served that full-fedged dog fght had begun.
Arriving at the scene Of the battle I found
that my dog friend Of a few minutes previous
was the under brute in big fracas. He was
bowling with pain, while big Newfoundland
dog stood over him making the fur fly. A blow
on the CANNES Uranium from ball club in the
hands Of small urchin who stood hard by soon
put Q stop to the Newfoundland's ferocity.
The under brute started for home pen NELL,
and when arrived at the hotel I found the
poor brute ut the Office door, bleeding and
bruised, awaiting admission. I opened the
door and passed into the Office, the dog follow
ing me.
Lying on the floor in close proximity to, the
office stove reposed the sleeping carcass Of my
little bested friends companion. He was a
large brute Of the mongrel species-a cross be-
tween bulldog and a mastiff. The poor, con-
quered brute upon entering the Office pro-
ceeded in the direction in which his dog friend
lay stretched upon the floor, and going up to
him commenced to sniff at him from head to
foot Presently the sleeping dog rose to sit
ting position and, gazing at his conquered
friend some two or three minutes, seemed to
take in the situation at once-that his dogship
little more shifting on the part of the con-
9uered brute both dogs started toward the door.
1 stepped to the door, opened it and the dogs
passed out. Both dogs started in the direction
OF the depot platform, some 400 or 500 feet
south Of the hotel, where they espied several
dogs, among their number being the big New
foundland, the object Of their vengeance.
Going up to the big Newfoundland dog my lit
tie conquered friend curled up his tail and
doing likewise, each dog going round and round
In circuitous route while thus parleying, the
big hotel dog in the meantime standing hard
by watching proceedings. Presently the big
hotel dog gave a spring and landed good hold
on the jaw Of his big opponent Both dogs
reared in the air the Newfoundland coming
down the under dog, and the chewing he re-
ceived in the fracas suppose he never forgot,
my little conquered friend nipping the big ras-
cal from behind at every chance presenting it.
self. To be candid about it the hair from the
hide of that poor martyred Newfoundland
actually filed the air and worse whipped dog
never skunk from the field Of battle.