The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1891-12-19
A RED DOGS ADVENTURE.

'"NA'NANAh oh NHftAAh eAtnf
mornlns couple OF years ago.
huvs soan medium sized = 'o"la
with rather prsoceup.ei air 90 ,,"'
stree, An expert ON "."Hs 'ho
would have been puEzl ~ h's'H''s
IRON sha, particular 40 hs'n
,a, We, ar,Jy.I, .eoaisily as no had
~. hsir -. = tho age Of maturity.
-. ,..u,nr bright roi-no; ysllo~
49,, ~ cow rcd; hi, less ners in
hnn,d,' bow HE oar, Topped like "a
-. Il HE eyes Us he glanced from
:. % side. had an Intelligent. keen.
'" .ewd look. rather strange Tor a do:
% yoans. lilo made his way aloae
Tho stree, quietly rad uro,,sl,a,lolsly
tha few pedestrians V',ld no attention
To him aud TO tho ,oNa dog. ,ha, ran
out To challenge him he paid no au.a.
i!oo.
Tho do: had Travelled nearly tho
width of tho stree, when ho stopped
ia iron, Of store and looked Atsou,
him; no looked up and down III. road.
just like n human bo.ng trying 10 10
sure OF hl. location; then hs turned
hnI looked hi the stJr-. A. no did o.,
III. proprietor. u very stout. round.
faced mEn. care out 10 RrraHg. hi.
EF- goods In tempting displAs in
front OF his store Ihc dog looked up
NJ HIN moment Rnd then ~oHi up
In him and Wagsrd his tail. Tho
grocer looked n, him and continued
working among his goods Finally.
when everything was arranged TO his
Subtraction h. looked around and tho
do. was .,lll there.
II wonder whose dog thu, i,' " said
tho grocer N. h- eyed tho dog. Il
don't ,hink ever snw no rcd-hrAdod a
doc before Herr doggy. good
doggy. como hear"
The good doggy wen, up To him and
no pa,iod 1; ON tho head. and ,h,n
turned asd woEt Into the .,orr. IA.
dog A. hi. heels.
Here. ! don't know nbou. your
coming In hero .nd no TO tho dog.
but the dog ~nsgud h.. tail md insao
no move To so cut Maybe rs hun.
cry. raid tho grocer. rad \, tina, ho
ctii OF plcca Of mouldy ham mud
threw |, 10 tho doc. Tho dog n,- 1,
with -yld,n, relish. We'll. said ia.
grocer To himself. that's n funny
looking dog. bu; no looks smart. aud
NJ long ms h, Isn't n nuisance III lot
him stay. II no will"
Customer. began 10 CON, In md
two or ihrco times the grocer nearly
stumbled over the dog. Here SIR"
he called ,o IL. and pointing under tho
counter. III. down sir" a. though
he understood perfectly what was .Hid
TO him. tho dog went TO tho spo,
pointed out under tho counter and
curlol M. Customers came and wont,
and In half mn hour tho grocery man
had forgotten all nbou, tn. dog.
Along In tho middle OF tho forenoon
no was In tho back end of tho store
drawing nolasscs for n lady. when nil
u, once there was n yclp and howl
from under tho counter. accompanied
by u clat,cr and some cu-s words Tn.
grocer dropped the quart mcasur. on
the floor. and spilled nearly pin. Of
tho best Now Orleans. When h.
rushed up from, TO discover tho cause
Of tho disturbance. he found tho dog
holding on TO tho wrist of one of the
town youngsters OF not extra rcpuio.
Wbcn the grocer arrived tho dog let
90 and curlcd up under the counter
ngnin.
VIVA, was you doing that tho dog
caught YOU" no asked the youngs,cr.
"Nawihin'."
Where were you?"
''Righ, hero by the counter"
The lady. who was waiting for the
molasscs declared that she did not SEQ
the boy until the dog yolpcd.
80 you was sncakin' up to tho cash
drawer hey? Well. you git" Tho
boy got and tho stray dog rose in
the estimation OF tho grocer.
The grocer wen, back to his molns-
SOS feeling very grateful to the strang-
or he had taken In. The regular
order of business flowed smoothly for
m hour or so. when the groccr's wifc
came In. and rs was her custom. wen,
behind the counter. She knew moth
ing OF the dog. but she soon gained
information. As she passed the place
where 1t lay curled up there was
zip" n sound OF tearing dress goods
and n scream. rs the dog backed out
into the store dragging tho skirt OF
her dress.
This act was not so praisoworthy ms
his former deed. md urged by his wife
the grocer was strongly tempted to
kick the dog into tho street. but gavo
tho dog the benefit OF being in
strange place.
The day passed without the dog
making any other effort to distinguish
himself. He was shown TO several OF
the oldest inhabitants, but none OF
them could remember having seen him
before. As he was evidently good
watch dog IL was decided to let him
run loose in the store Mt night; so after
naming him Watch" tho grocer
locked him in to keep watch over his
merchandise.
Just what happened during the ST.
lent midnight watches in that store
will never be definitely known. In
the morning when the grocer opened
the front door n red streak OF dog
shot between his legs and heightened
out down the road until lost in n little
cloud of dust Rather nstonishcd and
with some misgivings, the grocer pro-
cccdcd in % the store. Tho first step
over tin threshold his foot went into
sometime sticky and each step gave
evidence OF something other than tho
customary white sand spread over the