The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-01
BOOK AGENT AND BULLDOG.

Fierce Was the Fight but Short, and tn Q
Agent Had the Last Laugh.
The story teller was book agent, never
theless l enjoyed listening to him as he
reeled of the yarn something after this
style.
Down in Jones county lives farmer
who used to keep bulldog for the specia
purpose of soaring away book agents ana
tramps, who, otherwise he declared,
would poster the life out of his wife and
hired girl
"Tiger was the dogs name and the mans
nature.
''Now if there was any one thing that
Tiger enjoyed it was live, long legged,
sound lunged book agent, one who could
run and yell. His rather melancholy coun-
tenance would light up the instant he
caught sight of one of these gentle beings
ambling up toward the front door. Then
he would quickly slide in under the front
stoop and calmly await the approach of his
unsuspecting victim.
when the book agent was within ten
feet of the first step out would spring old
Tiger with a savage growl. The frightened
agent, with a yell of terror, would bound
backward, and start on a bee line for the
garden wall. But before he could take
three bounds old Tiger, with low, chuck
ling growl of pleasure, would fasten his
sharp teeth in the seat Of his trousers and
hang or until the farmer and his two hired
men came with crowbars and grinning
faces, pried his jaws apart and set the cap
tive free.
''All this learned from one who had re-
Gently been theIe.
1.-THE CORY tale set my heart in tumult
of Indignation and l determined to teach
that that bulldog a lesson. l procured
three pounds of the strongest cayenne pep
per obtainable, fastened it firmly in the
seat of my trousers-my second best-and
thus loaded walked boldly up to the home
of the cranky farmer and carnivorous bull
dog.
LAS swung open the gate l saw old
Tiger dodge in under the front piazza. |
walked boldly on, and when within about
ten feet of the first step with blood curd-
ling growl old Tiger sprang for me. He
was an awful sight, with his wide open
mouth full of cleaning ivories, and /
turned and ran for all was worth. l had
not made three jumps before l felt a jerk
and heard a ripping, tearing sound, and
then my ears were greeted with a howl of
pain. then knew that the bulldog had
got his eyes, nose and mouth chuck full
Of my second best trousers and cayenne
pepper. a great JOY welled up into my
heart as / stopped and watched the an
imal
He howled as though a hundred fends
had lent him their tongues, clawed at his
mouth, rolled over beds of rare flowers,
demolished costly rose bushes, turned
double somersauIts backward and for
ward and practised all kinds of astound-
ing gymnastical feats. At last one of his
gyrations landed him on the back stoop.
In moment the swill barrel was tipped
over and the farmers wife and hired girl
were upset in its contents. Great, then,
was the confusion for few moments
During this melee thought it best TO de-
camp, and turned and walked happy and
triumphant away. The last glimpse /
caught of the dog as | passed over the
brow of the hill found him rolling over a
lot of clothes that had Just been laid out
upon the grass to dry.
"The next day 1 called again to note re-
suits and TO reap my reward.
THE moment stepped within the yard
I saw the bulldog, with head down and tail
between his legs, start like a streak Of
spotted lightning for the barn, whence,
ever and anon, long drawn agonizipg
howls reached my ears.
when once in the house was treated
like king. The farmers wife and hired
girl had not had a chance to talk with
book agent for SIX months, and consequent
ly were almost wild with delight to see me.
The old lady bought twenty dollars worth
of books cash down, the hired girl had ne
write in her autograph album, where none
but her dearest friends were allowed 20
scribble and when st last ! was compelled
TO go the dear old lady gave me her blessing
IN tren bling voice and Bible, while the
hired girl. as she bid her streaming eyes in
the folds Of her not overciean apron,
begged ne TO send her my pLotograp ph aud
q lock OF ny auburn ha!E"-Sew YORK
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