St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-01-31
Only a YeLPINo CUR.
The Iniluenoo Of Humane woman q
DOugA Crowd.

! The Innueaeo Of . Humane woman -
| DoagA Crowd.
It Was nothing but yelptng street
cur, whose leg had been run over BY Z
passing wagon. but 1t had voice
pathetic and shrill enough to wake the
dead.
Get outv' yelled . man close to
whom it passed. and he raised his cane
to chastise It for offending his ears with
such unearthly howls; but the poor
brute only '.ki-yi-d" the louder.
''Scat!" cried bootblack. swinging
his kit around lamp-post after the cur.
''Tie can to its tail!" he yelled to
some more boys on the second thought
and OF they scurried after the caudal
ornament only pausing long enough TO
shy stone. which produced new and
more discordant series Of yelpa
"Why doesn't some ono call tho po-
lice to shoot him?' Indignantly de-
manded . well-dressed lady. stopping
her ears to shut out the sound. Its .
shame to allow such things!" And
still the dogs cries Of pain rang shrilly
down th6 street
If some ono only had sense enough
to give him . dog-button. that would
soon quiet him. suggested . knowing
looking man with leather case in his
hand.
The drivers cracked their whips 1T
him from their seats; clerks ran out
and wildly gesticulated at him to make
him stop; but still the cur limpcd and
velped along the gutter-none Of
these things seemed worth . cent SO
far Is stopping his noise was concerned.
Then every body stood still and
stared 1T very unusual sccne. A
lady. we'll dressed and refined in man
ner and look. motioned the street boys
nearest her to stop yelling. and
stepped quickly up toward tho
dog with soft white hand
outstretched, and some soothing,
soft-spoken worda The poor frigh tened
thing stopped. curled. its tail between
its legs and cringed down nearer the
curb-stone ~ II 1t expected another
blow. She spoke 70 1t again. calling It
poor doggie" and various pot names.
until IT turned its wistful eyes in mute
pleading. and allowed her to put her
hand on it Then she stroked 1t softly.
and assured it further. while boy ran
into . near drug store for something.
She saturated her handkerchief with it
and bound up the dogs leg. In . min
ute the brute was perfectly passive. and
ceased even to whine. She turne1 1t
over to the kind-hearted Irish janitor of
the big Equitable building. who had
taken in the situation and brought out
. box partly filled with excelsior.
But before he could take 1t into the
basement the knowing man with .
leather case had changed his mind
about dog buttons" and. saying that
he was . doctor, offered his services to
set the broken bone; the lady who
had talked Of shooting the cur politely
rendered her own handkerchief TO
brush the dust from the hands Of the
dogs friend; the boys came back with
out the tin can, and. gathering around.
proposed to ''chip i'm and buy some
bologna for the patient; and every one
went away saying: "Well. declare.
she must be very fond OF dogs. and
quito used to their ways, to be able to
do Just the right thing 20 cleverly."
She had never kept dog in her life,
and was just the least bit afraid Of
them; but she was the possessor Of .
heart sensitive to the suiierings Of the
meanest Of Gods creatures - to her
own. and her little act Of thoughtful
humanity had stirred the better natures
Of those whose thoughtfulness only
would have made them inhuman.-Con-
gregationalist