The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-01-01

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In the evening went down to his
place after my purchase 1t was tall
dog with long body, long legs, long
neck and very short tail The color
was dirty yellow His body was lank
as well as long, which gave the impress
sion that he had missed meals when he
did not design to | was little disap-
pointed in his general appearance, but
there was good frame, and time with
plenty of wholesome food would COM
plete gratifying metainorphosis.
Robbins gave me good supply of rope,
with which | made my animal fast and
started for home. We logged along very
nicely together. Occasionally | paused
to pat him affectionately, adding some
remark of confidential nature.
In this way we progressed until we
reached the business part of the town.
| don't know how to account for it, but
he suddenly stopped, in dogged man.
ner and commenced to rare back and
cut up variously Perhaps the glare of
| the lights confused his mind-perhaps
ne i'l''V. have got the impression was a
ontcher' OF so~"Athing of that sort.
Whatever it may have beer., he was GER
tainly acting in strange manner. He
pulled back with wonderful vigor, brac-
ing his feet and vibrating his head
swiftly The skin Topped over his eyes,
while the joints in my body seemed to
turn completely around in their sockets.
He pulled back like this until |
thought his entire hide would slip over
MS head then he abruptly came for
ward and struck the pavement on my
back with a velocity that threatened to
destroy my further usefulness in this
world.
He did this three or four times within
the distance of Il block, and finally sug-
gested if he did it again should feel
tempted to kick in some of his ribs as
an experiment.
/ At this time three boys gave an unex-
pected variety to the performance by
| getting in the animals rear and enliven-
ing him with a pointed stick.
He very soon got the impression that
the boys were not actuated by friendly
designs, and he came up nearer to me-
and eventually went past
1t may be well to remark just here
that when he went past he carried a por-
tion of my pantaloon leg with him-a
circumstance many would not mention,
perhaps, but it struck me as being a
very singular proceeding, especially as
my leg was next to and in close prox-
unity with the cloth
He went ahead SO fast that it was
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went the entire length of the rope before
! | succeeded in checking him. AS there
Awere quite number of people on the
3Itreet at the time il naturally increased
my interest in his movements.
The rope was a bed cord; it was full
forty feet long; the dog was about four
feet--in all forty-four feet 1t was a
pretty long line of communication to
keep up on a crowded thoroughfare, es-
pecially with a mad and hungry dog on
the loose end of it, He was straining
with all his might and drawing me
along at a rapid but not graceful gait
When occasionally got my eyes down
to a level with the walk, it was to dis
cover him crawling out from under
somebody, with various results. Some
times, as in the case Of very heavy peo-
pie, they did not get fairly on their feet
antil | got abreast of them. These peo-
pie invariably called my attention to the
subject, and would have got my fairest
views on it had it been possible to have
held up long enough to open my mouth.
| endured these things pleasantly
enough; but when man and woman
both came down together, and the rope
got mysteriously twisted about three
other people, and seesawed them in d
wonderfully fearful manner, lost all
desire to own dog, and let go of my
snd Of the rope,
Ii Immediately transpired that no one
was needed there, The people who were
seesawing across the walk and shouting
for their friends We're so inconceivably
entangled in the rope that they held the
dog as firmly as a piece of meat could
have done The old gentleman and lady
were full as mysteriously mixed, boti
screaming igorously-although it is bui
lair to state that the former appeared t.
take the liveliest interest in the matter
as he was next to the dog, and in very
exposed condition, | regret to add.
tat once resolved itself into such an ex