Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-01

around the dogs neck and put blanket
on bis back and told him TO 20 out and
begin his blessed work Of mercy ] WAS
alone in the house at the time, for
my wife bad gone on q visit to her moth
or, and the cook had got herself arrest
ed for being drunk and disordery, 80
there was no one 10 make any objection
to my use Of one Of my wife's best blank
cts. The dog barked with delight when
be saw the snow, and rolled IN It for
a few moments Just SO as TO get the
blanket good and wet and then he start
ed down the stroet 0t a gall0p / lived
something more than a mile from the Wiz
lage and there were no houses nearer
than a half mile and as the dog took
the road leading away from the village
] did not think that he would stand much
chance of picking up many travellers. lie
didn't return until noon, and then he
didn't bring anybody home on his back.
lie did. however bring six tramps with
him., three Of whom were pretty drunk,
they having drank all The whisky IN the
flask. The other three said the dog had
promised them drink II they would fol-
low him, and they hoped that ] would be
as good as the dogs word. As wasn't
armed. and as the tranps carried big
sticks aud evidently meant business.
judged 10 best 20 sustain the dogs char
acter for verncity and ret rid Of them
peacefully. They went away after
wrestling with n pint of good whisky.
and an that time that idiotic dog was
wagging his tail as n he deserved the
humane society's medal, instead Of de-
serving a thrashing for trying to rescue
tramns when nature had taken the
trouble 90 furnish n blizzard especially
TO thin them ont
~ explained to the dog with MY
riding whip the view that ne must take
of tramps In the future, and then /
sent him out again, after filing up his
whisky flask and giving him nu0ther
blanket I'm the place Of the one that the
tramps had stolen. I told him that In
the future / should prefer 10 have him
rescue women and children, especially
the latter, and that if he found n frozen
male traveller he had hotter cOnSne him-
self 20 giving Information TO The police,
instead of lavishing whisky on possibly
mlcserying people, lie went on, some-
what humbled. but still IN excellent
spirits. aud In short time rushed up
my front steps dropped something on
the doormnt and rushed Of again. AZ
first i thought that the idiot had been
rescuing somebody's linen chat had been
hung out 20 dry. hut when che linen be-
gan 20 make remarks in n loud voice.
found that !. was n particularly lively
baby.
"Of course ! couldn't let The little In
noceut lie and freeze on my doorstep,
so ] brought it into the house aud aid
my best 20 quiet It. As / mad never had
much experience with babies. | found
myself IN pretty tight place. ] had
no milk 10 give the baby, so I mixed
a little Hour and water rll Il looked like
milk. and got a littlc of It down the
buby's throat Then / shook I; CO my
knee I'll Il dropped asleep. i put * I'm
my bed, intending tO 20 out aud find
some woman who would come and at
tend TO Il, when / heard the dog bark
ing, and ON opening the front Goor saw
his tail disappearing down the street,
aud saw that lac had left another infnnt
on the doormat
''lhe FIRST baby was a saint in compar~
ison with this one, which was a sort Of
MANTLE tramp In appearance, and was