The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-08

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A LITTLE CHILD LEADS HIM.
meat. Threats and persuasions were
alike unavaiing. and at last the Man
Who Knows 1t All turned in despair to
the butchers boy.
Take back your meat said he,
land give me my half dollar"
Nav" said the boy; Il can buy
chcaper'n that. can get piece ies
like it for thirty C. anywhere. Will
yer take thirty?'
You young rascal, Ill"
Give yer thirty-fve," said the boy,
keeping ut Il safe distance with great
discretion.
IF l get hold of YOU
But he didn't. The boy had long
lead and was gaining when he van
ishcd around Il corner.
Then there appeared upon the scene
Il doctor who had been watching from
his Office window across the way lie
had large silk handkerchief in his
hand.
II will put this handkerchief around
his lower jaw" said the doctor, land
then l can lead him with case and
safety"
"IIow yer goin' ter git him ter open
his mouth?" suggested Il boy in the
crowd.
Don't you worry about that" said
the cXpressman who had lost his coat
sleeve. Hell open his mouth all right;
the trouble will come when he shuts it,"
The doctor was a brave man and lie
inf no E1e
There was just room enough for him
and Leo and the kennel.
Leo elevated his upper lip. He kept
right on raising it. The lip went M
like curtain in {; theatcr, and the
scene it disclosed was all teeth. The
doctors mind was slightly dccomposed
by this spectacle. In fact he could
think of only one thing, and that was
the problem: How is it possible for a
dog with such large teeth to have so
many of them? There appeared to be
Il hundred or more on each jaw. The
doctor stood there and thought about
it.
Meanwhile half Il dozen of the boldcr
spirits in the crowd had been so inter-
cstcd in the doctors experiment that
they had climbed up on the sides of the
wagon. Leo heard them all around
him. He is Il dog with an exceptional
~ mild disposition, but there is limit
to his patience, and that limit was
reached at the moment in question.
Leo was in a condition to bite for bust
ness. He opened his mouth till it
looked like the entrance of Il cave. and
every hair on his body stood up
straight as nail
Then the air seemed to be full of
feet There was fringe of them en-
tirely around the wagon, for all the
men on its edge had gone off head first.
Nobody was bitten but everybody was
satisfied. The dog could keep the
wagon if he liked it; he could have
it all.
Just then there appeared Mr..
Clarhe's Youngest son. Taylor.
Hello" he said: "Lco's come:
Don't We go near him." said the
crowd.
Nonsense" said Taylor who's
scarf of old Leo? lie won't bite any
body"
He climbed up over the wagon wheel
and nobody could stop him. Every
body drew long breath Taylor, be-
tween two slices of bread, would not
make Il sandwich for Leo, and the
chances that the dog, in his present
frame of mind, would recognize the
boy, seemed very small.
But when Taylor had got into the
wagon, good old Leo put out his
which is as big as n snow
shovcl-and licked the boys face and
hands with every indication of delight.
Then Taylor jumped down from the
wagon, and the dog followed him.
They moved toward the house in
lane formed 10y the heels of people who
were getting out of the way. They
had more room than the Columbian
land parade, and Leo could have had
twice as much by simply asking for it.
The cxprcssmen couldn't make him
get down." said Mrs. Clarke, when her
son and Leo were safe in the house.
What do men know about manag
ing n dog?" said Taylor. 1T takes
boys for that" HOWARD FIELDING.