Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-05-04

cheerful Willingness with unfalllng
punctuality. am not indisposed to
agree with the poet who says lit is
good to hear the honest watch dog
bark" But there is a wide difference
yelping, varied at frequent intervals
with wailing whine, as though the
wretched animal was suffering agonies
through collie, or some other internal
ailment.
Bad enough to listen to in the day
time, but in the dead stiffness of the
night to be helplessly subjected to the
dreadful infection was, respectfully
submit, sutfic lent to make one not only
mediate, but put into execution plans
of vengeance that as an uneXasperated
individual he would be incapable OF. 1t
depends, of course, on the degree of
evaporation, and as the deed to which
was goaded may from humanitarian
point Of view appear SO atrocious as to
merit any amount of punishment that
ensued, it may be as we'll for me to ex-
plain the circumstances of the case.
My residence at the time was in q
suburb of London, delightfully."- pic
turesque-especially during the sum-
mer months-but rather lonely. 1t
was one of pair of villas, the next
nearest house being several hundred
yards distant. / had no next-door
neighbor when | took possession, but
when at last he came-he and his fam
ily-they brought dog with them. A
half-breed collie, so his master said. A
shaggy, ugly beast, with great moist
mouth, which was always ajar showing
his teeth. st Is capital fellow for
keeping guard" remarked my now
neighbor the first day he came. mo
fear of thieves getting in the back way
while he is about BY Jove, sir, he can
scent them quarter of a mile off, and
he let's you know it, too"
There was no misd Subscription in the
last mentioned respect He let us
know 1t almost increasingly from half
past ten at night, when he was turned
loose in the back garden, until within
an hour of daylight next morning. We
were previously unaware OF nocturnal
marauders prowling round, but accord
ing to that half-bred collie's account
there were scores of them, and it was a
miracle that our premises had not been
ransacked, and we ourselves murdered
In our beds, months ago.
did you hear him?" the gentleman
next door gayly inquired, and when /
rather ruefully responded that there
could be no possibility of a mistake
about that, and remarked that / sup
posed it was being strange to the place
made him keep 1t up so, he smilingly as.
>sured me that that had nothing to do
with it lie was always like it.
We could only hope that it was not
so, but 1t proved TO be terrible fact.
The second night was, If anything,
worse than the first, and the third
fairly up to the average. Neither my
wife nor myself could get wink OF
sleep, and rose in the morning feverish,
haggard and irritable. At the expira-
tion of week ventured, mildly and
persuasively, to represent to my next
door neighbor that we should feel
grateful If he could conveniently &C
eommodate Vixen in his washhouse al
night time instead OF allowing it the
range of the garden. Up to that time
we had no reason to speak Of him other
than an amiable and polite person, but
my reasonable request upset him at
once. Confound it ALL What had got
TO grnmble about? shared in the ben.
eft of being protected from robbers
without it costing me one penny
towards the faithful creatures keep
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