The Indiana State sentinel., 1894-06-20

IL finally became necessary 10 employ
policemen 10 guard out canine posses
sions, not that there was danger OF theft,
but that the curious people insisted upon
landing upon the island. and the au-
thorltes objected stTcnuously 10 contact
between our pets and the population.
human or animal. number OF men
were arrested and fined In court for per-
slsting I'm setting foot upon the dog do
main after being warned away.
Despite all our precautions. one OF our
hounds broke his chain and swan TO the
mainland. For hours he wandered about
at his own sweet Will Such dog hunt
as we did have! All hands OF us tramped
the mountains till we were ready to drop.
and then we hired a posse Of lusty
youths. Offering a reward OF 10 kroners
for the animal alive and kronerS for
his skin. not that we cared so much for
one solitary dog-we have brought more
than we need In provision for all con-
tingencles-but we feared that III even
one Of our contraband CANNES was per-
mitted 10 roam at large the authorities
would take fright and order US 10 kill the
whole pack or 10 put them aboard ship
and out TO sea before we were ready so
TO do. Luckily the truant brute was
found and banished TO our ST. Helena,
though not without giving the authorl-
ties such a fright that they had no end
Of telegraphing 10 and from the capital
at Christiania. The same spirit OF gen.
erosity and forbearance which has char
acterized the people OF Norway since our
arrival must have actuated the officials.
for we had no further trouble with them,
and our fears proved TO have been
groundless.
But for a week there were rumors Of
dogs and escapes galore. Every cur seen
wandering disconsolate about the streets
was taken up and held as one Of the
expedition dogs. In all such cases we
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our island. If there was any probability
OF his being ours, our usual test %
ownership was 10 hold q quiet converse
tion with the tramp I'm French. and "
he understood and kept up his end OF the
parley vous all right-he was ours. II
he shook his head instead Of his tial
when we asked him II he would like 10
go back to his mother in Llege, he was
Morse and none Of our meat. In one or
two cases we smuggled dogs upon the
island which after turned out 10 be town
dogs and thus we were placed in an
embarrassing position. To claim the pup
as ours was to acknowledge that our
guard was not vgilant. and that we were
in a fair way TO introduce rabies into
peaceful Norway, thus renewing the
danger OF friction with the police officials.
on the other hand. 10 admit that the dog
was not ours but had been kidnapped,
war sure TO lead to other complications.
such as the necessity OF paying whatever
eXtravagant price the owner might set
upon hts dog, for OF course II was i'm
possible 10 return to his home an animal
that had passed night with our sus-
pected and outlawed pack or every man
for fifty Norwegian miles around-and a
Norwegian mile Is something fearful and
wonderful To travel. being equal 10 about
six OF our miles-every man In all this
region who had ever lost a pup would
come TO our pound and pretend 10 find
him there knowing right we'll we should
have 10 stop his mouth with one or
two OF the queer little square-toed 3
kroner notes which the honest and in
dustrlous people Of the country work so
hard for.
OF the two evils we chose neither We
were never quite sure when a dog
found his way TO our little isle whether
he was ours or not. We mugwumped
between the two parties. We would try