The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

was TO send for IL as soon as could
conveniently do so. 1t was mastiff-st
least i thought he said So-about two
years old and Bixby said il would be
mighty useful about the place as a
Watchdog. / needed a watchdog. hut
that wasn't what was doing this for.
1t was simply 10 please Bixby. Well.
he got away at last and as the train
pulled out for the west he waved his
hand to me and called back not TO neg
lect the dog. And didn't The very
next day l sent one of nv stable boys
over after it and he brought il back in
good shape. And what n dog il was,
As big as calf end would eat four
times as much. And what a savage
brutei We had 10 tie him up in the
back yard the first night, and after
that we kept him in the stable, most
", for the hired girl was scared to
death at him, and the boys used TO nut
his meals down in front of him and run
Is II they had Set fire To . fuse of a DIV.
namite boInb.
AT the end of the first week that
dog owned the place and | had To paw
the boys extra TO look after him. Az
for myself, even my devotion To Bixby
was not enough TO get me within
dozen rods ii. just the same, though,
I had promised Bixby not TO neglect
the dog and kept that promise faith
fully. And not for week or n month
or a year, but for four long years
Think of that, will your and the
man heaved a great sigh, partly
of relief at the thought Of
3 duty done, and partly ot
admiration for himself. "And in tina;
time, gentlemen" he continued, Il
lost half of my friends, my wife,
threatened to move out of the house,
the neighbors shook us, servants re
fused to live with me. fought tho
police TO keep them of of him, the
back yard and the stable became q
wilderness and 8 scene of desolation
and / was on the verge of lunacy.
Yet through it all was loyal TO Bixby
and the dog.
well, the end of all things must
come, and the end of this trying occas
sion came at last with Bixby. he had
returned with money, and the first
thing he wanted TO know about was
the dog. l had never failed to report
to him at least once a month on the
general health and happiness of the
dog, and he knew pretty well how he
was doing, though be never knew
what i suffered, for / loved Bixby too
much to worry him with nv trials
He had enough of his own, going into
new country among strange people.
When got home with Bixby, my wits
refused TO see him, but l didn't tell
him that, either, and before there WA
any reason for my lying about IL, Blk
by was on his way TO SEQ the beloved.
dog after all these weary years OF
separation and waiting. I cautioned
him to be little careful, for the dog
hadn't seen him for so long that he
mightn't remember him But Bixby
wouldn't hear of anything like that
and sailed right into the stable. re-
manning outside so as not to intrudo
upon the affecting scene of their meet.
ing. In about two minutes, there waa
a ruction and a rumpus in the stable
that was simply terrorizing. and in
about two minutes more, Bixby, os
what was left Of him, came out of the
door with tho dog hanging 20 him
How he ever got loose, / don't know.
but he did, and the next thing I re-.
member, we were sitting on the top %
the fence looking at each other. Is
took Bixby about seven minutes 20 get
his breath 50 be could say anything.
and hadn't anything TO say. Then
what he did saJ gave me such a shock
that I fell OFF the fence into the alley.
Good Lord. old man." he groaned,,
''thst isn't my dog, and never was
Mine was bull pup"
And to think, concluded the friend
OF Mr.. Bixby, signing profoundly,
what I suffered from the wrong
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