Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-06-07
NOTES BY RAMBLER.

III leu uOks' MOsb Oh LDeSe dullb@i9 ~
lying 10 front Of som. mans premises,
watching. They are Just common, or
dinary everyday scrub watch dogs. Bot
they perform valuable service t. their
owners. These dogs are the police of
rural districts. J. ,ch one has his beat
that goes 1t over and does duty day and
night. If some one comes along who
does not belong in the neighborhood
he is carefully eyed by the apparently
sleeping sentinel. If he looks at all
suspicious, an alarm is gwen. There
is no bribing or "a ing that policeman
to neglect his duty, unless he is too
hungry. But few tramps like me,
however, carry any grub to throw to
the dogs. In town, II you want to get
Oh the right side of policeman, you
ask him up to q free lunch counter.
But most of these half-starved country
watch dogs will scorn to touch the
most tempting morsel at the hands OF
a stranger. wish they could all be
better fed. 1t makes me feel bad for
an hour, in this land of plenty, to BEE
even an animal exposing its ribs to the
outside world. We do not sufficiently
prize our most faithful friend-the
common house dog. He watches our
property, our cattle, our wives and
children, our orchard and field, our
chickens and garden, year in and year
out, and we don't half feed him, or
half the people don't. We don't know
how many crimes he has prevented be-
ing committed in the dark hours OF
the night; how many tramps ne has
kept from committing outrages on
members of families when the men
were away from home; how much
money he has saved the tax payer In
preventing robberies and bloodshed.
The next time see poor half-starved
house dog, am going to try and enter
into conversation with him and write
down the interview. The trouble is,
he IL 80 loyal, he will swear that he Ia
the best treated dog in the neighbOr-
hood; that he IL treated better than he
deserves; that the service he renders 10
perfectly inconsequential, and that he
IL very much obliged, but rather not
get his name in the papers AS a kicker,
for fear he will lose even the privilege
OF lying In the dust in front Of the
, premises, and regaling his stomach on
a bare bone once week.
-.
Que road we ride over great deal
: Is travelled by barefoot boy who Is d
pei feet little gentleman. He wears
ragged clothes aud his mother does not
seem 10 be older or 10 have time TO
keep him mended up neatly. But he
iE Just as happy, cheerful and proud A.
though he wore new store clothes all
the time. lie always bids the time Of
day aud looks up pleasantly, not going
skulklng by In barbarie soIt Of way,
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