The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-09-11
DAD AND THE NEW DOG.
An Incident Showing the Bad Results Oh
sNot Taking Good Advice.

Not Taking Good ADVICE
When the son warned the sire that
he ought to get acquainted Win 1ne
new dog, the sire ignored the ad-
vice. and in less than II hours he
most heartily regretted it. 1t hap
pened In this way:
They live in the Rock church par
ish, and not the least important
member of the family is the oldest
boy, who has a fancy for stray dogs,
cats and other beasts. He is con-
stantly bringing home sore eyed kit.
tens and neglected and abandoned
CANNES, only to have them thrust
out into the cold world through the
back alley gate. One day last week,
however, there fell into the young
mans possession, in that mysterious
way in which some boys will IN
spite of respectable parentage and
proper instruction acquire property,
a dog that was different from other
dogs that he had rescued from q fate
more or less cruel. 1t was a good
dog-never mind the breed or pedl-
gree. Boy and dog became the clos
est and most intimate, not to say
affectionate, friends almost at the
first meeting. The brute was doml-
ciled in the laundry for a few nights
until he could become accustomed
to the place. Thursday it was de.
cided by the boy that the time was
ripe for giving the animal the free
dom of the yard. Then it was the
sire Was warned by the SON:
Better come out in the yard, pop,
and get acquainted with my dog.
He's a mighty good watchdog, and
II he doesn't know you, you can't
get in when you come homo to-
night"
"Oh, I guess not. That dog
wouldn't bite meat unless you but
tered it. He'll never stay awake
long enough to watch anything.
Just another of your worthless
strays."
And so pop was not introduced to
the new dog.
1t was midnight when the head OF
the house arrived home from down
town, where business had detained
him. He had not thought of a lior
in the way or anything else to mo
lest or make him afraid as he ap
preached tho side porch, key il
hand. But the dog was there, ant
he made his presence manifest by
q warlike demonstration. Paterfa
milias paused, and there flashed
Gross his mind the boys warning
He sought to open negotiations, bu
the dog wouldn't negotiate. Their
bluflng was tried, but it didn'
work. The dog, after the first tn
multuous assertion Of his presenc
by bark of mouth, planted himsel
squarely on top Of the porch step
and kept his eye on the intruder
Every effort to advance was me
with a growl so ominous that 1t wa
p%rohibitive. He was simply barre
out Of his own house and forced t
best q retreat.
Driven from the side door, til
only one to which he had a key, tn
next best thing was to yank the bel
at the front door. This vas don
with energy and perseverance,, Blu
1t failed to arouse the sleeping il
mates. A reconnaissance of the sid
yard was made. The dog was sti,
there and very wide awake. Agai
the bell, but to no good purpose. The
the head of the house sat down on tb
front steps and for half an hour bea
his brains to a froth trying to devils
a scheme to get in. Then he lost hi
temper and began an assault on til
front door that seemed to shake th
very foundation stones of the house
The gentleman across the stree
raised his window and asked wha
was wanted. The dog trotted aroun
the side of the house and took a pc
sition where he could watch pre-
ceedings. Still everybody in tn
house slept soundly. Another as
sault on the door brought forth
growl from the dog, and the wiz
dows of three houses across til
street went up and three night cal
ped heads conferred as to who's
house was being b~urglarized. TIL
shade trees concealed tho disturbe,
but did not stop his ears to the CON
ments of his neighbors. The do
drew nearer, but didn't bark. H
just growled. The man sat dow
again on the step.
For another half hour man an
beast eyed each other. Despair an
desperation battled in the breast c
the locked out, dog besieged mar
Desperation %triumphed. He d.
sc onded from his place on the fror
steps, with one eye on the dog an
the other on o bit of limestone i
the gutter. The canine guardian
the premises allowed him to leay
the yard. 1t WAS the work of a fe'
seconds to send that rock crashin