The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-16
JACK AND HIS DOG.
A Little Story for the Younger Happy
hammers.

The answer was so unexpected and the
comhinat.on SO lnconeruous that the gen
tleman Was both amused and interested
ana he at once determined that the boys
wish should be gratlfied.
And that Is how ( happened that when
Jack went to his stocking on Christmas
morning he found peeping out Of IT Il little
black head with tan colored ears and
tan colored circles around two br sht little
eyes Az he rapturously gathered the
little stranger to hts bosom the stocking
fell with "a thump to the floor and out
tunibled small, morocco-covered hymn
book.
Putting his hymn book into his pocket
ana hugging the puppy close he ran 10
the back steps and sat down, lie did not
else in the stocking. wan the soft lit
tic head against his cheek. Jack opened
without regard to tune OF rhythm. Pres
entity, To his intense delight, the puppy
opened rs mouth and whined IN unison.
hourly occurrence. All other toys and
amusemcuts were forgotten IN the pos
session of puppy that could sing.
sayinss' much. for Els height uever ex-
cccded a measurement BY inches lie rot
ding eise with him him or coHrsc he was
| fond of candy and he would poke his
nose through q, box; selec ing WIN as
sweets.
| lie got along amicably with the cat ana
| the canary bird, hut had an aversion to
tho ch ckcus, particularly those that we're
! Just haiched, which he seemed to think
urcanuy. or parrot IN the house no
was drcadfuly afraid. When 1t talked
| Vie invariably crcpt away with his Nsu-
| all5 active little tail between MS legs,
Jack said that Vic could 10 everything
except talk but that singing was the next
| thiug to a. And he never got too old to
! JON his master In any hymn that he be
| cau. though as he grew older, hts voice
| charged and his whine deepened mo II
| howl.
In spite Of all these accomplishments
! Vic was an arrant coward therein sadly
! he,ieing his namc of Victor lf lie he'd
/ ever had q previous existence he must
I have been shot as a desertcr from bat
! t,ofield. The sound OF "A gun sent him
/ into an agony Of fright and no place WAS
small enough or dark enough for his hid.
! ing. Up In the garnet. under IN old
| Lounges. was his favotite refuge, II he had
| time 10 reach it. Thunder frightened him
almost as much as n gun. When the
| skies became serene or the huntsnun had
/ gone out Of hearing. Vie would come unt,
| smiling If ever dog did smile, and fawn
/ upon Jack for forgiveness. for ne knew
| that Jack was heartily ASHAMED Of him.
! once Vie fclt that he got even with his
/ master. Jack was ,ying upon the rug. cry
! ing loudly at some real or imaginary hurt.
/ with We as usual. beside nm. VIC stood
/ the racket as long as he thought any well
/ bred dog should, and then getting upon
/ his feet, hc stared for a moment contemp-
tousiy into jacks face and siaiked out
/ OF the room.
Poor We! lie me, tragic death
through>lovo of his master. one day Jack
! and his mother started in "A carriage TO
| visit a friend They had TO cross a river
| by mra'A II a po.cd fcrryhoot II was
decided that Vic must stay at home, as
! the lady they werr TO visit was particu-
| larly av"rse to dogs. Jack pui him In the
/ hands of servant to be held until they
/ were we'll away,
After they were on the boat, probably n
/ MIRA Of the way across The river. little
3 'aet hoo a nod VI . %
! painting for u moment nj the water
/ edge. only for a moment. however and
/ then hc plunged into the water, and when
/ the boat landed ho stood dripping TO wei
come Jack with all the wag that was
left in his little tail after 50 much cxer-
/ ton. Jack took him ur tenderly and car
/ ried him to nearby house. where the
people promised to keep him until Jack
/ returned
Finding IT Impossible 20 hold him after
the carriage left. they tied a rope around
| his neck and fastened MIN inside the
fence. The next morning they found the
| poor little fellow caught in 4 crack Of tho
fence. with his head outside. He had
never for u Inomen, given mp the effort
to rejoin his master, until he had stran-
eled himself in the struggle.
THE NEW FouNDLAND
White Hail. Grimes county, Texas
Dear laphummer. did not come in Tins
for the color contest, SO VIII cast my
vote for my favorite dog-the Newfound-
land. have never seen many kinds Of
dogs, hut the most Intelligent dog | know
anything about is the New Founliand.
! Th"y can he taught 90 do many things,
such az to go to mnrkct and watch over
little children and many other things. /
( nave read where they saved the lives OF
persons that were lost out IN the storm
cold winter nights by p.lo.ng them to
house. | read The other day anout a little
boy and his New FOundland dos. II was
the first day he ever went IA school ard
he hated to leave h,s dog. as they aiWays
"a la a A. HeF NHU