The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-02
EDRlo THE GREYHOUND.


chlllftni perhaps w" IN" v III,
his back whom you 40 over there again.
and Tell the cnptnin that you viii wait
aud yet Que Of the shepherd puppies =,
hui IL chnnc-d that hcnyy rams fel'
every day for week, and by the time we
had an opportunity to go back to captain
Mnrcy's, mother had changed her NINA;
"Oh, well, he Is queer liuic i'll9w,
sho said. "lIe is always studying nboui,
something very SERIOUS. Maybe he'll ten
us what II IL some day
| No Edric stayed
We had been secretly rcjnired to get
possession of u greyhound hethils' we
were even then making preparations I"
move 10 ToXns mud establish ourselves on
ranch and inclo Frank had told nH'
"Whnt you need Is greyhound h'Nh
| and then You can hunt muic-cnrcd ran
| hits ON the 1cXHe pralrlcs lnu know
You can't hunt with greyhUndn IN 'he
woods; tboy knock Themselves to DEAN
neninst the tfcoH But out on the prhi
| ries when 0nr of them gets ailor u
mulo.cnfed rabbit there Is just II Hlteah
OF rabbit aud greyhound about half a
mile long; aud pretty soon the twn slfenkH
run together into one, aud then the grey
hound comes back with the rabbit III MS
mouth"
oh hut We ware proud of Gdrlc, with
| his little WnAplke body, and hiH long,
ahnrp nose aud his long SLENDER legs
| lie had nn nrirlocrniic AIR, ns though he
were u phtricinu dog, nnd he ecornrd TO
ussocinto with other dogs, the Tray
| Blnnch aud Sweetheart of the nciphhnt
hood, When the butcher rnnic by win
TINT drendful dog that always wanted
To make II meal ot smnll dogs that were
moi IN the butcher business, ildrc went
stalking lay without even CHANGING IN the
butcher dogs direction
| And when mother sent MS down To
"t'ncle Keuhcn'a" to see about the
clothes that Aunt l.lndy" was washing
aud all Uncle iirubcns sis dogs cnme
rushing out at once with the cNpfoeS
Intention of deyouring the newcomer
Ediic opened his mouth wide and Ahwncd
| with such bored look thu, the six dogs
beat hnsty retreat
No when we started TrNnswArd there
was Edric In the baggage chr; aud away
out on the beautiful rolling Texas prni'
rirs we aud lldrlc began ranch HE to
gethtr. ~ we cnnr ncruss the prniries
that first day we had seen tho mule cared
rabbits so skurryine away their IN
mrnso ears upllftrd like two sails, aud
We had promised ourselves great iun
when Edrlc grew larger
The months passed and lldric grew,
aud the time cnmr when II wac nothing
at all inr him iu RIM After u rabbit, mad
| 20 with such speed that he Would run
wv, w. p"N wv" w" ~ w ""n N"'H
ph'h WIN y, no, 'h"t u" cN'r hnn'',,,
| They might spring up under his very nure
and he would not oven turn hin head 10
| look at them; bat II he were ont with
M ana we ufp'h hlm very mucii, ne
would so nnd catch a rabbit, merely ont
of Difference TO NJ.
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Nnon 'ho "'nhnR'r "i we lpn'h "t''nl'
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huuN"t norm r'll' 'uInrn 'iH ph'N III
d'Ehh'u hihhn'l ana ihN h"Wh ON 'n'
N',hhun ana went I" ol''p
! never nave n''' puli' sure NM any
u VS. "nl''N'""u '"i'l' N"'1' ho''
'hnt h' always seemed nnruru'u WIN II
svhd" ~ h"i'hnh mt'hh'n"lN, HN'h III
n'S puppy h""l ne hh' II" plhhhs OF gnu
nnl"' nI' wa" h'rlnnH l''' mug ana
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WIRE 10" "'d '" ln"uiSo III 'hiluiHN non
aou5rr
ne hhh ms niue hhptH' ana ''uns 10
'nrw ~ prrs'1'rhliF Ms any oh man
'hhFH T." hlh' IN lu' IWR' cool front
'''nhuh et9"d lil'l@ lhhle' Whlrh my
Nn'hor nAd lhfHu Ih'fr to h"ld SOME
p9'7 81 hnwr'N' hnt the flowers never
.unrh'd H. from VA" "imne mel mat
tdfo TOOK pNHodr'"h OF the iahlr nud
.lhUh'h IT. no ms rHpe'hl property
HNr'} uaN lie hnnuiru upon II Muh uu'
OF h'. hNlnE npihss' ana a. the table
Nn' "lRntN Ii'N''N' ~ Nrd Ahhd he
w" y" p'iiot" spun ",n'N'lN "a the way
81 hh'ah'ihE before lie could get II
AWndN,
l'hN'hF settled II 10 ms hhtihtnct on,
h'No'rr NJ ehl mere hnd looked AWAY
over lh' wlde lralrie7 i"r h"utH NJ a
',nri ~ ne R9Hrd mere WAS human