The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21
A TALE OF A TAIL.
A Tsiegrnpll OpsralOr's Dog and his Rare

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A Telegraph Operators Dog and His Hare
Accomplishment.
II people must tell telegraph stories
why. not tell truthful and reasonable
ones-such as are susceptible OF proof?
For instance. why has nobody thought
Il worth while to tell the world about
Tanquary's dog? There Is q narrative
beautiful. chnste and Instructive, and
one TO which every operator on the Dem
yer q Rio Grnnde from Denver to Pue-
bio will swear. The facts are simple
and elevating. TanQuary was an opet-
ator ut Graneros, Col, metropolis
made up OF freight car. set on to one
side OF the road for use as telegraph
office. and the house OF the section fore
man. Sundry coyotes and other wild
fowl raised their voices in insurrection
In the night hnd the sand and rocks
baked and qulVered IN the day. And
Tanquary got lonesome.
Perham sent him o dog. a mean
looking animal of mingled breeding,
mostly bad. and with u tail OF the
length. breadth and thickness Of ba-
mana. But he was welcome to Tan
quarry, who didn't even have an occa-
sIonRI tramp to shoot at. or any other
permissible means OF relaxation. Tan
quarry taught the dog to go to the Sec
ton forofnan's house, where he boarded,
and fetch his lunch, although ut hrst
the dog was inclined to make Roman
holiday OF the food, causing Tanquary
much Irritation and fatigue from beat
Ing him. The operator taught the dog
TO stand on his head, TO leap sidewise,
to chew tobacco, and some other accom-
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the dog secretly set TO work to lenrn
other things, OF which Tanqunry knew
nothing. The two were much attached
to each other. as is the case always with
people OF similar habits.
SO much 20 that when TGnquary
went on his customary Bemi-annual trip
north to see II Denver was still there,
and to help to rcnovate, reconstruct
and paint II, he took the dog along.
They had sundry adventures, which
may be passed over In silence and sor-
row, and finally brought up In poker
game behind barber shop in Wauzee
street, three utter strangers having de-
cided 10 gather In the telegrapher's six
months salary They played with
great energy and increasingly. Until the
railroad man had reached the drcEs
OF his pocketbook. He looked about
him in sorrow. and his eyes fell on
his dog, which had taken q position
on q chair across the room and which
scend TO be much Interested.
III you people are sports" said Tan.
you'll lot me put that dog In against
dollars worth OF excitement and we
viii 60 Il a little longer" Then he
told OF the accomplishments OF the dog
and put him through n few tricks Tho
dog seemed to be worried about II. and
you could see he was not Mt all satisfied
with his new duty Of masqueTa dtHS
rs q jackpot. The three sports. being
satisfied with the animars educational
advantages, Hcceded TO the operators
request.
whereupon the game became one Of
life and death. Tanquary after the draw
found himself possessed OF two kings
and the same number OF tens. All but
two OF the strangers fell by the way
eide and Tan was getting worried about
the single opponent he had, for the
fellow had held up three cards. The
operator weighed his hand, looked at
Il, felt It and tested II by all his other
senses, for he didn't want to frttter
away his dog on nothing. Suddenly he
heard a sound as OF the falling OF
mama. His telegraphlc ear caught
from some mysterious source these
Morse characters:
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Tanquary was one OF those men who
did not inquire into the why's and
wherefores OF Providence. When
miracle was performed. the purport OF
which was to inform him that the other
man was blutiing severely on deuces.
he accepted It without cavIl and played
back with all hIs strength. The result
was that he Earnered 81 SIS on that pot
and was staked for the next deal.
They started In again and Tan got
three kings He was Inclined TO bet
like an amateur in the hands OF tout
at a track, but suddenly across
his organ OF hearing came the low,
sullen statement
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