The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-12

are no HORSES IL requires more energy
to travel now in Greece than it does to
do three months campaign The cor
respondent struggled as far as Chalkis
with phenomenal good fortune. He was
taking his breakfast in the restaurant
there when he osberved peasant come
in and walk toward the rear of the
place. This man had a pup inside his
shirt, and the little woolly head project
ed. The correspondent said to his drago-
man, THAT is my dog " The dragoman
laughed. There are 1000, 600 dogs
like that in Greece, sir I"
"No, there amt. l tell you that is
my dog. E"
AS the peasant with the pup disap-
peared through a door in the rear the
correspondent and the dragoman rushed
after him. In a courtyard they found
the peasant delivering the pup to an
other dragomau, the servant of an Eng
lish correspondent, but the correspond
ent took the pup lit is my dog. e"
mo, it isn't, 3" said the dragoman of
the English correspondent. Il got him
at Volo. g"
Ou BOb Diln at bAOf dlu YOU
Well, l got him at Velestino. He be
longs to the San Francisco Examiner,
and it doesn't matter what you say, you
can't have him.
"Well"-
"Shut up"
well, he has cost me two drains
for his food and care. Pay me that and
it is all right.
Velestino thus rejoined the CORE
spondent His hotel bills were paid,
and he was invited to some bread and
milk. The rounds be fought with his
bread and milk were simply too exciting
for words, He was not satisfied with
putting all of his features in the plate,
He waded up to his knees. and his sub
sequent cargo was altogether out of
proportion to his displacement His
shape became suddenly like that of "a
toy balloon, but it filled him with Il
sort of glad satisfaction, which was
noticeable in his tipsy sailor walk.
On his way to Athens the pup re
ceived constant oyations. The Greek
boy was on the box. and he elaborated
y
the experiences of the pup. People
gazed AT Nelestino with awe. He was
such wee thing that the correspondent
was not sure whether be was going to
grow to be COW or a caterpillar, but
the killed mountaineers that studied
him said that he was of the famous
shepherd dog breed of the Greeks and
do L.
wait until he grows" they said,
land then if even 100 bad men ap-
proach your house you need not fear. 1"
Looking ut Nelestino, asleep III fluffy
bali III the carriage, the correspondent
rather thought that the number of bad
men was over the limit
At Thebes, while the correspondent
lunched, Velestino waddled, or rather
fell, around the floor of the cafe. The
boys of the village eongregated about
him, and the Greek child, who thought
he had been almost killed, dilated ON
the experiences of himself and the dog
All these popular honors the pup &c
cepted with his usual sublime indiffer-
ence. He interested himself i'll certain
surprising physical eccentrieities. For
instance, every time he tried to run he
fell on his nose. When he tried to catch
his tail, he fell on his shoulder. In
fact. be was so much of pup that he
could fall i'll almost any direction with
equal abandon. These maneuvers were
also conducted without regard to the
interest and admiration of the populace
People do not usually talk about dogs,
and so, before he reached Athens, he
was easily the most famous dog i'll
Greece In Athens itself he was put up
at the best hotel, and the honors he re-
ceiyed betitted his social position.
AT present he is with your CORE
spondent He has personal attendant
engaged at a fabulous salary. He is
we'll known here already, and his APP
pearance on the street causes popular
demonstration. But he doesn't care. -
Stephen Crane in San Francisco Chron-
icle.