Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-09-09

Immediately parted The boy said that
he had brought the pup to Volo and
had given it to man to hold while he
unsaddled hs horse. The man ran away
with Velestino.
There were dispatches to be sent, and
the wires were muddled in way that
was simply scandalous The correspond
ent left for Athens, rejecting from
time to time upon the virtues of his
lost pup.
Volo is ordinarily 800, 900 miles from
Athens. In time Of war it is the square
of 800, 0O0 Every route is impossible.
All the steamers are on war business.
All the carriages have vanished. There
are no horses. 1t 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 a peasant come
in and walk toward the rear Of the
place. This man had 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 100000 dogs
like that in Greece, sir.
"No, there amt. I tell you that is
my dog
As the peasant with the pup disap-
peared through door in the rear the
correspondent and the dragoman rushed
after him. In courtyard they found
the peasant delivering the pup to an
other dragoman, the servant of an Eng
lish correspondent, but the correspond
ent took the pup. ut is my dog"
"No, it IT," said the dragoman of
the English correspondent II got him
at Volo."
"You got him at Volo, did you!
Well, 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 drams
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 he 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 {
toy balloon, but it filled him with {
sort of glad satisfaction, which wal
noticeable in his tipsy sailor walk.
On his way to Athens the pup re-
ceived constant ovations. The Greek
boy was on the box, and he elaborated
his own experiences and, incidentally,
the experiences of the pup People
gazed at Velestino with awe. He was
such wee thing that the correspondent
was not sure whether he was going tt
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 anG
was destined to be big dog
'Wait until he grows" they said
"and then if even 100 bad men ap
proach your house you need not fear. ;
Looking at Velestino, asleep in fluffy
ball in the carriage, the correspondent
rather thought that the number Of bat
men was over the limit
At Thebes, while the correspondent
lunched, Velestino waddled, or rathe
fell, around the floor of the cafe Th,
boys Of the village congregated abou
him, and the Greek child, who though
he had been almost killed, dilated OF
the experiences of himself and the dog
All these popular honors the pup &C
cepted with his usual sublime indiffer
ence. He interested himself in certain
surprising physical eccentricities. Fo
instance, every time he tried to run hi
| fell on his nose. When he tried to catcl
his tail, he fell ON his shoulder Ii
fact, he was SO much Of pup that hi
could fall in almost any direction will
equal abandon. These maneuvers wer'
also conducted without regard to tht
| interest and admiration Of the populace
People do not usually talk about dogs
and SO, before he reached Athens, hi
was easily the most famous dog IL
Greece. In Athens itself he was put vi
at the best hotel, and the honors he ne
ceived befitted his social position.
At present he is with your CORE
spondent. He has personal attendan
engaged at fabulous salary. He il
we'll known here already, and his ap
pearance on the street causes popular
demonstration. But he doesn't care. TO-
Stephen Crane in San Francisco Chron
icle.