The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-26
STORY OF A DOG.


only thing ever stole, and maybe 1t ism T. |
That's nothing TO you, is It? You asked |
me for the story and will tell IL TO you.
| don't suppose you're headquarters de-
tective. know you are not WhyY Per
haps | know them all Perhaps It comes
handy in my graft to know them Thnt's
nothing to you. is itY
well, you saw the dog on the roof, you
say You know he was we'll bred, chr
You know thing about dogs, then He
took first prize in his class up at Madison
Square Garden. That's right. He sold
for II thousand the next day, and l stole
him.
"My friends name was Marty-Martin
Borden. We went to school together on
Broume street. Yes, they call that part of
the town Poverty Hollow, and that's
right, too, l guess. He went longer than
me He was educated. He went up to
fractions, bat l left when my mother died
and my father was sent away. guess l
was about s, something like 8, but I'm
not quite sure. They've got it ut head
quarters with my picture. You can look
:horo if you like
Martyrs father earned good wages in a
foundry down Corlears Hook way, and
/ Marty was Kept in school until he was TO-
| think.
/ We'll when Martyrs dad died, Marty
/ got Job down in the foundry doing li5tlc
/ jobs Il kid could do
zone day--he'd been there n few years
/ while | was up the riyer--an iron beam
/ fell on him and did something queer to
/ his back No, l don't know what it was
/ Tho doctors at Bellevue had a lot of long
names for it, but they didn't do Martyrs
/ back any good. l was calling on him ev-
/ cry day and fetching him things what l
/ coI!d get until they said Marty should go
/ to the island.
THAT near broke his heart, cause he
/ knew it meant he was never to be cured.
and was to live over there in the hospital
all his life. l saw him crying one day
when went to Bellevue, and it near set me
crazy
"Wcil, went to the boss and asked why
had Marty to go to the island, and he says
because he had no homo to go to- That
set me to thinking. got something that
! day-nevcr mind how-and l rented q
room ard went to the boss and said I'd
take Marty home with me- l showed him
the room rent receipt, and showed him
the money to hire a carriage to take Marty
home in, and they let me have him.
1T was q little room, just under the
roof, with a stepladder running up to a
glass skylight, which had sliding win
dow.
81 was on Fifth avenue one day, away
up by the park, kind of looking around to
see if anything would come my way, when
young swell comes along with n bull
terrier. The dog was beauty. l saw the
swell hadn't owned him long, for the dog
wasn't friendly with him. 1 don't know
e. 1N,,t Ill Nf ~
strikes me what good company the dog
would be for Marty, and l sneaks up and
grabs it. l made the chase all right for
don't think the swell missed the dog un.
til l was out of sight.
"Of course, dogs are better than most
men, but Marty was as good as dog, and
, those two took to each other from the time
they looked straight into each other S eyes
Honest, it is a wonder the way they were
rhums from the word go. told Marty I'd
found the dog, and would look out for an
! advertisement for it, and return it. Well,
the advertisement came all right, and
there were pieces in the paper about the
prize winner the swell had paid $1,000 for
, being lost The reward kept jumping
| every day until it was $3.50 and no ques
lions.
! 1.-The day that happened I only had
enough food for Marty and the dog, and
made up my mind I'd return the dog and
get II lot of nice things for Marty. II
, tell you why didn't. When | went tC
our room, l thought first Marty had gone
dotty, for he was laughing like nothing
was the matter with his back, and there
was no pains in his head.
I "Comfort--that was the name Marty
| give the dog, for Marty was educated ant
= knew n lot of words-Comfort was on the
] bed doing all the tricks you ever heard of
| Marty told me Comfort could climb the
I ladder, push back the window and go or
: the roof. Honest, while Marty was telling
. this the dog was looking at him with his
head on one side and his eyes cooked NJ
p. knowing, and when Marty stopped the dog
ran up the ladder and was doing all hii
4 stunts on the skylight Every once il
awhile Comfort would stop his tricks ant
] stand with his fore feet on the edge of the
, skylight grinning and his ears cooked lik
/, he was saying How do you like that
t Martyr
!. "Then he'd dance all over the tin roo
;. and make a noise like it was raining
c When it was terrible hot up there, Mart.
would say, Let's have a rainstorm, Com
q fort, and the dog would go up to the roo
!. and patter around with his claws on tn
v tin till Marty would call him down.
J. $50 l didn't take the dog back for tn
i reward.
That was the way it was till Marty-til
/. the end
: "When could get the money, I'd hav
l paid doctor, but Marty said not to. II
knew it was coming but he never showe
/ he was getting punishment Comfor
seemed to know, too, and guess he STOP
ned sleepinu Mt all for If Marty woul
- make a move at night that wouldn' fright
en- fly Comfort would be at his side a
It quick as me, kind of kissing his hand an
}, making little talks to him, you know, tn
II way dogs do.
d well, Marty quit one night, one han
o in mine and one on Comforts neck. Tn
r wagon came for him-I hadn't an
money that time for hearse-and whe
the men took him out of the room Com
fort went up on the roof. l was standin
on the sidewalk while they were putin