The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-19

piece OF shell which he said had almost
killed him. and be exhibited it proudly.
Where is the pup"
The boy said he was sure he was go
ing to be killed when he beard the shell,
and he now considered his escape to be-.
miracle. The correspondent arose inn
pressively to his feet. Where is, the
pup?' 3
Weli-poor velestino, poor corre-
spondent They were united only to be
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
emit 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. O00 Every route is impossible.
All the steamers are on war business
All the carriages have vanished. There
are no horses It requires more energy
to travel now in Greece than it does to
do three months campaign. The COR
respondent struggled as far as Ohalkis
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 wooily 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.
mo, there amt ! 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 I'm. In a courtyard they found
the peasant delivering the pup to an
other dragoman, the servant of an Eng
lish correspondent, but the correspond
emit took the pup 1T is my dog. .
"No, it ism It, " said the dragoman Of
the English correspondent. 81 got him
at Volo.
You got him at aVolo, did you?
Well, I 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 -
ssShut 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 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 a
toy balloon, but it filled him with a
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
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 to
grow to be COW or caterpillar, but
the Killed mountaineers that studied
him said that he was of the famous
shepherd dog breed of the Greeks and
was destined to be big dog s
Wait until he grows, they said,
land then if even 100 bad menkap-
proach your house You need not fear.
Looking at Velestino, asleep in q fluffy
ball in the carriage, the correspondent
rather thought that the number Of bad
men was over the limit. ss
At Thebes, while the correspondent
lnnched, yelestino waddled, or rather
feu, around the floor of the cafe. The
boys Of the village congregated 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 ac-
cepted with his usual sublime indiffer-
ence. He interested himself in certain.
surprising physical eccentricities. 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. he was 90 much of pup that be
could fall in almost any direction with
equal abandon. These maneuvers were
also conducted without regard to the
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