The evening times., 1898-09-26
THE "sTALLaAMEL. /"
Mr.. Dooley on the Services of Horse
Doctor HufdekOper.

Doctor HuidekOper.
The country has only recently learned
how much the soldiers owe to the horse
doctor, who was placed fh charge at
Chickamauga. Mr.. Dooley. in the Chi
cago Record. tells how he got his ap-
pointment: II
Twas this way about DR.. Hucken-
that was given him FIR Chris mas pris-
int, be me frind Perpont Morgan, an tn
cat was gr-heat fav-orhite iv tn White
House. Twas as quite as tn Sicrity iv
Agriculture an as affectionate as tn
Sicrity iv tn Treeseaury. TIL cat was
called Cool Bonds because iv tn in
trest he dhrew. He very often played
with tn sicrity iv tn Navy, an livery
wan that came to tn White House f'r a
| job loved him.
But wan day Cool Bonds begun to
look bad. He cuddent ate tn r-rich
crane out iv tn dimon'-studded saucer.
He stopped castin' an eye at tn c'nary In
| the cage. Whin tn Sicrity iv the Navy
wint down f'r to play with him Cool
Bonds spit at that good and g-hreat
man. Mack was Shawn himself befure
| tn lookin' glass. an had jus got his face
pulled r-round to wan side fr a good
| cash, whin he heerd a screen iv ag-uny
/ beyond him, an TURNED to see Cool
| Bonds lape up with his paws on his
stomach an hit tn ceiling. Mack gave a
cry iv terrur an grabbed at Cool
| Bonds Away wint Cool Bonds
through tn house. Th' Sicrity iv War
seen him comm an called Pussy. Pus-
| syr Cool Bonds wint through his legs
| an galloped fr where tn Postmaster
| Giniral was sittin', edith his pa-aper.
| TIL Postmaster Giniral had just got as
far as we opine' whin he see Cool
| Bonds, and he bate tn cat to the windy
| be a whisked. Well, Cool Bonds ined
up in tn coal cellar, an they was d
| Cab'nit council FIR TO see what was TO be
| done
"'Sind fr Dochter Hagengubler.' says
tn Sicrity iv War. He's wan " tn
gr-reatest surgeons iv our time he says,
| an can cure anything f'rum pip to
| glanders, he says. TIL famous Dochter
| Honeycooler was summoned. Sir says
| Mack, 'Goof Bonds, tn pride iv tn Ad-
ministration, has had a tit.' he says.
''Twud br-reak our hearts TO lose our
little pet he says. Co. he says. an
take such measures as ye-er noble heal
in art suggests, he says, an may tn
| prayers " an d5OnlZeu roster parent 80
| with ye he says.
DIR. Higgenlocker wint down into tn
coalshed an whin he come back it wa:
Cool Bonds in his arms, weak an pale
but with a wan smile on his lips. Afthel
! embracin' Cool Bonds an tuckin hin
| away in bed, Mack turns to tn Dock
| Dock, he says. We have performed {
noble sarvice, he says. / appint ye {
major gineral,' he says. I'm that al
- -. L.,
tives in Philadelphia, he says. But
says Mack, "tis a shame to think iN
ye'er noble sarvices bein' wasted. h
| says. I appint ye, he says, surgeon
giniral, he says. Proceed, he ssays II
Cuby an stamp out tn threaded raw
! age he says. iv r-ringbene and stag
gers he says. That's how Dock got tn
| the job. He was a gr-reat man dowI
| ther', an now he's wan iv tn vethranari
! ans iv tn war. Ye heerd iv typhoid an
yellow fever in tn trenches, but did "
| heer anything iv SPAWN or tn foot-an
| an-mouth disease? Not wanst.
| Dock was on dooty late an early
Sleepless an vig'lant he stood beside tn
suffrin' mules, allayin' their pain an
slowly but surely dhraggin' thin out il
tn clutches iv pink-eye an epizootic
He had CHEEKY wurrud, a pleasan
smile, an bottle of liniment f'r wan an
all. He cured Tiddy Rosenfelt's hor-rs
" interference an made a soothin
lotion iv axle grease fr Giniral Shafter
blackboard Ye might see him any tim
wandherin' through tn camp with a hat
full of oats or a wisp of hay. They call
ed him tn Stall Angel an counties
thousands " sick hor-rses blessed him
He's a gr-reat man is tn Dock. But 1
ii hadn't been fr Cool Bonds tn
country wud nivir have had his sarvices
Who knows but what Mack's cat was tn
rale victhor up at Sandiago?'
Didn't he cure amy men?" asked MI
Hinnissy.
Sure said Mr. Dooley. He cure
Tiddy Rosenfelt iv boltin'