Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-02-18

Immediately parted. Tho log said that
be lad brought the pup 10 Vo'o cHd
had given it TO q ifsn TO hold wfilo be
unaaddlcd hs horse. Tho man ran "
with Velcstino.
There wcro dispatches TO BE- sent, aud
the wires were nuGiicd In q way that
was simply scuudaloua The correspond
ent left fer Athens. rejecting from
time TO tiile upon the virtues # bis
lost pup.
Volo is ordinarily 500, 600 milan from
Athons. In tinie CT war it is tbo sguare
Of SOC, 600. Every route is impossible.
All the steamers ere on war business.
All the carriages have vanished. There
are no horses. u requires moro energy
to travel now IL Greece than it does 70
do a three months campaign. The Ger
respondent struggled as far as Chalkia
with phenomenal good fortune. He was
taking his breakfast in the restaurant
there whom he osLsrved u peasant come
in and walk toward The rear Of the
place. This man had a pup inside his
shirt, aud the little woolly head project
cd. The correspondent said to his drago-
man, THAT il my dog" Tho drGgoman
laughed. '"fhere arc LOCO, 900 dogs
like that in Greece, sir.
"No, there amt. l tell yo1 that is
my dog"
As the peasant with the pap disap-
peared through a door in the rear the
correspondent aud the draRoman rushed
after him. In a courtyard they found
the peasant delivering the pup to IN
other dragomau, tho servant Of Rn Eng
lish correspondent. but the correspond
ent took the pup. ut is MY dog"
"No, it isn't" said the d%rapornen Of
the English correspondent. 81 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 upp'
"Well, he has cost me two drains
for his food and care. Pay me that and
it is all right"
Velestino thus reioiued the CORE
spondont. 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 bis knees, aud his sub
sequent cargo was altogether out Of
proportion TO his displacement. His
shape became suddenly like that Of a
toy balloon, but it filed him with a
sort Of glad satisfaction, which was
noticeable in his tipsy sailor walk.
On his way to Athens the pap re-
ceived constant oyGtions. Th9 Greek
boy was OH the box, and ne elaborated
his W experiences and, Incidentally,
the experiences of the pup. People
gazed at Velestino with awe. lie was
such a wee thing that the correspondent
wa not sure whether he was going TO
grow to be q COW or a caterpillar, hut
tho killed mountaineors that studied
him said hat he was of tho famous
shepherd dog breed Of the Greeks and
WAS destined to DO a big deg.
"Wait until he grows, they said,
''aud then if even 100 lad men ap-
preach your house you need rot fear. =
Looking at Yelestino, asleep in 4 FUZZY
ball in the carriage, tho correspondent
rather thought thct tho number of bad
men was over the limit.
At Thebcs, while the correspondent
lunched, YelostiEo UldGled, or rather
fell, around the floor CT the cafe. The
boys Of the village ccng-egated abCut
him, and the Greek child, who thought
be had been almost killed, dilatod on
the experiences Of himself ana the dog
All these popular honors tho pup &c
oepted with his usual sublime iadiIer-
ence. Ho interested himself in certain
surprising physical eccentric!ties. For
instance, every time he tried to run be
fell on his nose. When he tried to catch
his tail, he fell on his shoulder. In
fact, he was so much Of a pup that lie
could fall in almost any direction with
equal abandon. These mHneuvers were
also conducted without regard to the
interest and admiration of the popllace.
People Go not usually talk about dogs,
and so, before he reached Athens, be
was easily the most famous deg in
Greece. In Athens itself he was put up
at the best hotel, and the houors he re-
ceived beftted his social position.
At present be is with your CORE
spondent. He has a personal attendan!
engaged at II fabulous salary. He is
well known here already, and his ap-
p%earance on tho street causes popular
demonstration. But be doesn't care. -
Stephen Crane in San Francisco Chrcn,
icle.
Foreonstinn tho prnrresa of Irrcntion.