Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-09-15

brindle pup because he had the honor Of
being sick, the brindle pup hates all the
rest of them for not being sick, while they
hate each other for any special courtesy
whoever owns them may ctfer. When
am on the scene, Alexander seems de-
lighted and the rest of the tribe are
grieved. When the sporty looking young
man who owns the brindle pup visits
him, the other three appear keen. with u
kind of Hawkshaw the detective air,
while the brindle is ecstatic In his delight.
Neither believes in the other, and after
weeks physical and mental acquaintance
they are further apart than they were in
the beginning. don't know whether il
is the butchers influence, the meat or the
original sin that exists in dogs, but the
result is at once curious and undesirable
When Queenstown was sighted, l caught
up Alexander, hid him under my old
travelling cloak and took him on the deck
TO see old Ireland and to appreciate his
liking for it. He had a blase air that
would have been the joy of a parvenu.
Evidently he doesn't hope to have a
pleasant time while he is there, for a
series OF prolonged walls makes 1t neces-
sary for me 70 take him back TO his friend
the butcher. l was SO provoked that
offered extra ducais to that butcher If he
would give Alexander the soundest
thrashing he ever had in his life AT this
oil the other dogs grinned, and the
butcher looked happy.
quite envied my friend her expert
ence with her dog, since fully believe q
dog knows great deal more than he is
| credited with knowing. You mayn't be-
| lieve il, but | know a dog who would
rather eat black headed pins than the
liver wing of the finest chicken that ever
grew. know another dog who behaves
| In naughty fashion simply to get q
whipping. He likes it. 1t makes him
| get no end of sympathy from the women
Of the family, while the maids howl at
the master for "being such brute of a
haste as to lay hand upon that little
chap" Then he gets bits of buns, and,
although he richly deserved the whip
ping, he has much better time than If
he had gone without it and been nero
ordinary pup. l quite understand now
what is meant when people say "as sick
as dog" for the expression on dogs
face when he is sick is heartbreaking. He
looks at you and makes great effort to
tell you where the pain is placed, while
he sends forth bowls that signify the
kind of medicines he deserves, General
iziDg, he doesn't care much for castor oil.
II requires three persons of great
strength to administer dose of this oily
mixture TO him. One holds his head
back and his mouth open, the other holds
his nose so that he cannot sniff it out
while the third person, brave creature,
pokes in the spoon which contains the
| falrl Ia
mouth, so that to get his breath it be.
comes necessary for him to swallow the
healthy stuff or die. Usually he takes
the medicine, but afterward he looks al
you with an aggrleved air and all day
long he walks around saying in his owr
, dog fashion, ~ wouldn't have though
this of you," until you are ashamed.
There are some things to be ashamed
/ of, but giving a dog nice, healthy
smooth dose of oil isn't one of them.
would be ashamed to kick dog who
was guiltless of crime. l would bl
, ashamed to kick dog whose only desire
, was to offer me his paw, meaning to b.
: friendly aud showing it by greeting
! like that.
r | would be ashamed TO kick q dog at al
: or under any circumstances. He can
r kick back, though sometimes when lool
i straight in his eyes it seems to me thu
| dogs remember, and l am specially mad
. to think of this when there comes to m
i the story of healthy man who had bee
4 convict and who had mark on his le
v where the chain had been. One day
i beat dog. The dog bit him on the lie
v and saw the mark, and from that day tn
e brute had mastered him, the innocen
e beast that he had beaten simply becaus
h 1t gave him pleasure to do so.
d A dog is nice thing around hous,
q He has pleasant way, although when
V meets cat it may be said that h
i manners are not after the style of til
e creme de la creme. He dislikes monke
e and is not altogether on good terms. wit
d the parrot, but if there is any good qualit
D in me the dogs have recognized 1t Ion
a ago, for there never was a dog, big {
" little, who did not have a friendly G,
n preston and a proffered paw for Bah.