The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-18
Three CANNES al Sea.
Bah Writes of Their Quarrels and Seasckness Sheltered
by the Ships Butcher.

was doubtful. It's mother was French,
its father Italian. we were getting near
Queenstown. and it was born under the
English flag. When the collection was
taken up everybody gave something
even the seasick grew generous, thinking
that by doing a good deed they would
become less i'll that's the sweet unset
fishness of humanity. As the Storage
is close to the butcher shop, couldn't
resist visit to Alexander. Like many
another woman, | timed my visit badly.
The meat given them had had its effect.
A lively fight was going on, and Alex
ander had his small remnant of tail
standing straight up in the air, while
the brinde pup and he were glaring ut
each other. | tried persuasion, but it
was no good.
SWEPT OUT BY THE BUTCHER.
The butcher appeared with broom
and in Il way swept up the whole lot,
so that for Il short time n wait was call
ed and the four dogs sat glaring ut
each other, earnestly praying i'll dog
language that the butcher and / would
soon depart and thus permit hostilities
to begin again. Any human being would
ocean together would be good friends,
but not these fees. All three of them
hate the brindle pup because he had the
honor of being sick, the brndle pup
hates all the rest of them for not being
sick, while they hate each other for any
special courtesy whoever owns them
may offer. When / am on the scene,
Alexander seems delighted and the rest
of the tribe are grieved. When the
sporty-looking young man who owns the
brinde pup visits him, the other three
appear keen, with kind of Hawkshaw
the detective air, while the brindle is
ecstatic in his delight. Neither believes
in the other. and after weeks physi-
cal and mental acquaintance they are
further apart than they were in the be-
ginning. ] don't know whether it is the
butchers influence, the meat, or the
original sin that exists in dogs, but the
result is Mt 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 par
vcnu. Evidently he doesn't hope to have
il pleasant time while he is there, for
series of prolonged walls makes it neceS-
sary for me to take him back to his
friend the butcher. | was SO provoked
that | offered extra dueats to that butch
or If he would give Alexander the sound
est thrashing he ever had in his life. At
this all the other dogs grinned, and the
butcher looked happy.
CANINE IDEAS ABOUT DIET.
/ quite envied my friend her expert
ence with her dog, since | fully belley
a dog knows Il great deal more than ne
is credited with knowing. You mayn't
believe it, 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 be-
HAYES in naughty fashion simply to
get IL 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 beast as to lay a hand upon
that little chap" Then he get bits Of
buns, and, although he richly deserved
the whipping, he has a much better time
than if he had gone without it and been
a mere ordinary pup. / quite understand
sick as a dog" for the expression on Il
dogs face when he is sick is heart
breaking. He looks at you and makes a
great effort to tell you where the pain is
placed, while he sends forth bowls that
signify the kind of medicines he deserves.
GeneraliZing, he does not care much
for castor OIL 1t requires three persons
Of great strength to administer dose Of
4 Ia ntI ,sxft To inn hal 10
head back and his mouth open, the other
holds his nose so that he cannot sniff it
ont, while the third person, brave Great
ure, pokes i'll the spoon which contains
the limpid liquid and then quickly shuts
his mouth, so that to get his breath it
becomes necessary for him to swallow
the healthy stuff or die. Usually he takes
the medicine, but afterward he looks ut
you with an aggrieved air and all day
long he walks around saying in his own
dog fashion: II wouldn't have thought
this of you" until you are ashamed.
ASHAMED TO KICK A DOG.
There are some things to be ashamed
of, but giving dog nice, healthy,
smooth dose of oil isn't one of them.
would be ashamed to kick dog who
was guiltless OF crime. / would be
ashamed to kick Il dog whose only de-
sire was to offer me his paw, meaning
to be friendly and showing it by a greet
| ing like that.
| | would be ashamed to kick a dog at all
or under any circumstances. He can't
| kick back, though sometimes when look
| straight in his eyes it seems to me that
| dogs remember, and | am especially made
| to think of this when there comes to me
the story Of the healthy man who had
| been n convict and who had a mark on
| his leg where the chain had been. One
| day he beat dog. The dog bit him
on the leg and saw the mark, and from
that day the brute had mastered him,
the innocent beast that he had beaten
SIMPLY because it gave him pleasure to
| do so.
| A dog is n nice thing around house.
He has a pleasant way, although when
he meets a cat it may be said that his
manners are not after the style of the
creme de la creme. He dslikes n mon
key and is not altogether on good terms
with the parrot, but If there is any good
| quality in me the dogs have recognized ii
| long ago, for there never was n dog. big
or little, who did not have friendly ex-