The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-11

seems delighted, and the rest of the tribe
are srieved When the sporty-looking
young man who owns the brindle pup Wis
ITS him. the other three appear keen, with
KIND of Hawkshaw the detective air, while
the bride is ecstatic in his delight. Nei-
Their believes in the other, and after
weeks physical and mental acquaintance
they are further apart than they were in
the beginning. 1 don't know whether it is
the butchers influence, the meat or the
original sin that exists in dogs, but the
result is at once curious and undesira bic.
When Queenstown was sighted, l caught
up Alexander mid him under my old traV-
cling cloak and took him on the deck to
see old Ireland and to appreciate his liking
for it. He had blase air that would
have been the joy of a parvenu. Evident
~ he doesn't hope to have a pleasant time
While he is there, for a series of prolonged
walls makes it necessary for me to take
him back to his friend the butcher. was
so provoked that l offered extra ducats
to that butcher if ne would give Alexander
the soundest thrashing he ever had in his
life. At this all the other dogs grinned,
and the butcher looked happy.
quite envied my friend her experience
with her dog, since l fully believe a dog
knows a great deal more than he IS cred
jted with knowing You maynt believe it,
but l know a dog who would rather eat
black headed pins than the liver wing of
the finest chicken that ever grew. 1 know
another dog who behaves in a naughty
fashion simply to get a whipping. He
likes it. 1t makes him get no end of sym
patty from the women of the family, while
the maids howl at the master for being
such a brute of a basic as to lay a hand
upon that little chap" Then he gets bits
of buns, and although he richly de-
served the whipping, he has a much better
time than if he had gone without it and
E.-u H.
derstand now what is meant when people
say las sick as a dog" for the express
sion ON a dogs face when he Is sick is
heartbreaking. He looks al you and makes
a great effort to tell you where the pain
is placed, while he sends forth howls that
signify the kind of medicine he deserves.
Generalizing, he doesn't care much for
castor oil. 1t requires three persons Of
great strength to administer a 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 crea-
ture, polIes in 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 a you
with an aggrieved air and all day long he
walks around saying in his own dog fash
ION, WouldnC nave thought TINS oil
YOU" until you are ashamed.
There are some things to be ashamed
of, but giving a dog a nice, healthy,
smooth dose of oil isn't one of them
l would be ashamed to kick dog who
was guiltless of crime. 1 would be asham-
ed to kick a dog whose only desire was to
offer me his paw, meaning to be friendly
and showing it by a greeting like that
l would be ashamed to kick a dog at all
or under any circumstances. He can't
kick back, though sometimes when L look
straight in his eyes it seems to me that
dogs remember, and l am especially made
to think of this when there comes to me
the story of the healthy man who had
been a 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 a nice thing around a house
He has a pleasant way although when
he meets cat it may be said that his
manners are not after the style of the
creme de la creme. He dislikes a monkey
and is not altogether on good terms with
the parrot, but if there is any good quail
ity in me the dogs have recognized it long
ago for there never was dog, big or lit
tie, who did not have friendly expression
and a proffered paw for Bah.