The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-11
Bah PRAISES OUR CANINE FRIENDS.
Observations Upon the Character of Dogs Of Divers Degrees
Under Trying and Other Conditions.

he sent me an invitation 20 come down
ana see the br3nd,s pap. who Was seasick.
Up 10 that time ! bad never believed that
dog could be seasiek. had known they
were human. but II you could have ssen
the nendish expressions OF gise on the faces
Of the other dogs. who. being quite well
themselves. watched their sick companion,
sou would have agreed with me- that they
were Gloss kin 10 mankind. I said. olive
HIN sulphur and molAsses," but the
butcher said. Let him nave his ga ana
a. ne was wei, the next day ! presume
he had his went"
There was one trial left for Job. He was
never made ships surgeon. so that he
needn't be counted the most patient man
in the wcrld. To be q ships surgeon it
10 necessary. first OF all. that a man b
good locking. Next he mast be eons.d-
crate and. most important Of ali, he must
answer every question put to him. Waen
you realize that the questions range from
an inquiry as 90 whether the captain
would stop ,he ship. say, for a hundred
dollars to desire 20 know how deep the
water ts where Il lies at that particular
time down TO being asked his opinion II
every patent medicine ever invented. while
ne IA expected to carry the ugise~s. cross
est ard most undesirable old maid up stairs
because size thinks no one can do II ~ wei
as he does, YOU can understand how mani.
fold are his duties ard how uni.rtng he
needs 20 ba in them. women lean or him
and believe in him IL he were father
confessDr. and when they are in eaTsasls
co,ors OF tho rainbow as 20 complexion.
their hair ont OF curl. and Will. they sre
limp and sanirmy as hsh'ng tackle. they
stiu expect the dcctor TO admire them ard
to find s certain amount ot pleasure in
listening 20 their story Of anguish. He
must be a bt. Of q gossip and tell them hoW
sick Lady THIS was and how rough ara
coarse Lady That was Uniess we're paid
"a salary swice that given 70 the president
Of the United States. would decline TO b
a xhsp'a surgeon fer his woes are zrany
and his pleasures sre few.
Soon after the trincle pup was sick
word came that a baby had been born
in the s,eerage. and we ali went down
20 sac T.. II WAS funny looking iitsse
baby. with iss big black eyes vida open
AID mop Of curly hair. Its nationality
was doubtful It's mother was French,
IL. father Italian. We were getting
near Queenstown. ard IL was born un.
dee the British flag. When the coi!ec-
sian was taken up everybody gave some
tning-9vsa the seascH grew generous.
thinking that by doing good deed they
would become less i'll CHATS this sweet
unselashnss 81 humanity. As the steer
aye II close 20 the butcher shop. I could
rot resist paving vial, 10 Alexander.
Like many another woman. | timed my
visit badly. The nes: given them had
had i,s effect A lively ngat was sosng
on. nns Alexander mad hls small FEM
nart az tail standing ssraish: up ia the
air while the hsindis fszsp and ne ~srs
giarsag at ~aeh other. 7 tried persuasion.
81. Il Was 10 good. TIA butcher sp-
reared with broom aaa-sa q way swept
gp the Whole ls;. 40 that for short time
4 wait was called and ths fosir dogs eat
glzrfng AZ each other. earnestly praying
Ia Jog language falt The butcher ard [
wg,d s90n a~parf and thus rsrrsil he's
tgl.tszx TO begin again. ANY human being
wosiid think that four dogs gtisns across
tas ocean together would bg good friends,
haze the s~in5is pup b~eauss Ae had The
nonar Of h~tnx sick. the hraBdie pup hates