The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-19

and with one accord sprabg upon the
trembling pup. They went at him ham
mer and tongs, scratching his face, tear
ing at his eyes and making the hair fly.
When the battle was OYER "Clamp>r was
a sight. Torn and bleeding he skunk
away and never again could he be in
duced to partakeb of food in the sa' o n.
He would go out and forage for himself,
but disdained his owners substance, and
the cats had the saloon to themselves.
But vengeance was in store for the fe-
lines. Everything comes to him who
waits and ''Clamper' waited. When he
was a year old he was big and strong.
Frequent combats with his own kind In
his foraging expeditions had given him
courage, and one day Camper walked
into the saloon, the proudest dog in all
the land. Between his jaws, set like a
steel trap, swung the lifeless form of one
of the cats. An investigation showed the
other eat lying lifeless out in the alley,
behind the saloon. Camper" was re-
Venged.
From that day he was a different dog.
No longer skulking about the saloon, with
his tail between his legs, trembling at
every sound like the hiss Of a cat, he
was suddenly transformed into joyous,
bounding dog that roamed the saloon
monarch of all he surveyed: But this was
only the beginning of "Clamper's" career
an eXterminator of cats. Hatred of
the feline race burned deep within him,
and he sailed forth on the murderous
career he is still following so zealously
1t did not take him long to learn that
the real time to hunt cats was at night
AT first he confined his expeditions to the
vicinity of his home, but gradually eX-
tended his trips to other localities. Once
or twice his owner took him into the
country on hunting trip, but "Clamper"
refused to flush game in the fields, sneak
ing away to the farm houses in search Of
cats. Finally complaints of his behavior
became SO frequent in the neighborhood
of his home that his owner gave him to
a friend living out Of town. Rural life
did not agree with "efamper," however,
and he returned to the city Apparently
realizing that he had disgraced himself
with his owner "Cfanper" made only
casual visits to his home, roaming about
the Streets and finally became a tramp.
In his wanderings at night he scraped ac-
quaintance with policemen and came to
realize that the sbluecbats could greatly
assist him in his life'ss mission. CLAMP
err got next to the fact that the police
men on duty at nights travel through al
leys and dark places where cats are like
ly to gather. Following policeman was
an easy way to locate his quarry, so
"Clamper" soon came to be regarded as
an honorary member of the force, so con-
slant was his pfesence on the different
beats of the downtown district Some
policemen won't, let, 'Clamper" follow
them because they do not like to see him
Kill cats, but others rather encourage
him in his course of crime, so he cons
tinues adding to his long list of victims
once he gets sight Of cat in his night
ly prowling 1T is all off with pussy I'M
less she can dodge into some haven
where "Clamper" cannot follow. He is
| fleet of foot and can outrun any cat that
lives, and, while he is careful of the sharp
claws spitefully shot at him when he has