New-York tribune., 1899-07-12
A BIT OF PROSE DOGGEREL.
HOW MR.. WISE GOT INTO TROUBLE BE-
CAUSE OF HIS DOGS. AND HOW THEY
sYMPATHIZED WITH HIM.


There was a considerable amount of excitement
In the dogs boarding house at No. l,l~ Madison
ave. yesterday French poodle. who had been
sleeping late. missed the beginning OF It, and wnen
ne did manage TO wake UP he asked the bystano-
what the matter Mr.. Wise has oeen
nipped.' the answer that came from ioA
terrier. who never slept and always knew every
thing that happened few minutes before II nap
pened
'Nipped?" said the French poodle. How bad7
We'll. they say" the fox terrier answered again
that they made him bark up 800 before they
would let him go"
What for?" the French poodle asked, beginning
They say II was just for keeping US here, SAID
the fox terrier.
by the bluer exclaimed the French poodle.
Where is my lamb chop? Here have been
awake ten minutes. and nobody has brought me
my breakfast at the fork
Cant ANYBODY keep that silly beast quiet?'' said
big St. Bernard What are we all waiting here
for2 Why don't some Of us take keg OF brandy
and go out and rescue MIR Wise? That is the only
thing 10 do when gets into trouble A stupid
man Mr Wise must be TO get into trouble. any
way. with no snow the ground; but we are re-
sponsble and we had better be moving or he will
be frozen TO death"
"A man is stupid enough for anything" said
Newfoundland but Mr. Wise is a good sort and
we ought TO help him: we don't expect intelligence
him? What makes you think he has been frozen TO
death In this weather. He might have fallen into
the water That is what men. women and children
do the most of the time. according to my expert
ence."
'Tts easy to find him and find out what trouble
he is in" said a bloodhound 81 should know the
smell Of Mr. Wise II I smelt him In an Anarchists
meeting II any Of you bite of this cnain
will undertake to track him for you in just the
time that 1t takes TO go over the ground
THE question is" said mastiff IF we found
him. where could we dig up the hundred bones 70
get him out? They say that's what it's going to
take"
"If you all wouldn't talk much. and woud
iust listen TO somebody that knows, the loN Ter
rier put in, you might find out more ABOUT II anu
save time. I tell you he was nippeo anu ~ A9
because he was keeping us here. The people VINO
live in the big kennel next door have made russ
because they say we make too much noise
'ryelll" exclaimed the st. Bernard. II that
doesn't take the beef-hbrine biscuit you can
tighten up three holes In my collar! Al'er al ua'
we have done for them! Is there any cog III tI0
world that make 20 mucn ho'se a' ~
when he gets at it?"
There were two IRISH terriers. VINO oelonseu 70 ~ a a
brewer "Doggone me-" said one OF thenh' II u
doesn't look like government! Ana ]! 'hee "
government I'm against II ..No.
"Rut 7 thought" the ~. Bernard went on VIC"
they liked noise-aM they could get OF '-anN !
confess tried 10 help them. but there's never any
knowing what they do want FIRST. tney 'eD you
m lie down and then they tell you TO go anu u e
tbaro a sllv stick and there's no more reason ~ ~
one than in the other. Looks IKE
looks 10 me like hydrophobia!
There's not much difference between govern
uent and hydrophobia." said the Irish terrier
..Ueu we've talked about enough saio se''e'
who had listened to all this without sayiis az 80
,hi,s. "now is the time 10 do something Inc
tiHne ho,orgs 70 me is Comma nder Kelley. OF
,ha 1-nited States Navy and he and oehe'e III
action" - .,aor FOR
"Au right; you'd better beay then ana ciear loi
o.,o, " The fox terrier said. II hear they accuse
Won Of being the leader in all the uoupie' l"e'
cav Won bark all through the dog wa'ch
say 20 ,s ,hn sattar They don't k,o~ a
dog watch from a chronometer' ana men
YOU Bark do /? My bark Is Oh 'no
NAV have made kind Of sound or even pay pay
n't rotbtrq worthy Of the high seas You kno"
rs. thines that come along through the SUI
- with a lot OF people in them! lneS KIN >
haus all the time and they ring them "Ione -,
haa-d them ring nine bells straight on an an
So,. dog watch! There's no watch that ia' ~
go beus 70 It. Then did raise httle Ho,so'
DC. 20 drown out the sound and cover up TIC 70
| grace Of he captains seamanship aho men - ~
! 90 and send Mr. Wise to the mast II "ouiu" ~
| allowed In the Navy ,.. ,ho do9s
| ,e.sira-bou.a n, got back from the police court
| ,.here he had found bail In the sum OF s4VV' lOi
violation of the sanitary code. IN Keeping 'he uos
| ternels next 10 big apartment-house.
| "sanitary code" the Newfoundland soHIoqul@eu
| ..ron,t we look healthy? Great Sirius! Nell' 'he
| 6o1 dsys are coming soon. and then We eH see "H'
| can drink the most water. Do these men all oN'
! one another. how is IT that they all 30 iHHo :"
| once?"