Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
DObbin'S Humane Society
BY Mantle L. Hunter

kde of the partition.
He was lying down, but his curiosity, !
which increases with age in horses as
we'll as in men, piqued him to arise, al .
though he knew the effort would we'll
nigh break his spawned old joints. He
numbered stifily over to the other side
bf his stall, where, pretending to rub !
himself against the boards, he man !
hPed TO get one ear over a crack.
"This will make jolly playhouse" v!
eaid voice. "We'll spread some of that
pld carpet over the floor, hang up our
gums and fishing rods, bring out our
tool chest and bracket saw, and my, oh,
my! what n good time we'll have for
The next two weeks! think the coun-
try's jolly, anyway"
''Ye-s," replied voice, with a note
pf depreciation in it; but you know
Ehis is city of the third class now,
and we have three paved streets"
at is?" with surprise. wait until
you come to Chicago next summer,
ehen you will think this is the country,
Thus the planning for the two weeks
went on between the city and the coun-
try cousins, and so intent was Dobbin
In trying to catch every word they
ha1d that he did not hear his stall door
ppen nor the footsteps of his master
approaching over the strawless boards.
pust then n persistent big horsefy
bit deep into his bowed tendon, and In
pure self-defense he gave kick, which,
heaven help him! grazed old man.
Fnafies' leg
When Dobbin realized what be had
Hone he sickened at the thought of
what would come. For a moment Jer-
nv Snafiles was dumb and motionless
with amazement. Never before in the
Ven years since he had owned Dobbin
bad the old horse as much as limited
that his masters presence was not de-
irable AT last his wrath, all the
greater for being pent up for mo-.
ment, burst forth.
"Kick at me, will you, you old beast ?"
he yelled, and wrenching off board
that hung by one nail, he rained blows,
knterspersed with oaths, upon the
horse, until, with last blow and kick
Snaffles left the stable saying:
''Kick at me, will you? You'll go
without your supper to pay for it,"
Dobbin happened to fall with his
bead close to the crack, and as he lay
huivering and half dead he was re-
Called to his surroundings by the hor-
ror-stricken tones of a voice asking:
hBertie, what-what was that noise
What was it?"
'"That was old man Snaffles whipping g
his horse. That's nothing; we're used
10 hear his thumpings."
"Why, BERTHE Andrews, it's a dread
eul thing to whip a horse like that
Why don't you stop him? Let's &c
Straight this minute to the humane
bgent and report the case"
ST don't know what you mean by hui
nane agent, and I don't know how we
ban stop him. He owns the horse, SC
q suppose he can do what he pleases
with him."
'Indeed, he can't. # you were g
member of humane society you could
walk in yourself and order him to stop
and if he didn't obey the law would
bake hold of him. Is the horse vi.
bious2"
NO Dup lue Olu I1tIl lS,
There was pause of few minutes
when the city boy, who had evidently
been thinking, said:
Suppose you and I organize a hui
name society? Every town ought IL
have one"
"How could we? What would we hav,
10 do?"
al don't exactly know myself, but le'
us think about it,"
Just then there came call of Come
boys; supper is ready" and Dobbin wa
left alone in the double barn.
That evening, upon hearing voices
pobbin left the whole half-pint of oat
in his feed box, such haste was he in t.
glue his deaf old ear over the cracl
in the partition.
'I've been thinking" said the visit
Ing hoy, "about the humane societ,
nnd I'll tell you how believe we cal
manage it."
"How? Father says 1t would be
splendid thing for the town."
1--WE will write q letter telling wha
Te hope to do, ask for the constitution
and bylaws of their society, inclose
stamp and address it to the president o
the humane society of Cleveland, which
believe, is your nearest large city
Printed with the constitution nearly a
ways are the state laws governing sue
societies. We will show it to severa
business men and charitable womeI
ask them to think about ii and talk tn
matter up; then, through the news
papers, we will cali meeting of all VIII
are interested in humane work. W
must ask some one who Is accustome
TO public meetings topreside, and som
one else who is a good talker to max
q speech, and believe before the ever
ing is over we shall have societ
Matched and more than half-fedged.
81 know just the men who will d
those things for us IL we ask them,
said BERTHE. Editor Jones, of the Err
usually presides at our political NEE
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