Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-19

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owners of these dogs who looked upon
their animals as world-besters in conflict.
He has exhibited q peculiar aversion to fox
terriers, and has made a speciality of eat
Ing the right feet of such of the same as
came his way into gelatine pulp. His
name originally was Hub but his char
acteristics finally persuaded his master to
change his name to "Huntin' Trouble"
One day his master again had him in a
Carriage with him, when the office of a
well-known Washington dog doctor was
passed. A number of men and women Were
waiting outside the office with their dogs.
"Huntin Trouble" objected to the atmos-
phere of peace and tranquility which reign
ed around the front of the dog doctors
office, and in three jumps he was in the
middle of the bunch, scattering woe and
desoatlOn. Six dogs. large and small. of all
breeds, hoped him at once, and "Huntn'
Trouble returned to the carriage with
samples of the hide of each. There wasn't
mark on any part of him, and when his
master reprOved him he gazed into his eyes
with angel-child innocence and wagged
his stump of a tail alphabetically.
He has kept his master who is a respect
able. law-abiding citizen of this community,
in hot water right along. Hardly a day
passed that 'Huntin' Trouble's'' masters
doorbell was not pulled by some irate man
or fearful woman of the neighborhood, one
with story Of permanently MANNED dog,
the other with a sorrowful tale of a feline
pet that had crossed the great cat divide
at the teeth of ''Huntin' Trouble" The
dogs master has always been very sorry
in these cases, and has said so. He would
cheerfully pay any damages or dog hos
pita bills replace the dog or cat or do
any old thing. but really he couldn't see
his way clear to getting rid of 'Huntin
Trouble The children loved the dog,
which was as gentle as rabbit around the
house. the aggrieved neighbors of Hunt
IL Trouble" spread appetizlng bits of meat
chemically treated, in his path, but the
Boston terrier, even when quite hungry
it,ct chi fal han -aI tha,, Gid
wise out of the tail of his eye and went his
way, looking for carnage.
Last week "Huntin' Trouble was sitting.
with a much bored look, in his front yard
While his master was sprinkling the lawn,
VIXEN he espied a poor little kitten playing
with its tail across the street. ''Huntin
Trouble was over the fence in jig lime
ard in another minute he had shaken the
life out Of the little kitten. The owner of
the kitten, who was reading his paper on
a bench in his front yard, saw the job and
was mad. He stood and cussed "Huntin'
Trouble" and then he looked around for
rocks. A back man who had been leaning
against a tree box and had witnessed the
demise of the kitten approached the wrath
full owner.
Heal $ shorely uh a fightin' dog, suh,"
said the black man.
-! ?? ? ?-! J" replied
the Kittens owner.
'Ah's got de baby dat can do him." said
the black man. after a pause
incredulous.
Il don't believe it. but if you've got any
thing that can put it on that dog you win
$40 of my money.
''Ah'll bring de baby uhroun tomorrow
win. suh.' said the black man.
He kept his word. He came in a cart.
The kittens owner was waiting with curl
oSity. The black man dumped something
out of the cart 1t was large. moth-eaten
tomcat, of indefinite hue, with one ear,
the relic of a tail, bald spots all over him.
and an evil eye Huntin' Trouble was
again sitting in his front yard, looking
bored, when he spotted the cat-and then 1t
happened. The black man looked up the
in his yard "Huntin Troubles owner
came out when the uproar began and look
ed worried to death.
For 1t was just as plain as day, from the
fist instant they mixed it-..Huntin' Trou-
ble' and the tomcat-that "Huntin' Trou-
BILE" wasn't going to be in the hunt for a
single minute Any man with half an eye
in his head could see that "Huntin' Trou-
Bile" was up against the real thing, and
that when it was all over he would have to
be chalked down Ill an "alSo ran" From
the first jump away from the post, the
tomcat made "Huntin' Trouble look like
knew it. He yowled. but the cat had him
The cat didn't let out sound. but just de-
voted himself exclusively to the job of pol
ishing up "Huntin Trouble" who finally
reached his own areaway, the tom right
after him, but the dogs master protected
him.
The dog doctor says that maybe he'll be
able to save one of "Huntin Trouble's'
eyes, but he doesn't know positively yet.