Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

| ton, 50 anxious was he to get his ear
over the crack and hear what the boys
were saying. He could distinguish the
rustic of paper and surmised that they
were looking over the evening newspa-
per.
"Iere tis," exclaimed BERTHE, Just
see the headlines, will your" Then he
read a detailed account of the pre-
vious evenings proceedings. 1t told
how the best people in the place had
taken hold of the work, of how presi-
dent had been elected who would act
as humane agent.
"Now hope old thumper Snaflles will
be brought to time" said the cousin
when the reading was finished.
HE won't, though" replied BERTHE.
HE is sharper than needles; after he
hears about the humane society he will
take care to practice his cruelty where
there are no witnesses. The only
chance TO catch him will be in the next
few days. He never reads the newspa7
pers, so he will not know any thing
about what was done last night until
some one tells him."
IF that is the case let us watch him
|
him. What do you say?"
I'm willing. Well have to give up
our fishing trip, but would rather
catch Jerry Snaffles on humane So
ciety hook than all the fish in White
water creek"
The next morning when Dobbin was
driven out to his work he saw two boys
lounging on n nearby corner. Every
10 or 20 minutes during the whole day
somewhere he would catch n glimpse
of the two figures, and once, when the
dray was empty, they paid Mr.. Snaf-
fles five cents apiece for ride the
length of the street.
But time went fast and it began to
look as if Jerry Snatfles would not be
hooked. Dobbin stamped at the. flies,
got his tail over the lines and was
stupid about backing and turning, all
to no purpose. Jerry's whip rested
in its socket and Dobbin's rusty coat
received no welts. The truth was that
Mr.. Snaffles had got double pay out OF
woman for moving stove and, con-
sequently, was in an unusually good
humor.
were becoming and what disappoint-
ed look was creeping into their alert
brown eyes, and he began to do some
thinking. There was one thing that
always brought down his masters
wrath upon him; if he should chance
to slip and fall the air would be full
of whip lashes and his old hide would
be criss-crossed with marks But some
how he hadn't seemed to slip that day,
and-but why couldn't he make him
self slip? OF course he could. Then
his ears went down dejectedly as he
thought of how it would hurt He
would have to go down, because he all
ways had, some place on the stretch
of smooth pavement on Main street,
and it did hurt so to strike on the
hard bricks; but do it he would. He
" was nearing the slippery stretch now,
: and trying to put his sore shoulder
and rheumatic hip, upon which he
must fall, out of his mind, he trotted
resolutely along. Turning his head
= to see If the boys were near, he grad
ually worked his way to the edge OF
the street where the asphalt filing had
not worn off, and just as Jerry called:
'Har, thar! Whar ye goin'P" there
was scr-r-r-r, scr-r-r-r, crash! and
. Dobbin was down. In a moment Jer
ry was off the dray and his whip was
singing through the air.
Hold on, there! don't you strike
that horse againl" cried the shril
voice of BERTHE Andrews.
But the whipping went on, and the
boys, white with excitement, seized the
mans right arm, exclaiming in chorus
"We are members of the Humane so
ciety! Don't you dare strike hin
again!"
Members of nothing!" said Jerry
sneeringly, shaking off their hold. wv,
hain't got no sich society here. gues
7. can whip my own horse ef wanter
an you'll git it too eff ye don't git out,
and the whip was raised for action.
J, "There comes the president now,
S cried Berthe Hello, Mr.. Human
0 Agent, come here and arrest this man
< he is abusing his horse shamefully."
Then for the first time Snaffies began
to realize that there was some trutl
Y in the boys statement. and he COW
keep an eye on him, boys" SAT-
a the president, hurrying up, until
can see how badly the horse is hurt.
t He called some men who were pass
n ing and together they unbuckled tn
a harness, drew the dray back, and wit
4 great difficulty got the old horse o.
/, his feet.
z. Coming over where Jerry was stand
/ ing, looking frightened, the agent said
h my man, this will probably cos
u you heavy fine, and perhaps the work
/, house"
e "And what about the horse?" aske
> Bertie's cousin, "is he much hurt?"
o HE was in n terrible condition bt
9 fore this occurred" was the answer
d "He is old and has been starved an
IA abused until he was not fit 10 h