Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10


Hey, there's lot O. rats down there. :"
said the boy to the dog catcher. who had
close fit of it to get into the hole.
Yes, an dey's dawg in dere dat All
need in nah bizness, too, said the dog
catcher. disappearing in the hole The
small boy who owned the dog and the
small boy who'd been doing the trick rid
ing on the bike stood beside the coal hole
and made suggestions to the invisible dog
catcher.
Hey. put some salt on his TAIL, said the
boy who owned the dog.
Hand i'm order o. liver an bacon an
maybe'n he come to you, suggested the
trick rider.
Mutterings proceeded from the coal hole.
such as "Wheah is de mutt, anyhow" and
Eff All gifts i'm Ah'll livuh-an bacon i'm
with Single Thought.
Then the two boys looked at each other.
both apparently moved by the same
thought. The boy who owned the dog
kicked the cover over the coal hole and
they both scampered up the front steps Of
the house. Presently the black head of
the dog catcher lifted the cover of the coal
hole up. and then the man began the by no
means dead-easy job of wriggling out of
the hole. for he was pretty nearly as ample
OF waist band as the diameter of the hole.
He finally got out, however, and when he
did SO and busted himself off with his cap.
he looked up to see the two small boys SIT
ting on the landing of the front steps,
with the dog between tnem-
Say. don't make us laugh: We've got IN
earache," was the dog owners Parthian
dart the dog catcher p!odded back to
the wagon.
A dozen boys were playing foot ball
on a lot up on Mount Pleasant. when they
all saw at once the dog catchers' wagon ap-
preaching. They Immediately formed into
9 close circle-a circle SO dense that what
going on IN the center couldn't be seen
through any interstices by an outsider-and
one of the youngsters proceeded to give
realistic imitation of a dog fight. the barks
and growlS he produced sounding very
much indeed like the real thing. The dog
catChers wagon stopped suddenly in front
Of the lot. and the black man with his net
was running toward the bunch of boys at
a lope in little less than no time. The
sounds of a pair of ours fighting went
on undated but CONSERVATION appeared to
seize the boys when they saw the dog
catcher coming at lope.
Hey. Jimmy, drill wifi your dog-here
comes tn dog-swiper." the boys yelled,
never opening the circle, however: and
then one of the boys appeared to be drag
ging something attached to a rope with all
his might.
wit him. the kids yelled, apparently al a
boy in the middle of the bunch. and the boy
with the rope tugged harder than ever, the
yelps and banks as of two scrapping ours
proceeding fiercer than before.
As the black dog catcher leaped into the
middle of the circle it suddenly broke up,
and the urchins all yelled derisively at the
ret weder.
Didn't you see TIL dogs a-goin' up in a
balloon jes' as you came up?' asked the
boy known Butch"
.'Gwan. Butch, you know you swallowed
'emr' said four or five of the boys at once.
Aristocratic Outfit.
A small boy was pulling an improvised
toy wagon down the middle of 18th street,
with a nippy-looking fox terrier. tagless
and muZzleless. trotting alongside. The
wagon consisted of a pair of wheels of OBJ
vious home manufacture, a soap box nailed
to the axle. and a whitfield broom handle
for tongue. The boy stopped suddenly
when he saw the dog catchers' wagon
about a block ahead, and bearing down on
him He yanked the wagon behind a tree,
clucked softly to the fox terrier, and the
dog hoped into the soap box.
Now. you stay there. Biff, till tell you
wen L git out" the boy warned the dog.
Then he pulled the wagon out into the
street again, and was walking slowly ahead.
when the dog catcher, with his net, bore
down upon him.
"Wheah's dat dawg dat was wifi you,
SOM the black man with the net asked
the boy.
Dog? What dog? I didn't see no dog
replied the boy, with mystified look. "Oh,
that fox terrier mutt, you mean? Wy, he
hoped that fence there, an a little girl
came t tn door an let him in
The dog catcher studied the boy for a
minute. and went back to the wagon, NUT
tering about it being mighty queah wheah
dat dawg dun gone.
When the dog catchers' wagon had dIsaD-
peared around the corner, Say, dye expec'
me { haul you all day Biff?" the boy in
quired of the fox terrier. still coiled up in
the soap box, and then the dog sprang cut,
wagging his tail, and gazing with unutter-
able affection at his friend and protector.
The look OUT on the dog catchers'
Snptted a hr1pya that 1onLed
like a cross between a Great Dane and just
6og-dog up on Florida avenue near 18th
street. Two of the dog catchers jumped
from the wagon and made for the dog, es-
saying to cut him off fore and aft. There
ensued a bit of play similar to that which
happens when a base runner is caught be-
tween the bases. The big dog was in a
panic of fear. seeming to understand the
character of the men who were trying to
hedge him in, and he looked from one to
the other and growled. They closed in on
him cautiously, the man with the net rails
ing the apparatus in readiness to throw 1t.
Just as he did so the dog made a sudden
dive right at him. and the man stepped
aside The dog. with his tail down, flew
down the street, and then Owed into
blind alley, the dog catchers. who knew
that the alley had no outlet, following af-
ter him at top speed. They both reached
the alley in time to intercept the dog, which
had found out its mistake. and had charged
back for the entrance to the cul de sac.
A FRIEND In Need.
When the dog that he was rounded
up he gave a mournful howl and scooted
back into the alley. AT the very end of the
alley he saw a small hole in the fence back
OF shanty. 1t was a small chance, for the
circumference of the hole wasn't more than
half the circumference of the great brute's
body, but the dog decided to take 1t. He
got his head through the hole, and then he
seemed to be making a desperate effort to
take the fence along with him in his at
tempt to get his body through. He was
yelping piteously, and the dog catchers
were almost upon him in the rear, when,
zippi the board through which the dog was
trying to bore was suddenly knocked out as
by one blow of an ak, and the dog dis
appeared in the yard. When the dog catch
ers got up to look into the yard there was
no dog In sight. nor was there any human
around to furnish theory as to how the
board had been knocked out. The dog
catchers looked through the fence for some
time. and then. giving it up, went back to
the wagon. AS soon as they did so 4
small white boy emerged from shed in
the yard into which the big dog had dis
appeared. The dog followed after him.
rs that your dog, SOM" the boy was
asked.
Nav" replied the kid
Well you acted in n pretty friendly way
toward strange dog didn't your
Well. SIR said the boy, "a dogs dog,