The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-06-23
DIDN'T LIKE INDIANS.
q Big 81. bernard Dos That was In
dowed with More Than Com-
mon Instinct.


Rev. Egerton r. Young had a dog
that was afflicted with race prejudice,
Although a missionary's dog, says Mr.
Young, in the Popular Science Monthly,
Jack had no love for the Indians
amongst whom his master was living
and when q new Indian servant girl
called Mary, was installed in the ldtch.
en-, Jack, who was a fine, big st. Ber.
nard, proceeded to act according to his
prejudices rather than according to
his training.
He soon discovered that Mary's great.
est zeal was displayed over her kitchen
noor. All her spare. time was spent in
scrubbing it. Here was his oppor-
tunity. He would wait until the floor
was immediately clean. and then walk
in over it with his feet as dirty as
tramping in the worst places outside
could make them.
AT other times he would plunge intc
the lake, and instead of shaking him.
self dry on the rocks, which had been
his custom hitherto, ,wOuld,reserve that
operation for the middle of Mary S spot.
less floor.
Sometimes, when his observant eyes
told him that Mary was about to begin
scrubbing, he would deliberately
stretch himself in prominent place
on the floor, and doggedly, although
without growing or biting, resist al
efforts to make him move. Once OF
twice, by stratagem, such as the pre-.
text of feeding the other dogs outside
she got him out, but he soon Iearna1
the deceptive nature of her efforts, aIad
paid not the slightest attention tC
them.
On one occasion, when she had him
outside, she fastened the door to keeE
him out till her scrubbing was done
Now Jack could manipulate that latch
when the door was not fastened, and
furiously did he rattle it on this occa.
sion. Finding he could not open the
door in the usual way, this clever dog
went to the wood pile, and, seizing q
large billet in his mouth, brought it fol
use as battering-ra So hard didhC
pound that Mary feared the panel woulJ
give way, and in desperation opened
the door.
Thereupon Jack proudly marched
into the kitchen with the stick Of woot
in his mouth, walked sedately to The
wood box and deposited his bdrdeE
therein, and then coolly stretched him
self out on the floor where he would bc
the biggest nuisance.
This proved too much for Mary. She
went into the study, and in her native
Cree language vigorously described
Jacks tricks, ending with the declara
ton that she was sure the spirit Of evil
was in the dog.
While not fully accepting the last
statement, her master thought it time
to interfere, and determined to make
use Of the dogs love for the four-year
old boy of the house to cure him Of his
i'll behavior.
Eddie, 60 and tell that naughty Jacl
he must stop teasing Mary, said Mr.
Young. "Tell him his place is not il
the kitchen, and he must keep out
Of it,
The little fellow trotted off TO the
kitchen, and, seizing the dog by one Of
his ears, promptly scolded him for mo,
Testing Mary, ending with: "Get uT
and come with me, you naughty dog!'
Jack obeyedi as he always obeyed
Eddie, and was led into the study, to
the great wolfslrin mat on which he
generally slept.
''Now, Jack, you keep out of the
kitchen!" commanded the child; and
to remarkable extent the order was
obeyed. Jack did not like Indians, but
he did like Eddie, and race prejudice
had to succumb to his love for little
child.