News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-04
SLEEPS o OF HIS LIFE.
Some Facts Taken From a Dogs AutobE
Ography.

Some Facts Taken From a Dogs AutobE
~oGraphy.
~ BOUT twelve years ago a man
came to my owner, and said
that he wanted to get a dog for
H his little girl. My master told
him to look at us; for there
ASa were five of us. Mr.. Snow Chat
was the mans name) said he thought
that | was just what his daughter
wanted. Ny master told him to take
me along, and he would drown the
others. You can imagine how thank
full | was, that l was not in my broth
ers' and sisters shoes. Well, Mr.. Snow
had a good time putting me in a bag,
for that was the way he wanted to
carry me home. l thought l would
like to sit on the seat beside my new
master, and see something of the
world. ! tried to tell him so. but l
guess he didn't understand my dialect.
He told me if l wasn't a good doggie
he would take one of the others, and
leave me.
When l reached my new home, my
master tied me in a big barn where a
naughty mule would put his nose
against me, and would try to use his
teeth, if he got a chance, and if he
didn't he would give an awful squeal,
which frightened me so that began to
bark. Then my master came and took
me to the house, where a pretty little
girl Rugged me, and wanted to know
my name. l didn't have any, so she
called me Shep. l soon became very
fond of my little friend, and l think
that she was fond of me.
One day May called me in, and
wanted me to shake hands with some
of her friends. l didn't want to shake
hands; and when she told me | was a
naughty dog, l grabbed for her friends
skirt, She began to scream and kick
at me, so l started for the door, and
Just escaped a volume of Shakespeare.
For a long time after that l was never
allowed in the parlor, and l didn't
want to go.
| can remember the time when May
stood neal a lake and | ran against
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Then | jumped in and had a pretty
hard time getting her out. She was
sick for some days, and | was so afraid
she wouldn't get well. She never told
anyone that l pushed her in, because
she knew that 1 only did it in play.
Well l must tell you what trouble 1
had with the cook. She didn't like
dogs, and said l must keep out of her
way, or she would throw a kettle or
hot water on me. 1t was an awful
| cold day in November, and | was hun
CRY, when the odor of meat came from
the kitchen. l wanted some, so | just
walked into the kitchen, and thought
I would help myself, and l did, too.
There was a big plate of that delicious
meat on the table. All l had TO do
was to help myself, so up l jumped,
and was having a feast all by myself,
when out came the cook with that
kettle of hot water, which she mad
promised me. Now, if had been an
invalid, no doubt but what a kettle Of
hot water would have been very ac-
ceptable. AS l wasn't, l didn't thank
her for it. For the next few months
l went about with a scalded back, and
l don't believe it would have been we'll
yet, but May took the best care of me.
We had a neighbor who had a dog
much larger than |. | didn't like that
dog, so when he came into our yard
to get a bone, l was ready for a battle.
l just wanted to bite that dogs head
right off. This time | found that May
was against me, for she was beating
me with a broom-stick.
The other day l heard my master
say, "Shep is getting old. l guess we
had better kill him" Well | guess he
will not kill me, because l am going
to run away, and maybe I'll find some
one who doesn't know how old | am
B. A. r. K.