Evening star., 1901-04-27
TALE OF A CLEVER DOG

III sure was queer, for a fact" MUIR
INJURED the man with the far-away look in
his eyes standing on the rear platform of
the 9th street car.
What was queer?" inquired the man
standing next to him.
What happened to my Star paper three
evenings last week. replied the man with
the far-away expression. Certainly was
marvellous queer. and no mistake
We'll, what happened to it. anyhow"
Il missed the paper last Wednesday
evening, went on the man with the dis
tant gaze. Il knew it had been delivered
1or Know the whistle of the boy who de-
| iiVers 1t, and L was up in my room shaving
when l heard the boy come along whistling
Jes because She Made Them Goo-Goo
E.es ana then | heard the thud of the
ssisnuy ioloed paper against the basement
door where the boy always throws it.
ABOUT five minutes later. after I'd finished
snaVlng, went down to the areaway to
get the paper, but it wasn't there l
asked the servant if shed picked if up and
sne SAID no. | asked my wife if she had
picked the paper up. and she, too, said no
con,dne nnhted all over the yard for it. but it
searching for the paper in the yard nav
ioN terrier dog. with his tail down and
looking kind o cheap, came In from the
sni,tv sniu ., ,h my nelghbor The dog looked so
sullty that l had sort of an idea that he
might nave got to skylarking with the pa
per and torn it up but he'd never dan.
nS a,S 'iiiis ike that since his puppy days,
aiiu' upon renection l rather reproached
myself for baving even suspected tbe doc
l llilally gave up the search for the paper
ana went to the corner news store and
bought one. ''ie anu
II didn't get home on Thursday .,-o,,;ra
until after the hour for the arrival of Tbs
star paper had passed. When I asked INV
Wl1e II she had picked it up out of the
areaway yet she told me no. and so went
pnnfs
be there But it wasn't The servant girl
told me that she had heard the thud of Tho
pap PAPER asainSt the basement door when the
BOY had delivered it about three-nuartars
or an hour before but that she hadn't sone
aIter II because she was making a cake at
5ne l,l tlme and her hands were covered with
noush, NOW, 1t all looked pretty mysteri
ous l made an elaborate hunt for tbe ~
per again, but 1t was no use. 1t comldn;t
oe found. and again l had to go to the
torrer terrier he~s stand and buy one That fox
L " mine, again looking mighty
Sneeplsn Tor him-he's pretty sassy nerkI,
qos' as a general thing-tagged after Nc
..n1e iuoheo mat dog over pretty hard. and he
snrank III from my gaze and started to crawl
OH with his tail down: and somahon- ~ W.
more more looked at him the more convinced 7
pecame .c that that dog had sometbing to do
nn ~ tbe ene . oisappearance of my Star paper
oli tne TWO previous evenings So dater-
mined to keep a lookout on the foIlou.t,,,- on.er
evening. " 'he loiio"lng
II vas rubbering behind the curtain IN
M hon
Inc star boy came along on FriGav a,nr
iLs ana threw the paper against the haSa-
nonid eoort ao - was In such position that
could see the paper where it Law and abot
minute after The Star boy had iast a'ohe t1ae
yalu l saw that fox terrier of mine IooL-
lns powerful sneaky and casting a bean
the paner siaIcGs niaIl around him. crawl up to
q eie paper, PICK 1t up in his teeth. and with
e. teW more cautious glances about him
tFot through the iron fence into The mi naii;
h tbe my tbin ineighbor Well. sir. wanted to see
Of
tiptoed out of the basement cren+ oa
L, tne IRON fence and followed the direction +
in mao as seen n the dog take. Found him down
IN IN the areaWay of my neighbor.s honse omd
the mystery was solved {" 'e' aiiu
SoiVed, hey? How was that
With ~, 81 ~ Ten Sou' continued the man
har h,r'i In aae iar-aWay expression. my neigh
DOT mad owned a pair of fine SLva tarrin
brothers, but on the preceding Tuesda, a.s, >,
VI tnem mad got out of the yard and W.
oered on The other dog was discons",a1a
,,,.u eiuseo all comfort, until he heard his
master my neighbor. remark to his VIZ
tnat ne intended to advertise for tho d.
III ednesdayS Star paper Then he h.rT
ed ana Wagged his tail joyfuIiv as m,
nets sh1or 100 toid me later: Now my neighbor
gets MS star paper at The Star officeI On bis
way nome from his Office ''
men followed my fox terrier into
my nelshoor areaway-and should have
oeptI,heu os az ~ Ihat my dog was a great pal
OF the two next-door dogs-I found him
with the Skye terrier. The two dogs had
the tne paper spread out and the Skye terrier
had his foot on the Lost and Found. COL
umn. and was shaking his head with p,ea+
apparent grief, while my dog sat bv and
endeaVored by his presence to comfort bis
bereaved pal. The latter however 70
FUSED all comfort, but such was the noien.
ancy OF his misery that he proceeded to
tear the paper to ribbons with his naus
1t was obvious that he had been ersmin.
ing the Lost and Found column to COO ir
his brother had been picked up. and that
MS disappointment was so intense that he
was unable to refrain from DESTROYING the
paper The reason why he HADN'T Looked
through his masters Star paper was he-
cause he wasn't able to get at It. his mas.
ter. as I said. fetching his paper home
with him in his pocket. NY fox terrier
had been made acquainted with this for
and had. out Of friendship for his next,
door chum, assumed the risk of stealing
my paper. hadn't the heart to break IN
on the sorrow of the Skye terrier. hut T
crept softly away and bought NV Star
paper again at the corner. On the follow
ing day the missing brother of the next
door Skye terrier was restored by a col
ored boy. and on the same evening nv fnx
terrier. as a token Of his atonement picked
up my Star paper when it was delivered
by the boy and brought 1t to me In his
mouth. I don't think l ever heard OF a."
" L street! said the grinning conductor
who had listened to the story, yanking the
bell. and the man with the far-awaV ey-
preston swung off.
:" l. for Liar" he added softly starting
the car and watching the retreatfng shane
of the man with the far-away expression