New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-23
4 POCKET BOMBSHELL
Just a Little White Dog to Look at
But oh, MUl

DUt OH, mY!
When zeb Vance trotted into our ward On t,s 49,.
Of a lariat tea 70 a saddle pomnael 7 ala NOT -,
preciate him. says Mabel c. PeIton in aColIisr,,
Weekly" He sent to us two lone V,or,a, a., .
guardian, and he looked "a pretty slim chance 80.
dog 70 do protectors work Nothing in his an
pearance gave Us the least hint that within =
week our colored neighbors would be referring to
him as that there bull terrier OF Mis- Morton.s
lie was such an inOnensive looking little e-Irox
that we asked why the lariat. Zeb let his tonry,
slip negligently out Of his mouth and sat down +,
listen to the answer TO question While NJ
Hooper was untying the cord from the saddle ana
explaining its necessity. Dicky Browne our nam,
pered cat strolled from the house on to the porrb
and began to make his toilet in the sunshine
Zeo saw him and gave a leap Of ecstasy thar
freed him from the saddle. There followed a aash
OF white. yelp. cat call. Then cat dog roue
man ana two women raced for dear life around the
house. and the horse ran away up the road
After which understood the lariat
IeDs bringing up made him an incongruous mem
Der OF our feminine household. He had belonged
10 an Ashevlle man who had trained him 10 night
and had added to his income by holding SUNDAY
afternoon receptions at which Zebby was the guest
or honor The little dog had become notorious and
the police had warned him out of town
Then he came TO US. and made up for the lack
OF strenuousness in his own life by adding 10 the
excitement Of ours
All small creatures were Zebby's prey on sight
Dicky Browne began to have paresis after few
encounters. Sister and I were threatened with il
too as result Of the anxiety that kept US rushing
to the window to If anything was doing every
time we heard bark
Usually there was something doing il noun
taineer happened to be passing the house. gun on
shoulder and hound at heel We grew EXPERT in
methods of choking. foot pinchng and applying
cold waterfall warranted to make a bulldog lose
his grip.
As time went Zebs amusemsnss grew more
ana more restricted Once. unknown to us. our
negro man took him for a walk I should As soon
nave thought OF taking unclaimed tiger for q.
stroll 1t was fragments of pig that we had to buy
companion.
Once he went 10 the village chained underneath
the carriage He sent telepathic insults 10 all the
dogs in town, and they fell on him in a body He
was outnumbered, but not outclassed. and ne
whipped the lot OF them amid the cheers OF The
lsafeTs- But he never went 10 the village again
once he chased our best beloved white Wyandotte
rooster around the house. arouEG the chicken yard
around the stable. Uncle Sam MADE a close third
and l struggled for fourth place Every once I'm
twenty seconds the dogs jaws snapped down on
the cOckerels TAIL there was a swish OF feathers
and Zeb passed an annoyed and rapid paw over his
mouth and gallOped He was diverted from the
chase only by shaking the low hanging boush OF
tree at him. He sprang at it, and when sam
let 80 the limb Zeb Was swung high in air. There
but he had been trained never TO let 90. and the
branch had 20 be cut from the tree 10 rescue this
slave to a mistaken duty.
This tree performance and pulling up the well
bucket came to be the two forms Of Zeb's daytime
exercise. for he had to be chained up almost all
Zeb was the most affectionate little creature in
me world and ne was eager 10 make friends with
Sa CO.. M sa o NJ no he one ogIsde tae l45
was not the same as his attitude toward quad
mile TO avoid passing the house The rnilknan
always stood on the further side Of the Wood2ns
and peered over it until he had ascertained Zeos
whereabouts. and the purveyor OF eggs never
ceased shouting until he was assured from the
Kitchen
We turned Zeh loose every night that he misat
For long time he used never TO leave the place
we often saw him playing in the moonlight i y
not eager to be his playmates. But after seveTal
months he began to roam as was proved TO US oy
his returning in the morning with a SCARED iaee
and an evident headache o.,
while we We're at breakfast and announce: Ms
dog at home nights he'll have to shoot him Then
we had TO go TO paw and humlllate CURSE S. ne N
the reluctant DECISION maj Zeb's U11opuarity
among our nelghbors had reached climax AS
men running from all directions toward our cot,
tage- The air seemed fun OF shouts and iA cGsIs
paniments of the burning out OF chimney.s -, "a
kitchen to see what the excitement in front OF
the house. With her came Zeb, who had oes sa
veranda and cast careless eve on the SEN
There was group OF men: there was dog, ,bat
bird dog 2eb assumed a bored expression conferred
careessly down the steps and across the grass, ana
seized Mr.. HoOper's prize winner BY the neck las
surprised animal gave yelp OF pain and u.s.
pointment and quit wagEing his tail which A
Hooper at seized ] leaped from ne nlsss
and graSped Zeb by the neck. L choked hil 49,
all the strength Of fingers, but the terrier
let 60. Mr. Hooper pulled his link OF The fA1'-
7 squeezed on mine. Zeb took a sudden side 81
that brouzht him between ElY feet, and over
went still clutching him
Now. I above the average height or Wo-..ss
and proportionately heavy. and rolling On w
ground accompanied b. couple % aEhtns qoss
neither comfortable nor deCorouS- should Ea
been shocked II had had trne 70 think sboui y
Sister had time. ard she shocked. she W
also a woman Of resource. She ran FOR the Ns
pitcher. "a
When We We're scparatsd-alT. Hoopet 80
Hunter. Zeh and II arcFe fVo77 The ErouIa -
" broke my neart 10 loss his DIRK Of .,hectiiS.
welcome whenever care i'm SHIT SG. Jtt.rsf
limit O ali endurance, and n<I tcuCred fft 80
So Zeb was shipped TO Alabama. whore ne $50
n country store free FROM rats aud 1LT2-3l-.
occasionally takes "A turn among the tttlls.- ~,
ten acre lot just 20 keep his uaw "a ln s-lii-7 -
trout