The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-20
ANSTEY'S "MAp DOG"

Il should think not: dogs amt much
use in the city; they're always homesick
for the country"
Then. If I sell him you'll give him
| a good home and see that he doesn't
fall into cruel handsT'
''Of course I viii. my bog. I'm not
cruel 10 animals. You say he's a gentle
and afectionate dog"
The lady stepped down from her car
rtage and patted Carlo. The dog licked
her nand. and then looked up at Anstey
TO see II IT was ali right. Austey stopped
to hide a binding tear, and said:
Yes. Carlo. she'll be good TO you and
| you must be good to her"
AS IL ne understood this command. the
dog wagged his tail and licked the hand
which petted him with renewed fer
! vor.
Wei. I suppose I'll take him VIII he
follow NE homer"
Anstey gulped something hard in his
| throat and asked:
Did you want 10 take him today?"
! why. certainly. I can't call again.
A half hour later, when Anstey walk
ed up TO the house. he tried to look
! brave and unconcerned. Meeting his
mother at the door. he said:
Well Carlos gone. That Mrs. Brown
took him"
Mrs. Bellows tried to answer cheerful
| ", but her own voice had q little catch
/ in il. I'm sure Carlo will have
| good home with her." said she. taking
Anstey by the arm and leading him to
the supper table.
Yes I suppose so: but doesn't a dog
want something besides a home? I mean
| that is
Yes dear; he needs love, the same as
a boy" was the quick answer.
Anstey was fourteen. and he was
about 10 begin his life work in the
~ ha
| He and his mother would board with
| her sister in an apartment where dogs
! were decidedly out OF place. Mrs. Bel
/ lows had dreaded to speak TO Anstey
! about selling Carlo, but there seemed no
way out Of the difficulty. Carlo could
not be taken TO the city and as he was a
| valuable dog they had decided they need
| ed the money he would bring If sold.
Anstev found his uncle's store in one OF
/ the best business streets of the city, but
| his home was in a less pretentious neigh
! borhoOd surrounded on all sides by great.
! towering apartment houses. During the
| first few weeks Anstey and his mother
We're homesick for the country and their
! old homestead. In the evening they con-
| soled each other and thus made it easier
| for both
IF 1 only had Carlo once in while to
| take a romp with I'd feel better" the
| boy said Il wonder how he is
| Probably having n better time than
| my boy" replied his mother. with
| smile. He's in the country and there
| fore cannot be so hOmeSick as you are
| Anstey was a bright boy. and he had
| determined to learn his uncle's business
| so that he would be Of greater help TO
! him He worked hard in the store through
/ the daytime. and at night he would often
| forget his inconsistencies by adding up the
! columns in the books which his uncle
] y. II, h. ID i'm
self valuable in the evening as well as in
/ the daytime.
! One day his uncle ordered the cellar of
| the store TO be cleaned out. There were
boxes, barrels and papers piled in tiers
| to the ceiling. Anstey helped the others
| to clean out the cellar. While they
were working a dozen rats scurried across
| the cellar.
IT wish I had Carlo here" Anstey said.
He'd make short work of these rats"
who is Carlo" asked his uncle.
MY dog or at least the one 1 had
Then. you haven't him any more? I'm
sorry for it, If he's a good ratter. I've
| been bothered to death with rats, and
! I'd like to have a good dog here. He
| could run loose IN the cellar at night
time and live out in the yard BACK of the
store in the day"
Anstey stopped in his work. II he had
| only known this earlier Carlo need never
| have been sold. That night when he
walked home he kept asking himself II
there could be any possible chance Of
buying Carlo back.
Mrs Bellows was as much interested in
Carlos future as Anstey, and she imme-
| diately helped him to prepare a letter to
/ send TO Mrs. Brown. She even offered to
! pay more for Carlo than they had re-
| ceived for him. 1t would seem so much
more like their old home to have Carlo
.-F.I /,
could go out into the country with him
il was a feverish, anxious five days
! that Anstey waited for a reply to his
! letter. Then when he opened II his face
| fell with disappointment. The letter said
in part
Carlo is no longer with me. If he was
I would gladly sell him TO you. for he
ran away every chance ne had. The
last time he disappeared I did not try TO
| find him. 1 think you got the better Of
! the bargain, for the most worthless Of
| dogs IS a runaway"
Anstey's cheeks flushed with anger. He
was not sure whether to write back an
/ answer and return Mrs Brown her money
! or to make further inquiries about Carlo
and then reply to the letter.
They must have been cruel to him"
! he said TO his mother. Carlo was too
| well bred 10 run away unless he was IL
| treated. Probably Mrs. Brown didn't treat
| him badly, but somebody on her place
| did"
Anstey was positive that Carlo had some
! good reason for leaving his home Il did
not occur to him that Carlo would re
| turn to his old home. and after q few days
/ he tried to forget all about his lost pet.
| Il was q fortnight after this when An
| stey was leaving his uncle's store 70 go
| home for dinner that he heard a strange
| commotion down the street There was
| n crowd Of people running, and many
| were wildly shouting and crying. Like
| any other boy Anstey was Immediately in
| terested. and he started on a run TO see
what had caused the disturbance
Half way down the street he could dis
| tinguish the CRY OF Mad dog, Mad dog
There was A queer sensation IN An
stey's breast AT hearing this shout He
| had never seen a mad dog, and he in
| creased his pace. when he reached the
| crowd he saw that they were chasing
| and pelting a dog covered with foam and
! lather Stones, sticks and other mis-
| sives were being thrown az The dos.
| The animal was vainly trying 20 escape
| the crowd but whenever he stopped O.
! face the pUrsue-s they all turned AID
fed They were as much afraid u him
as ;he animal was II them. Finally the
1 animal was ccrnered IN one end - the
street whore Il had 20 turn on the
| crowd or be pelted 20 death
/ But f. chose neither or these courses.
/ II Jumped over one q The high iron
fences and landed IN yard where g.
small child vas playing. The dog was
/ Enthusiastically dangerous animal. and
/ the position q the EIrl was critical There
/ was "a Eroan from the crowd and q !o-sS
/ call Tor pistol.
/ But IL was not a pistol which saved
y q