The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-15


THAT inscription. done on neat little
nea0stone I'm an Uncovered corner of the
Ryeyille graveyard. I saw before me and
my mar went mp on end as the thought of
Dobbs, the barrier between a yellOw-eyed
cat and a blOOdthirsty dog and lying flat
on his back IN the dark under that alley.
came into my mind. z had Just bOwlcd
and l ran out the front door of the club
mousse turned the corner and raced down
the outside of the alley to the rescue OF
my friend
ouch! Take him off. Help." were
some or the cries that spurred me on.
The noise had attracted more than the
/ BOWERS attention. 1t had drawn every
do$ IN krobation Park TO the spot even
as Dobbsy's magnet drew the pins
} Just as 1 reached the end of the alley
a. head was poked out 1t was DObbs.
t1atless, his coat torn TO ribbons. his out
ing shirt In fragments, and clinging 20 his
breast a big black cat he was striking
NlclOusly at dozen snarling pups and
staggering TO his feet. A big NeWfound-
land dog had nearly all OF the left trOuser
leg IN his mouth and noble ST. Bernard
was choking on the patent buckle Of the
yellow silk garter that held up the sock
on the other.
-Four wclI-directed kicks and the dogs
retired, snarling. The cat still chung TO
Dooosy breast made motion to
No almost shouted Dobbs. pushing
me Off Go and bowl. It's our only
cnsnce to win. left the magnet turned
day or the greatest financier I'm the world
or something. Even in that terribly bit
ten, mauled, messed-up state he never
lost thought OF the main idea-to win
" Go and bowl said he Then come
back
The noise we had made hadn't at
tracted any attention. for above the ad-
NlsedIy loud roofing Of the hickey Bend
ers you couldn't hear anything but q few
stray yelps.
II ran in just I'm time to take nv turn.
" WrHEH Hfars.H -rs-r.
hadn't distracted the RickeyE any. and
with the help OF the pea-shOoter battery
they had put up five straight strikes. Our
pulling up fast
Il missed a spare in my agitation and
hurried out. IL was then the ninth frame
Strike ] heard the umpire shout as
SIM SJryker; my opponent threw his ball
down the alley.
The excitement was intense. but I
dashed back 70 DObbs The dogs were
still IN mass. barking and snarling. and
TO my surprise DObbs was batting them
with the cat-swinging It to and fro and
splJtlng and meowing like great cata-
'Alas!' ! said. the strain has been too
much. He's madr
But he wasn't
See that ladder?' he shouted. point-
ing TO one leaning against a nearby
renee. Put II against that roof
did as / was bid and the point Of
Ine LADDER struck the caves right over
STOPPING down Dobbs moved the cat
before the dogs once more and then threw
IL with an his force up on the roof
Good-by.' he shouted, as the dogs
sprang forward I'm going home And
he was away.
81 watched that cat catch herself on
the gutter and spring up. tail swelling.
back arching, eyes blazing. The next in
sIant a dozen dogs were scrambIing tum-
DilAg, sprlngiug and crawling UP the lad
Ger i turned and ran back TO the front
door and into the aIlev. II was the he
ginning Of the last frame and [ was
due.
We've only got EN- eleven pins.
walled Tom Thumper. Roll as you new
er rolled before
There was a faint sound of com
motion above the shrieSing Of the Rick
was a strike.
Sam Stryker sent a ball vybizzine
down the alley and turned TO walk away
IL was not a strike ball, but ne descended
on the pea shooters. Alasi not "A pea
flew. The pins stood up Instead Of
peas, there were now wells and bo-yIs
and squalls as clearly discernibIe from
the roof as they had been before from
e 'G'.way" a youthful voice shrieked.
Hes bit me- Glttoutv
-, Then there was, a yelp and a loud
Jhump. The Probation Park people
priczed up their ears. and the Hickey
Bend five looked guilty. Stryker missed
Helpr came a faint shrek from the
roof. Scat you devIr I recognized the
voice as that of the heir apparent of the
SpuJtsDy throne and so did he, and looked
like bale stick I'D be about the boys
portion.
wei, colonel. no more peas flew: we
outboWled and OuuUcked 'em IN that final
frame and won by twenty-siX pins. They
fairly ran away after the game and the
Probation Park people turned out to see
what the trouble had been on the roof. A
broken ladder. a bag of green peas and
some tin tubes were all they found IL
they'd a-lOOkcd in the pit where the pins
fall they q have found the mates to the
peas, all right. but as we won I didn't
make any exposure
Il met DObbs at the club house and he
winked as well as he could with four
strips or court plaster making a barred
window Of his face, as I handed him a
roll twice as big as he'd given me. and
with bigger bills in g.
Leave IL to me when you want a
trick turned, said he. I thought I was a
goner when that cat came in first but
well right viii triumph in the end, that's
all
IT'S nice to have right on your side.
colonel but I'd rather have D0bbs. Let's
drink on the victory. Cincinnati En-
Quirer.