The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-16

got into the habit Of accompanying his
 Satpar over inc milk route. douh css he
 wanted to learn all abou; :f. customers
 The more he s:uA'e.. >e demeanor of his digaifed L cns in harness, the more se-
 date he became himself and the less in- c,ined to frisls and bark at horses. ln- deed. he soon ceased to annoy the horses
 at all. If he had been asked for his
 views as to a future life, he would prop-
 ably have replied that dogs in this world
 would most likely be metamorphosed in
 the next world as a sort of promotion,
 Into draught horses.
 One thing there was, however, which
 occasionally had the power to distract
 Filz's attention from his fathers busi-
 ness--a military parade. Was 1t a love or
 music which aroused thi3 enthusiasm in
 him: Or may 1t not be possible that somewhere in this Switzerland. traversed
 by so many armies even before the Ro-
 man Iegions entered the country. one Of
 his ancestors, while accompanying an arr
 iry. had espoused some gentle shepherd
 dog, thus giving to F1lz the honest in
 herltance of a military instinct? In any
 case he was as delighted to follow sol-
 diers as a messenger boy who has other business to attend to.
 C1of, on the other hand. did rot pay the
 slightest attertion to the soldiers unless some of them kicked at him to get him out of their way, and Heaven preserve
 us from the angry look which he then rave the defenders Of his countryl To make myself as clear as possible, l must add that Gnof was not any more Interested in cats than the was in bears or human beings. I cannot say even that he had a grudge against all dogs. Many fox terriers, King Charles spaniels and others came to Berne from time to time with tourists, but he regarded them with
 only sort of patient curiosity. Gnof had his faults, but being a native of Switz- erland. he had sufficient tact to treat strangers so that at least they should not
 feel uncom fortable.
 Against Flz, however. he had strong
 and irresistible grudge, and for reasons which were quite clear. He dislked him l because they were born in the same place. because they were of the same age. be- cause they had played together when they were puppies. and finally because the time was approaching when every one would | sae that Filz had succeeded better in life than he had.
 On two or three occasions the bitter ! feeling almost resulted in a quarrel, One day they growied at each other face to | face. and after that came a short but ugIv fight. Tn Filzs eyes Gnof was a mere dwarf, and he treated him as a giant would a man half his size. He simplv forced him backward until his 1 shoulders touched the ground. then kept | him there. standing over him until he was | tired. True. Filz opened his mouth and | showed all his teeth, but I have already nointed out that dogs are in the habit | of laughing, and 1t is quite possible, IS in | inc case of men, that their grimaces on
 such occasions express something which ia not absolutely cruel. At any rate. all | that Gnof tried to do was to extricate himself as quickly as possible from the
 troublesome situation for fear that his | enemy might take it into his head really
 to bite So he went of uninjured to the haunt where he lived with other disrep- uta ble dogs and his heart was consumed with bitterness
 | The climax came on the first morning
 that Filz, as his fathers successor. drew Inc milk wagon through the city. | r. is probable that on this important occasion his demeanor showed that ht wrs very well satisfied with himself Dogs like Gnof. however, became exas rerated fl they only hear that some othe
 dog has obtained a good position or l! doing a work which will confer distinc tion upon him. Moreover, if this dol
 was once q friend, or. worse still. If the'
 are stul on reasonably good terms, tn provocation becomes absolutely intoler able. Did Gnof at that moment see clear fly all the advantages of the position wficl
 Filz had obtained? It is likely that h