The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-11


he started to yelp in agony. Now his
shrll, agonized voice. whining yelpinG,
bowling, might have been heard for
half q dozen blocks In every direction.
| Men women and children came rum
ming from nearby houses. The wall Of
the pup might have been that of child
so nearly human was it. The women
and men stood in two thick rows on
either side of the street and looked on
sympathetically.
Here, Bill" said the druggist on the
corner, addressing a friend take my
revolver and go out and kill the poor
little brute"
''Kill him yourself" answered Bill.
Jaw, l never could kill nothing" said
the druggist.
cts a shame some of you men don't
put the poor little dog out Of its mis-
cry" said woman in the crowd. I'm
going to call the police. You're lot Of
cowardsw
"Now, if had some chloroform," be.
gan man with gray side whiskers.
$50 onn' broke in another ireverent-
ly. you're afraid to get within TWEEN
ty feet of him."
Altogether there were more than n
hundred people in the crowd, and they
stood there and talked while the poor
little pup howled in his agony.
But even before the people the dogs
had gathered. They came running
from every direction at the first sound
Of the fox terriers yelp. No one would
have dreamed that there We're so many
dogs within a mile of that place. All
sorts and conditions of dogs - huge,
shaggy st. Bernards, lean, savage look
ing great Danes, bulldogs, daschhunds,
toy terriers, settlers, curs-big and little
dogs we'll bred and vulgar dogs.
Now it was to be expected, perhaps,
that men and women in such an emer-
gency should play the part of towards
and stand aloof to watch the suffering
of the pup. But the assembled dogs
e., did the same thing-which was surpris-
ing. The dogs stood in the cutters on
both sides of the street shifting the
blood tainted air and now and then Civ
ing vent to a little excited bark or
whine A fox terrier and great Dane,
indeed left the line on one side and adj
vanced to within six feet of the fox ter
rier pup. But there they stood, seem
ingly afraid to go a step nearer. Some
strange influence seemed to hold men
and dogs alike spellbound. And still
the pup writing beside the car tracks
howled in agony.
Running fast down the side street on
three sound legs came a gaunt, yellow
dog. 1t was NANCY and flea bitten. Ii
had sore eyes. One of its front feet
had been mashed by some heavy
weight 1t held that foot high from
the ground and still made rapid pro
gress. 1t was an utterly disreputaDle
friendless, homeless cur.
First it pushed its way through the
crowd of men and women. 1t made its
way the more rapidly because people
did not like to be touched by the dirty
brute. The line of dogs gave way also
With it's tail between its thin hind legs
the cringing cur went straight out tt
where it's little brother lay in his deatf
agony. 1t crouched beside him in the
mud and lickedits nose with its tongue
} all the while whining in heartbroker
sympathy.
| Two women in the crowd started t(
: CRY at the sight Almost everybody
r felt something harden in his throat.
"Here." Bill called to the druggist
, "give me that gun. There are some
, things Teller can't stand"
Bill went out into the street. tool
| careful aim and pulled the trigger. Th'
! little fox terrier Strengthened out stlfh1
into the merciful oblivion Of death A
r the sound of the shot the yellow cur
e which had been the first and only thlni
t to come to the relief of its stricken
comrade. became in an instant again
: hunted terrified vagabond. 1t raj
a down the street as fast as fear AM
e three legs would carry it.
n Behind it a fat, pampered, utterI.
d useless Japanese spaniel-the pet. pei
). haps. of an equally pampered and use
n less mistress-gave a shrill yelp. Thel
o all the other dogs joined in.
g Away fed the yellow Samaritan Wit
It more than fifty barking furies behlH'
it.
1t Alas. the dogs are. after all, SO muc
g like men-Chicago Tribune.