Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-02-11

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a,s,,:,, n,"l 'eu 20 yeip in agony. Now his
auilil' asonlzed voice. whining. yelninr
nom ilhs' might have been heard for
a. d oozen blocks in every direction
Hieh, women and children camo r,,n
nihS Irom nearby houses. The wall of
'iie pup might have been that of child
~ hearl! human was it. The women
ana men stood in two thick rows on
either side Of the street and ,oo,yod IN
sympathetically.
mere, BILL" said the druggist on Tho
corner addressing a friend. .stake nv
IeFolVef and so out and kill the Moor
little brute.''
Alll MIN YOURSELF" answered Bill.
AW, never could kill nothing said
the druggist.
Its shame some of Won mon don.+
put the poor little dog out Of it's mis-
cry SAID woman i'll the crowd. I'm
gong to call the police. You're a lot of
coWardSr'
Now, if had scme chloroform," be-
gan man with gray side whiskers.
go onD' broke in another ireverent-
~. you're afraid to get within twen-
ty feet Of him."
Altogether there were more than +
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 were so MANY
dogs within a mile of that place. AL,
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
Nowi 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
did the same thing-which was surpris-
ing. The dogs stood in the cutters OH
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 ad-
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. writhinG 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. 1t
hal 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 disreputable,
friendless. homeless cur.
First it pushed its way through the
crowd Of men and women It 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 its tail between its thin hind legs
the cringing cur went straight out to
where its little brother lay in his death
agony. It crOuched beside him in the
mud and licked its nose with its tongue,
all the while whining in heartbr0ken
sympathy.
Two women in the crowd started to
cry at the sight. Almost everybody
felt something harden in his throat.
"Here," Bill called to the druggist.
''give me that gun. There are some
things a Teller can't stand"
Bill went out into the street. took
careful aim and pulled the trigger. The
little fox terrier Strengthened out stiffiy
into the merciful oblivion Of death. At
the sound of the shot the yellow cur,
which had been the first and only thing
to come to the relief Of its stricken
comradc. became in an instant again
hunted. terrified vagabond It ran
down the street as fast as fear and
three legs would carry it.
Behind it fat. pampered. utterly
useless Japanese spaniel-the pet, per-
haps. Of an equally pampered and use'
less mistress-gave a shriIi yelp. Then
all the other dogs joined in.
Away fed the yellow Samaritan with
more than fifty barking furies behind
it.
Alas the dogs are. after all, so mucl:
| like men.-Chicago Tribune.