Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-24


one over his left eye that gave that sloe
of his countenance a darkly sinister as
pect. Mike was gloriousiy pO"lesseu 40
front He was composed chiefly OF H1usGu-
lar foreuuarterS and head. The rest OF MN
was merely detail His eyes were preclsely
round and so ploodshot that they looKeu
like red flannel with hard OIL hnlsh. ms
muzzle was of the hue OF chocoiale "a o.
mel and two long white tusks protruded
from his upper Jaw below his loose lower
lip. His ears were little or nothing: ne
had a habit of regarding the world with
sidewise set of the head. -
O. those toy japanese spaniels, SAID EN-
street, half apologetically. because ne
lust all dog But he's just as harmless ana
inoffensiye as a chipmunk-hey, there! III!
YOU Mike! Blast that pln-headed Benson
dog-you, Mike, come back here: why,
hang it, Benson values that cur Oh MS a.
$50. and when Mike gets through with
him there won't be enough leIt-he,p ihe
pry 'em loose, you fellows Will you!
Mike had seen the Benson colle noslhg
along on the other side OF the street, an
he had gone over the Enstreet fence SO SUD
denly that Enstreets hold on the CHAIN
was broken as If the chain had been OF
yarn Mike had the Benson come IN sis
Jumps. There was only one IN II 'ieii Gu
that one was Mike. The finish was achies
ed with the aid of six men or the heish
borhood not counting Benson, the owner VI
the collie, and Enstreet the owner OF MIKE.
Mikes head was considerably denied with
clubs. but he didn't appear q p bed AZ abo,,t
reduced the collie's right foot TO pup
when the bucket brigade was 1ormeo. me
all hands poured water over the TWO uoSs
F,nstreet tugged at Mixes chain ana Hhdly
yanked him off the whining COME
Damages in Order.
you'll pay for this, Enstreet! roareo
Benson-hitherto they had oeen playing
whist together every night-as Ehstree'
was leading Mike off, with the chaih wrap
ped around both arms.
..Pay for what?" growled Enstreet What
do Won let that onnery mutt or yours run
around loose for? My dog was In my yaro,
attending to his own business -"heh sou i
N-yoodle shifted at him from across tne
street. Saw him sniff myself. And VINO
a. going to pay me for those Welts you put
across my dog S head with that clup! hey
Pay, nothing! Your dog was huntins Ior
trouble, and he got it good ana pieh'y'
that's all. ..
That was the beginning Of the Enstreet-
Benson feud, which soon extended TO an
the female members and connexions "a
beth families. Thereafter EnstIeet ana
benson passed each other by without
word when they met at the trolley stauon'
and when they met at the Improvement AS.
sociation-or club-they both said Hun!
under their breath.
Mike was ted up in the back yaro OF the
Epstreet grounds after that first scrap, ana
he made himself at home. The children
went out into the back yard and romped
with him when Mrs. Enstreet WASH look
irg, and they got on famously with him
Mike wasn't playful, but he permitted the
young ones to pull his bat ears and to maui
him about without ever groWl. he was
Enstreet's slave and pal In less than
week and Enstreet reciprocated the anec-
ton Enstreet spent his first half hour after
he got home every evening In talking to
Mike in the back yard. During these inter-
views Mike sat and regarded Enstreet with
&c hcod HyarX mn n
his stump of q tail appreciatvely.
Turning Him Loose.
Think I'll turn Mike loose for little
spel,' said Enstreet when he returned to
the suburb enc afternoon about ten days
after Mikes imprisonment In the back yard
Hes got USED to the situation around here
now, and he'll behave"
Mrs. Enstreet regarded the experiment
obviously from behind the kitchen screen
door, Enstreet unsnapped the chain. and
Mike looked up at him with a grateful ex-
preston in his little round, blOodshot eyes.
Come out into the front yard. old chap.
seid Enstreet, and Nike tagged obediently
after him. Then Enstreet sat down on the
front porch and began to teach Mike to
Sit up and beg. A short, shrill bark came
from across the street. and Enstreet tried
to grab Mike by the collar: He wasn't sud-
den enough. Mike was over the picket fence
in two bounds, and four seconds later
Trimbley, who was sitting under tree IN
his front yard. reading the evening paper,
had to look on while his priced Irish setter
was being eaten. Mike had taken enough
mouthfuls out of the setter to reduce ma
terially the Trimbley dogs weight before
Benson and Trimbley and three other
neighbors pried him loose. Trimbley ran
for dog doctor and breeder whose place
was In the ouburb. The dog man pieced the
setter together and said the dog had an
even chance to liveJsi- e
I'm going to report that brute of yours
as public nuisance," said Trimbley, COM
ing across the street about an hour after
the fight, to Enstreet, who sat on his
porch looking unconcerned.
go ahead and report. Trimbley, said
Enstreet. Dead game way you've got of
taking a thrashing though, isn't ft?'
What do you" began Trimbley.
USED to brag to me, before I got my
dog, that your dog didn't have to take
the dust OF any mans poodle when 1t came
to fight and now when he gets licked
you holler. Good loser. amt your?
1t might have gone farther had not Mrs
Enstreet appeared just then. and had not
Mrs. Trimbley summoned Trimbley from
the Trimbley porch
Just you go ahead and report. Trimbley,
that's all" was Enstreet's parting shot
do the baby act up to the handle If
you"
'tEdwardr said Mrs Enstreet warning
ly from the top step of the porch.
A Crushing Inquiry.
William. will you be polite enough to
at least answer me- when cail.youg in
quired Mrs Trimhley from the Trimbley
yard. Why viii you persist in wasting