Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-24
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your time talking with persons who ma
liciously harbor mad dogs?'
Thus the overwhelmingly row started
with all its unforeseen ramifications. En-
street never found out whether Trimbley
reported his dog or not. If he did, however,
the reporting had no effect. Mike was
suffered to remain on the Enstreet estate.
He was chained for three weeks after dis
posing of the Trimbley setter.
Mikes got to have exercise, and that's
all about it." said Enstreet to Mrs. I'm
street, when he got home one evening.
But l won't turn him loose around here.
Not enough sporting blood in this neigh
borhood for Mike. I'll just hitch up and
give Mike a drive in the surrey When 1
get out in the open I'll let him run around
a bit"
rey around to the front door, in order that
Trimbley and Benson, and the rest of en-,
as he expressed it, could see the victorious
Mike embarking for a drive, the beady-
eyed Mike was loaded into the rear sea t.
he took his place without a murmur In
1act, his conduct at the outset was char
acterized by considerable solemn dignity.
A1ter Enstreet had driven four squares to
standing together and getting acquainted
at the Junction of two streets They were
an coiiared and tagged dogs and belonged
To-. TO suburban citizens. They were of all
80 rom tan terrier to a Newfound-
iand pup When Enstreet saw the bunch
ne transferred the reins to one hand and
reached back with the other to grab Mil
ny .ne collar He was about third of a
secoIlu TOO late. The horse pulling the
th hatey was going at pretty fair clip, but
eLat dlont bother Mike. Mike had per-
ceIVed the group of dogs
Ie Jumped over one of the rear wheels
Siio On ms nose for ten feet or So and then
ne was In the middle of the dog partv Two
vi .nem scrambled, but the other four re-
NAMED to see what could be done with
LIN rmihI. heIore they could ascertain that
ha
were all SO MANNED that they could barelv
imp away. Mike couldn't hold them ali
uoWn at once, so he contented himself wit
taxing Few bites off three of them, and
tHeh giving his undivided attention to the
clumsy Newfoundland pup as being the
largest dog and therefore the most likelv
one to give him run for his money. The
New1oundiand pup was severely messed I'D
when Mike was finally batted off by three
or Enstreets fellow members of the Inn
proVement ACKNOWLEDGMENT club-au of
whom regarded Enstreet out of the tails of
thelr eyes and were cool toward him. Mike
jumped into the back seat of the surrey
wagged his stumpy tail and gazed afrec,
tionately at Enstreet.
Changed to Principle.
When Enstreet went to the Improvement
Association-and club-that night he found
that he wasn't received very cordially. so
he stalked out, his head in the air.
Mikes not dog with me now" he said
to himself. Hes a principle. I'll show
these ducks if they're going to try any
cheap ostracising game on me Just because
l own dog that can put it all over their
dogs; that can mop up anything that wears
hair, for that natter
SO Enstreet in fulfllment of his deter
mlnation to uphold his princip,e-i. e. Mike
remained away from the Improvement AS
sociation-and club.
About ten days later a mysterious old
black man called upon Trimbley, the owner
of the Mike-gnawed setter.
"Mistuh Enstreet's dawg's a lakly daWg
sub" said the mysterious black man to