New-York tribune., 1905-08-04
NEGLECTED DOGS AND CATS.
Left Behind by City sojourners in the
Country

Coin my way? Yes? Wal jump in. then,
ma am. an III take YOU long niece More So
ciable like amt it?"
There was no question to the simole kind
ness OF tho offer. The road wound UP hill, the
open buggy was roorny. the horse looked stout and
lazy. the middc-aged farmer had honest. gentle
blue eyes under shaggy brows
Purity piece O. road. this" he said. as If resum-
ing rather than beginning conversation. It's
purity all the year round hawthorn an violets in
the spring, then wild an red lilies an golden
roo up TO autumn, an then the spenoidest autumn
leaves an in the winter all them big evergreens
hunS with snow an icicles ] allus take this long
way home even in winter. an / do lot o my
thinkn' comm up this hill
What do do winter evenings? Why. just set
an tihnk, an sometimes I just set. My woman.
she pares an cores apples to dry. There don't
many helshbors happen in: the country amt very
socable in winter
I tell ye. I take a sight o comfort with my
critters winters. The hosses they whinny an
most cut UP capers when / go feed 'em morn
IN :. This horse, Billy, alus gets his piece a.
sugar evry day" Crhe horses ears went up at
the sound of his name). 81 buy it on purpose for
him An the cows. they moo an make a fuss;
even the oxen bout the stGpidest of all, stop
their crunchin crunchin'. when go into the barn
o mornings. I'm glad my critters like
merciful man is merciful to his beast. he
went on, ruminatingly. There's thing wish
somebodyd complain about. in the newspapers,
same as they do the city side of it, an that is,
'he way city folks go back from their country
MONIES IN leave their dumb animals, dogs an cats,
behind 'en I begin to get all fretted up an ad-
died about it, come this season o. the year. May
be 1t a cat or dog they bring with enl, maybe
some one gives 'em, especially cats to the chill
dren. But you'd be fabbergasted-beg your par
don, ma am-to see some O. the sights l do. Stray
cats and dogs in the city gets looked for, but
in the country long towards cold weather, they're
somethin' forlorn- I've got round
to all the summer cottages in the neighborhood
for ten miles, within a month after the owners
go away, an just gather up the dumb animals.
Sometimes the cats has most grown to be wild
cats Once I found a pet skulkn' round,
wings clipped, couldn't fly, scairt 10 let the other
crows see him. The worst dog. purity little
feller, folks left purpose-they said they
did-on the isand out in the harbor where nobody
lives, winters. Got him now at home. But 1t S
mostly cats get left behind. -
Wal, / take 'em all home, an my woman Will
stand bout five eXtry cats If there's more-an
pick out the ikeliest. and then drown the rest In
q big Wash-tub, SOS I'm sure o. them.
you carry shoulder leetle bit higher n you
do the other, the way writer-folks do, my woman
Is; we had a Wrlter-man boarder one summer a
while, an he up-we found out, tho he
didn't mention names. My woman-warn't she mad
at some o the things. Guess the shoe Dlnched the
old a leete bit I don't mind havin' folks
write bout me; makes me feel tho 1 was some
body the way all them Rockyfellers an Carnajees
nef written hOIIt ~ fnIIrs find me amIsin' so
much the better. My critters like me; I s'pose
that's the same as my amusin' EN-
thought maybe you'd go an see my woman.
Call in some day when you have time. fourth house
in trough in front. Good day, ma am. No thanks
necesry. I've enjoyed hearin you talk. Hello.
there's Dandy. the dog told ye bout, comm down
TO meet me. You won't forget to write bout the
neglected dogs an catS?"