Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-07
HE HAD HIS REVENGE

SO long ago, has already become virtually
dead letter. enforced more in the breach
than in the observance. A good many per
sons who do not possess dogs themselves
and are therefore not to be considered
dog partisans are rather glad that the dog
muzzling ordinance has thus lapsed.
The ordinance caused tragedies and
heartbreaks among the canine haut ton
1t spread dismay and grief among the
Jeunesse doree of dogdom. The ordinance
IN It's practical application, gave the roam-
ing cur a palpable edge on the patrician
dog. Had Julius Caesar been bucked and
gagged, ne were no better warrior than
the most loutfsh water carrier among his
regions Had Napoleons olive countenance
oeen ntted with a strap, the noisiest brawl-
er In his braggart battalions had been as
WHY IN counsel and magnetic in action
the Corslcan. Nature provided dogs with
teeth. Just as 1t provided pugilists with
tongues and typewriters, or barkeepers
with bungstarters. as weapons of defense
And it gave all dogs teeth alike and i'm
partiaily-- mongrels and thoroughbreds
But the mighty hand of the law-to employ
2; Ifazzled torialism-stepped in and
TOOK away the high-grade NUTS only
metned OF defense, thereby giving the
hobo dog. that remained unmuzzled, be-
cause, being nomad. he was possessed by
NOBODY. cherished opportunity to lick the
hide ''s anu
In Washington, however, there are a
number OF owners of high-bred dogs who.
because the dog-muzzlfng ordinance still
stands, conscientiously muzzle their dogs,
II only for the purpose of cleaving to the
line of scrupulous citizenship.
One OF these still-muzzled dogs is bull
terrier. the domiciie of whose exceedingly
conscientious owner is on street, between
TIN and 14th which Is precise enough Be-
fore the dog-muzzling ordinance came along
TINS Dull terrier used to be the bully of his
n4IRhh0rhnnd 10 =
the Almanac de Gotha of Dogdom in extra
neavy-faced type. He is hummer of a
nghtlng dog, and as soon as he turned I'D
on street few years ago all of the dogs
IN ms principality made obeisance to him
ana tac1tiy acknowledged that he was their
overload and the entire works
IN return, the bull terrier let them alone
Al! All ina. ne demanded was their unquestion-
ls realty, and he got 1t. OF course, how
ever. this nabob among bull terriers re-
CURED exercise. He got 1t In a mild. COM
IortaDle way. by eating up all of the stray,
unpossessed. hobo dogs that happeped TO
stink by his front gate.
ne would Sit on his front door steps lick
ing MS chops and summing himself and wait
ing , Tor something soft to paddle along that
stitutionaf. Then some wretcbed sls,,,kine
cur, unaware of the danger lurking in that
neighDorhood. would come nosine along the
sidewalk The princely bull terrier would
coolly hop the front fence. remove a few
pounds of pelt from the outcast and then
jump pack to his yard. lie down and blink
compiaisantly in the sun, entirely satisfied
with himself.
One day the bull terrier put this trick over
the plate on the unoffending carcass of a
Jog OF any old breed-a little Newfound-
Ianu, Soine shepherd, perhaps a soupcon of
. mas unwarily happened by his
gate The outcast took his thra shine noeoI,
~, and went his mournful. directionIess
way. limping
MOI very long after that, the dog-muz-
h h,,,1 ordnance came in, and the S street
Dull terrier had to stand for the facia1
strap, his owner being a conscientious nan
as stated The dog has been muzzled ever
since In spite of the non-enforce ment ~
tn ne huzzhng law: because the owner of the
10 stick, and not to be smashed hJ, non
believers in them " ioA
one raw morning last week-just about
h" ia lars aiter the date of the thra shing
ne mad administered to the mongrel that
mao a little of Newfoundland. some shen-
nero and bit of mastif in him-the g
street quiz terrier sat on his front stems
a LYING 60 wipe his muzzle off with his paws
anu looking poignantly unhappy The muz-
zie was on to stay. and was not to be Wiped
on The dog took a gloomy front-na W
stretch and walked out of his front gate
with his tail down.
1t happened that lust as the hull tarr;er
walked Out OF his gate the part-shepherd-
Observation-Disclosures ff-collie hobo that he
mad Med his teeth on nearly two years be-
renee AT his first glance the hobo dog onIv
got a rear view Of the bull terrier, and he
looked as If he was going to bolt for it
right quick.
to turn around, revealing his muzzle
The writer hereof lays claim to only the
lowest possible order of imagination-but If
that Waytaring dogs eyes didn't seem to
twinkle with ghoulish glee, and if he didn't
appear to pull himself together and to lick
his chops with revengeful anticipation,
there's mistake somewhere.
For half a minute. while he peeked
around the corner of the fence TO make
perfectly certain that the bull terrier was
securely muzzled, the outcast might from
the joy that glowed in his eyes, have been
thought to be saying unto himself, Here's
NUTS two pairs. and what I'm a-going to
do to him-well watch me, that's air.
Then the hobo dog took 1t on the run,
making three jumps of 1t. and lit square on
top of the bull terriers back The bull
terrier was quick to recover, but recovering
wasn't the thing.
He yelped and growled and tried to put up
the old scarifying bluff, but he didn't have
the cards.
The wayfarer with the long memory took
it comfortable and easy. and inside OF
something less than two minutes he had
made the bull terrier look like ten tin taels
of Tientsin.
He removed chunks from the bull terrier.
1t was all mitigating, with the wayfarer do
ing Ill Inc DuSlueSS. lHe only trouble was
there was no gong to save the bull terrier.
He had to take it as 1t came, with no In
PERMISSION between rounds
The hobo dragged him around by the
neck, the bull terrier Intellectually kicking
his legs in the air like a turned-over cock
roach. Then the nomad mutt turned his
victim loose, just to enjoy seeing him run.
The bull terrier scooted, but the mutt was
built better for speed, and in two jumps he
was on top of the patrican again. Biting
him calmly, but with diligence and power.
on both ears, and stopping to gnaw some
when he got particularly good clutch. the
hobo, observing the rapid approach of the
bull terriers owner, gave one final wrench
at the terriers right ear and then ambled
off down the street. looking like a Wander
Ing Willie that has just got outside of a
Christmas dinner of the variety known as
a "sit-dc Wn."
The law of balance and adjustment is
queer old proposition, and 1t works both
ends from the middle, coming and going.
among all living species, not excepting the
human.