New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
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Strike will degn to notice them. uniform is
the badge Of respectability to Strike He UNDER
TO wear them but the day class Of grown-ups in
whom he will put up with their absence is restau-
Strike knows all the restaurant keepers in the
precinct Like a wise dog. he long ago made a
three times day he calls on Of them; but never
on he same one twice in the same DAY:
Might wear out my welcome if I went too
5Iloutes ms cans accorolng to system OF his own
Sometimes he goes down in Chambers street and
sometimes over toward Broadway.
man behind the desk saws 6icer T3TlonS2 S @ snd md
they know what he wants as well as he does. Some
one in the kitchen wraps up something that he
mouth and comes back to the station 6ouse rhen
just right in his eating place. back there. or he
s s6 s knows gsst gss B Is a Put Dts.4 IL ssS a
water in his pan out there. he walks in here to the
Strike isn't dependent on the bounty Of the res
him money for his & grub Wherever ty he doesnt
feel Ike begging it To him take nickel be-
a ginger cake, dainty for which he has a special
eat the cake at the bakerY? no indeed It nusS Hs
be wrapped up for him. IL is for any customer.
When the policemen at Lona2d street get telling
visitor about Strike they are like a lot OF big
Hes an intelligent dog" said one Of them the
helped arrest fellow over in the next Street?
The fellow got away from the ofncer and started
dashed in front Of him and kept him there till the
ooh! He's done a lot of things like. that" said
ANOTHER. Not long ago prisoner Eied 70 make
hin By the coattails and dFsgged him hack
ne seg o9 % Tse bes nrs+tv sac a g az
a cool day. but when it's warm. IKE this. he does
snd s 9rs m and s TeF PeS te ae g r hs 6se back there
But old as he is Strike can put up a .ood fight
stn. He made good fight the other day. and
TO be dogs natural enemies. But these cats are
a
rant, with his supper, in a parcel, dangling from
that was nursing her babies in a doorway He
laid down his supper and proceeded to business.
He wasn't in time to save the poor mother. who
was killed, but that bulldog must have wondered
about three minutes TO send him of bowling with
his tail between his legs. Then Strike took up the
and carried them to the station house and there
On the etepe t9n si u over sr ag Is De he sf fe
there: Strike is very proud Of them, but he does
long ago one of the men brought one IN. a rather
III favored bulldog Strike Just tolerated him and
jealousy and scorn il is the glance Strike occa-
that bulldog In fact that bulldog hasn't many
friends at the Leonard street station. though he
Hadn't ought TO "a brought a strange dog in
here 10 Strike jealous, one of the roundsmen
It does seem a pity that anything should be done
Not much actual service does Strike perform now
He can stin carry notes as quickly as he ever did
is out with a roundsman and the latter wants to
send message 10 the STATION EOuSe GiTlhe
the note in his mouth to the sergeant and returns
promptly with the answer. IL there is one.
The policemen at Leonard street viii miss Strike
when he dies and so. too. viii The children of the
neighborhood Distant he is with any grown-up
VINO doesn't wear uniform. ne is very gentle with
children. They oil ali over MIN, pun his
ears take all kinds of liberties.
Once, and once only. did Strikes trust in the
uniform lead him astray. He followed police
mans uniform which he met the street 70 sta
ton house, only find that the station house was
not the Leonard street station house, and that the
policeman inside the uniform was not one of his
friends at all They knew there where Strike be-
Ionped and a man was detailed to take him back
70 Leonard street. 1t was funny to see the sheep
fsh look on his brown face when he came IN at his
door.