Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-12
CHAPTER XIX

Y profoundly that the butterfly
A a which exhibited no annoyance
had been OF greater bulk and more ap
proachable and IL was the evil fortune
of Joe's mongrel to encounter him In
the sinister humor OF such wish un.
fulfilled.
Responsibility dwelt nj Beaver Beach
under the care OF Mr.. Sheehan until
his master should return, and Sheehan
was kind, but the small dog found the
world lonely and time long without
Joe. He had grown more and more
restless, and at last, this hot morning,
having managed TO evade the eye OF
all concerned in his keeping, made OF
unobtrusively. partly by swimming.
and, reaching the road, cantered into
town, his ears erect with anxiety. Bent
upon reaching the familiar Office, he
passed the grocery. from the doorway
of which the pimply checked clerk had
thrown a bad potato at him a month
before. The same clerk had Just laid
down the Tocsln as Respectabillty
went by, and, inspired 10 great deeds
Ia behalf OF justice and his native city,
he rushed TO the door. lavishly seized
this time n perfectly good potato and
hurled IL with a result which costa
sized him, for II took the mongrel fair
ly aalde the bead which n matched In
size.
The luckless ReapectabllIty's purpoee
to reach Joe's stairway had been en-.
tirely definite, but upon this violence
be forgot II momentarily. II Is not
easy 10 keep things In mind when one
is violently smitten ON mouth. nose,
cheek. eva and ear by n miasIle large
enough 10 strike them simultaneously
YelpIng and half blinded. he detected
20 CROSS Main street Judqe pike had
elected 10 cross In the opposlte direc-
ton, and the two met In the middle
of the street
The encounter was miraculously At |
ted 10 the iudge's need. Here was no |
butterfly. but a solid body. light with. |
nj. n wet. muddy and dusty yellow dog |
sminently kickabie. The man was
heavily built about the legs. and the
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ugor or what no Old may haye been
additionally inspired by his recogni- |
uon on the mongrei as Joe Louden'e
Ine impact OF MS TOE upon the little
runners s'de was momentous. ana the
iatter rose INTO the ar. Ihe Judge
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when Resnec,ahIII,v emersod ,ror, ,na
grocery he had notnble audience for
the scene he enacted with a brass Ain.
ner bell tied 10 his taIl
Another notato aung hv tha n,u,n,a,
uproarlous pnodieaI elerk addad 20
the impetus OF his flight A shower of
pebbles from the hands OF exhllprated
boys dented the soft asnhalt ahopt
him. The hldeous clamor or the nur.
suing bell increased AS he turned the
next corner. running dlstractedly. The
dead town had come 10 life and IFS
gladly rlsked the danger.
Gus heat IN the interest - snort where.
by lt was merry chase the little dog
led around the block. For thus some
Instinct drove him He
could not stop with the unanneasahle !
terror changing az his heels and the !
increasing crowd yelling in pursult but .
he turned TO the LETT at each corner
and thus came hae,, 10 mass Joe,s stair.