The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-21

see, bugRies and carts and vehicles like that
in Morgantown pass right over Tired when
he is sleeping in the middle OF a marrow
street. But this case was different That
low hanging frebox made IL impossible
to take the engine over Tired. The driver
OF the engine pulled up mighty short and
scratched his head.
"'How bout itp' he said to the fireman
standing on the rear step OF the engine
There's Tired
Guess you'll nave TO go round the other
way then directed the fireman In charge
Of the engine. and that's the way II wac
done. A detour Of three blocks was made
with the engine. and by that time the cot
tage was in ashes. Tit crowd running
TO the fire, however. didn't awaken Tired:
He slept right through II, with all sorts OF
wagons and buggies and things passing
over him. .
Fact is n whole freight train passed
over Tired a year or so ~ without lnfilct-
ing airy mite Of damage on him. He went
TO sleep in n hollow between a couple of
ties on a coal car siding of the b. a o.. AS
he slumhered there a switch engine without
any cowcatcher pulled n long train OF laden
coal cars right over Tired. A couple of the
frat house boys we're looking for Tired
at the time, and they spied the dog lying
there between the ties when a switch
engine and train were only a few feet away
from the dog. They hollered AZ the engi-
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ahead. The boys expected to pick Tired
up in fragments when the long coal train
got by. but no; when the last car had
rumbled over him there was Tired. still
sound asleep between the ties, and a lot
OF hot oil had dropped on him from the
passing switch engine at that:
Tired Is 40 constitutionally weary that
he does what little fighting he has to do
while lying down. he never hunts for
trouble with other dogs, but when IL comes
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Of himself. A few months ago. for instance,
a new student at the university brought
q real breedy bull terrier along with him,
and this bull terrier seemed to figure u
out that because Tired doped around in
his unambitious way he ought TO he sure
easy meat. So one day when Tired was
lying down In the middle of the sidewalk
in front Of the frat house TINS chirky bull
terrier mooches along and makes a grab
for Tired's neck. Tired never raised him
self to his feet at all. He just reached
out and caught one Of the bull terriers
~torepaws in his mouth. Then Tired maze
a leisurely lunch on the bull terriers front
paw. He just gnawed and gnawed and
gnawed on the paw, while the bull terrier
Wiped and bellered to beat the band When
he doped il that the bull terrier had enough
he let 20 Of the paw, and the bull terrier
limped off on three legs. whimpering. and
Tired rolled over on the other side and
went TO sleep.
llTed accldenthlIy got nlnlScH DOdTueu
up under the frat house front porch once.
There was a board out under the porch
and Tired used TO crawl in under the porch
through that hole to go To sleep when he
got tired of sleeping in the sunlight IN the
middle Of the sidewalk or street. Well,
they got a carpenter to stick a board over
the unsightly hole. and Tired was in under
the porch al the time the hole was boarded
up. He was missed, of course. when he
didn't show up that day. and the boys.
almost crazy. organized scouting parties
to go after him. But Tired seemed to be
gone for sure.
Nobody thought Of him being boarded
up under the porch until he'd been missing
for four days. when one OF the students
remembered having seen Tired SINK in
through that hole occasionally n IL was
recalled that the hole had been boarded
over Just four DAYS before. So they tore
the new board OF the hole. and there was
Tired. still sound asleep, about ten feet
under the porch. The boys called him.
but he just blinked az them and rolled
fresh lamb chop and tried to entice him
out with that-puehed IL with n stick to
within about three feet Of Ttre1's nose.
Now you'd naturally suppose that n nice
fresh lamb chop would look pretty good toa
dog that had been boarded up undera porch
for -four days. but would Tired get up on
his legs so IA to pick that lamb chop up
Blamed If he would! They had 10 push
the chop all the way over 10 him with the
stick. and then he picked it up and ate it
coolly enough, still lying down. They
couldn't entice him out from under the
porch. He didn't care for the e~xertion of
getting up. So they had TO tear a hole in
the porch flooring and get Tired out that
way.
Hes the weary canine, all right. is Tired,
and I reckon it1l be a long time before
ary muttll project along To dispute the
championship with him as the tiredest dog
in North America"