Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-16

| way of making them talk MY
father was ST. Bernard, my
mother was collie. but 1 ana q
| Presbyterian" says the heroine or nus
Dogs Tale" She had a Kind heart
and gentle ways and never harbored
| rssentments for injuries done her put
them easily out of her mind and for
got them, and she taught her children
her Kindly way and from her we
learned also to be brave and prompt
! III time of danger and not to run
away, but face the peril that threat
ened friend OF stranger, and help him
| the best We could without stopping TO
| thluS what the cost might be 20 u.s.
And she taught us. not by words only
but by example, and that is the best
way and the suresr and the most last
Ing Why, the brave things she did,
the splendid thlnGsl she was just a
soldier: and so modest about it---well,
YOU couldn't help admitting her. and
you couldn't help initiating her; not
even q King Charles spaniel could re-
main entirely desplcable in her So
ciety.'
There is as much difference In peo-
PIE as there is in dogs--that Is. there
is a vasl difference In the way different
4 people treat dogs.
n lad OF possibly Ia years. not M ore.
and let us hope not less. stood out
side the entrance TO the dog show on
"Wednesday, putting away at a full
grown cigar.
''why don't you so inside, Toughy?"
asked colored pal
Don't allow smollin', that's why
answered Toughy snllenly.
Alb come ahead"
Whats yer rush? BE through with
this in a jiffy; jes came out to smoke:
couldn't stand 1t any longer"
''Wot they got In there2'
This here's dog show. amt 1t ?"
II reckon
Then they ought ter have dogs in
there; but they aln't.
Ain't they got anythin' that goes
Ma" dlsgustedIy- "They think
they has | guess
'NothIn' that kin heat Tiger I'll
bet"
well, yer can jes stake yer hull
pile on Il. they hasn't Cad, [ wish
Tige could have lived till after this
here show
Reckon he'd showed EN- some
fightin' blood, Toughy."
'iStrewd that floor in there with the
hun bunch at the drop of the hat
Been a sick enough crowd, then.
A~starin' at them vacant stalls"
Come ahead let's go in" said
roughy. as he finally finished his
smoke.
SO much for Tiger and his blood.
thirsty disposition. hut-what about
Toughy?' Large vices, large viz
tues, som eone tells us. Toughy cer-
taInly had the app earance of possess
Ing all the vices minus the virtues
ar Older and seaInier face never set
or younger or more dropping should
els; every line seemed to tell a story
% every known vice. Virtue had cer-
tainly had no chance TO shoot in that
seant and barren soil Perhaps no
one had even planted the tiniest seed
to begin with; or. IL he or she had.
nothing had followed to coax 1t along.
No one had lnstilled I'm Toughy, prob
at ~ that he was fashioned after Gods
own image, and therefore must grow
and bloom like a flower, despite the
tares by the wayside
Toushy disappeared in the crowd,
rot 10 look for the love that shines in
the eyes Of dumb yet human crea-
ture, the dog not to shake the friend
~ npiifted paw not TO pat the velvet
head, bIt~-to seek out the blood
thirsty and vicious.
The Great Danes were being led to
the basement for inspection, to be
passed upon for prizes. Their bay
was fierce and threatening. but no
thoroughbred lady with slender nose
and great brown eyes and dressed In
velvet of snowy white with brown
spots. gave evidence of a gentle heart
tIutter at the approach of these MON
sters, the Danes. She stood up ON her
slim little hind legs, with her front
paws wrapped closely about the knee
of her young master her eyes pleading
what her tongue withheld. 1t was like
the act OF frightened child clinglng
to It's mothers skirt and begging Ia
terror 10 be taken up. Unlike "Toughy.s
this young master owned his dog FOR
love of her. and NOT for the fight In her
her mute pleading lasted but second,
for she was quickly gathered into a
pair OF strong arms. while her little
nose sought shelter beneath the lapel OF
a protecting coat