Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17

| they had htched to the blackboard wa!
able to draw Fluff along without strain
| axle with a chain.
| When they reached Duck lake Brown
| lee united Fluff and patted him. and ther
| unwrapped the gun Fluff gave ont
panied glance and made the six-mile run
| home in seven minutes without stopping
| He was home before Brownlee could think
| of anything to say. and he went SO fan
into his kennel that Murchson had tt
| take off the boards at the back to flno
| him that night.
That's nothing" was what Brownlee
| said when he did speak: young dogs are
| often that way. Gun fright. They have
| to be gun broken. You come out tomor-
| row. and I'll show YOU how man who
| really knows how to handle a dog does
| the trick.
The next day when Fluff saw the buck
| board he went into his kennel and they
couldn't pry him out with the hoe-handle
He connected huckboards and guns in his
mind. so Brownlee borrowed the butcher $
delivery wagon and they drove to Wild
lake 1t was seven miles. but Fluff
seemed more willing to go in that direc-
ton than toward Duck lake He did not
seem to care to go to Duck lake at all.
Now then" said Brownlee. IN show
YOU the intelligent way to handle dog.
I'll prove TO him that he was nothing to
fear. that l am his comrade and friend.
And at the same time. he said. III not
nave MN running Oil hume anu SpOlllllS
our days sport.
So he took the chain and fastened it
around his waist. and then he sat down
and talked to Fluff like an old friend. and
got him in playful mood. Then he had
Murchison get the gun out of the wagon,
and Law il on the ground about twenty
feet off II was wrapped in brown paper.
Rrownlee talked to Fluff and told hi In
what fine sport duck hunting is. and thea.
as if by chance. he got on his hands and
knees and crawled toward the gun. Fluff
hung back A little. but the chain just
ooaxed him little. too. and they edge
ND to the gun and Brownlee pref -nded 10
discover il Unexpectedly.
well! WELL he said. What's this?
Fluff nosed up 10 il and shifted IT. and
then went al it as if it was Massetts cat
That Brownee had wrapped beefsteak
around the gun. inside the paper. and
Fluff tore off the paper and ate the steak,
and Prownlee winked at Murchison
II declare. he said. If here isn't
gun. Look Al this Fluff, Gosh. but we
arc in luck
I the gun and did not fear il in the least?
You could have hit him on the head with
and he would not have minded 1t. He
lever did mind being hit with small things
ike guns and AK handles.
BrOwnlee got up ana Sloou elett
.You see"' he said. proudly. All
man needs with a dog like this is intelli-
eence. \ dog is like a horse. He wants
his reason appealed to. Now. if ] fire
the gun he MAY he a little startled. but
have created "A faith in me in him. lie
knows there is nothing dangerous in Il
eun as a gun He tnows am not afraid
of Il. so he j. not afraid. tie realizes tina.
we are chained together. and that proves
to him that he need not run unless l run.
Now watch
BrownIae fred the shotgun.
Instantly h started for home. He did
not start iaziiy like h boy starting to the
woodpile, but went promptly and with Il
dash. HIS first jump was only ten feet.
and we heard him grunt AS he landed. bu.
litter that he got into his stride ana mad
fourteen feet each jump. He was bent
forward a good deal in the middle. where
the chain was and In many ways he
was not as graceful as professional cin-
der-path track runner: but in running the
main thing is to cover the ground rapidly.
Brownlea did that.
Massett said 4 was Il bad start. H said
/; was al right To s. art 4 hundred-Nard
dash that way. but for a long distance