The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-23
How Unsophisticated Jack Met
 A Sad World of His FelLolOs

and with long back legs stretched downward he was carried to the wagon and thrust in. Then the most seem ingIy aimless and interminable ride started, up one street and down an- other. across a bridge and back over it again. the only punctuations in the ride being an occasional stop to chase a dog and the occasional catching or one that was immediately thrust in the wagon and the journey resumed.
 They were all city dogs. Jack could tell that by the mango smell that even in the open. breeze-swept wagon per- meated the atmosphere. A walk about the inside of the wagon showed that escape was impossible. so Jack settled on his stomach with his chin resting on his forepaws and with one ear cock ed and one eye shut amused himself snapping at flies.
 Toward dusk the wagon went under a low arch way. 1t was turned on brick courtyard. backed up against low door and then without the slightest warning a whip rose and fell in the cart sending the dogs yelping with pain and terror through the low door and into dark room. But what a room, Never in his life had Jack guessed there were so many dogs in existence. Snapping bowling, fight ing, yelping. unconcernedly scratching they formed a experimentation that would make a bench show look like solitaire.
 Then the door was slammeds shut leaving them in total darkness, except for the little stream of light from a crack in window that turned the eyes of the dogs facing it a baleful green. Jack had seen such eyes be- fore Many a time when he chased the cat under the barn at home, when he became disgustei with seeing her asleep all the time lying about the back porch. he had seen her eyes that glittery green as she rumbled at him him to reach. The presence of so many strange and green eyes made him scar cd and he sfunk off to a corner to lie down and think about things
 Inadvertently Jack stepped on a sleeping pointer who fastened his fangs in Jacks forlegs without even bark ing. Rowling with pain he sprang away. only to be bowled over a mo- ment later by huge furry dog. He thought 1t best to lie quiet and only waggeI his tail and followed the others inspection of his person with his eyes.
 Then with sniff of contempt the other left him and he sprawled out on his side where he was. with a deep sigh, and tried to sleep. but the whin- ing and jumping of dogs in troubled sleep kept him awake and he was hum gry until his head swam.
 As morning dawned a man appear ed at a little hole in the door and started throwing pieces of meat on the floor, Jack sprang for one. only to be seized by the big furry dog who caught him by the throat and slung him aside. Dazed he got to his feet to see the other dogs crouching over the pieces of meet and not speck left for him. Step by step he eased over toward a small dog that had piece almost as big as his body and with slowly open ing and closing eyes Jack begged. A crescendo. chattering snarl was all he got. and back he went to the middle of the floor to licaSat the damp places where the meat had been thrown.
 Three days similar to the first went by. filled with many fights. and in one free-for- r-al1 melee Jack managed to get a piece of meat which he swallowed at one gu1p. After that he slept.
 He was awakened by the same whip that had driven him from the wagon, only this time 1t was driving him to the wagon again. With a happy yelp he sprang into the wagon yelping with