Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-03

right back to sleep where the motor man
has laid him.
well. sirs. couple Of years ago
Loafer was DOING in the middle of a
when q fire broke out in frame house
up the block a piece. The fire engine came
dashing along, but Loafer didn't move.
The street is very narrow, and there
wasn't any chance for the engine to pull
to either side OF Loafer to get by. The
driver couldn't pass over Loafer. either.
because there was danger that the low
hanging firebox would Scrape him. You
see, buggies and carts and vehicles like
those In Meridian pass right over Loafer
when he Is sleeping In the middle of the
narrow street. But this case was differ
emit. The driver Of the rushing engine
pulled up mighty short and scratched his
head.
fireman standing on the rear step OF the
fire engine. There's Loafer.'
SO see.' said the fireman. Reckon
you'll have to so round the other way.
then. And that's the way it was done.
A detour of three blocks was made with
the FIRE engine, and by that time the
burning cottage was in ashes. The crowd
running to the fire, however, didn't awak-
en- Loafer. He slept right through IT.
with all sorts Of wagons and buggies and
SO On passing right over him.
Ear as that is concerned, sirs. an en-
tire freight train passed over Loafer a
year or SO ago without infiicting airy mite
Of damage on him. I.oafer went to sleep
in sort Of hollow between q couple of
ties on a freight siding Of the Queen and
Crescent railroad. AS he slumbered there
q switch engine without any cow
catcher pulled long train Of laden coal
cars right over Loafer. Before the engine
hitched to the freight train reached the
dog number of men. seeing the situa-
ton. hollered at the engineer, but he
didn't hear em. nor did he see Loafer,
and he kept right ahead. The men who
d.d the hoilering expected to pick Loafer
UP in fragments when the freight train
got by; but no: when the last car had
rumbled over him, why. there was Loafer.
still sound asleep between the ties. and
q lot OF hot oil had dropped on him from
the passing switch engine. at that.
constitutional'y weary that he does what
little dog-fghting he has to 40 While ~
ing down. He never hunts for trouble
with other dogs, but when trouble comes
his way he has his own method or TAX
ing care OF himself.
"A few months ago for example, some
folks across the street from the livery
stable where Loafer resides got hold or
real breezy bull terrier This bull terrier
SCcuISu 10 QOp6 II out lldl DCsoeoc ASSAS.
was a mutt and because he mooched
around in his unamb'ti ous way he ought
to be easy meat. So one day. when
Loafer was lying down In the middie OF
the sidewalk in front Of the livery stable;
this cfirky bull terrier fizglgs along ana
makes a sudden grab for Loafer's neck.
Loafer never raised himself TO his feet at
all. He just reached out, ca My ana oe,
liberately, and caught one OF the pun
terriers forepaws in his mouth. Inen
70
on the bull terriers front paw he JUST
gnawed and gnawed and gnawed on Ins
paw. while the bull terrier yippea ana
bellered to beat the band. When ne
doped 1t out that the bull terrier mad mao
about enough Loafer let go OF ms paw,
and the bull terrier limped OF on tnles
legs, whmpering. and Loafer rolled over
on the other side and went 10 sleep.
"Once Loafer accidentally got himseia
boarded up under the porch of the mousse
of his owner the livery stable keeper
There was a board out under the porcI
and Loafer would occasionally cra"i