The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-08
Annymullns
An Experience With animals in the
Far West by Soldier of
Fortune.

L
see by the maggyzeens eshow some
Of my contemporaries are making stren-
u-us efforts to promulgumatat the the cry
that all of the bottanymus speeshus
has got surtin accomplishments what
had never been accredited them.
Now as an orthor l declines to enter
inty a public diskushyun of these
theories on the grounds that l wunst
had cabbage head work for me IN
New Mexico, and 1 wunst had apnnkin
he ad for partner in Arizonny, and at
numurus times has found it consider
bull conjeenyul to be on soshybul terms
with permiskyus specymums of Roses,
Dasies, Pansies, Lilies, electra, electra,
and it's stricktly laginst my code OF ct
tyket to make public emmy inflammation
or observations what may have been
impaired to me in the stricktust con-
fydunce or CLEANED through the lndls-
kreeshuns of friendship.
In these interducktury remarks
wudst like to add as how wunst had
a partner in Okelyhomy who Wunst
made an observation what has allus
appealed to me as bein' some appropose
of these recent theories. He said: "ln-
stinck in the annymul speeshus is the
same as what common sence is in the
human speeshus except that the furm-
mer is more oftenest met with in the
amy ymul speeshus than what the lattur
is in the human speesbus." Now up to
the times of this presunt narrashun l
have never sesn emmy purtickulur rea-
son for entering inty disputashun of
this assurshun.
It is my intenshun fur you all to in-
fur from this preloOd that l intends to
iucydate on Instinck in the Annymul
Speeshus, as has come under my OBJ
servatiou.
You all of course, reckerIect the
time lost my burro whilst resydunt
of Pixies Peak City, some years ergo.
Well, during the surch what was pro-
muigumated at that time we sent over
to Sir Cronin Doyle for Shurlock Homes
and the Doctor, Il wudst like to add
here as how this was the furst time l
ever met Shurlock or the Doc.) Soon
after their arrivul we had occashun to
direck their usefulness in anyuther di-
teckshun. Shurlock had with him
some of his faymus hounds. He said
as how he had tne OF he-dog what was
SO full on annymul instinc * he said he
could take bird and let that OF he
dog look it in the eye for minnit an
then turn the bird loose and the dog
wuldst know which way the bird was
going to fly. says to Shurlock, says
"That's nothing. know of lots of oil
he-dogs what can do all of that, ano
then be right there on the spot wheI
the bird lights: but says We don't al
, just eggsackIy call it annymui instinck.
Shurlock Gays as how was a-spoofin
him, which latter spose is something
like chatting.
Shurlock explains to me as how the
allus has young dog along fur train
ing an when we starts out on the hun
L am not sprised to see him leadin'
young hound dog but when he asts m
if have emmy glue handy | am som
mysfified an says SO an acts him wha
he wants it fur. He says as how h
wants it to put on the pups nose 81
then I almost yells as asts him wins
in she-hole he wants to do that fur. b
smiles kind of faraway, pitifM smil
am says: "Why that, my dear Haskell
is so when the dog finds scent he wi
stick to it don't you know" When
comes out of the spasum / gasps: "Sen
to ROCKEFELLER an get some of hissi
an that pup will never lose .anoth'
cent" From that time on, Shurloe
and the Doe an me has be fur
friends.
Along about the time we-all begil
to think that the burro had turned hi
self inty bird an hadn't give that
he-dog chanst to look him In the g.
before he few away we gets word fro