Bisbee daily review., 1910-05-01


 he warn't worth a cent but to sci
 around and look onery. and lay for
 chance to steal something. But
 as soon az mcnoy was up on him he
 was a different dog; his under jaw d
 begin to stick out like the fo'cSste
 of a steamboat. and his teeth would
 uncover and shine like the furnaces. and a dog might tackle him and
 bullyrag him and bite him. and throw him over his shoulder two o ,hr times. and Andrew Jackson which was the name Of the pup
 Andrew Jackson would never let on but what he was satisfied and hadn't expeced anything alse-and the bets being dotS5led and doub-
 led on the other side all the time, dH the money was ali up; aud then Of a sudden he would grab the other
 dog jest by the int of his hind leg
 and freeze to it-nOt chaw. you un-
 derstand but just only grp and
 hang on L- they throwed up the
 sponge, if it was year Smiley al
 ways come out winner on that pup,
 till hs harnessed a dog once that
 didn't have no hind legs. because
 they'd been sawn oH in a ciTcula
 saw, and when the thing had gone
 along far enough and The money
 was all up, and he'd come to make
 a snatch for his pet holt. he see in
 a minute how ned been imposed on.
 and how the other dog had him in
 the door, so to speak. and he 'peared
 surprised. and then he looked sorter
 d scourag edlike. and didn't try no
 more to win the fight. and so ne got shuckeu out bad. He gave Smi- ley a look. as much as to say his
 heart was broke. and it was his fault, for putting up a dog that had n't no hind legs for him to take hol of. which was his main dependenc in a fight: aud then he limped on a piece and laid down and ed. It was a good pup was that Andrew Jackson. and would have made a name for hisseh if he'd lived. fo the stun was in him. and he had genius-I know it. because he hadn't no oppOrtun ties to speak of. and it don't stand to reason that a do could make such a light as he could under them circumstances if he hadn't no talent It always made me feel sorry when I think of that last fight of his'n, and the way it turned out
 Well, thishyer Smiley had rat and tom-cats. and chicken cocks. and all them kind of things, till you couldn't rest. and you couldn't fetch nothing for him to bet on but he'd match you: He ketched a frog one day. and took him home. and said he caI'lated 10 him: and SO he never done nothing for three months but set in lis back yard and learn that frog to jump. And you bet you he did learn him. too. He'd give him little punch behind. and the next minute you'd see that frog whirling in the air like a doUghnut see him turn one summerset, or mebbe a couple, if he got good start, and come down flat footed and all night, like 3 eat He got him up so in the mat ter Of kctching flies, and kep' him In practice 90 constant that he'd nail a fly every time, as fur as he could see him. Smiley said all a frog wanted was education and heI could do most anything-and be- ieYe him. Why I've seen him set Dan1 Webster down here on this aOOr-DalI Webster was the name Of the frog-and sing out, Flies Dan1 flies" and quicker'n you could wink he'd spring up an snake a fly off'n the counter there. and flop down on the floor agin as solid as a gob of mud. and fall to scratching his head with his hind foot as if he hadn't no idea he'd been doing any more'n any frog might do Hou never see la Trog so modest and straightfor' as he was. for all he was so gifted. And when it come to fair and square jumping on level be could get over more ground one straddle than any animal Of his breed you ever see. Jumping on a dead level was his strong suit. you understand: and when it come tf that Smiley would ante up money O aim as long as he had a red. sm lev was moastrous proud of his frog and well he might be, for feIiers tha had travelled and beeen everywhere all said he laid it over any frog Una ever they see.
 Well. Smiley kep' the beast in IittIe lattice box. and he used u fetch him down town sometimes an Iav for a bet. One day a feiler, stranger in the camp. he wss-com acrost him with his box and say
 What might it be that you've go in the box?"
 And Smiley says. sorter indiner' ont-lke. It might be a parrot or U might be a canary. maybe. but II only just a frog
 And the feller took it and iooSeo at it careful. and turned it aro''a' this way and that. and says Il m so lis. Whats he good forT
 Wen Smiley says, easy ana care less like. he's good enough for on fling | should judge--he can outlump any frog in Caiaveras county
 .The feIler took the box again. anu teok another long particular iook' ard gve it back to Smiley, and says very deliberate. we'll he says, T