The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-05
Of tie BIDE-A-W Z L

certain persons classified by the grace OF God as
human beings;
The original locale Of The real drama to which ref
crcncc has been made 10 Harlem. The theme of
the play. speaking In the phraseology OF Thespis,
was;-Is there such thing love between male
and female animals: The drama in question argued.
and nrGuos FOR tue affirmative TO get 10 the heart
Of the story, inspector the stan OF BIdcaWce
had his attention time ago called to two dogs,
female retriever aud mnlc spaniel, who were TO
he seen every night in the Vicinity OF tho old Harlem
Hospital. at Pleasant avenue and 12Oth street. These
dogs were always together and. to nl appearances,
were homeless. oddly enough however, they were
never seen mtil evening.
The inspector enGcnyorcd 10 catch them numcr.
ouS occasions. but they cludcd his every effort With
the aid Of assistant the Inspector finally located
TIC home Of The couple, under huge pile OF lumber
near tho hospital grounds Desiring solve the mys-
tery that surrounded the canine couple before effect
Ing their capture. the two men laid low aud watched
tic movements of the dogs. One day the female did
not come Of her ''homc." The male DID, however,
but remained away only mn hour. Then he returned
with bone that bc dragged into the place where his
mate hiding.
This performance repeated The next day and
the day after wei. The curiosity Of the men WAS
aroused now and cDStIng the services OF couple OF
laborerS they cleared OF the snow and ocsan TO
move The lumber under which tho dogs making
their home. After several hours work they finally
uncovered the mystery for there In among the loose
boards at tho bottom Of the pile they found the lIltc
retriever with fourteen puppies nine OF which had
bocn frozen TO deoth The male dog keeping
guard over his family Procuring huge basket. the
men removed the dogs and their puppies 10 Blde-a-
Wee and the curtain fell on the first act
Working Out the Drama.
A month pnpSed bct Vccn the fret md eocond oc,a
man came to the Institution at the end of that time
In search Of foster mother and the dog her pup
pies were passed over into his a short time
afterward woman came and took the male dog with
her to her home In New Jersey. Upon being sepa-
rated the dogs whincd their sorrow In n manner
breathing the Grlef Of human souls. Tho persons M
the Institution hated to separate tbcm but there was
no other way.
Again tine passed and the third act began The
man who had taken away the mother wrote TO Blde.
aWce that lie wns giving the animal every care that
she seemed 10 like him, but that she gave every iudca
tiou Of missing her mate. The woman who had
taken The spaniel similarly wrote that the male dog
was constantly Grcrng for the mate from whom be
had been separated Ard thus tho drama rests today
Miles apart In comfortable homes tho dog IS sor.
rowing for his companion and she for him Their
has been recorded the most marvellous cx-
ample OF "aGiina love- that has come to the nttcn.
ton Of Bidc-a.Wcc,
Although a future fourth act To this drama Is con
Jecturnl. promise that there may be a possibility
for the reunion OF the canine couple may rest iu the
fact that The mCstcr Of the mother Is n bachelor and
the mistress OF the spaniel unmarried woman. To
he sure the present writer is alone responsible for
the hazurded opinion OF tho fourth act but It cnnnot
be denied that the suggestion is Legitimate and valid
ono. II tho future shows that the last act Is
never TO he written.
The mIts imposed by space prevent a complete ac.
count of the many other comedies and tragedies Of
Bdea-Wec. BY why of frngmentary Synopses how
there may be recorded the story OF ycar-oG
Maltese cat that utter the death OF It's mistress was
taken TO the institution where It died few days later
of broken heart not alphabetically but actually; the
story of dog and his mate separated and reunited
year later I'm accidental way Mt the farm" cf
Bdca-Wsc in New Jersey, and the story OF a dog
turned adrift by its master being struck with
paralysis and upon being subsequently cured at The
institution being given into the keeping OF stranger
despite the efforts OF his originally cruel but now