New-York tribune., 1910-05-01

consume the contents of that bucket 70 the last
rnOrsel. i Is true that the city apprOprlates
money for the slstenanCe Of her dogs, and this
food Is duly delivered; but that Is = mere "a
ton, whereas the other collation. Is not only 2
social but q sporting event
YaSha. well fed ar1stoCTat OF his kind. stood
listening for the metallic thunp tnat was the
signal for feast OF q fight He had not long
10 wait. for SelIm with the Hump was pat
tern OF II1nCtualltv. and Nasha had dog 5 keen
sense OF elapsed time Bang, bang. bang. came
the summons from SelrIn quarter 4ash2
strong claws seized the grit and he was OF Ike
z bullet
4 snarling pack u dogs were At It tooth and
nail when he arrived. Into them tull tilt went
Nasha. Snarllng and swapping TO right and lett,
challenging strong males. Ignoring puppies, CIV
ing the females first chance. he himself not IN
terested IN food. Big dogs drew back, bare
fauged but c0wed. while half-grOwn pups
grabbed and bolted and Choked and tried
again. One OF TWO OF the greedlest grabbed at
some female food, TO be sent EOwl1ng INTO the
gutter by Nasha, protector OF the weak SellTn
with the Hump looked at him and laughed,
hooked out q t0othsOrne mOrsel and offered 1t
to Yasha He held It for q moment, and some
mother snatChed II from his mouth PerhaPS
She had the right. Selim with the Hump
watched approving greatly, 50 perfectly Turk
ish were Nasha's manners
Things were at their nOIslest and snarllngest
when IN the distance sounded d bang. bang,
bangi All, The pail of Abdullahl On Went
the pack, yap-yap--y with excitement @ oI
the race Round the corner they skldded, two
Of them fouling to roll over and over III the
gutter fighting turIously-
Yasha. as usual, was IN the lead. and arrived
IN time 10 see the sCulou knocking the last oL
the food into the gutter, knowing Vel that not
an onion skin OF an olive PIT would be lett No
one would have recognized the hghtlrl2 dogS
for the sluggish bruteS that lie around the
streets all dav. too lazy u haul out OF reach OF
the whip OF some cart driver
DIT tins night Ya-ha had more serious busI-
- ness than policing the garbage pal4s. tie
V-s- On the lookout for his two prospective
allies His brother who from ms black muZzle
W. name. Kara Burnu. he found 4 little later
regallng himself IN front OF the mouse ol q 1lI
collector or customs HaSha to be soc1aDlt
no-cd about q little. but unfortunately got hoid
of a niece Of chicken SO sTneared with Jam MADE
from the damask rose that 1t slckened MN
He did not Ike the smell taste Of roses nav
mo travelled much IN Eastern RumelIa, where
-Iz rose altar Is made. But he was at1able
with his brother almost TO the point OF playful
ness which so charmed Kara Burnu that ne
remained with him go
HaZTng thus secured one ally. Yasha drifted
over to the usual haunt Of the other. Although
the dogs Of ConstantInope have no actual own
ers they invariably adopt some master ana
i've II the shadow Of his patronage n return
for which they protect his esta bilshTnent from
thieves. last recruit was hli'sNll l'OSi44H
Yavouz. so named after HazouV the Feroc!ouS,
sultan Selim L. who massaCred the Janlzarles
Yasba found Yavouz standing stiff legged at
the entrance Of an alley, while some very young
Duppies the children OF his old age, romped
around him They would bite at ms paws, tug
with baby groyyls at the tip Of his tail, or leap
I'D t. kiss the austere muzzle OF their parent
Yavouz stood quite still, growing savagely at
time but secretly enjoying 1t N hen q pup
fastened 70 ms tail refusing 70 be dlslodged by
mere words Yavouz would twist about take
his taI IN his mouth and scrape the youngSter
off.
Embarrassed by being caught by Hasha IN
this undlgnItied occupation Havouz pretended
that h, had no interest IL the family, snapped
N a rllu taking care not To strike II. but a"ak-
euIng such terror that the lat youngster rolled
On is back squalIing while the others lied
Eavouz looked At Nasha a. one who would say
. A delced nuisance, these brats
But Yasha was charming. He smiled with
interest al the pups, and then even romped, Il
little. as pleasant and eager 10 please a. II ne
had owed money to Yavouz- He pretended
not 10 see the last Mrs Yavouz for II was not
Turkish etlquet.e II notice = lady, and alto
getttr he was SO atiable that the stIn necked
o-d rlltfian felt that he would Ike L. ENJOY q
little more ut his society