Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-07

, BINGo ~ A DOG 4
WITH DELUsIoNs I


lingo - dog OF the cur variety
| with the accent on the pointer strain
In his makeup. Also, he IA bug
house. which no doubt comes from
eating exclusively nl the ,ree l0nch
counters. Not that anyone IL at all
sure his right name II Iiingo, hut u
answers well enough as an alias or
handle to call him by. nlngo belongs
TO someone. presumably. because Col.
George Washington WRrdc. the sue
cessor Of Mr.. Hunter as city dog
catcher, has not yet caught Bingo In
his dragnet
n II thought that he belongs 20
some Of the employees around the
santa Re depot. for that h his main
station. He has sub-stationa at sew
cral restaurants and free lunch ooun-
ters up town, where Il II presumed
that the employees feed him out 81
pity for his starved ana emaciated
condition. But when any OF tho
Santa Fe men hinge calls his boss
are asked who owns him they al
answer that Il IN someone In the
freight office. or on the platform. a
baggage rustler, or something similar,
according 60 which department the
man asked does not work IN.
Hut, laying aside Tor a moment tho
question Of ownership. and consider
ing that OF Bingo's alleged waning
mentality. there Ia no doubt that
Bingo IL an crazy as well, as crazy
AZ some people were TO be elected,
That's all there Ia TO that. BlnEo lN
crazy. insane. dcmcnted or what not:
anyway. he has not real good sense.
Bingo has delusions. The big chief
dclusion with which he IN affected
N right hot hunch that no santa
fe train can get into Albuquerque
in proper style from The west un-
less he races In 'front.' ol the engine
from the south end OF the station
platform until Il stops. Eastbound
| trains are the only ones which he
~ deigns TO escort. weatbound trains
not being worth any notice Whatever
| fr0d the canine station master, as
they only contain tourists, rich pen-
pie and retired prIxo fighters any
how
Iiut lllnEo II the original doggy on /.
fhc Dot Tor ~ she faslhounl uaaeen
gers Every morning. Bright and
early. he takes pose down IN front
OF The Bulletin board. hangs around
until he hears some person eNciaim
In disgust the cxnct deiny on No. 10.
and then wnndere out to the edge ~
the platform and sits down.
when the locomotive comes Ia
sight he lickr his paws an extra HEX,
siraiEhtcns his tie. and prepares for
the mad dash Of hinge, che dog Won
der down the track, when the en-
glne reaches the end of the platform
iiinRo hikes for Central avenue. keep
ms always between the tracks and
Just far enough from the pilot 10
make good running time. When the
engine stops, Blngo. considering that
he has done his whole duty. departs
for places up town where the dish
washer has been known To give a
friendly pup bone or two ON occa-
sion. and there he collects his pay
for labor well performed. on ucen-
sion nc sits in front OF a favorito
haunt Of this nature and catches
flies.
| In the afternoon Hinge aanln APP
pears on the scene, aud transactn the
same business with ali the eastern
| trains. Having finished his daily
stunt. he HES him forth 10 places UNI
known for the night, Sometimes he
waits for late trains. hut not aften.
He evidently considers eight hours n
days work.
Once. In n spirit Of fun. an ongl-
nccr ''let 'er out couple" for Iiln-
go's benefit. ana heared him few
yards with :ove-tap from the pilot
Since then he runs hArther In front
Of that train than OF the other
trains Bingo sometimes, as a spe-
cial mara OF favor. escorts switch
engine up the yards never down.
This he does IN return for scraps
from some switchnan's lunch
Several heroic attempts "a rescue
BlnsO from the clutches OF on ap'
preaching locomotive have been
made. bat he always manages a.
eludc hls wouldrbe saviors and con-
sinueo his Journey ~ the track.