The daily Alaskan., 1911-05-24
THE DRAGONS
 DOG
Copyright. lso. by AssaaI1te3 iat-
 ararv Ir.
By M QUAD

village or perbyyue for thuy years and mo one had ever seeu him out ot . temper One day when his rmmgtcr was under discussion uH paidIer safd of Che deacon
 .Tnag man is too serene He win :. break loose some day and astouIsh you aTI~
 The. deacon had got Co re Gf.y years old He was widuwrr aud was look ] ing out for a sc.au5 wife Thore was am old maid over at Grafton. seven miles away. who HIe1 his eye and one day he Harnessed his horse to 'he ra.r0e old ru-Ey and drove over !. thc-e fo ask her to bo his
 .WaaT Martha. I've been thinking ] rfs thing an over and I'ro concluded chat want you for a wife
 But you are fvsf day too late ] deacon. was the answer
 aUas somebody got yauE
 "yes gave my promise ycs.er- day.
 "Camt you bust ItE"
 aNo. ICuut I'm sorry to put yon to the trouble of driving over here ! but ' can't break my word"
 aoh. wml. TU just have Co look a u.Ge Cur.hor
 And ' hope you win Gn1 s0mr one ] Co suit Have a cup of ten, dcaeanE
 aN0. ' guess not
 aRusf frs dusty drive deacon. and ! don't wan. you to go back entirely empty handed Have you co. a dog
 Nevcr had one
 ! "Thrros one hore chat came along ] two weeks ago Hes a lost dog, and ! I don't want him. Why not take him . homo with youE
 "Why. ' might I've roarI that a dog gets to love you like everything after awhile He's also nur,T good comrarv for a lone man.
 The deacon was taken out into the hack yard t- view the o1ufue Tt was a big ono eyed dog with a stump .al Ur was blend of different colors and he shamHed when ha walked. . No other man Tn the state would have ! taken him. but he just hit tha deaaon,s . fancy. and he 1's7 fa'. che sentiment . connected vI.E Che gift He hadeomo . t1 4sE vrmrn Go marry him. hnt WIS day foo late. She seemed tn TO- eret Ttand wanted 10 show that there were no hard feelings by presenting him with a one eyed dog
 1T the deaean had figured on taking a month t1 got a line on that oanInaz character he soon discovered his error. Tn driving trc seven miles hrnk home sixteen dogs belonging Co sixteen a.l- . fcrant farmers came rushing ont Co tn. ta-vfew Che strange canine and make him wish he had never been born. Bach and every one of tho sixteen was duly and thoroughly chawnl un and h1'f killed
 aEavtra- forward in his views ray. thar forward said tho good wn t' himself after about tho eighth conflict anut manna itfz better sn.
 For two days after ra1rHHg what wrs ro la his home .he 6a was named Sambo by ,.a deacon. stuck t1 che baeE var5 and Che . rEa or an empty barre. Then ha went forth t7 see the town Ns was natural Che village dogs approached him either to welcome fhraw out a bun Tt made no difference which Co S-uh1. He treated an alike His one eye burned like a live coal his hair stood ur Ike Ir.sUe- hat stump tail ceased waEEIne and with rn1r Ike a lion he descended upon The ea. nine hafa-e. him and made things sad for him
 There are dog owners that win stand by and see tlc.r dogs rolled in lhe dust and more orlrss crippled and make mo sfEr. but such men are few 0n5 lar he- tween In one day the deacon had more men down on him than Tn an Che vaa-s before They even forgot what a good man he was and swore at him and threw stones Ht his deg AS t was on Ure first day. SO it was on the second and third Then every dog Tn fbe town had been licked and none of them would pass beyond the gate. -t rHera was hero in DerbyviGe tl was . Sambc Goodlue He was detest- ed hero. however The deacon was told that if he didn't get rid of him the dog would be shot or poisoned ol and It was then seen that he had snunk back or his serenity. He took the side 1f tbe dog. He talked right hack Go those who talked t1 him. and once he snat on hIs hands and was about to take of his coat
 The deacon had broken loose at last and the prorbccy. of the peddler was being realized. There were wonder and astanfshmont in DerhyyIIle that night Folks thought the climax had been reached. but lt hadn't
 A crowd oT fifty men came Co al Sambo. The deacon shed his coat and vest and sailed in. He wbooDed and he yelled. He struck and he kicked. He rolled up the enemy before him. and behind thcm was Samb1 Go do his full nart. The full moon came up to look down on the broken and the bit- ten. and the deacon didn't stop yelling for an hour afteTw8rd