La Junta tribune., 1914-11-21
4 CANINE TRAGEDY
Trouble Came In Bunches With
the Purchase oi a Watchdog.
ONE NIGHT OF WILD RucTloN.

Wrecked Home That Under Some
Circumstances Burglar May Be
Better Company Thai . MastiA.
II a man Is afraid Of burglars" said
Quackenbush. ''he can't have better
safeguard than II good Watchdog
But where Is he going to get the
good watchdog?" inquired Clinkcn.
beard Such animals don't grow on
trees. and they are not advertised by
department stores
"of course. II you 80 around telling
tina, YOU are In the market for watch.
dog every man who hns chicken kill.
Ing pup he wants to get rid 0f will
tell you that his critter Is just what
yon are hunting for but yGu'll try
ont a million dogs before you mud one
tha, will get down to brass headed
nails and do police duty
Two or three years ago there was
burglar scare cut In our suburb. Sew.
ernl houses had been entered and some
false hair and things carried away. So
my wife got SO nervous she couldn't
sleep AT night. She was sure some
masked bandit would break In and
steal the What IL Home Without u
Mother chrome from over the .mantel.
aud lust to give her sense of security
bought big mastifY and took him
home and chained him to tree In
front OF the house.
Along about ~ O'Clock nj night that
dog got Ia thinking over his misspent
life. and remorsc ginwed at his heart
siriu:.s. aud he began lamcnting the
past He had the most bioodcurtiling
volec ever heard Every yell he let
out frozc the marrow In my bones.
He'd begin with u sort Of plnintivc
wall aud wind up with howl that
would remind you of hyena In q
graveyard on rainy night My wife
said the uproar would have TO be
stopped aud I'D better bring the dog
into the house. He'd probably be quiet
there.
SO I slid into few rags and went
downstairs and into the yard. Just ~
! approached the dog old Billshs ~.
who lived next door. opened his he'd.
room window aud throw m old frying
pan. OF course he meant II for the
dog. but his aim was Ioor and Il caught
me in the bread basket aud kn0ckesi
the Wind Ont NJ ME
4 ant down on the grass and gasJseti
for brswih. rnd shower Of bottles amt
ootIncks and stove wood came frOln
,iilsiaw's wtmd"w. and every blamed
IiS)n hlt nse In Une place os another
When ! dnaily gut my breath ! yelDesl
% BiIlshaw to let up. for he was mur
dering n,s. and he said Il was just
what deserved for keeping svch =
menngeri~ where Il would givs The
whole mcighl'orhosd the horrors.
"After ! had rubbed my bruises for
half IN hour took the dog Into the
house aud went back 20 led. was
just dropping on To sleep when was
rouSsd by the nllnredest racket II
sounded m though the side of the
hosisr WIS falling In Ny wife wns
shri.kInr Tint the dog was up~ettin.
oil the furniture and running every
thing. xo went downstairs again.
qsoting u few passSges from wel~tcr's
Distionnry.
Il had forgotten about the cat when
tossk the dug lnto the house. Rut the
dog hnd discovered the ret and wns
ehnsin. u through the house. and you
never aaw such scene of wreckaHe
Everything that wasn't nailed down
hsd ls'rn overturned. and nearly every
thing WIS brvken. The gss light was
beruing. and there was the cat hanging
10 tisc gmv 0xtures and the dog stand.
lag ~ his hind Iess trying 70 reach
~.
sMy usemorirs of whst feilowe1 ass
sathee cvnfured. eresn 90 recall grsh
Ting the dog by the srru6 II the rect
% take him Vutsloosu. aud hs he .
snmpss frO@ my shin. snd' tbes We
0lxed things ON the 6oos. ! msssesd
oo4e1n9 the plscushtoa lslo NJ s1eoeh
GUGo'sous1a'e NE. an1 ~ soDogoo1 -
0recu- Roman wrestling
'sTtsn the cat came down from the
gna nxture and took hand and clawed
0ost u my scalp o6. aud ny wife
eams 10 the rrscue with the poker
~ said nftsswnri that shs wss ~.
~ b hit the Dug. ! rechon "a have
beoa On w sect day n the seighboss
ha1o't come In with sl,otguns and prsn.
~ books and such thineS and prSsd
- apart
~That sxlssssnrs wss enoush soe os
20 Noehse Aave forty buvxlasD - ~
ogU0o1n eAoo os,s watrh6eGs.Wo1e
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