El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-04
Dog KnO1US
COrned Beef
By It's Label
Prospector, On First e.
Paso Visit for 30 Years,
Reminiscent
By r. J. PRITCHARD.

i've got the greatest dog in the
world" quoth Shorty Hubbell, as h
stood curing his fallen arches in :
local saloon He amt what he USED
to be before Arizony went dry. but h
is stiu the smartest dog in the Gils
county hills. Why, sir. that dog car
read. Yes, sir. he actually can Why.
when I'm out there in that camp Of
mine at the head Of Pinto creek. nat
uraIly nv main diet is canned grub
, The dog is carnivorous by nature, and
he don't take kindly to vegetables. So
when / hold up a can OF corn and let
him see it, he don't pay no attention,
but lust looks off in the distance And
the same when I show him peas But
when I dig out a can Of corned beef,
you oughta see that animal sit up and
take notice. OF course he can read,
else how would he know which was
which"
Clad in ripped worn corduroys, his
pantaIoons hanging low over his hips,
high. worn prospector's shoes reach
ing nearly to his knees, a tattered
blue flannel shirt showed into his
trousers, the little man was typical
western prospectOr. A dropping gray
mustache draped his upl r lip. His
blue eyes peered out from overhang-
ing shaggy brOws, and a wide Stetson
sat on the back Of his head
Yes sir" he continued, when Ari-
zony went dry 1t broke a lot OF peo-
pies hearts, but me and the dog out
there in the hills never minded II
dry anyhow. And 1 fingered that
when things looked up a little like
they was sure to do some day, I'd go
to FL Paso and Ticker up right
FIRST Visit for 80 Years.
This is the first time 1 been In
FL Paso for 80 years I've been tryin
to locate a certain church all day, but
I don't seem to find the lead I never
knew what church il was, as was
kinda hay at the time, but II was
the last time I went TO church. and
I'd like to find 1t If I could re-
member, me and the dog-this was
another dog-had just come from
Mexico, and I was pretty nigh lousy
with cOin-been out in the hills long
time and worked pretty hard. and
no chance to spend nothing, so when
we lit in FL Paso, We was pretty wen
heeled-every way. So We went TO
saloon, first thing naturally. and
had a drink That d. & was teeto-
taller. the only dog I ever had that
Goes to Church to Sleep.
We'll. I got lit up pretty well.
and so we went into the back room,
and played poker till 1t began to gel
light, and then I fingered I'd hunt
me a place to sleep before it got too
light So we started out. and looked
around. but couldn't seem to find a
hotel anywhere. SO we started back 10
the saloon. And that is the last time
ever went to church You see, the
saloon had a dance hall next door to
it, and next door TO that was a big
stone church 1 musta been little
hay in my ideas. but I swan we went
into a church. and set down on
bench, thinkin' we was in the dance
hail, and could get a little sleep. The
dog went to sleep too
Hates to II ri Feelings.
After a while woke up. and heard
the dog growlin.' There was a woman
standing right close and she didn't
seem to know what to do. I must
have been disturbin' the congregation
some way, but the dog wasn't goin' 20
allow me to be disturbed II took me
a little while to get the situation sized
up, and when I did, I saw that church
was goin' on. and me and the dog
stayed to listen to it through We
was always mighty polite. and hated
to hurt anybody's feelings by walkin'
out
Robbed of Last Chance.
yes. that was the last time I ever
went to church never was much