Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-22
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Lest n black and white seseeg au
named R0ck Reck was 0ngy @1
but he was known 70 every resident OF
mppeF NTamkain gETeek and beloved by
s. doSen children. He was only d deg.
ut be was hunaam IN everything isS
shape and voice. and sometimes he
was mamaoat hn1nmn km tiss Latter. He
res only dog. but be had more III.
Bligance than many men and more
Affection than ono dog could reason.
a@sy be expected To show. Ii wan sup
nosed at the time shat he had simply
sEfayed away and that 8 simple adj
SAgtisemont might cause him to be
bnougaf hack from the house where
be might be harhored. SO he had
strayed away but not for far Now
De lies In the water Of Spa Greek, the
glaEn victim of somebody's pure and
wanton cruelty. The same yillainons
reptile. apparently, who has OF late
found enjoyment or satisfaction in
p9fsOning valuable dogs at Murray
a7Ill somehow Iured Rock into hls
clutches and with poison or bullet or
with both. did his deed OF darkness
and pitched the dead body into the
creek thinking that the tides would
bear It away Instead. they bore It
70 tho shore where. damp and bleed
Ing Il lies, mute evidence og an net AS
mean end dastardly as can be found
outside the records of criminal courts
Whoever did this unnatural deed. d
deed that brought tears To the eyes OF
little children and profound grief To
hearts thst are older. whoever he may
be, / Bay whether rich man or pauper,
oaacer or private, black or white,
priest or layman. believer III the
goodness Of God or without piety or
GTeed, something like the curse Of
Cain may follow him To his bitter end.
fEe who Will murder friendly dog,
Kin to that one which, faithful unto
death, expired On hts masters grave:
he who will murder d dog that Id all
pr0ba biIity licked I'D his dying mo-
ments the hand tllat struck him down.
be ID not worthy OF human society. II
1 such one dWeIIs among MS, and
| plainly one does, be should be hound
Led from our midst as q thing unclean.
The shriveled up soul Of such Q one,
| whether man on woman, II worthy be
nothing but the excavations Of all
those who love dumb animals
Cannot this wiIsnl and wanton de-
Istrucflon og valuable dogs ut Murray
Hill and elsewhere be made TO cease?
Must We continue to harbor here
one who kills without cause or rea-
sonM VIII not some shifty, cOwardly
gleam OF the eye, some sldelong.
sneaky manner Of going. some chance
word from weak and trembling lip
betray the. nend Id human shape that
naasqueratleB among uSF T think II
VIII III coed time Meanwhile. hove
Lever, lak III thoBe who have household
| pets l00k we'll to them. FOR the pois-
oner and the near-assassin still stalks
among as.
Rut @ tbs emptiness of words and
warningss How futile they seem
MEssu the victim Of waaeon cruelty,
Though bat q dog, Hes dead You are
gone. Rock, poor, faithful dumb beast,
land neither words of mine nor the
whispered prayers Or little children
can ever bring you back Yet II these
Ewords raacn perchnnce the eyes Of the
snealxing Villain who cut you down, he
may, II one spark of manhood still
lflckers within him, acknowledge the
Eacf. lit Is IL The hope Of such being
Ethe resulk, or III least that these sense
less killings may cease. tEat tfese few
Hines are written Repentance for =
deed, even for the staying Of d harm
less and friendly dos, y one srnalI
step towards salvation, and whoever
did this latest I0athsDme aet Will some
Day be- sadly In nesd be saiNati0n
H u TENTOE