Evening star., 1928-12-14

Mark Twain. 1ss5-1slO, real name samuel
Langhorne Clemens. was an American hu-
bsGi berry = Finn.'' 'Innocsnts Abroad" etc.
All my life, from boyhood up, have
had the habit of reading a certain set
of anecdotes written in the quaint vein
Of the Worlds Ingenious Fabulist." Tor
the lesson they taught me and the
pleasure they gaze me. They lay al
ways convenient to my hand, and when
ever I thought meanly Of my kind /
turned to them, and they baniShed tnat
sentiment: wher er / felt myself TO
be selfish, sordid and ignoble turned
to them, and they told me what to do
to win back my Self-respect.
Many times l WiShed that the charm
ing anecdotes had not, stopped with
their happy climaXes, but had continued
the pleasing history of the several bene-
factors and beneficiaries. This wish
rose in my breast so persistently that
at last 1 determined to satisfy it by
seeking out the sequ6,j of those anec-
dotes myself So set about 1t, and
after great labor and tedious research
accomplished my task. 1'.
I will lay the result before you OF one
of my jobs, following the anecdote with
the logical sequel have devised fc< II:
This sequel will have been the result OF
my painstaking Investigations in searsh
of the truth.
Here follows the fable OF, the grateful
poodle: :"
One day benevolent physician (who
had read the booksG having found a
stray poodle suffering from broken
leg, conveyed the poor creature to his
home. and after setting and bandagine
the injured limb gave the little creature
its liberty again, and thought no more
about the matter.
But how great was his surprise upor
opening his door one morning some
days later to find thu grateful poodle
patiently waiting there, and in its com
pany another stray. dog one of whose
legs by some accident had been broken
The kind physician at once relieved thC
pain Of the distressed animal; nor dc
he forget to admire the inscrutabl'
goodness and mercy Of the High One
who had been willing to use so humble
an instrument as the poor outcaSt
poodle for the intoxicating of-etc., etc
etc
Here is the sequel as my investiga.
tions disclosed it,
The next morning the benevolent
physician found the two dogs, beamine
WltI1 NdllAAlS az AAAo AOOAt oAaS
with them two other dogs-cripples.
The cripples were speedily healed
and the four went their way, leaving
the benevolent physician more over
come by pious wonder than ever. Tht
day passed, the morning came. 80
There at +'.e door sat now the foul
reconstructed dogs, and with them -four
others requiring reconstruction also
This day also passed, and another morn
| ing came.
Now is dogs, of them newly Grip
pied, occupied the sidewalk, and people
were going around. BY noon the broker
| legs were all set, but the piouS wondea
in the good physicians breast was be-
ginning to get mixed with involuntar!
profanity.
The sun rose once more and exhibited
| 80 dogs, 16 of them with broken legs
They occupied the sidewalk and half O
the street. The human spectators tool
up the rest of the room. The cries o.
| the wounded, the songs of the healeS
brutes and the comments of the on
looking citizens made great and inspir'
ing cheer, but traffic was interrupted II
that street
The good physician hired a couple o
assistant surgeons and got through hi
benevolent work before dark, first taking
| the precaution to cancel his church