Show FRITZ EMMETS CHRISTMAS GIFT GIFTA A former fonner pun mater of Om Omaha ha was in Washington the other day He i is a avary avery very vary busine business man now ow and although he int ashamed Dr of having haing sered served the municipal government ot of Omaha in the capacity ot of or dog catcher as lie he cals calls it he is will willing Ing that a a lot of Omaha Omah folk folks who dont know of that phase of his creer career should not he hear abut about I It at thIs stage of the game So his name going to be mentone mentioned Sta Star here says YS te the Washington The catcher of Omaha had a astory stor story to tel tell abut about J K Fiz Fritz Em Emmet Emmet met the late ator actor singer and dacer dancer who wa was at the zenith of his fame when fok folks who ae are now portly were considerably more Thouds Thousands of people al all over the country countr remember the huge St St Ber Bernard Bernard nard dog that Friz Fritz Emet used to carry around wIth him on n al all his theat neal travels travels said the forer former pound master of Omaha I FrItz wa was what you might call a bug bug on dogs and on that dog dog in particular a as w well l he might have ben been for te the St Brnard Bernard was ac actually actually one of the most valuable ani animals animals mals of his bred breed in the world Wel Well Fiz Fritz drifted along along to Omaha with ih his show at a wrong ong time for his thi this was wa way back in the eighties I wa was mahas dog catcher at the time A week or s so before Fiz Fritz got along for a en engagement engagement a a dog belonging to an ac actress treB tress visiting Omaha had s severely verely bi bit bitten ten the daughter of the owner of the te hotel at at which the actress stop stopped A Abig Abig big fuss wa was made about i it and the city counci council of Omaha adopted a res reso resolution luton lution providing that all dogs in tran transit transit sit through Omaha had to have au an Omaha license on penalty of beIng nabbed by the Omah Omaha dog catcher I It didt make any dIfference whether the was going to be In Omaha Omaha for a aw w ek or for only twenty mInutes the dog had to ha have va an Omaha license or stand for a pInch The counci council folks got after me with a sharp stick and told me that Id d have hav to enforce that resolution esol lon or ow the reason whY hy r ney needed little dog catchers jOb at that time and so I told em Id Id enforce the re resolution al all rIght FIrst chance I had to enforce it was when Fritz Emet int Into Omaha Omaha wih with hIs company and his dog Emmet wu was on one of the wel well known mammoth monolithic periodicals when he struck Omaha and he kept er going Jod go and plenty afar after he got there stayed wh so strong In fac fact that his Omaha engagement had to be canceled Everywhere that Emmet went tat that St St Bernard of his was sure to go The Thedo do dog WI s a sort ot of lard guard for or the ami amiable amiable able siner and actor when Fritz was wa waon wason on his bf big sprees and never left hl his side trotting along alon with hIm no ma mat matter ter how y Emmets navi navigation aton happened to be anything of 1 s quitter a about hut a do o when he Cottons to a fellow now and tha s a tat fart Well el on the Afternoon of nf l hi he ii ib In ht tn ting the high ples places that for tor a a moment hp hs about hs He out ou ot of a afe fe end In into o a fo foA for forS S A drive rl e hi his dog which he pral orally v carrll along wih with him even n 0 his Is ri rides The do this npr with f i mournful TIe He WAC ws nt T I r to hurt him nor mor hut T I to hI lv on the srn st At the time end one of the tv Wf wR ing with mp me meTh Th tv tp mp me to n the thA to ni nd tlc him to the Emr t not OmahA l for hi him th the aeto tor f course he heig hJ ig of Om s city rent reent t resolutIon My wagan f r WV T w for the thA rv and n wih with my we p f r the hu huce f r dog luFt AS sch wee WAS abut about tn pick up hI bJ big feet and gallop after the cArfa carriage Into which his maser bR bRtaN bi stepi taN te hll just then a o tn the It rTe sure WA vs s one mournful do dog that t when e n we 9 u ked hi him Into one of the cages alog along with a lot of other dogs at the pound lIe He did t make dog any both bother r about the situation inclination to be the least nor show leat vicious or bite anybody Ho He was just bie sad all and more than hal half sd nl brokenhearted Just layaway lay away bak bakin beck beckin in the rear of the cage wih with hIs head between his paws ad and thought and thought and thought it over and like tove busted with pure lonesomeness and sadness I sent word to hotel that I had his dog and expected Fritz to show up at the pound this afternoon Fitz But Fritz return to his hotel ti till lae late that night and wh when n nhe he did get there he want in shape to understand the difference between a dog and a pound of sliced isinglass ad But he showed up at the pound the next morning about 10 Already he had sort f lengthened out his left leftover leftover the much on over and and he was pretty side when he made his appear appearance appear appearance and and ance though although spick spa span groomed ad and shaved up ad and pin pink from groome I his shiny top hat to hi his recognized him as s soon a as he appeared nobody in the United States at that day would have failed to re recognize Fritz of off the stage if only by his marvelous teeth I conducted him to the cage cage in which his dog sti still lay repining wih with his head between his paws The st Benad had got a whiff of his mater master ad and when he recognized him he fairy fairly rose and d beat himself a against the front bars of the cage in a an ineffectual effort to smother Friz Fritz wih with dog caresses and assurances of loyalty Bis whine whines and whimpers of hysterical do de dolight light at the sight of Friz Fritz were some something something thing moving to lIsten to Th dog fairly idolized the man manAt manAt At the sara same time the twentythree other captured dogs in the several everal cage cages up to the front bas bars ad and with their heds heads pressed through and wih their tails pleaded to be betaken betaken taken out of bondage too They were al all mongrels awaiting death that day day it was Christmas eve and d they were to have been disposed ed of that after afternoon noon sos the ad and his as assistants could have th the entre entire ChrIst ChrIstma Christman ma man to themselves without any any caine canine charge charges to worry about The poor mutts just begged ad and begged Fritz to take em out ad and I could see that they got him going nil 1 ieLi t re ne took his own dog the St Bernard almost knocked the actor down in his rapture over beig being paid me the 4 coming 2 for pound charges and 2 for an Omaha dog tag a supply of which I kept on hand at the pound Then wih with hi his own fine dog at his side Friz Fritz strolled back and stood in front of the cages where the twentythree mutts were stil still lined him to todo todo up In front of the bars bars begging do something for emay old thing sos to get em out of there U Poor Ut lit Fitz Fritz and he held out his glove gloved hand and rubbed their homely noses A doggone shame Ish eve too Shay wat want t come out Almost as s if they understood him they broke into pleading whines and and bark barks All l ri ri sid said Fritz then Il Ill get gety y o you Im Im fr first n lash Any or ol kin o 0 How mush t get em al all out turning to tome tome me meI I i told dogs at 4 per to get em each for pound charge charges ad and 2 for each tag in al all 92 Al All ri said Friz Fritz pulling out a abig abig big bank rol roll of yellow bIs bills and skIn skinning nIn ning a century note of off the outside There wa was no chace chance for me to buck or The law provide provided t that at the dogs had to be surrendered to anybody claiming them upon payment of pound charges and dog ta tax fee fees I m made e him out a receipt ad and then got out twenty twentythree twentythree three tags f How y goin to fahn on l Fritz asked me then ad and I thought of that myself up to that moment moment They got no FIt Fritz fed fixed that part of i it out an all allright right too He sent my assistant hot hotfoot hotfoot foot to the nearest store where dog collars could be bought giving the man 35 5 and telling him to get twentythree dog colas collars assorted sizes and keep the change My assistant cleaned out that stores stock of dog colars collars and he was back at the pound in half an h hOur ur with twentythree neat collars I fastened a tag to each colar collar and Em Emmet Emmet met insisted upon entering the cage and fastenIng the colars collars around the dogs necks Nobody can ever tel tell me that those dogs kow know what Fritz was doing for them They al all but went cray crazy wih with delight when he entered the cages wih with the ollars One poor little mutt in his hysteria and excitement snapped at Fitzs Fritzs hand whIch c wed the actor to look at m me with a U How like a tooth ia ish an ungrateful dog said he to me Then wih with al all the collars fastened and tags attached licensing those twentythree redeemed mutts to prowl the streets of Omaha for a year with wh without out any danger ot of molestation tz Etz stepped up to the door ot of the c cage ge crawled out himself and saId to the thedo do dogs s as he threw the cage door open wide Come on I Mer Merry Christ Christmas Christmas mas masAd Ad And they al all scampered scamper d he door b barking with delight and down the lane th they went clinking cUnking their tags tags and God 1 Not one of those dogs wa was ever taken up ad and impounded a again and some ot of them were the streets of Om Omaha ha wih with expired tags long yer years after Fritz Emet had redeemed them themon on that Christa Christmas eve You cant tell teU me that a ma man with the heart and the gizzard izzard In him to todo do doa a a ting thing like that reposing today same ome place where aU all Is wet welL |