| Show Some Animals I Have Known Ino VI A Do Dog Who Was Not Wanted NIXON WATERMAN I II I I Once had friends living in i n Philadelphia who bought a puppy of no particular breed They simI sim- sim simply t I ply wished to own a dog and were i not fuzzy about its having a proud pedigree In due season the I animal grew to mature but unfortunately it did not show signs of much intelligence In fact it was vas downright stupid in all its on carryings on So stupid that the various members of the family finally decided that a better and anda I a brighter dog should be secured to take its place I All this occurred d da a good many I manyI years ago when the common manner of disposing of a dog or cat was to carr carry it away and drop it down in a section where it was wa to be hoped somebody would want the discarded creature more keenly than did the ones who were disposing of it The Society for forthe forthe j the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- Ani Animals Ani Animals mals and the Animal Rescue Len Lea Lea Lea- League League gue were not then functioning in inthe inthe the humane manner in inI I which they are today I So as one of the members of the family was to make a trip by rail ofa of a miles over man many 1 bridges and long blind devious I ways it was decided to give the dog a ride and turn it loose in a 1 strange section where someone 1 m might ht be yearning earning for just such an animal The journey was made and b by night The dog clog was cast away in inthe inthe inthe the darkness the poor homeless victim of its own helpless s stupid stupid- stupidity it ity All because it didn't have brains enough to endear itself to members of its own family In Injustice 1 Injustice n justice to the members of th family it should be said that their r consciences pricked them not Do a little at the rather cruel manner manne I in which they had llad disposed of th the unwanted unfortunate member o otheir of f their hei their household They hoped h he e i would find a home in which canine canin c intelligence was not in such keen kee t I demand I And so they slept and the nex next t morning when they arose e they the y I found waiting at their door the th dog they had carried away because be- be because be because cause he lacked intelligence They The y greeted him with great surprise e and with loving kindness The fact fad that he was able to make his way w a ahome y home over so blind and difficult a route convinced them that they the Y possessed a dog that should eve ever r after be given the friendliest of o f care for its high degree of intelligence intelli intelli- intelligence intelligence gence if for nothing more and an anit d it was given just that |
