Show Canine Mercenaries I IS I A friend of his who lives out on the edge of Newton possesses a dog which was one day pretty badly whipped by I a neighbors dog After he got about after this drubbing the dog did not seem to brood but was unusually active ac-tive In gathering bones and carefully burying them In the garden rhen by and by one morning the dog was missing miss-Ing Inquiries were made and someone some-one reported that he had seen the dog making rapidly In the direction of Boston Bos-ton He did not reappear until late In the afternoon and at that time the dogs master heard an unearthly din of yelping and howling proceeding from his nclghbora premises S After this had gone on long enough to prove to every listening ear that a cloglight of large proportions participated partici-pated In by l a number of animals was In progress I the din ceased and over Into the yard came the mans own dog followed by at least halfadozen strange dogs Those the home dog conducted con-ducted straight t to all the spots and corners where he had been burying bones and when these places had bcun pointed out the visitors proceeded to dig Up and gnaw and grind the bones With gusto the home clog looking on hospitably When they had finished them the home dog conducted them all politely to the front gate and saw them started safely for Boston When the ownCl of the dog met his neighbor ho learned that the t dog accompanied by the pack of visitors had suddenly inVaded In-vaded his place fallen on the neigh hers dog and whipped him almost to death Of course It was evident that Iho whole proceeding wnn an act of revenge and that the first mans dog being unable to wreak that revenge himself had accumulated bone with which he had hired the Boston mercenaries mer-cenaries to come out and fight his battles bat-tles Boston Transcript |