Show A DOG THAT GOT A PRIZE HE ENTERED IN THE SHOW BUT WAS GIVEN AN AWARD lie waa a homely liri rullo car of the streets and lie saved uis little gamin master from a watery death the faithful bog Kec eires due credit there was a bench show of dogs in the central rink and all the bugs pugs and terriers and mastiffs ma stiffs and st bernards and bulldogs and all the other high ared dogs who were sure to what class they belonged and whose owner could prove their right to be so classed were there people were coming and going and the papers had been full of descriptions of the affair illustrated by wood cuts of some of the finest animals over on another street of the same city was quite a different scene in a narrow court near the river lay a shivering white faced little shaver whose clothes dripped water over him bent another boy with a quart of steaming hot liquid in his band drink this here hot coffee jim he said bills gone for to hunt up some dry duds and maybe we can get yer inter that engine room ter dry dont yer go ter gettin faint nor bothin now want yer head raised a bit but the boy raised himself on his elbow ind looked around him he took a drink f the coffee and seeming to get strength aid wheres buster oh hes around somewhere austers busters Bu ill right there comes the boys wi th the bluds and well have you all right too in i minute dont feel dizzy or bothin io yer tm beginning to feel first rate again wheres buster some of you whistle I 1 aint got the wind but at that moment a bobtailed brindle log came around the comer closely pursued by a couple of boys let buster alenel what are you chasing buster for demanded the prostrate boy why yer see explained the others still keeping up the chase there was a man said if we could get him around to the dog show give him a prize for pulling you out of the river and ho wont let us catch him LOOKING FOn A PRIZE wot sort of a prize is it demanded the wet boy money they re all swells down there and he said there s a prize for tho best dog that eaves a fellers life this was enough to satisfy the inquiries of the smaller boy and to excite the best efforts of the others to capture the dog but for some reasons he eluded them perhaps be had good reasons for being suspicious of boys who were too friendly anyway he dodged and kept out of their way almost causing one of them to be crushed under the wheels of a cable car when the wet boy gave a low whistle and ordered tho dog to come ere the animal obeyed without a whine the dog got down and put his nose between his paws youve got to go and get that there prize and im going too it was doubtful at firstin the boy would be able to keep his word but by the help of the others who had taken off his wet clothing and wrapped him up in something drier he managed to go when he saw his master going the dog followed and they soon stood before the bulletin board in front of the rink announcing noun cing the bench show and the terms of admittance there was some consultation and then while four of them stayed with the b oy who had been in the water one of the largest took the dog by the strap around his neck and paying the admission fee with the combined wealth of the company undertook to drag the dog in with him herel leave that dog outside commanded the doorkeeper you cant take that dog in with you 1 say the reason aint I 1 taking him in to get the prize what prize there is no prize for such curs as that turn him out I 1 tell you A PRIZE WAS yes there is a prize wot are you givin ns a man tell mo so ho aint going to eat up none of your fine haired pups but hes goin to get that prize there might have been a fracala and an arrest for the boy who had paid his money was positive and determined but just then a gentleman chanced to step to the door and asked what was the matter oh hes got a fool notion about a prize for brindle pups explained the gatekeeper and is making a fuss about his dog going in there such a prize offered I 1 am positive said the man 1 I am one of the judges what sort of a show is this here then A dog show of course and no prize for the best dog it is for a certain kind of dogs those that cost a great deal of money and not for the land that jumps into the ico and drags a boy the river did your dog do that yes and that theres the boy he did it to the gentleman looked incredulous ant enst then a newspaper reporter who bad been watching the boys from the street stepped up and corroborated the statement wait here a minute eaid the gentleman and he disappeared within and went briskly to where a group of bis friends were talking in a minute he came back with something in his hand and followed by several others we have decided he said that there ought to be a prize for that kind of a do and here is a five dollar gold diecy for the owner of the dog and at the same time he stepped forward and tied a knot of blue ribbon to the strap around the dogs neck A prouder lot of boys were never seen than those street waife waifs as they led the dog away our dumb animals |