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Show H t LION CLEARED TK- YARO. H Pet of Mlnr.enr.oll6 Msn was Dcsth to the Dog:. M Mr. Xclccn, who was much annoyed fl by stray dogs burying bones In Ills fl garden at l.mden HIIIh, secured u Hon B vlil,lo lio wntrln liuropo last summer, m paying $2S7.60 for n rather weather H t; beaten king of beasts, but one that H was guaranteed In ovory respect. Tho H j Hun becamo a great pet on tho way H over and eamo to know his master's H voice and obey It. Its namo was M Henry. Arrived at Linden Hills .Mr. H Nelson let Henry out Into tho back H yard and simply waited. At 7:30 on H tho first morning a Newfoundland dog B as largo as u small garago walked Into HI thcyard to step on tho (lower beds as H usual and to tip over the garbago can. H Tho Hon saw tho dog cuter tho yaid M .and tho dog just barely saw thp Hon. M "Crunch!" That was nil. It was tho H sound mado by Henry eating the clog. H At 5:10 a monster bulldog smellcd his M way Into the garden to rip up a' yard M of soil among tho petunias. "Kl-yl!" B "Crunch!" Tho bulldog had gono H hence. Hy 11:30 Henry's scoro stood: H Ono Newfoundland, olio bull, four fox H terriers, an Irish tetter, and two plain H dogs. Everything that enmo Into tho M yard collided with tho Hon and lo, It H was not. Air. Nelson was bo joyous H over tho experiment that ho could not B go to work that day, but jtiBt snt M ' around nnd felt good. In six weeks H tliu dogs were either nil In or wcro H avoldlnj tho place by going two H blocks tho other way. Then tho elr- H cus came around nnd the Hon was so H fat and glossy that Mr. Nelson die- B Iiosed of him tn tho mnnagcrto depart- BJ i ment for $327.75. .Minneapolis Jour- |