| Show the old settler written from salt lake city 0 my dear san Jua ners two dogs suddenly developed a furious difference of opinion just off the curb and we stopped to watch why we in this day when cheri the principal business of the human family is to bite and rip to pieces and kill other members of the same family we should watch diligently wherever a profitable demonstration is made for our benefit we can learn valuable lessons from fighting dogs and cats especial aspeci ally kilkenny cats one of these fighting dogs was apparently descended from ancestors c of the bullterrier bull terrier persuasion a white dog with very resolute countenance but the ahe other belligerent was just dog very dark of complexion and apparently tho the aggressor but aggressor or not he be had the scissors hold bold on the white dog and figured on leaving him no feet to stand on and no eyes to see A frowsy drowsy poodle watching biorn the opposite of the walk barked bravely at them till they happened to roll his way and then he ran yelping with his tail between hi hia i s legs gradually the fortunes of war changed and the white dog took the offensive then we noticed that he had not been making any of the noise he braced himself and watched quietly letting his determined blows speak for themselves the black dog made a terrible noise advertising all that he had done and all that he intended to do you white livered 0 he roared speaking in dog talk but the white dog slid in and crushed one of his feet ill chew all your feet off to the knees cursed the black dog showing hia teeth and talking with in going and out going breath but whitey slashed his shoulder and stood braced to crush another foot then the black dog began making a strategic withdrawal talking loud in unprintable do dog talk as he backed off down the street we could discern the human haman weakness in the dog while we regretted the dog weakness in humans since this big world fight began I 1 have been impressed with the utter futility if not the utter idiocy of the growls the threats the boasts and the yellow practice of thinking that the turn to page sixteen the old settler continued from page one 0 loud growl may suffice for the blows and offensives for which the verve and stamina are lacking after considering all this I 1 can understand to some extent why after the last world war kaiser william said the best word is a blow I 1 see brave men and women sitting securely miles from tl alo 0 o dangerous men and nations and cursing them valiantly pelting them with unsavory names as if it did the least good on earth or was any credit to them for their effort it reminds me of the little frowsy drowsy poodle on the sidewalk yours with profound admiration abr old whitey and his ability to teach thinking men the dignity and efficiency of doing the thing instead of boasting boast ng about it ALBERT R LYMAN |
