His Apparently Permanent Apathy Misled two Ambitious Dogs.
Meadville, Pa., Nov. 5- A fierce duel was fought a day or two ago at the Valionia Distillery between leepy little donkey and two big and furious dogs that had been for days seeking an opportunity to tackle his donkeyship. The donkey was running loose in the large-fenced bullyard of the brewery. His owner, seeing the dogs growling and eagerly showing their teeth at the bull-yard gate trying to get in, concluded that he would give the dogs a chance.
If they had been Siberian bloodhounds the barking dogs could not have rushed with more voracity upon the seemingly stupid little beast with long, shaggy hair and ears. Prancing around him on both sides and watching their chance to grab him by the throat both together, the dogs, like a brace of ravenous wolves, encircled the donkey.
Squinting lazily out of his off eye the donkey appeared most oblivious to his danger. The dogs grew fiercer. As both were about to catch his throat in their teeth the donkey with the speed of a lightning flash lowered his head and dashed toward the nearest dog as if with the long-eared head to bunt him. A buzz saw could not revolve more quickly than did the little jackass at this point. He fairly flew around as if on a pivot.
Both heels flew out. They landed squarely amidships on the body of the nearest snapping and snarling dog. At the same instant 150 pounds of dog went spinning through the air and struck the earth ten yards away, a whinning, yelping, whipped canine.
The fate of dog No. i was only an aggravation to No. 2. He snapped and growled more revenously at the donkey than before. In two minutes more, however, the second savage assailant was convorting over the turf in somersets, and the donkey had closed his eyes again and retired on his laurels. Neither big dog can be coaxed near the distillery bullyard now.-Philadelphia Record.
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