Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

A little dog belonging to a gentleman, residing near StonyBrook, Long Island, was in the habit of following his master’s wood wagon to the landing some three miles distant. One day he was set upon and roughly handled by a large dog belonging to a resident in the next village. The next day, though lame, sore and bruised, the little dog persisted in accompanying the wood wagon again. When the wagon started, the large farm dog was also found to be moving along quietly under it. He was never known to accompany the wagon-team before. The teamster attempted to drive him back, but he refused to return. The little dog led the way, limping and brooding over his wrongs. he was also contemplating the sweetness of revenge, and gloating over its near accomplishment. When he reached the place where he had received his ill treatment the day before, he limped up to where his enemy lay basking in the sun in the front yard, and snapped and snarled through the pickets in a most tantalizing manner. Thinking to repeat the chastisement of the day before, the village dog leaped over the fence, but only to encounter the large farm dog who had been watching the proceedings from under the slow-moving wagon, and who now came rushing to the rescue. The village dog was nearly killed before they could be separated. The large farm dog left the party after the fight and returned home. He had come only for the purpose of aiding his little friend to obtain revenge. The little wretch was almost human in his airs of triumph, and in his expressions of gratified malice. By what process, think you, did the little dog communicate his wrongs or plan with his big canine friend this well concocted scheme of retaliation?