It Goes Without Saying That Brown
Did Not Fight The Canine Women-Folk; For, As Some One Has Said, Man Is
The Only Animal That Strikes His Women-Folk.
Most of the battles were fought in the station thoroughfare, all of them
taking on the form of a general melee.
As soon as Brown closed with an
enemy, the rest of the dogs each sought an especial adversary, hoping to
wipe out some past defeat; while the pups, having no past to wipe out,
diverted themselves by skirmishing about on the outskirts of the
scrimmage, nipping joyously at any hind quarters that came handy, bumping
into other groups of pups, thoroughly enjoying life, and accumulating
material for future fights among themselves.
Altogether we had a lively week. To interfere in the fights only
prolonged them; and, to add to the general hubbub, the servant question
had opened up again. Jimmy's Nellie, who had been simmering for some
time, suddenly rebelled, and refused to consider herself among the
rejected.
We said there was no vacancy on the staff for her, and she immediately
set herself to create one, by pounding and punching at the staff in
private. Finding this of no avail, she threatened to "sing" Maudie dead,
also in private, unless she resigned. Maudie proving unexpectedly tough
and defiant, Nellie gave up all hope of creating a vacancy, and changing
front, adopted a stone-walling policy. Every morning, quietly and
doggedly, she put herself on the staff, and every morning was as quietly
and doggedly dismissed from office.
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