The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-12-02
A Funny Birthday PART


Frisco is beautiful setter n,,.
with silky black hair, and great i h,pg.
eyes that can look fierce or low, OloRa
cording to his mood at the t;mo ~
party? having I
1 never did before, but as / was ~,
ent at this one, you may rely ON 1 d p,ss-
word | say as absolute truth = ''s'9
We may differ in regard to who.,
the dog really considered what IL a', y.
doing. and planned the celebration ~ y
his birthday; or whether it all bsnr ham, y,
without his having voice in the m psu0a
at all, but that he had a party Is ! fsss
as you will see for yourselves '''e
just a week ago to-day he was ON.
year old, and the only present / comb MA
think of was an extra humber Il Iv saa
bones; for when he was six month. III ~
| had given him a pretty collar with ~
little silver plate on it bearing bis mama
and dogs do not care for other orns'
ments, you know. Bracelets and =,
rings would be rather out of place ~
dog; don't you think so?
Frisco wears little knot of carl;n.,
red ribbon on his collar, but that 4 81.
so, as said before, a feast was ii
could think of, to make the day difIs,.
ent from other days. Therefore boiled
several beef-bones, and having made
salad for ourselves from two plumn
chickens, had a platefpl Of delicsts
bones, such as he dotes upon. besides
the beef. Soon after breakfast | tai
them all out to his Camping ground
as we call the south corner Of the bach
yard, where he frolics and capers. and
takes his afternoon nap. HAVING tied
a fresh ribbon TO his collar, I called hin
away, and showed him the feast spread
in honor of the day. He wagged his
tail in great glee, and, after smelling d
each separate bone, he looked up at me
as if he wanted to laugh, and then nd.
denly, to my utter dismay, he turned
and scampered away as fast as he could
60, over the fence through the garden
across the meadow and out Of sirht.
[ confess I was somewhat dissppoint
ed at such behavior, but. after waiting
for him five or ten minutes, I went
back to the house, concluding that hs
breakfast must have been heartier than
usual, and that he was not hungry
enough to do more than smell Of these
new goodies.
Halt an hour later what was my sur
prise to see him sitting on the grss
gnawing away vigorously at the biggest
beef bone, while near him, crunchng
the delicate chicken. bones as il they
were sugar-plums, were his friends
whom l suppose he had gone to invite
when he ran away from me. H
l laughed aloud, and | am sure you
would have done the same. il you
could have looked with me atthat com
ical sight.
Frisco. as host, gave an occasional
happy little bark, looking round upon
his guests as if to see all were well sup
piled, while, assembled near him. each
with the bone he liked best, were five
other dogs!
Rover" the tiny ,black,sudtaa
terrier; "Jack," a water-spaniel who's
chestnut curls sho1e in the sunshine
glossier than ever; Beauty" white
foxhound with long brown ears; Ca.
TO-" with a shaggy coat Of yellow su
white; and Major" the great solemn
eyed Newfoundland.
All these are dogs belonging to OUT
neighbors, and, though they are verI
frequent visitors of Frisco's, they never
before had happened to be here aa =
the same time, and this is what. makes
me think they were especially invited
1t was most certainly "Slrpllss.
party" to me, yet who can tell but wna
Frisco had in dog-language politely u.
vited every one, and surprise or no. = =
was a real "birthday-party," was
notP-Youth's Companion.