West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-05

his chubby arms through the fence.
and waved them cntreatingly.
Fido was convinced now; so he got
up, and with many cordial gestures Of
his hOSpitablc tail. trOtted down the
steps and over the lawn TO the corner
OF the fence where the little stranger
was.
Me love 90. said the Sttle stranger.
patlng Fido's honest brown back. me
love 90, little goggier
Fido knew that, for there were ca
rcsses in every stroke of the dimpled
hands. Fido loved the little boy. too
yes. all at once he loved the little boy
and he licked the dimpled hands and
gave three short, quick banks. and
wagged his tail Historically. So then
and there began the friendship Of Fidu
and the little boy.
Presently Fido crawled under the
fence into the next yard. and then the
little boy sat down on the grass and
| Fido put his fore paws i'm the lttlc
boys lap and cooked up his ears and
looked up into the little boys face. a.
much as to say: Eve shall be great
friends, shall we not. little boy2"
Me love 90, said the lutte boy:
'mc wan To- tss 90. little goggici
And the little boy did kis, fido yes.
right on Fido's cold nose; and Fido
liked to have the little boy kiss him.
for il reminded him OF another Little
boy who used to kiss him, but who was
| now - big that he was almost ashamed
to play with Fido any more
is 90 sit, little goggie9' asked the
little hoy. opening his blue eyes TO their
utmost capacity aud looking very pitc-
Gus. 100 nose be so told. 90 mus be-
sit. little goggie!'
But no. Fido was not sick. even
though his nose. tc0S cold Oh no: he
rumped and played all that morning i'm
the cool, green grass with The little
boy, and the rcd-headed " oOdpockrr.
clinging 10 the bark on the hickory
tree, laughed at their merry antics till
her sides ached and her beautiful head
turned fairly livid. Then. at last, the
/ httIc boys mamma came out OF the
house and told him he had played long
cnough-and neither the rcd-hcadcd
woodpecker nor Fido saw him again
that day
But the next morning the little boy
toddlcd down to the fence corner bright
and early and called. "Goggiel goggic,
google" so loudly that Fido heard
him in the woodshed, where he was
holding morning chat with Mrs
Tabby. Fido fastened to answer the
call-the way he sprung out of the
woodshed and down the gravel walk
and around the corner of the house was
marvel.
Mamma says 90 dot feus. little
google" said the little boy aus 90
dot feasp'
Edo looked crestfallen. for could
fido have spoken he would have CON
fessed that he indeed jOdS afflicted with
ileas-not with very many iieas. but
Just enough TO interrupt his slumber
ANA his meditations at the most mop
perfume moments. And the little boys
guileless impeachment set Fido to
feeling creepy-Crawly all OF "A sudden,
and without any further ado Fido
turned deity in his tracks. twisted his
head back toward his tail. and by
means of several well directed bites
and plmges gave the malicious
bedouins Whereabouts located timely
warning 10 behave themselves. The
little boy thought this performance
very funny and he laughed heartily
But Fido looked ores fallen
Oh, what play and happiness they
had that day; how the green grass
kissed their feet and how the smell of
clover came with the Sprinotime
breelcs from the meadow yondcr. The
rcd-headcd wood-pecker heard them at
play, and she clambered out of the
hollow maple and lodged hither and
thither as If she, too. shared their mer-
Ilment Yes, and the yellow thistle
bird, whose nest was in the blooming
lilac bush. came and perchcd in the
pear tree and sang a little song about
the dear little eggs in her cunning
nome. And there was q flower in the
ience-cOmer--a sweet, modest flower
That no human eyes but the little bows
had ever seen-and she sang little
song, too a song about the kind old
mother earth and the pretty sunbeams.
the gentle rain and the dronino bees
Why, the little boy had never known
anything half 80 beautiful, and Edo
he. too, was delighted beyond all tell.
inc. II the whole truth must be told
tldo had such an exciting and Devil
dering romp that day that when night
came and he lay asleep on the kitchen
floor he dreamed he was tumbiing i'm
the green grass with the little boy, and
he tossed and barked and whined so in
ms sleep that the hired man had to get
UP m the night and put him out Of
doors.
: Down in the pasture at the end Of the
lane lived an old woodchuck. Last
wear me treshet had driven him from
his childhood home iu the cornHrld
by the brook. and now he resided I'm "a
snug hole in the pasture. During their
ramblcs one day tido and his little hoy
friend had come TO the pasture and
found the old woodchuck sitting upright
at the entrance 70 hi, hole.
Oh, I'm not going TO hurt YOU. old
Mr WoOdchuck, said Fido have
too much respect for your gray hairs 81"
Thank you, said the woOdchuck.
-arcastically, "but I'm not afraid II
any bench-legged fee that cvcrwalkod.
II was only last week that I whipped
Deacon SINNERS yellow masGm ana /
Gale late ] can trOuncc YOU, YOU ridicu.
lOus little brown cur
The little boy did not hear this bad
mage. When me saw the woodchuck
.olcmnly perched no The entrance 90 hi,
hole he was simply delighted.
Oh. secr' cried the little hoy.
stretching out his fat arms and running
toward the wOOdchucl, .'Oh .ee-uuz-
zer title 2oggie' Tum here little roc
( gie-me love 90,
But the old woOdchuck was shy
7 creature. and no, knowing what guile
ihe little boys cordial greeting migbt
mass. the Old wo0dchuck di-creaiIy
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