Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
Mr.. JOBSON BUYS A DOG

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and She
IF there's one there's fifty" interrupted
Mr.. Jobson, peremptorily 81 hear you
coddling EN- down in the kitchen at all
hours of the day and night. I've got no
use for cats. They're selfish. sneaky,
treacherous, ungenerous. with no expan-
siveness of nature. They're perpetually
looking out for No 1. They just work
woman to a proper finish, without ever
caring dern for her Cats are four-footed
snakes. and they're incapable of gratitude.
L decline to cOuntenance your menagerie
of cats any longer. They've got to be
eradicated from this domain, the whole
herd of EN-. Anyhow, I'm going to get
dog.
"A dog, Mr.. Jobson?" she inquired "Just
when the hot weather is coming on, and
dogs dangerous, and
That's what l said, Mrs. Jobson-a
dog, dog. A dogs the real thing to have
around the house There's something big
hearted and open-and board and
frank about dog that l like. A dogs not
always hunting for the best of it. A dogs
incapable of lying. When you treat
dog right, he's friends of yours. A dogs
comfortable thing to have around the
house. l want something to play with,
anyhow. I've got my eye on fox terrier
pup, and I'm going to bring him up on
my way from the office tomorrow after
noon. By that time your flock of cats want
to be out of the way Mrs. Jobson.''
Mrs. Jobson had heard of the peculiari-
aies 81 loA terrier pups, pul sue uiuL ! sd say
fox terrier pup home the next afternoon
lne kltenen door was ciosea on ner one
so!itary cat ana that Was the extent OIL 'iie
ca .!,s, eAiie. ,,x zo,,,.,,, ,,,,oa Nv
Jobson, proudly exhibiting his fox terrier
pup, Real thing, too Got the black spots
INSIDE ms mouth mat snow the thorough
pleo. Gave up sio Tor MN ana got pdr-
ssin. t.es !Steteu pup No,ilun Iahe any
money TOT tnat dos, Mrs. JoDsoh. We oeen
numbering LOT doS ever since 1 was d
kiu aila RAISED ana iost SIX dogs 1or every
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DestrucuVe, nothing, poon-poohed MT:
'e Epson Mr. d re Just piay1ui that an
IT., ei vi anu MIS- 'op'oh sal uoWh "
u tilei Witt the pup rodnlto around ,le
upstairs portion OF the mouse. Nheh Mrs.
1op t5t Went up 10 ner dressing room a.
iectiy AFTER dlhher sne 1ound her new Sl4
.la Kan yt, nat IN ribbons al over
.ie moor. mere WASH DIT OF straw or
I PoiS'o ' oi tfo"ir as Dig as me emu OF d
t ,hn pr, p9f'cl lelt OF II. me pup was under
me peu Sleeping the sweet sleep OF lnho-
cehce. MIS-. JopSoh called MI. joDSon ana
showed MN the remains OF her millinery.
serves you blooming good and right Tor
lying your nat on me moor sa1d MI.
Jopsoh' OUT OF hand- GU hung 1t up on
the moor, and the pup thought you meant
MIN 10 play with it. l don blame the
pup a little bit. Ought to teach you
lesson
MRS Jobson tried to explain that the
nat mad been dragged by the pup from her
dressing table, but Mr. JoDson was too
busy rolling the pup it's back and tick
ling its stomach with the remains of a
feather to pay any attention to what she
said.
MRS. Jobson suggested that the pup be
required 10 sleep on a sofa pillow in the
kitchen, but Mr.. Jobson wouldn't hear of
such thing.
Il didn't get this pup for the purpose of
failing him." he said. I'm not going to
make any Bastle for pups out of my
mouse. He's going to have the freedom of
the whole outfit at night and he can plump
down and go to sleep wherever he wants
to-.
Along toward l o'clock in the morning
the pup conceived a sudden and violent
aversion for the rubber plart in the front
room, and showed his dislike by jumping
around the plant and barking at 1t fero-
ciously
Come here doggie, doggie,' said Mr.
| Jobson. sitting I'D in bed Come here
pupsy-don't make so d--n much noise
er-I mean, never mind that plant 1t
won't hurt you"
The pup, however, thought that his mas
ter encouraging him to renewed at
tacks upon the rubber plant and kept on
barking shrilly until Mr. Jobson got m and
room. They had just dozed off again when
the pup began to dream Of his mother and
of the happy days of his extreme infancy
and he mOaned plaintiveiy in his sleep
| Then the pup woke up and moaned still
| louder over the memory Of his shattered
| dream.
Say, there dog dry up that will you?"
! said Mr. Jobson, again sitting I'D in bed
| What the dickens are you whimpering
| about anyhow? Aren't you getting everv-
| thing that's coming TO YOU? Is ANYBODY
! imposing on you? Go to sleep that's a
nice little doeeie" and Mr. Jobson sat on
| the edge of the couch in his night shirt
| and stroked the pups head until the nm
slunrbered again.
When Mr.. .Jobson returned from the Of
fee that afternoon he found that in Mrs
| Jobson's absence the pup had eaten about
| two feet off the bottom of the 100 and odd
| Japanese sticks that separated the narlor
| from the sitting room
! well" said Mr. Jobson to Mrs Jobson
| what do you have to go traipseing around
! for, and eaving the dog alone? why can't
| you stay at home for a while until the
| pup gets used to his new SURROUNDINGS?
| ri bet you've been starving him all dav
| ANYHOW or he Wouldn't have dome this
| chewing. He was hungry. that's what"
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