Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-07
HE TALKED TOO MUCH.
And Resolved to Address All of His
 Crafty Conversation to Him-
 self in Futuree

AAiS AAS4AV oALifSal Se VI AGSlluS3 gay and conversational, I'm going to stake myself to a nickel car ride, go
 way out into the country somewhere, walk from the car about 300 yards into the woods, and say it all to my self" remarked a P street household CT, mournfully, relates the Washing ton Star.
 And here's why:
 Hast summer, when the time came around for me to dig up another two- dollars for dog tag for my fox ter rier, I sort O sidestepped on the prop osition. I happened just to need the two dollars for something else at the time, and, as I had been buying two dollars worth of dog license for that mutt from the district government for about eight years, I concluded that I had done about my share, considering how many dogs there are running about Washington that never saw the color of a tag. Moreover, some body had stolen the old tag from my dogs collar only few days before.
 ''So I decided to become a little crafty and dodge the two dollar dog tax, for the present year.
 These dog-catchers, said to my self, never take a peek at the tags attached to the dogs collars If they see any old kind of a tag jingling from a dogs collar, they pass on, taking it for granted that that dog's tax is all paid and settled for. Consequently, what's the use of paying two dollars for a little piece of brass that's never looked at, when brass is so cheap?'
 five got little tinkering work room fitted up at my house, and on one Sunday I made a dog tag. I didn't have any model, the old tag, as say. having been swiped from the dogs col lar by some predatory youngster, proba ply, but, after foo1ing around for awhile, framed up a piece of brass and stamped it so that looked a-plen- ty like an honest-and-truly dog col lar
 :" Now son. I remarked to the mutt when I fastened the cutely-stamped piece of brass to his collar, 'all you've got to do is to sit or stand around looking innocent or chesty, as you please, when you see the dog-catcher coming your way, and you won't be bothered. The piece of brass'll bluff him out all right. Don't sneak away or try to crawl under porch or any thing like that just because you your self know that you've got phony or bogus dog tax on, and the dog swiper'll never know the difference
 "The dog wagged his tail as much as to say, I'm next, all right and the next, afternoon when I was com- ing home from the office I saw him sitting placidly on the pavement watching dog-catcher with a net just as if his dog tag was as good as any ever issued bysthe district gov ernment. The spectacle tickled me almost foolish, I was so delighted with my own ingenuity. After that the dog-catcher's wagon came by the house time and again while my fox terrier was foo1ing around in front. but none of the canine kidnapers made any move toward grabbing the dog-the counterfeit tag had 'em fooled proper.
 Well, one evening last week on my way home from the office in the open carl was sitting in the last seat-I got to telling friend who sat along side me about the great dag-tax- lodging game of mine.
 Its the simplest thing in 1ife,' I told him, and man. that's got the gumption to edge up little piece of brass has got no more right to pay two dollars dog tax than he has to pay a campaign assessment when he can dodge it. and then I went ahead and explained the thing to him at great length, chuckling gleefu1ly the while and poking him in the ribs at intervals the better to force. him to see how cute and cunnin' Ishad been noticed that roughly dressed black man standing right behind us on the rear platform of the open car seemed to extract heap of amuse- ment from my recital. He just doubled himself up laughing over it, and he got off the car at P street where I debarked. He was still laughing wholesomely to himself as he walked down r street behind me, and I was glad that my little story of the way I had chiseled the dog de- partment of the district government OuO o1 two uOlldIS 1OF IOR tax UlcklGQ him hugely.
 But 1 wasn't so glad when, on the following evening, few moments after had got home from the office that same black man-and lie was still chuckling, too, confound him! = alighted suddenly from the rear step of the dog-eatcher's wagon, threw his net skilfully over my fox terrier with the phony tag, and gathered him in. And I wasn't tickled bit, either, when I had to call over to the pound and dig up five-dollar note, three dollars for charges and two dollars for tag, to get that dog of mine turned loose.
 ''I'm going to address all of my crafty conversation to myself in the future. It's cheaper"
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