The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-05-04

telling stories and acting like a lot OF
Sunday school kids at swell picnic
They can't wait until the potatoes
are roasted good and plenty, so they
go at them while they are about half
raw. Each kid has a mess of salt
in one hand and a hot potato in the
other. They dip the potatoes into
the salt and then bite off chunk
skin, dirt and all. And Tom and
Kitty enjoying that stuff just like II
wps stolen fruit cake smothered in
preserves.
"The last time was out with the
kids they had lovely time up to the
fnish Of the eating. That's when they
generally have scrap. Well, this time
a little girl fished piece Of candy out
Of her pocket she had saved as dessert
and while she was brushing the dirt
of Miss Kitty took notion she
wanted 1t, just the same as wanted
that little yellow dogs bone. So she
made grab for it and then there was
battle. Tom, he made grab for a
boys top. Toms got tops to burn at
home, but he took notion to get the
other kids top, just like wanted that
yellow dogs bone. OF course, he got
battle and didn't get the top, neither
did Kitty get the candy. All the girls
Jumped on Kitty and the boys went for
Tom. Away we started for home, yell
ing and running as hard as we could.
But we certainly had goodtime. Say,
doc, fix me up so I can go home to my
missus."
Your missus; you talk like big kid
with eurls. You amt that kind OF
dog, are your"
"Yep; just lie around on silk cush-
tons and listen to lot of soft talk un-
til get so sick / don't look well. Then
my niissus fixes me up a lot of dishes
I don't want and sends for the doctor
because won't eat. She does the same
way with the kids. Kitty has to have
her food cooked different from fherest
Of the family and then my missus
watches her mess with IL and says;
Poor child. she's 80 delicate.' She
onght TO give that Kid a half roasted
potato and handful Of salt. Tn just
like the kids. / want to get out occa-
sionally and hunt up an old bone. But
us dogs and kids are not allowed TO do
things we want TO do even II it don't
hurt US. 1t looks like ours folks don't
want us to have any fun.
"There's Dick-that's the big fellow
--Ae gets out with the alley gang some
times and then be sneaks in 0 the gov
ernor won't see him. Go that some
times andsneak into my bed SO my mis-
sus won't see me. Dick came in late
the other night and the governor laid
for him. He was a sight. and he
couldn't walk straight"
'Togs are Just like folks and folks
ire Just like dogs" said the doctor.
"The governor said Dick had been
lighting the booze. don't know what
that is, but it must be something aw-
sul. l never heard Of dogs doing any
thing as bad as that.
But say, doc, don't think would
have much trouble If / had the right
kind Of job. There are lots Of nice
little dogs that would enjoy my snap,
because have certainly got a good
missus. What ] want is to get out
where ! San run and have fun with
the birds. II l WAS where ! belong
wouldn't think Of getting into mis-
chief | think us dogs, and folks too,
have a lot of troub.e just because we
don't get the right kind Of a job A
lot Of folks try TO make us do some
thing we don's like to do and so we are
misiit all our lives"