The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-20

any AhCAiO4S II Auu SouaclHiHS like lulSs
BE quick IKE the rabbit
If you See a trick, grab it,
/ "HOw atrocious"' he sncered in dis
! gust. I'm glad i never tried to write
poetry. but I'm sure l could have beat
/ Ell that
"Oh, l dare say yours would all be
mere doggcrel," she Siggled
He tried to swell with Indignation
and grieved that he Wa nOt made of
rubber or of some substance that
would lend Itself to his mood.
81 suppose yen don't know how their
I affair ended"
do tell me-" she entreated. THE
| parlOr maid arranged my head in such
a position that was never able to see
anything except the ceiling"
That's a trial. he conceded. "My
head turns. too, but l was placed where
l could see everything going ON.
think she really places me here to
guard the contents of her desk. My
eyes are turned at the exact angle nee
essary TO read every letter she writes
or every one that she takes out TO an
swer"
do go on and tell me what was the
cause of trouble with the sweet dears,"
said the rabbit impatently.
He chewod his real feather muzzle
refectively. 1T was as sudden as
whirlwind," lie finally narrated. He
wrote her 4 note telling her he couldn't
keep an engagement to take her to the
theater one night. She happened to be
on the car the same night and saw him
4 few seats ahead of her with anoth
er girl. Gee! l never read such
scorching letter as the one she wrote
him that night. She sat up till l
O'Clock to finish it. just knew it was
going to make trouble. l spent the
whole night wishing | could get TO it
and chew it up. for it was Il positive
certainty that it would cause trouble"
"And we'll it might. Men We're al
ways pertidious creatures Missed the
rabbit. winking an angry tear from one
glass eye and a sympathetic shower
from the other.
"Now. you hold on" the dog ad
vised loftily. Females always would
jump at conclusions. Wait till you
hear it all. | never saw any one 50
unhappy as she was She positively
wore the polish off this desk weeping
on it."
''To think that her happiness should
have been destroyed at one blow by
such villainy." And the small rabbit
mouth Quivered so she could scarcely
hold the carrot.
Now. there you 60 again. he
grOwled. Just wait till l finish this
story After he had stayed away for
weeks he came walking in one day
and said in very dignified manner
that he insisted upon her hearing his
explanation. because he didn't care for
any one to consider him dishonor-
able cad"
The rabbits eyes bulged with eX-
cited interest, and she intimated with
a breathleSs manner that she wished
him to continue.
The dog enjoyed his auditors sus-
pense. There was the simplest kind
of solution to the affair. A cousin
VI lllS littl DuSSCu lulOtISIl lllt CITY III
eXpectedly, and he had been obliged
to take her across On the ferry to
make connection with her train. !
had confidence in him all along, and
you ought to have seen her smile of
rapture when she heard his eXplana
ton. She was standing right beside
this desk, and in her nervousness her
fingers fell upon me with tight
clutch. He saw how she felt, and he
did just what any man would have
done. He walked right over and took
her in his arms. She forgot to put
me down, so l got crushed against his
breast. That's the way l lost my leg,
but twas well worth it," he sighed
''That has been months ago"
1.-THE poor, sweet dears"' the rabbit
breathed sentimentally. I'm so glad
they lived happily ever afterward,"
and screwed her head over on his
shoulder in satisfied comfort.
When the maid busted the desk
next morning she grinned with appre-
citation.
''They are the most unnatural era
lures" she said, twisting their heads
until they gazed into each others eyes
as if there had never in the world been
feud between dog and rabbit Then
she took them and started out of the
room.
''She said her baby moight loike to
play with them"
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