Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-17
MAKING FRIENDS.

J
Dogs" remarked Mrs Pherkins, Sr.
! lin voice of iinalityl, ARE trouble
But nevertheless at ) O'Clock the next
Saturday afternoon pherkins left the
house Of a friend who lived ont of town
and IN observer would have noticed that
! Pherkins's overcoat bulged in the front
and that occasionally pup put its head
| out between the buttons and surveyed
! the landscape with benignity aud inter-
| est.
we must run for the train. said
| Pherkinss friend. # did not know it
was 50 late.
They ran up and down the hills for
| time
Say. is this right asked Pherkins
QRunnins.}
| lis what right: =
/ Niunning)
The way his head is hobbux UP and
/ down. Look 1t couldn't be deIicd that
/ I'herkins' motion made the pups head
bob UP and down to an extent that
! looked alarming.
That won't hurt him. said Pier
kins's friend "That'n shake him up
and do him good
You don't think it'll give hin a head
ache:'
"Shucks. no"
But all the same Pherkins held the
! pups head thereafter 20 arrest the bob
bling and as I'herkins ran ne tried to
glide or skim, ana thus REFUGE the jolt
ng to ii minimum.
| We must hurry" said Phcrkins's
! friend. III we nusS that train there
| won't be another Tor an hour
They continued 10 run up and down
| the hills.
You're sure he's collief" asked
Pherkins, after five minutes Of this.
Thoroughbred sheep dog"
-..s.p Il
| land said Pherkins. That was I'LL he
said, but his tone made the remark
/ significant.
And as he skinned over the ground,
| holding the pups head, he began to
make noise when he breathed and to
| show signs Of distress. Wnereat the
pup looKu up ut his face and cooked
| its eaRS Pherkins was gloating over
! this Intelligence and friendliness on the
part of the pup, when he stepped into
IA hole that was full of water. Stimuli
taneously he ceased to run.
| Here" said Phcrkins' friend you
| must hurry up
Il run no farther said Phcrkins with
| dignity. Il have run enough"
III carry him. said phcrkins'
friend.
The transfer was madc-the pups be-
nightly and interest abating not one
whit-and in the distance an engine was
! heard footing.
They resumed their run.
"A dog trot,' said PherkinS once.
He thought as he ran.
Doing il for purpose, he next of
fered
He retired into reflection again
BE careful" he now said, "or you
his lmmor. Now said he, Il will car
ry him again"
Around a turn in the road the station
| showed itself
What have you been doing to hin? 2"
asked PherkinS. He was SO peeyish.
They trotted along.
Doing 10 who?" demanded phcrlins'
friend.
They trotted along
Doing to Tho pup" said PherkinS.
They trOtted along.
Why asked pherllinS' friend.
They trotted along.
He's So --- heavy cried PherknS
Il thought you had been tying weights to
his feet"
They trotted along -pherkinS' friend,
Pherkns and The pup, the former look
ing along the railway. the second look
ing down ut tue pup and the latter look
ing out from between the second and
third buttons Of pherkins oyercoat with
bemgmty and interest not mtmgcd with
Solemnty
\ train boved around the curve ana
stopped at the station. Ii was pulling
| out when two men ran alongside, each
| III state of exhaustion, but still one of
them pushed the other up the steps of
the baggage car (which was i'll the rear
rs luck would have it,, and when the
train faded into distance PherilnS'
friend, standing at the station, saw
| Pherkins standing on the rear platform
/ of the train painting and trying to catch
| his breath, while under the ovcrcoat
/ was bulge which seemed to belong to
the head OF a pup that gazed out from,
/ between the buttons of pherkiuS' over
coat sa2cd out with an interest and he
nightly that left blank in the scenery
when the train disappeared from sight.
/ PherklnS went into the baggage ear
and pun the pup down on the floor with
| care, He was afraid To drop him with
| carCleSSueSS for fear the imuact Vouli
knock Il hole through the floor of the
car. ST. heavy had the Juvenile dog be-
come To the mind of phcrkins the Tx
! hauSted
"A fine dog" said the haggagrman.
| PherkinS gave him cigar
~ thoroughbred. all right" said The
/ brakeman. rrowdinS forward and put
ting his pipe in his pocket
PherklnS gave him a cigar.
get him at The dog show asked the
| conductor
/ maven any more cigars, apollo
4 sl2cd PherkiuS. The pup WAS worrying
/ ihc handle ON ValiSc.
Saint Bernardo asked he who had
/ proclaimed the pup a thoroughbred
Collie, said Phcrkins.
"Ishaw. yes. That's what | meant"
There followed dissertation on dogs
and although the talk shifted often, NH
! eyes were kept on the pup rs a preacher
! keeps his mind ON the text. When con
! NcrSation halted. somebody ticklcd the
! pup. One man developed conccit he
! cause the pup showed a preference for
| his trousers. This man spoke of dogs
| with authority and from the speeches