Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19

with a bone when the call fell upon his ear;
but bone to the winds with him when he
heard thst whistle. Not even stopping to
hide the juicy morsel. he leaped like wild
towards the place of concealment of his
master. Freckles had long pole, to
which was tied a longer twIne holding n
hook. We're going a-ishng, Snip was
the information given by Freckles Then
he ran down the alley towards the street
with Snip bounding at his side. Snip had
been taught to never go at Freckles'
heels. That's the way with dogs what's
just DOGS" FreckleS had explained.
and you aren't just dog; your my best
chum, and must go beside me-not behind
me-"
The day was a perfect one and Freckles
and Snip were in no hurry to return
home. When at last the sun set behind
the row OF tall trees that bordered the
river in the distance Freckles rose from
his seat on the river bank and said to
Snip. who was stretched out on his puws
snatchlng ut chance gnats to pass away
the time: We'll, Snpsey, / guess we'd
better meander homeward. School must
have let out by now and the folks will
be looking for me-
But night was settling down by the
time Freckles and Snip reached home and
Freckles' mother was growing very un-
easy over her little sons absence But
when she saw him creeping steathly In
at the back gate, hiding his fishing rod
in the hay beside the barn and dra wing
from the same place his slate and books
that had lain there all day. she knew
just what sort Of trick the little lad had
been up to.
When Freckles entered the kitchen and
saw the expression on his mothers face
he knew excuses would he of no avail
SO did Snip, for like his young master.
he had learned to Judge Of coming events
by certain signals and signs Freck les
mother gave both boy and dog cause for
serious alarm. Snip was the first to
catch the coming storm. He came in
contact with the irritated mothers foot
which sent him speedily about his bust
ness in the back yard. He hid in the
straw for quite n time, then, seeing a
light shining from an upper window, he
crawled cautiously forth and made his
way to a spot beneath 1t. A low whine
brought Freckles to the window from
which the light was shining. "Ah, you
there. Snipsey?" he asked, bending from
the window. Just a minute old chum. 4"
Then Freckles withdrew from the win
dow TO return again In a minute. He
dropped a basket, which was attached to
rope, into the yard. Snip, accustomed
TO being hauled up in this queerly con-
structed elevator, got into the basket and
in another minute was inside his master 8
apartment.
mo supper for me tonight" said
Freckles sadly. There's company COM
ing TO stay over night, too-an aunt and
uncle and their kid. my cousin Tom, from
the city. I'm to be allowed to go down
after everything has been ct up. You
see, we're punished for having gone fish
ing. l should have gone to school and
learned the table of nine. II don't learn
ail the multiplication table / shall never
be a business man, for to know business
a man must know his multiplication table.
OF course, it's different with dogs; they
get on very nicely without 'rlthmetic or
grammar or anything like learning books.
It's very nice to be a dog, Snip. And a
dogs mamma never whips him nor puts
him to bed without his supper neither"
Snip nodded his head, blinked an eye
and laughed with his bobtail.
But little did Snip know Of the trouble
in store for him. Had he sniffed 1t in
the air he would not have been so light
hearted now. He crept under his mas
ter's bed after that little man had bathed,
combed, dressed himself In his Sunday
suit and gone down stairs in answer to
his mothers call: 'Burten. come down