Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-25

tremendously attached to you and it
looks so comfortable to see a nice dog
stretched out in front of the fire and
cats are selfish and cruel and disloyal
and mean, while dogs, you know, are
always-'
"Oh, you needn't trouble yourself to
stake me to a disquisition on the psy-
chology of dogs and cats and things,
cut in Mr.. Jobson, employing his tone
of finality "A dog hasn't got anything
on an elephant, either, when it comes to
being loyal and eompanionable and all
like that, but that fact doesn't cause me
to break my neck getting out of the
Rock Creek ZOO and dickering for one of
their elephants. If you catch a giraffe
when he's young and feed him a pound
or so of chocolate creams every day.
why, / suppose he'll come across too
with the proper brand of loyalty, but
that consideration isn't working me up
to the point of investing in cub giraffe
for you to play with. All told, l reckon
we've had about fourteen million dogs
during our married life, and those of
them that you didn't stuff to their
finish, as if you meditated sending 'em
to the pate de foie gras market, picked
up their feet and beat it cut of sheer
wantonness, from excessive pampering,
just as soon as they got ready. We've
had pups, you'll be good enough to re-
member, that got us in trouble with
all the neighbors because they barked
and whimpered at the top of their voices
whenever we happened to go out for a
ten minute stroll and we've had other
pups that put in all of their time, when
they found themselves alone, chewing
up new millinery and slippers and any
thing else that wasn't nailed to the cell
ing.
"Weve had NUTS in all stages of dis
temper kicking around here, demanding
more attention than seven young 'uns
with the cholera infantum If any fam
lily ever had surfeit of all kinds of
kioodles it's the Jobson family, and
beg to invite your attention to the fact
that when the last dog we had around
here-one Dewey by name, elected to
lose himself for good and all l swore of
on dogs. | announced that there'd be nc
more dogs in or around these works, and
that announcement is still in working
operation. | shall be under obligation
to you now if you will be good enough
lines of my newspaper"
Mrs. Jobson noticed, however, that
during the remainder of the evening Mr.
Jobson wore sort of an distracted
air, and that when a dog down the street
set up cheerful, playful sort of bark
ing Mr.. Jobson cooked up his ears anc
listened, and then twiddled his thumbs
and appeared to be engaged in quite 6
lot of personally conducted barking back
When Mr. Jobson, somewhat late, re
turned from the office on the following
afternoon he carried something in the
hollow OF one of his arms that Mrs. Job
son couldn't quite get line on at first
in the dimness of the vestibule. Gut
she got quick enough line on it wheI
Mr. Jobson, looking important, clompeC
into the sitting room and placed the
wriggling, friendly, clumsy little Bos
ton terrier on the table Mrs JobsoI
pounced upon the purp, gathered it into
her arms and went into Taptures O
baby talk over it, This, however, die
not prevent Mr. Jobson from looking
fierce as he fo led his arms and ad
dressed Mrs. Jobson thuswise:
you will observe, madam, that that's
dog, | desire you to take note of tn,
fact, additionally, that that dog is go
| ing to remain here, under the shelter o
this vine and fig tree, just as long a.
he blamed pleases, and you might jus
as well make up your mind to endure
his presence here. l refrain from ex
pressing my private opinion of people
particularly women, who don't like duml
creatures like this one I've brought
home. But want to go on record her,
and now with the declaration that if thi
young dumb creature isn't treated civ
lily and properly and with the decency
that is due to helpless animals in ant
around this plant, I'll find out the rea
son why, and I'll know what action tt
take, too, after l have ascertained tina
reason, that's all I've got to say!"-
/ Wa sbinOton Star