Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-16
THE BBEE DAILY REVIEW BsBE ARIZONA MORNING.
THE STORY OF
 A RUG
Pa Selected it with Ills usual
 Good Taste

'T-er-bought a rug today" he said.
 "A rug?" cried ma.
 "A rug?" cried Bee.
 "A rug?" cried the rest of the fam fly, and Shep, the family dog. looking as handsome as a picture, took advan- tage of the excitement by barking loudly and tossing one of pas slip pers in the air, pretending it was naughty sheep. Shep had a new rib bon and he had been giving himself airs all day.
 (Mas ought to say, is an authority on old china. Bee is studying sculp- ture, and the rest of the family hopes to be poet some day. Pa is very stout and he has any number of chins).
 Yes" said pa; "a friend of mine who is in the trade gets them very cheap, and l arranged that he should buy one for me and ship it by express A six by three, my love-"
 Just the size for the parlor, my dears," said ma. We need a new rug for the hearth. and unless I am mistaken here is the expressman now"
 She went into the parlor and made place for the rug, while pa carried 1t in and united it It had green fringe and border which shaded into a tan Inside this was blue and inside the blue was an olive streaked with orange. Large heads of cabbage dot ted the design wherever there was room for them, these vegetables being portrayed in pink and yellow, while a flash of green with red spots breaking out all over 1t composed the center.
 Now, the beauty of these rugs is this," said pa, beaming at us. When one side is worn out you can turn them over and the other side is just the same!"
 T think. my dears," said ma, that the dining-room would be the better place for it, after all"
 We found dark corner for it be- hind a door and pa sat and admired it while ma and Bee shuddered to themselves. Pa is very touchy In anything reflecting upon his taste, and he seemed to think that his choice of this rug assured his reputation for all time.
 And the beauty of these rugs" said he, Ifs that they last practically for. ever"
 The next day we put it up in the spare room and pacified pa (who missed it the moment he got home) by telling him that it was too good for any dising-room. This modified him, but the next morning he got 8 letter from Aunt Jane saying she was coming to spend few days. Ma ran upstairs, and when she came down she avoided Bees eye. Bre ran upstairs, and when she came dJwn she avoided my eye. wasn't going to have it, so ran upstairs and put 1t in mas room. When I came down ma looked at me and sighed and fetched it down into the kitchen. Shep looked at it very thoughtfully. The groceryman knocked on the back door, and ma hastily threw the rug down into the cellar. Shep ran after it, thinking it might be a sheep to mind, but as soon as he saw what it was he cried to be let up again and scratched the cellar door until the whole house rattled ~
 Perhaps" said Bee. If you hung it out on the line some one might steal it."
 Hang that out on the line?" cried ma. T wodld die first!"
 
 "Besides--no one would steal it" She looked collectively at Shep.
 Leave it to me, my dears," she said at last; '1 think have a plan"
 And as soon as pa had eaten his dinner that night, an extra special feast, she unfolded her plan.
 "Pa," she said, that dog of ours gets to know so much that sometimes am almost afraid of him. When you | picked him cut as puppy I must con fess that had my doubts about your 1 choice, but, as matter of fact, he is a most wonderful dogI Most wonder full Now, what I've been thinking is this: Here's winter coming on with it's cold, blizzardy weather, and that old pet hasn't a thing on the floor of his coop. We've never made him a pres. ent yet, but he's such an extraor. dinary dog that don't you think we might, as family, let him have our new rug? He would appreciate it So much! The pet! Look at him, pal Isn't he a picture?"
 Do you think it would lt?" asked pa, doubtfui1y.
 Bee snatched the rug and ma ran out at once, with Shep in glad pur suit They staid out so long that pa | began to wonder.
 Whats the matterr he called. "He won't go ini" cried ma.
 "He swears and growls!" cried Bee
 Make him go in!" commanded pa A vague form fitted through the ] gloom, paused for a moment, but reso | lutely turned and disappeared down i the street.
 Hes run away!" they cried in a chorus of despair. and then in tones oi loving sympathy and admiration they | added Gin eoncert):