The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-02-08
Lucky Dog
By ]. HARDING

4
Come here. ye little runt. an rel
We why ye shook de gang" And with
. fierce growl the big monsrel cur
pCunced upon the little yellow pup
sending him rolling over on his back
Wen lemme ap, " big tub O.
nothin' an III tell ye about It Quit
! tell ye, before ye muss me ribbon.
What d ye mean anyway, wearin'
ribbon like one o. them swell pupa
Where'd We get itzT
Me missus gimme that. And meb.
BE ye t'ink amt a swell pup. See
that big house up on de hill? Well,
that's me home, allrighty. Sure It is.
on, done made good all right, all
right. Ye see. ! been a.hangIn round
there week or more Folks didn't
take to me much-at first Threw
t'ings at me eyery time showed up,
but ] didn't care; feedin' was pretty
good. 50 what did few kicks amount
to- Was used 70 that
Wen, after ! got pretty well fed
mp, | kinder took shine to th young
lady o th' house. Say, she's a pippIn!
She didn't banker sitter my society
but OF course she couldn't be THROWN
t'ings at me all til time She gives
up after awhile an her and noe has
some good times walkin' round to-
gether Sometimes she had feller
with her but ! didn't like that so
well, cause they can throw bettefn
women. There was one guy | Vas
'fraid OF. though Stayed there at tn
house-her brother, / t'ink. Heard
i'm say he was goin t get rid O. that
cur If he had T. shoot i'm so you
betcher life stayed out o his way.
Il was beglnnin t think mebbe
mad better hike ont fore he did shoot
me, an was iayin' awake late In til
hight thinhn bout II, when | saw
guy come a-sneaMn III th' gate. I'D
never seen jim before. an he didn't
look good TO me. ! knowed he wasn't
callin' on nobody. cause they was all
IN bed BY that time. SO when he
comes up bout half way in tn yard
an whistles kinder low, let's out a
yelp an hikes fer tn front step, bark
in' to beat tn band Then ! heard til
brother cuss an say he was goin' to
Ak me, so shut UP.
From under TIL step | heard th
front door open. an tell We / was
scared some till heard tn rattle OF
skirts. an then | knowed it was me
missus she come out In tn yard an
called th guy. Tom. she says. ls
Il your
Hurry up. tn guy says, I'm fraid
that eur has aroused them MY ma
chimes right out here an wen be
away in liffy
Well, before they had a chance &
get away, here comes tn brother bust
M through til door a-huntln, me.
But when he seen them two out In th'
yard he forgot ali about me.
Elizabeth he says, what We do
In With that grip? An who is this
with your Then when he seen th'
guy good he grabs i'm by tn collar
IN begine a-kickin' him.
"'Ill show We show to come round
here 'Iopin' with my sister ne yells
Tom Scanlon, .ye dirty thief, IL We
don't get out D. here in about a min.
ute I'll have ye sent to TIL penitsn.
tiary just as sure as iiye' An don't
ye know. that guy just huEtled down
th walk an jumped in his machine
an was gone fore We could say tack
Robinson
Then TIL brother turned to tn lady,
an his voice didn't sound mad like It
did when he was tslkin to th guy.
Sis, he says, We must excuse me
FER buttin in, but ! just couldn't help
It. Ye see. know that feller an
there amt a dirtier scoundrel in TIL
city than he Is. | thought | ought t
let We know bout i'm; then II ye want
Z go on. it's up to you
Well she cried little, then she
asked i'm not t tell nobody, an said
she didn't want nothin more t do
with tn guy If be was that sort. An
as they ras a-goin to TIL house
heard th brother say, An It was all
on account O. tn little dog
"Ye betcher life stand ace high
with tn lady an her blg brother, all
right. an what they say goes with
the rest OF m
But say / gotter go She'll be
worryin' bout me II / aint Johnny on
the spot at eatin' time Bring III
gang round some time an f'lf set EN-
up