The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-23


This time there was an old clo'es basket
round there turned upside down, I guess it
got in the way 50 she threw it out. And
what do you suppose. There was Peat lying
outstraight on the cIoes basket with his front
legs curled right round the shatelanc bag,
1t looked as il be did it to be smart too, be-
cause when he saw US coming he picked it
up in his mouth and kind Of ilerted his tail.
Well never stopped to think but hollered
at him drop it. As it turned out it was the
werst thing could have done. The thing
Of it is, Peat has quite queer dispersition
for dog, and if he thinks you want him to
do something he always would rather do
Just opposite. So when hollered at him
drop it, he just jumped right of the cloes
basket and started to run round in circle,
something as if he was fooling us, and then
right up the steps where they keep the milk
bottles and into the house. That was the
werst thing that he could have done too
Because Peaty's aunt was there. never
thought Peaty's aunt was very nice because
she always seemed kind Of mean and bossey
with Peaty. And il turned out she was Just
about the same with Peat. SO she took the
dish mop.
Get right out OF here, she holcred and
began chasing him with the dish mop. OF
course she ought to know the dispersition
Peat was, and not have spoken so bossey.
Anyway it Just made him run under the
sink as il he wouldn't do il then anyhow
Get right out she said just as mean and
bossey as ever, and she took the coal shovel
and began kind Of shovelling him out. She
didn't seem to notice the shatelane bag till
she got him out and then she said What in
creations that you've brought in
That made Peat feel exackly oppositefrom
before Because OF course with his dispersi-
+ ton he could see right OFF she wanted 10
know, so he turned round and ran out to
pcryent her.
You find out what he's got there she
holIcrcd out The door. But nobody seemed
go be listening much because Peaty was
running after Peat and was running after
Pealy. And Peat was quite sways ahead.
He had pushed under the side fence and was
going straight for the mill away across the
field II backs up TO the field and is where
they make waste that you clean bicycles
aud things with You can Just see it from our
back windows upstairs and there is kind OF
y n creek there behind it, but it doesn't look
really ynuch more than real wide brook.
SO tiiey ,Isyually call it mill brook. don't
ta5S whether Peat planned where he
would 70 al first, but when he came to
null brook he went right across the littel
bridgethat went over i, and then he turned
round and sat down and looked back,
Don't you say anything, Peaty said real
low, He's awful brave and likes 10 do just
opposite You have TO know just how to
manidgchim. Md peaty cfowched down On
his knees fight there on the Bridge 80 the,
were facing each other with Peaty one enc
and Peat the other.
I I''s all in being ,isf to him, Peaty whis
pcred but he looked kind OF SCARED too
He could see If Peat dropped the snatelsnt
bag i would e in the water. He could SEX
il plane as anything, and yet he kind o
hitched along litte On the bridge, ant
~'hst a3 yor .1s-tt-e r--;,' II II Pat, Pat, 4
said, and Peat hid II night out over thl
water when he said it
Drop Il Peat, he said, Drop II.
Peat looked back rs much as 10 say h
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