The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-02-05
A Lucky Dog
By J. HARDING

Come here. ye little runt, an tell
uF why We shook de gang And with
a fierce growl the big mongrel cur
bounced upon the little yellow pup.
sending him rolling over on his back.
Well, lemme up, We big tub O.
aothin an I'll tell ye about it. Quit,
1 tell ye, before ye muss me ribbon. .
What d. ye mean anyway. wearin'
a ribbon like one d them swell pups j?
Where'd ye get it?',
Me missus gimme that. And meb-
Be ye t'ink amt swell pup. See
that big house up on de hill? Well,
that's me home, allrighty. Sure it is.
oh, done made good. all right, all
right. Ye see, been a-hangin round
there a week or more. Folks didn't
take to me much--at first. Threw
t'ings at me every time | showed up,
but J didn't care; feedin was pretty
good, so what did few kicks amount
to? Was used to that.
Well after got pretty well fed
up, | kinder took shine to th' young
lady. O. th' house Say. she's pippin,
She didn't banker after my society,
but OF course she couldn't be THROWN
t'ings at me all tn time. She gives
up after awhile an her and me has
some good times walkin round to-
gether Sometimes she had feller
with her, but I didn't like that so
we'll, cause they can throw bettern
women There was one guy / was
'fraid OF, though Stayed there at tn
house-her brother, / t'ink. Heard
Jim say he was goin' L getrid 0, that
eur Il he had t shoot I'm SO you
betcher life stayed out o. his way.
= was beginnin' t think mebbe
had better hike out fore he did shoot
me. an was layln awake late in th'.
hight thinkin' bout it, when I saw a
guy come a-sneakin' in tn gate. Id
never seer i'm 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 vhistles kinder low, / let's out a
yesD an hikes fer tn front step. bark
in to beat tn band Then ] heard tn
brother cuss an say he was goin' to
fix me, so | shut up.
From under TIL step heard III
front door open, an tell ye was
scared some till ! heard til rattle OF
skirts, an then knowed it was me
missus. She come out in th' yard an
called tn guy. Tom, she says, is
ii your
Hurry up, tn guy says, I'm fraid
that cur has aroused them. My ma.
chimes right out here, an Wen be
away in jiffy.
Well, before they had a chance t
got away, here comes TIL brother bust
ins through TIL door a.huntin me.
But when he seen them two out in th
yard be forgot all about me
= Elizabeth. he says. what We do
In with that grip? An who is this
with YOU? Then when he seen th'
suy good, he grabs i'm by th' collar
an begins a-kickin' him
4" IN show We show to come round
here 'lopin with my sister, be yclls.
Tom Scanlon, ye dirty thief, II ye
don't get out O here in about min.
ute I'll have We sent to th penitan-
tiary just as sure as live" An don't
We know. that guy Just hustled down
tn walk an jumped in his machine
an was gone fore We could say Jack
Robinson
Then th brother turned to th lady, /
an his voice didn't sound mad like it
aid when he was talkin' 10 tn guy
isis, he says, ye must excuse me I
fer buttin in, but Just couldn't help (
It's Ye see, know that feller, an
there aint dirtier scoundrel in TIL
city than he is I thought ought 4 \
let ye know bout i'm: then if ye want
L go on. it's up to you.
Well. she cried a little, then she |.
asked i'm not Z tell nobody, an said
she didn't want nothin more t do I.
with th' guy il he was that sort. An
- they Was a-goin to th' 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 big brother, All
right. an what they say goes with
the rest Of 'm
But say, ] gotter co She'll be
worryin' bout me II ain't johnny on
the spot at estin time Bring til
gang round some time an I'll set EN-
up"