The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-18

This time there was an old clo'es basket
got in the way so she threw it out And
what do you suppose. There was Peat lying
out straight on the cloes basket with his front
legs curled right round the shatelane bag.
1t looked as il he did it to be smart too, be-
cause when he saw us coming he picked it
up in his mouth and kind of ferted his tail.
Well | never stopped to think but holered
at him drop it, As it turned out it was the
werst thing could have done The thing
Of it is, Peat has quite a 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 off 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 Peatys aunt was there. | never
thought Peatys aunt was very nice because
she always seemed kind Of mean and bossey
with Peaty. And it turned out she was Just
about the same with Peat So she took the
dish mop.
Get right out Of here, she holered and
began chasing him with the dish mop. OF
course she ought to know the disperstion
Peat was, and not have spoken so bossey.
Anyway it just made him run under the
sink as il he wouldn't do it 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 madePea feclexackly opposite from
before. Because Of course with his dispersi-
tion he could see right off she wanted to
know. so he turned round and ran out to
pcryent her.
You find out what he's got there! she
hollered out the door But nobody seemed
to be listening much because Peaty was
rurr.ng after Peat and / was running after
Pcaty And Peat was quite aways ahead.
lie had pushed under the side fence and was
going straight for the mill away across the
field 1t backs up to the field and is where
they make waste that you clean bicycles
ard things with. You can just see it from our
back windows upstairs and there is kind OF
4 creek there behind it, but it doesn't look
really much more than real wide brook
So they usyually call it mill brook. / don't
know whether Peat planned where he
would 60 at first, but when be came to
mill brool, he went right across the littel
bridge that went over it. ard then he turned
round and sat down and looked back
Don't you say anything, Pcaty said real
low, He's awful brave and likes to do just
opposite. You have to know just how to
manidgehim. And Peaty crcvche:i dcwn on
his knees right there en- tie bridge So they
were facing each other with Peaty one end
and Peat the other
It's all in being use to him, Peaty whis-
pered, but he looked kind Of SCARED TOO.
He could see if Peat dropped the shatelane
bag it would 90 in the water He could see
it plane as anything, and yet he kind OF
hitched along a littel on the bridge, and
what do you suppose Drop it Peat, he
said, and Peat had il right cut over the
water when he said it.
Drop il Peat, he said, Drop IT,
Peat looked back as much as to say he