Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-03-31

| ana II his mutt came polfng arouno
ne would get licked out of his boots.
On certain evening the tailor had
salhed forth with a smile on his face.
ne hourished his cane. He strutted.
MS mutt strutted. Patton alley saw
ana whispered its admiration. 1t had
aehlzen who was financially able
70 eat out, and il was proud or him.
IL was sensation, and on top Of Il
Zane me Knockout blow. Miss Har.
ner appeared in her best. She carried
ian and purse. She wore her eye
siasss. she walked in languid way.
ana she was followed by her whiffet.
me Whitfet walked with decorum.
atton alley dispatched three dit.
iefeht messengers to follow Miss Har.
her' When those messengers return,
ca and reported that she had entered
me same eating house patronized by
nlr. Rasser and taken seat at the
yes. lapie-the only one Boosting of a
cioth on its surface-men and women
SAT down on the curbstones and were
dumb
Mr' RAISER was seated at table
"hen his eyes beheh a vision or
rather, two visions a lady and
Whlnet dog. They sailed past him
Juse as ne ordered small chuck
STEAK and soft boiled egg. They sat
uo"h and looked him over In disdain.
III voice that thrilled his very soul
ana made him long to do murder they
ordered:
Waltan, bring me fried oysters.
hash-DroWn potatoes, celery. aspara-
gus salad and small bottle of vour
very best claret Be sure--the very
best" ~
ana the waiter, knowing that he
hau real lady to deal with. got a
sait on him, and all the other diners
looked and reverenced.
Inc tailor was squelched. His glory
nad suddenly departed, His pompos.
Ivy ieii from him like horse blanket.
Ihere was but one thing he could do
Death to the whiffet! The two "a.
nines' not six feet apart. were glaring
ana growing at each other All that
was needed to bring on conflict was
iit'ie encouragement. Mr.. RAISER
gave MS mutt kick and the battle
was on. All the diners agreed that It
was an even thing while il lasted hut
~ resulted In the tailor's dog being
kicked outdoors by waiter ana the
tailor following without being kicked
'hough ne threatened all kinds of law.
suits as he went.
Next DAY Mr.. RAISER went back 10
ms oil stove and kippered herring
ne explained that the eating house
ruined his digestion. Two dave later
MISS Harner went back 10 her oil
stoVe ana sausage. She explained
mat 1t was too far to 10 for n FIRST.
class eating house Again the wbinret
ana me mutt "sassed" each other
across the alley, Again the racket Of
tne sewing machines Again the
doors.
And then one day the climax came
ana Cupid arrived. Mr.. RAISER heard
MISS Harner scream. He was little
and he was mad, but he was a cheya-
ler He ran down his stairs and nm
hers. She had driven a needle into
her niger and tainted with the pain.
he assisted the woman to mop her
lace IN cold water and ehafe her
hands and ask her Il she felt better.
With a pair of pincers he pulled the
needle out. He ran after arnica and
plaster. He guaranteed there would
be no case of lockjaw.
And was Miss Harner gratefulY
She was. She realized for the first
time what nice little chap Mr.. Ras-
ser was, and he realized the financial
advantages of tailor and a seam
stress under one roof, and 1t wasn't a
month before the whiffet and the mutt
were eating out of the same dish.
Patton alley says it's all arranged
and all right, and when the loving
couple walk out to take IN a moving
picture show-arm in ARMAND the
dogs side by side, there are whispers
of:
My, but If they are so happy now
what will 1t be when they are wed!"