Omaha daily bee., 1912-09-24

And the pup lay in the midst OF his
treasures 80 blissfully happy ana SO
proud that |. for one. hadn't the heart to
scold him, but stopped and patted him
instead, -.-.. Na.
What Shameful breach Of discipline!
That pup win grow UP into disgraceful
dog, know He'll have to, after the
way he's being trained; but, dear me- he'll
never be big.footed lop cared, bright
eyed pup but once and I'll never have
| the fun of him again, so spoiled he Is,
and spoiled, I'm afraid, he'll remain
[ Last night he was lonely, and he went
| toathe bed before the little boy lay Sleep
Ing the deep sleep of childhoon, and pulled
every one of the little boys bed clothes
off and made bod for himself,
/ heard him sighing with content and
found him wagging his tall in the friend
liest fashion, while the little boy turned
over and shivered and doubtless dreamed
of falling into the ice cream freezer
When the clothes were back and the
little boy tucked In again the pup was
lonely. Oh, how lonely and sad and for
saken and forlorn that pup wasl So he
leaped and he jumped and he performed
unheard-of-f -feats of agility until at last
he was-.snucgled under the covers and
puzzling comfortably at the little boys
ear +
Baked of that place Of comfort he ran
to trunk. climbed up, pulled away az
the things that hung about IT, and caine
down in triumph with the little boys
cowboy suit The cowboy suit was lust
the thing, and he made that into nice
soft bed and snuggled down again as In
nocently as a baby,
When ! took that away from. him and
put him out OF doors he told the moon oil
about 1t and the stars; and then he got
up some kind of wireless connection with
Jupiter and told him about the heartless
injustice OF the world till he fell asleep,
Where does he get all his energy, I'd
like to know, that pup? The old dog
wonders about 1t, too. ! see him looking
at the pup an old men look on and marvel
at the folly and the magic endurance of
youth.
was | ever like this?" the old dog
thinks. | can tell by his eyes and by the
satirieal twitch OF his long upper lip
WAS ever as foolish and good-humored
and so outrageous and SO impudent, and
so absolutely happy as that idiot of a
pup?'
And the pup tweaks the old dog by The
tail and wools him by the seruff of the
neck. and snatches the old dogs bone
from his very mouth and runs away and
buries IT, wagglpg all the time. How
much more admirable the old dog Is
than some men. e
There's old Croesus across the way his
boy Is replica Of him with al the lines
and the marks OF conflict rubbed out.
Just like him they say, though we who
never knew Croesus when he was young.
and gay, and light Of heart. and generous.
and foolish and extravagant can scarcely
believe II.
He's In love. is Croesus son--dead In
love with little Miss Poverty around the
corner, and little Miss Poverty is in love
with the son Of Croesus, but they don't
dare mention It.
Why? There's nothing wrong with
little Miss Poverty. except that she's as
young as the wife of Croesus was when
he married her and she has pair OF
dimples. Last night she was looking at
the antics of the pup and she laughed
and the corners of her little cherry Of
O mouth--well, really, IL I'd been the son
of Croesus I'd have kissed that little
Miss Poverty then and there II all the
world looked on. / had an errand in
the house just then, Maybe he did kiss
her IN the very face of the puppy's in
terested and absorbed attention. / hope
he did for my part. but Croesl,s turns
blue If any one even mentions Miss
Poverty's name.
She's chit" he says, "and an up
start. too" And yet they do say that
Croesus was in love with Miss Povertys
mother once himself, and almost died
when she refused him.
His son Is too young TO marry,
croesus says, too young. and at his