The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-24
A Puppy and a Romance
By BLACK

and found him waggong his tail in the
BOY turned over and shivered and
doubtless dreamed of falling into the
Ice cream freezer.
When the clothes were ack and
the little boy tucked in again h pup
was lonely. Oh. how lonely and sad
and forsaken and forlorn that pup
wasi So he leaped and he jumped and
he performed ~unheard-of feats ofagii-
ity Until at last he was-snuggied un-
der the covers and nuzzling comtorta-
bly, at the Little Boys ear.
Baked off that place of comfort, ne
ran to a trunk. climbed up. pulled a.
way at the things hat hung above IL,
and came down in triumph with the
Little Boys cowboy suit. The cow
boy quit was just the thing. and he
made that into a nice soft bed and
Struggled down again as innoeently as
a baby.
When / took that awayLfrom him
and put him out of doors he told ne
moon all about It, and the stars; and
then he got up some kind of wlreies
connection with Jupiter and told him
about the heartless injustice of the
world till he fell asleep.
Where does he get all his energy.
Id like to know, that pup? The old
dog wonders about 1t. too. | see him
looking at the pup as old men iook 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 satrical witch of his long upper
lin. Was ! ever SO foolish and good
humored, and so outrageous and so
fmpudent, and SO absolutely happy as
that idiot of a pup
And the pup tweaks the old dog by
| the tail and WOODS him by the scuff OF
! the neck and snatches the old dog
bone from his very mouth and runs
away and buries it. ~wagging all the
| sine. How much more admirable the
old dog Is than some men,
There Utd rFoes acrUss tine "4Fl
| his boy is a replica of him With All the
! lines and the marks of conflict rubbed
out. Just like him. they say, through
We who neevr knew Croesus when ne
was young and gay. and light OF
| heart. and generous, and foolish and
extravagant can scarcely believe ii.
Hes in live. is Croesus's son-dead
| in love with little Miss Poverty around
the corner, and little Miss Poverty is
In love with the san of Croesus. hui
! they don't dare mention it---
Why? There's nothing wrong WITT
| little Miss Poverty, except that she
| as young as the wife OF CroeSus Rai
when he married her. and h has 6
| pair of dimptes. Last night she was
| looking at the antics of the pup ant
she laughed, and the corners of hel
| little cherry of q mouth-Weil, really
if I'd been the son of CroeSus Ia nave
| kissed that little Miss Poverty Their
| and there if all the world looked on
I / had an errand m me nuuse Jus
| then, Maybe he did kiss her in th'
very face of the %puppy's interested
and abzArhed attention. / hope h'
did for my part. but Croesus turn!
blue IL any one wen mentions Mis-!
fsoverty's name.
Shes a chit and al
upstart, too" And yet they do sa'
nat Creesus was in love with Mis-
Poverty's mother once himself. ant
almost died when she refused him.
His son is too young To marry
CEoesus says. too Young, and at hi
agF Croesus had a son and tw'
daughters.
oh, those two poor daughters, ever.
one is SO sorry for them. Croesu
thinks they are the finest girls Il
the world, and no one Is good enougl
4 A9E iittAAi=
When a man SO much as venture
to call on one of the poor daughter
of Croeslls. Croesus growls SO that tn
young man never comes again an
the poor daughters are getting olde
and older and palmer n palmer.
And the son of old Croesus Is NOR
and more anfilial and disconnected.
heard him say the other day he
rather dig bitches for a living and b
! his own master than to live in
+, palace and have every hair of hi
head conbed for him day and nigh
/ wonder why he doesn't try it.
the ditch digging. I'm going to as
him the next time he cornes to Sc
the pup. I believe little Miss Pow
erty would make a fine wife for
ditch digger. She can max breat
they say, and cake. too. but If egg
were high, perhaps
However, If ! were the son Q
Croesus Id have a try at the dig
ging-for a change.
l wish old Croesus would come an
see the pup and notice how the oil
dog treats him.
1t might teach him a lesson
wonder If 1t would?
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