The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1912-01-31
Jimmy
Gets a Dog

In a needless moment the King
thornes yielded to Jimmy's ardent and
vociferous pleas and admitted that It
might be possible to permit him to
have a dog to play with. Up to that
time they had been able to match his
teasing BY 3 succinct and eomprehen-
sive mol" But now life was vastly
different.
Every Homecoming Of the elder
members OF the family, II not greeted
by "Didyuh bring my dog7~ was hailed
with the wall, When kin / have my
dog?" or "Whut kind Of a dog is II
I'm going TO getf" until the King
thornes reached the stage where their
opinion on dogs as a whole was 90
intense that It was wordless-
The situation led to dissensions also,
for both Kingthorne and his wife &C
cnsed the other OF having been the
one who said the fatal word OF assent.
The peace OF the family was gone, and
the more they argued the worse It
grew. OF the lot Jimmy. was the
most injured, for with all the bicker.
ing because Of = dog there wasn't any
dog.
You said ! could have q dog!" be
iDvsFiable ended In the plaintively &C
cusing tone before which all well
brought Up parents shrink,
When the KingthoFnss had time to
look for Q dog they never could End
an attractive one. and II they did see
q possibility they lacked the time.
Sitting In her living room one after,
noon conversing with visitors about
green tomato pickles. Mrs. Kingthorne
after staring from the window, gave
q little shrek
Just the thing!" she cried. How
did 1t get therer
'What!" demanded her caller.
There aren't green tomatoes growing
out there!"
"Pickles?" repeated Mrs. King
thorne, dreamily. mo. it's q dog. II
doesn't seem to belong to any one,
either!"
Everybody looked. The dog was
most apparently youthful, because II
still wabbled slightly when It walked,
or, rather, rolled. For II was fat and
globular, made still more so By a
thick coat Of woolly brown fur. From
one end Of the brown mass q pink
nose stuck out and from the other
end protruded q tiny plumed tail. He
really was too much like an ideal
puppy 70 be quite true.
There isn't q soul in sight" as.
serted Mrs. Kingthorne. And nobody
would let a puppy like that go for a
walk alone, 80 II must be lost. It'll
get stepped on or stolen or something.
and to own II would send Jimmy into
Mysteries Of Joy, 90, really, think II
is my duty to rescue the puppy, don't
youT"
Everybody wanted to see the puppy
at close range. 50 everybody said
Yes" Mrs. Kingthorne went out and
brought the animal in.
Don't dogs have germs and
things?" demanded one Of the visit
ors. 1T is likely 70 give Jimmy some
thing, isn't itf"
That was why everybody followed
Mrs. Kingthorne down into the laun-
dry TO see her give the waif q bath.
He was very little and. the tub was
very big and the soap was exceed.
ingiy nuny, so It took four Of them
to wash and dry him. sAfterward he
frisked in front Of a CRATE IRE and
Mrs. Kingthorne admired herself ex.
tremely for finding him.
Jimmy, for some reason, was late,
but presently Kingthorne arrived. He
seemed a little dazed at the chorus
Of Joyful shrieks and the bundle of
brown wool that was thrust at him.
Welt" he murmured in a puzzled
tone. That doesn't look q bit like
the one"
The one!" cried Mrs. Kingthorne.
What oae. and what IL TT"
The bell rang just then and King.
thorne went, to the door. When he
rejoined them he was leading by q
leash an Airedale pup. Il grown-up
Airedaie is without doubt the ugliest
dog yet invented, but an Airedaie pup
traDscends By q hundred degrees the
ugliness Of the grown-up Airedale.
There Il no use In trying to tell what
pup looked like. because
u adequate words could be found no
body would believe the description
anyhow. ~
kingthorne spoke into the immense
silence almost defiantiy. Hes
bench dog" he said AN my life
I've wanted a. Airedais-and / am
sure Jimmy VIII be crazy about this
0ne. So wiz you when you get used
10 his looks and appreciate his noble
nature. That brown, woolly thing
HASN'T any class. my dear"
We'll. / like hint" cried Mrs. King
horne. Indignantly.
Jimmy slammed into the house inst
hen. Something slammed in with
aim. II was an overgrown, calflfks
;reature. all legs and tail and tongue.
With a great ugly head. and its style
u architecture was combination Of
everything from early Greek down.
Hes minei" Jimmy cried, proud
y AN ashcart man gave him to me.
N he's goin' to sleep In my room
N everythin'I An you said could
ave q dogi~ He gave q passing
dance OF disinterssted scorn at the
Hooded Airedale and the toy wooIIy
up.
7 suppose" said Kingthorne, with !
resigned sigh to his wife. that we
an chloroform our dogsl"