The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-14

Your abel bodied amt your Sne asked
him.
don't think she meant large by that,
because Peaty looked very narrow ana
littel beside of her, but he nodded has
head
Well, 20 to work and urn fifteen cents If
YOU want il then, she holleTed. I'm sure
| have TO work for what l urn. don't
beg for it! vs.-a .
didn't say anything more, but got out
of the yard as quick as | could, and then
I looked and there was Peaty behind me.
He looked kind of pail and he didn't say
anything.
Well. / guess you can urn it anyway
Peaty, | said. You can urn it down to
Brooks -
Brock was the name of the grocery store,
and they sometimes paid boys for diiivering
packdges after school.
Praps | could, Peaty answered.
That was all be said, and we both started
off right down the street. Peaty didn't
say anything then either | guess he was
thinking how many packidges would he
have to oliver to get fifteen cents. But
all of sudden he turned round as If he
heard something
Hear comes Peat, he said.
have told that Peat is his dog. The
reason evrybody called him that, was he
was named that way before Peaty had him
and he wouldn't change it. Besides that
be was so apt to 60 with Peaty evrywhere
he went, that people would quite often
laugh when they saw them and say, Hear
comes Peaty and Peat. 49,
Well, anybody could see just to look at
him, that Peat had made up his mind to
20 down to Brooks with Peaty, and when
he made up his mind to do anything, it
was usyuaIly the best way to let him do it.
Because evrybody knew that Peat was
very hard TO change And not only that,
but it was his disposition to most always
want to do the very thing you told him
not to- Peaty was the only one who could
manidge him at tall
Well, when he saw Peat coming now,
he gave look at him, and from Peatys
expression it almost locked as if he saw
troubble ahead But all he said was,
Core sIono peat ~
And Peat gLansed I'D out Of one eye, as
much as to say he had made up his mind
70 that before. and then he gave his tail
fert and went running along right in 'front.'
OF US, as if he was the one that planned it
all anyway
But it vas real nice warm afternoon,
and the sun came down through the elm
trees 50 as to make whole lot of littel
small, kind Of wiggley lights on the side
walk, and next YOU knew, Peat seemed to
change his mind about being in such a
hurry, and began nozing around at the
Ittel lights, and then following them of
onto the grass, and then nozing around back
onto the sidewalk again.
Peaty got kind of out Of patiense with
him pretty soon, espeshially when he began
to noze 50 much that he was tagging way
behind
Well, come ahead, Peat he hollered. II
your coming, come ahead!
Just then saw something that took my
attension for a minute II was a lady
coming out OF a gait just across the street,
and she was all drest up as il she was going
out to make some calls Only the queer
thing about il was, there was real large
angorrer cat following her right out the
gait. That didn't look as If she was going
out to make calls Of course, but she stopped
down and began stroking the cat, and [
could hear just what she said.
Oh naughty naughty kitty. she said. in
z tone OF voice as much as to say she
thought the cat was awful smart. Did you
want to go calling too2 No no I'm afraid
you couldn't 60 calling this time.
OF course could see then just how il was.
She had started out to make some calls, and
her angorrer cat had followed her the very
first place she went
don't know whether Pe2ty saw IT or not,
but I turned round and il was easy to see
that Peat saw il. just as plane as anything.
Not only that. but he stuck both his ears
right Up in the ar. and gave jump right
INTO the road. and the next you knew that
znsurer cat was racing back through the
verv gait where she had just come out,
snd Peat was racing after her. And the
laiy wb0 was making calls, she gave kind
of a scream. and then she seemed TO turn
and start right Of after both Of them.
Vel, Il vas lucky bet she didn't have
10 g very Tar either. becsuse before she was
ssf way across the ward. the cat vent
.cramblT-g up a tree right there IN front Of
leT. and she stopped where she was. Peat
topped too, about at the foot Of the uee.
When Peat did that / gave look at Peaty
nd Pezty looked back at me He didn't
ay anything. but from the expression q
Is face could sc that he saw trouble
head now An Away.