The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-05
Cherry, Dan. ard Ginger.


Cherry, Dan. and Ginger were three
ed dogs as ever lived, and that, too.
In IA family where there were a II eat
many children And any dog alive
Will tell YOU that IL is sometimes very
din cult to be perfectly polite and
good tempered where lot of children
"-rr'- -.T.1Jsft r Ks rha5 Tad gro n Up
from puppyh0od. they had gsaduaijy
lea rned that even the k4ndesi Of hu-
!. man. hasngs have, perfectly sEAaiae&
ideas about great many things
81 bich ii is wiser Ia haWor them in.
II had taken Ginger a long time 10
remember that the library curtains
we're not considered by those in au-
thority the hest place in Which 10
wrap greasy homes. He hoped some
day 10 learn what they were allow =
ed to DRAG on the floor for. If not
to wrap bones in
Dams particular grievance was that.
II beds were made 10 sleep in Tor on,
what particle of difference could ii
make whether you harpened 20 4" Vet
or dry when sets irruped on them To
snatch few minutes steep. after a
run and n din on hot summers day
What Cherry was always asking
vas. "W'hen one ts tu!d Is - 4 good
dog and not let tra1ps and besgars
yet into the house, how Is one to tell
that miserable postman or grocer 5
bcr 'S mt to We tarised at@''
Blu, they had finally come TO the
conclusion that all these things had
no real reason: they just were. Hav-
ing arrived at this philosophie con-
elusicn. IL WIS not surpri ing that
they nneeklv submitted to a new, and
or course foo'iVh. idea that sudden
~ struck the family. A~iarge and 1t
,nnst be admitted. exceedingly conf
portable armchair was SET apart for
their particular use. No once else
sat in tit had a clean linen cover
nut on II three times week. al
thoueh no one would ever have sus-
rected it--and apparently they were
not exrected to sit anywhere else,
Certa inlv. they were not urged to do
so, quite the contrary.
"Oh. we'll" said Dan. after they
bod n,ourred this new innovation.
"Iet's be thankful thew haven't token
il into their silly heads that dogs
should he made to stand un forever'
But. with the best of intentions, 1t
was very hard To remember this new
curtailment Of their RIGHTS. More
than once. when Gin~er. wet and
that--had. with "a wide and most en-
"a cine smile attempted to make some
room, for his mistress on what was.
hc believed. known es the best sofa,
had he heeu rewarded with flick Of
the win In place Of the mt which
his politeness surely r'erttea.
Dan and Cherry had had similar hu-
mi,iatjn~ experiences. They eonsoI-
ed -.,,t.r,ss.fyes- as hest thcy~ could The
cSa ir-their cfiair-was fairly cnmfor-
table. particularly for the one who
go, there first The fret two to I've
sure. were always little cramped.
You see there was room for only two
10 snread ont plea sanity on the seat.
md the lest to arrive had naturally
~ Fit on ton OF the earlier corners.
TT ctr rctS,~ass tried to show them
Some ridiculous wav TO occupy II. so
tha, thew could all ait on the seat.
IA Ike TO see th~sa reo"'e as big
as she IN II Just once said Ginger.
~ s,,npose II co-ld no dcre IL was
willing TO let my ie~s stsv on the
fiaor. the wav she, dces" One thing
they had to congratulate each other
on. The familyS seerysed 10 have ex-
haustcd their inventive faculty for
the time! and no more reforms were
attempted that sumDer.
II was ia the eayly autumn that an
HxeMt 3ecasrea wllich hrought thtp!s
n r. an ar54s