The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-15
JOHN SCOTT'S Pup
He Is an Affectionate Critter
and Dearly Loves His Master
YET HE GOT HIM IN TROUBLE
The Joyous Antics Of the Playful Ca.
nine Brought About the Scene That
oueered John With His Wife and
Gave Color to Her Cruel Suspicion.

nine Brought About the Scene That
oueered John With His Wife and
Gave Color to Her Cruel Suspicion.
One OF the most touching things In
nature is the affection of dog for its
master. Authors have wept over this
before now. Indeed, In some cases
canine affection would make u cube of
billiard chalk weep.
John Scott has an affectionate dog
1t is young dog, but joyful, and he
keeps IL in the cellar at night. The
dog and the furnace are great friends,
probably because contrasted natures
agree well. The dogs nature is warm,
and the furnaces nature is cold. But
the pup simply adores John Scott.
One night John Scott left the ban
quet OF the Petonic club at ! o'clock
In the morning when his wife had told
him positively to be home at 1890.
She had told him also to drink but one
cocktail That was the only cocktail
he drank, but in the bright lexicon of
Sonquets there are other drinks. The
care free yet dignified manner in which
John Scott wended his homeward way
gave proof that he had studied the lex
icon.
lie was not intoxicated He could
still lift his feet as he walked. but
when he had lifted a foot he waved il
In the mir moment before he decided
just where to set 1t down, and it did
not always hit the exact spot he had
selected. But his brain was clear as
n bell. He remembered that he must
put coat in the furnace before he went
to bed
When he opened the cellar door the |
pup was asleep on his bed in box, !
but by the time John Scott had de-
scended the cellar stairs the pup and |
its affectionate nature were wide
awake. The pup gave one little bark
of Joy and rushed across the cellar like
a rubber shoe fred out Of a cannon and
stopped itself by making flying tackle
with its teeth on the hem of one of the
legs of John Scott's dress trousers.
John Scott swayed. put out hand and
sat down on the floor and the pup af-
climbed into his lap and,
putting two coal dusty paws on John
SCOTS shirt bosom, kissed him.
This evidence of canine affection was
too much for John Scott. He COM
pared it with the reception he would
receive from Mrs. Scott, and
he was so affected that he Rugged tho
pup to his bosom and wept. Then he
placed the pup carefully on the cellar
door and stood up. The pup immedl
ltely got between his feet, threw him
.wice as he walked to the coal bin and,
when he bent down to pick up the coal
scoop, grabbed the tail of his dress
coat in a death grip.
Mr.. Scott Invested himself OF the
)up by taking Off his coat and hang
ny it on q nail--the one the poker
langs on. All indications pointed to a
permanent suspension of the pup. The
,up hung to the coattail, and the coat
lung on the nail, and Mr.. Scott turned
o the coal bin. He raised the scoop
eady TO plunge it into the coal, but
IS he did so he paused. The pup was
tanding on the coal, just where the
coop was about to scoop up coal. AT
intervals the pup would dash down
nd worry the heel OF Mr.. SCOTS dress
but whenever the scoop APP
reached the coal the pup got In front
L it. Sometimes Mr.. Scott scooped up
be pup. and sometimes he missed the
up. the coal and the bin but when.
yer hS got coal he got the pup too.
( by chance he got coal In the scoop
Without any pup the pup showed its
anime affection by jumping into the
coop. Then the coal and pup would
Tide off the scoop on to the floor.
Not for worlds would John Scott
ave shoveled the affectionate pup into
be furnace. but he saw that he was
Kelly to do so any minute If he con-
nued to fool with the scoop. There
as but one way TO get the coal into
he furnace without cremating the pup.
o John Scott proceeded in that way.
Ie sat on the coal and held the pup in
is lap and threw coal piece by piece
the furnace door.
And this was the only basis for Mrs.
lhn SCOTS unjust suspicion that John
colt had taken more than one cock
Ill at the Petonic club banquet. She I
lme TO the head Of the cellar stairs to
e what was bombarding he tin sides =
the furnace and she saw John Scott