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

Nobody answered her and she gave one
more gianse at Peaty -. 1870 4
WIN you get your dog away or not1 she
asked him
He didn't answer her right of, but I
could hear him swallow as II he was be-
ginning to feel quite nervus about it. 4
Very well, she said, / shall go right in here
and telefone for the poleece.
Peaty looked so nervus then, thought
praps it would stop her. But it didn't. :,
Wait just moment, dear, she called up
to the cat, I'm coming right back to you!
And she went straight in the house.
Peaty turned his head round very slow to
make sure that she was gone, and then he
turned it again and looked back at Peat,
and from the expression of bis face / could
see that he was going to do it this time if
he dyed for it.
Keep still Peat. he said in kind OF
SCARED whisper. Don't you novel Just
keep still Peat
Peat glansed down as if he hadn't in
tirely made up his mind whether he'd keep
still or not, and Peaty backed off ittel
lords the gait.
Don't YOU move anyway, Peat! he whis-
pered httel louder. Don't you move Peat
And Peat giansed down again, and then
he kind Of edged off sevral inches from the
tree.
Stop ii Peat! And Peaty spoke right
out loud that time and backed off just a
littei more lords the gait. Stop it! Don't
YOU dair Peat
You see the queer thing about Peat is, he
has never been really known to take .
dair, and Peaty knew it So.
Stop it, Peat he said. Don't YOU dair.
Peatl
And Peat he fiattened himself right out
on the ground, as much as to say it might
be dangerous, but he would risk it anyway,
and then he just slid himself along as much
as yard lords Peaty. a
Well the unexpeckted thing was just at
that minute the poarch door opened and
the lady who oned the cat walked right
down the steps. But Peaty didn't see
her He was watching Peat too close
And she stopped right where she was as
if she didn't intireIy understand ii anyway,
and watched them both.
/ tell you stop night where YOU are Peatl
Peaty said, as il he meant it too. Don't you
60 and risk it Peat!
And Peat he hattened down more than
ever, as if he could see the danger but he
wasn't going to be any howard, and then
he slid right along lords Peaty.
Peaty backed out. Of the gait then. II
Don't you come through that gait any
way. Peat he said in very loud whisper
that time. Don't YOU dair do anything
like that Peat
And Peat kept sliding along fatter than
ever, because with his dispersition of course
he couldn't take dair
Well, If the lady who oned the cat hadn't
kept so still, Of course she would have
spoiled it, but she didn't, she never spoke
a word till she saw Peat 90 sliding right
out through the gait, and Peaty catch him
BY the collar.
Well thank goodness, she kind of berst
out then. But she turned and gIansed
out at Peaty and Peat as if she didnft
intirely understand 1t vet Well thank
Goodness, she said again, but of all unheard
of Hethudsl
| And she walked right across the. yard
= Come down now you poor dear, she said
very pleasantly. And the werst part Of
the whole thing happened then -
Come down now. abe said WY pleas
entity again, but the cat never moved bit,
Just looked down as much as to say she
would il she cer!d but she couldn't
Wy come down, she said. There's nothing
TO hurt you now, come down dear
But the cat was so high up she couldn't
even make the least move, so she Just
looked down again as much as to. say. Wy
she would il she could but she couldn't
Wy she can't get down the lady hollered
right out Oh dear, Oh dears Can't she
get down. Wv she must get down. She'll
starve UP there! Oh dear, somebody must
get her down. III rrrdy3 anyone who'll
get her down. III reward anyone hand
somely on the spot who'll get her down
Be pasient dear she called up as if she
was just about discouraged ANYWAY. Oh
Try to De pasient just littei Iongey
= The cat looked down as much as to say
she was kind Of tired Of that, and then the
Iady she went hurrying into the house
again. aF
When she did that started night out
for Peaty But he was gone and so was
Peat. Well, | didn't think of anything
more, but just went racing up the street.
l could see them ahead there. Peat kind
OF ferting his. tail and leading of, and
Peaty walking on behind HIM. And |
caught up. -- - -
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