The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-09
What chancet has de ole
fashioned "Luv-in-er-Cot
tage' got in desc days Nv
Esteem Heated Flats" Ole
Miss?


ice man, holding on desperately to the
hundred pounds of ice he had to de-
posit In the ice box.
| The grocery boy was all huddled up,
scared stiff, while rolling over and over
on the floor was a tiny "fluff" of
brown wool giving an imitation of a
very big dog rolling over and over and
showing his teeth. which were close
second to Teddy Roosevelts.
| "Wo-owl Wo-owl Wo-oww growled
Paddy. and then he'd leap and prance
and nearly scare the life out of the
grocery boy. who was peeping In the
screen door of the back porch, his eyes
shining like two Goals of fire
Paddy was delicious to observe.
He'd run toward the door with his
head down, and leap up on the screen
and claw at the door and show his
teeth and growl and phiz and then
run toward the kitchen door. which
shut all but just a peep hole for the ice
man to put one eye through.
Peggy, we'll have to get a muzzle
for Paddy. That's the latest word in
canine circles, anyway" said the Lit
tlest Sister, for the ice mans benefit.
"Yessum." said the Ice man, you
ought to. Liz dogs Is allus the most
vicious, anyhow. They oughter be
chained up"
Miss, does you mine eff I leaves de
groceries on de steps?' asked the gro
Gerry boy Dat dawgs gotter grudge
agin me an Fse skeered ter come in
de doah."
Peggy" said the Littlest Sister,
Hes our dog and we ought TO pro-
tect him."
very we'll" said Peggy and they pro-
ceeded to catch Paddy
Securely clutching the little dog,
Peggy perched him upon his hind legs
and danced him up and down while
she called out, NOW both of you run
while l hold Paddy
The grocery boy sneaked In and put the
groceries on the table quick as lightning,
and the ice man dropped the 100 pounds of
ice into the ice box like wild, and then
they "scooted."
Once outside the door, the grocery boy
said to the ice man:
"You kin go in Gar ef you wants ter,
but 'scuse me, OATS er vicus liz dawg,
an don you fergit hitl'
Meantime Peggy and the littlest sister
were convulsed with laughter over Pad
| dys performance.
Paddy" said the littlest sister, you
| are very precious purp, and consider
| ing that you were born only last June,
| you have a very delicious sense of humor,
| but honest Injun, Paddy, when you are
| trying to start something you ought to
| pick somebody your own size"
| Paddy understood every blessed word
| of what the girl was saying and rolled
| over and over and licked out his red little
tongue and almost laughed.
| A bit later when Paddy, tired out with
| the good time he'd been having, lay
rolled up like a little ball of raveled silk,
asleep in a big arm chair in the sitting
rom, the littlest sister said
Its almost unbelievable that two great
| big grown men should be afraid of little
| doll of a dog"
mot at ALL Peggy replied Every
| body's afraid of something. The other day
| I saw lot of great strong. hulking in
dviduals who pass muster as m-e-n
scared to death of a drunken creature in
| a store. Now drunken man isn't nearly
so harmless as-as-Paddy. drunken
man is a perfect coward, and If any one
of those men had said: Now come on
get out of heren he'd have run like a
| turkey. But not one of them had che
| courage
"Ugh / believe I could stand Paddy's
growl better than I could drunken
man." said the littlest sister.
There isn't anybody who isn't afraid
of something or somebody" said 1eggy
thoughtfully. Women fear mice, mice
| fear men, and men fear women. Ele-
phants are scared of mice. too, and they
are about the biggest of animals. and
| you'd never think they would be afraid
OF anything as little as a mouse, would
your" said the lttlest sister. Il could
meet death brayely, ! believe IN tbs