El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-06

6L@ he idea of Mrs Tabby trying
to tell me what 10 do when
Il I sew" said RoIy. She jerked
the little dress upon which she was
sewing and gave a regular snort OF
contempt Near by one Of the pups
WAS sleeping peacefully she put MIN
into bed and had made him wear a
long dress so that ne could not get out
and run away
The little machine hummed along,
and ROiy rent over it. she was max
inr short dress for the pup near
her. and was in a great hurry 10 get
l. done
Now AIRS. Tabby was a kind old
woman cat. and very fond OF Eoly. ana
when she offered earlier in the day 10
show the puppy girl how 10 MAKE lne
dress she meant II in the pest way
possible. But Roly just threw back
her head and said she knew now ana
Mrs. Tabby went away
81 can't think what has come over
Roly." she said with sigh as sne
went home she is not at all like
herself and seems 10 think Ilal she
knows everything ] suppose all enll-
dren get that way sometimes now
ever. if she gets in trouble and comes
to me politely I viii help her out
After she had gone Roly had taken
her little scissors, and on her llllte
table. she had cut out the dress Ihen
she began TO sew il together and il
seemed to be all right Eoly was al
ways hurryinE to 60 some place some
how OF other she always played ana
puu things off until the last minute
She had known all week that she
would have TO make the dress loI
one Of the pups. but had forgotten Il
Until the last day SO mere she was
sewing like q crazy dog. 10 Try TO
set ready in time TO so out and make
some calls.
Every once in a while she would sew
over her paw, and fasten the Iur 10
[ her dress. Then she would have 70 cut
of sonC fur, and sometimes she
pulled il out. and IL hurt
The whole time she thought Of Mrs.
. Tabby. I'm grown up she SAID 10
herself. 'anG don't see why MIS-
Tabby stil hangs around and tries "a
I interfere in my work 1 know now 70
do il. Ouch" she cried. for just then
} she had seWed up her paw again. she
= cut the fur loose and kept on sewing
; but she was getting more and more
cross.
She glanced hurriedly at the clock
She would barely have time TO get the
. pups ready and be of one new dFess
! which she had made before and the
one which she had just finished, she
put in a little suit case They were "a
J dress the children in when they got
/ 10 the Tabbys's. for in spite OF the way
; she treated Mrs Tabby, she intended
] TO leave LNE pups AAEAE HAAA-N slA--
l called. The short dresses were TO play
{ in. and the ones the pups wore would
/ then be fresh to wear home
In a few moments she was ready
| and in Just five more she was at Mrs
/ Tabby's with the pups. "You just run
I on" said Mrs Tabby TO Roly, and ]
{ will undress the pups and put on theil
| play dresses" But Roly shook her
I fuzzy head. NO thanks she said, de-
/ cidedlv I'll dress one, but YOU may
I dress the other" She wanted TO have
! Mrs. Tabbv say something nice about
the new dresses which she had made
] all alone.
/ They began TO put the play dresses
I on the fat pups. But something seemed
/ TO be wrong. The arms seemed funny
] One Of each pup fitted, but the othei
I arms would not even go in the sleeves
! RoIy grew red in the face as she
/ struggled with her pup, but IL was
I Of little use. and Mrs. Tabby stopped
| working completely. There was
/ funny smile lowering about her whisk-
/ ers. and the other Tabbys who were
/ looking on began to grin.