The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-02-27
TAKING CARE OF BOB
BY ELLA cYesk.

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Amy said. began the girl WI
likes % talk. that Fob Nas gentle a
q kitten and 50 anectionafe thar Il
contrast pair OF love birds we're pet
rined images Of heartlessness Sh'
said many other things. TOO. over th'
telephone about the bull terrier tha
in a misguided moment they pur
chased some time ago. but that wai
because she was trying 70 make ne
tnink ! was crazy 70 have him while
she and her husband went 70 Panama
vas TO pass fe~ days with hel
and get acquainted WITH the paragon
Of dogs Amy said that she always
felt perfectly safe With Bob IN the
apartment. becuase he would chew u
any burglar who appeared. On the
way over I grew rather worried. won.
dering whether Bob was clever enough
70 distinguish between a caller who
was a burglar and caller who wasn't
Then I recalled Bob's gentleness and
took heart
When the front door was opened
thought the end had come. some
thing huge and white fell actoss the
hall table. and. stepping all over me.
attempted 10 climb on my shoulder
and perche there. / Screamed family
and wondered II the Pasfeur treatment
hurt much Then was conscious Of
Amys voice.
He's so anectionate," said Amy
In proud voice 4 never knew him
10 take such an instant liking 10 any
one before He realizes that you love
dogs. am suTe,"
I'm crazy about them, I assured
her. as intrenched myself behind two
chairs and davenport However
don't care for these aerial effects my
self Can't he keep his feet on the
ground?'
Amy looked hurt and said she
should have thought that ! would ap-
preciate a dumb animals, fondness
for me. She was interrupted BY Bob's
giving an exhibition OF his dumbness
when he saw the postman out OF the
window. Dashing at the glass al a
speed OF so miles an hour, ne let out
a roar that shook the apartment Then
he turned and wagged his tail and
twinkled his eyes. Think these dogs
greatly enjoy life II must be fine 10
feel that you can make the whole uni
verse bow to the ground and climb
trees II you wriggle your chin or flop
an ear
! unpacked my suitcase neatly end
then when I went to dress for dinner
found that Bob had eaten the heels
OF my evening slippers
It's the funniest thing, Amy said.
enthusiastically. when | walled out
the trouble. That dog always has
had the most insane fondness for shoe
heels We couldn't have a decent
shoe in the house when We first got
him. He is so intelligent
When Bob was taken out Of doors |
II was with as many precautions as
though he were a man eating tiger |
For my part | would as soon sally /
forth with the Jungle beast as with I
that animal He had harness on !
OF battleshlp leather-well they have
battleship linoleum. anyhow-and |
snapped to that was leash with a
loop to go over your wrist and then
you had whip
! felt as though the band was go
ing to play as I entered the sawdust
ring when I took Bob outdoors that
day. He shot up the street instantly.
and as It was slippery hung on and
slid, shriekng at him to stop Pre-
tending it was a game. that diabolical
animal merely tore on. whisking me
around a corner into a peramhulatcr.
but maybe I crawled under anyhow
was half block ahead before the
nurse had picked herself up from the
ground and Rob was so impetuous
that ! couldn't return TO inquire.
1t might have been all right II he
hadn't seen a cat Amy said after
ward rcproachfully that I shouldn't
have allowed him to see q cat How
ever, she did not say whether |
should have run in front OF Rob and
held my hands over his eyes or chic.
reformed him till the cat had strolled
by II had fancied up to now that
Bob had been Fastening, I was mis-
AIKEN He had been dawdling. hut
shen he saw that cat he turned on
'ull speed
All remember is hurting through
he air, hanging to the leash for dear
ile for Amy had cautioned me that
bad the safety Of the public ii my
lands, and 50 ! dared not let 90 Bob
pread himself low over the ground
nd Just ate up the distance. wo
hased that cat down the street. then
hrough an alley and then whizzed up
he steps OF big house just as the
ront door opened and a perfectly love
man emerged aftlred for an after
oon wedding or a tea-fght
I let Bob go then. because fell
ver the top step
The tca-fght man. after rising from
here he had been tossed ~ Bob.
icked me up There wereH awful
orpds OF riot from inside the house
here Bob had treed the cat on a
iantel II really was an unusual sit
alton
lie is such an intelligent dog.
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