Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-25
Jackie and Buddy Pioa.

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Come on out, Peetie, and We'll take
q walk through the woods. and maybe
see an adventure" said Jackie Bow
Wow to his brother one day.
mo" answered Peetie, II can't
rye got the toothache," and he put his
nav to his Jaw and almost wished q
bee would sting him so he might feel
4 different sort of pain than the tooth
ache.
"Wen II you can't come, I'm going
alone" decided Jackie.
IF you see anything that's good FOR
toothache wish you'd bring 1t nome
with you," went on Peetie, and just
then he had such a sharp pain that
he nearly stood up on the end OF ms
tail, which is very difficult TRICK TOT
any dog to- do, except, maybe, the
wooden kind that come out OF Moan
ark
"of course I'll bring It," promised
Jackie. maybe I'll meet fairy, ana
she'll give me something magical to
stop the pain"
q hope you will" spoke Peetie, and
this time the toothache hurt him so
that he rolled over and over on tne
foor Of the kennel and his mother
felt very sorry for him. So JACKIE
started off. and walked far away, over
the fields. and through the woods, ana
along A little brook, but he didn't see
any fairies He looked up and down.
and sideways. and he didn't see even
an adyenture-at least not right
4 pway but pretty soon something IS
going to happen, and If you listen
closely and watch, you'll know "ha'
4 It is.
Well. as Jackie was walking along
he heard a funny little squeaking
noise in the woods and at first he
thought it was TWO limbs of tree
rubbing one against the other, and
soueaking, just aY your new shoes dc
sometimes, in church, when you want
to be- oh, SO still and quiet!
"My! l wondef what that can be?''
exclaimed the Gttle puppy dog. '1s
anybody ther9e" he called out, for
Jackie was getting to be quite brave
eyes. I'm Here" answered a voice,
and then Jadkie began to get the
least bit afr4id, for he thought maybe
n might I'D a snake coming to get
him, or a bad fox, or something like
"Who fare your" asked the little
nnnnv dog at last, when he had look
ed alV around and couldn't see any
thing
Here I am" was the answer, can
youjsee me, right by this rock?' ane
then something Notwithstanding
suotted black and white, and what
Jackie had at first taken to be par
IL the rock, turned out to be little
hnimal. about half as big as Sammle
Littletail.
ooh. know who you are now crieo
fIackie. as he saw the little chap more
tplainly, "you are Montmorency Pigg
( the brother OF Matilda Pigg-Bright
eyes-aren't you?"
eyes, said the guinea pig, for he
It was who had been hiding beside the
big rock. IT am the brother of Bright
y eyes; but, II you please, Jackie, | wish
you wouldn't call me Montmorency.>
why not Isn't Montmorency your
name?"
Eyes, It Is, but, you see, don't ex
actly like it. 1t sounds too much like
a name in book, and don't like
books except those about fighting IN
dams. and I never heard of an IN
dian named Montmorency If it's al
. the same to you, Jackie. would yor
mind calling me Buddy? All my
friends do?"
"Of course 1 WILL" agreed Jackie
"But how did you happen to get that
name?''
ooh, I'm named after my great
great grandmother" explained Buddy
Pigg "but can't bear it. OF course
let mother call me Montmorency
when she wants to, but don't Ike