Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-21
PETEY DINK
Psetie Hides 4. Bone,

Once upon q time, as Peetie Bow
Wow was walking through the woods,
in 4 place that was not very dark and
dismal. but which was bright and
beautiful, with flowers growing all
about. what do you suppose he found?
No. It wasn't a golden box filled with
diamonds; that belongs in q fairy
story-but he found a nice, big, juicy
bone, with enough meat on 1t to last
for two meals, or, maybe, three meals
and part Of another one.
Oh It was the incest bone you can
imagine! I don't s'pose you children
care much about bones, but you know
p%uppy-dogs just love them, better ever
than candy and ice cream cones. wen,
when Peetie found this zone, ne 1elt
very happy.
"1'll hide it away until I'm good and
hungry" he said to himself, for ne
had Just eaten a nice dinner in the
kennel house. ri might put this bone
in a deep hole, to keep the flies away
from It," he went on, "and then, some
dsy. maybe Christmas, or New Years,
or Fourth Of July, Jackie and Will
dig it up and have q fine feast"
You see. Peetie didn't forget his
brother. even II Jackie wasn't with
him when the bone was found. sup
pose there are some puppy dogs who
wouldn't have been SO kind n
thoughtful, but Peetie wasn't n OF
hose. So he took his treasure up In
his strong. white teeth and he trot-
ted OF through the woods to hide 1t. :.
81 must look for a good, safe place
he thought. e'beucause this is such a
fine bone that almost any one would
be glad to get it, and If l don't hide
It we'll. a burglar might come along
and take it."
So Peetie looked for a secure place
in which to hide the dainty. First he
thought he would put it in an old mol.
low stump and then he decided that
wouldn't do. for owls live in hollow
stumps, and owls like the meat that
comes off bones. .
But after the little puppy dog had
rome on. and on, through the o
for quite a distance he came to a nice
ouiet place where the ground was
soft.
"I11 hide it here" he said, and he
began to dig a hole and pretty oon
he had 1t large enough to satisfy nlm'
Into that hole Peetie pushed the oone'
It seemed to disappear rather SUI.
denly, he thought, but that ala no,
bother him, for he believed ne coulo
dig it up again when he wanted II.
So he trotted back home. n the
first thing he knew he met Jackie.
"Oh!" he cried, Il just foun tne
lovliest bone you ever dreamed OF!
did you eat 1t all up?' asked
Jackie suspicious-like.
NO answered Peetie. u buried
It and Fourth of July you and vii
dig it up and have a fine feast" i,
"Good!" cried Jackie. very good
indeed. Thank you. Peetie!"
Well. lust naturally. those two little
puppy dogs couldn't wait until Fourth
Of July came to dig up that bone. No.
sir; If they didn't get hungry on Deco
ration day, and off they started to
where their fine dinner was buried,
intending to dig it up.
Well; they found the spot all right,
for Peetie had marked 1t with a white
stone. and they began to dig. They dug
and they dug and they dug. but, Oh
dear me. suz-dud! there wasn't any
bone there! Now, what do you think
about that, Ell?
"Are you sure you put 1t here?'
asked Jackie, as he stopped digging
and looked at Peetie.
yep, I'm sure" answered Peetle.
"Then some one has been here and
dug 1t up insisted Jackie, cutie saw
agely. IT wish I knew who had done
It," .
"Oh, I don't believe any n dug 1t
up," remarked Peetie, after he had
carefully looked about. 81 could tell
If any stranger had been shopping
here" and he put his nose to the
ground and shifted real hard.
We'll. the two puppy dogs dug some
more, and went deeper down, but there
wasn't any bone, and oh, how dlsap'