Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-07
CHILDREN's EVENING STORY
Pss4fe. Jackie and the Pillows.

PSs4le, Jackie and the Pillows.
When Peetie and Jackie got home
from their fishing trip their papa and
mamma wanted to know why Peetie
was all wet.
"Did you 20 in swimming, when
told you not to-" asked his mother.
me, mamma" he said, and then
he told how he had fallen into the
watsR.
WSrl. Mrs. Bow Wow was quite
worried, and she said she thought
Peetie and Jackie had better stay
around home for a few days, until they
rot more used to taking care of them
selves. So they couldn't 90 very far
Of, and that's the reason something
happened that I'm going to tell you
about.
One day they were walking around
IN the woods. not far away from the
kennel. when they happened to look
over toward the house, where some
people lived. You know that squirrels
and rabbits live in the woods, that IS,
unless they're very tame indeed; but
puppy dogs most always live near a
house that has people in it. That
was the case with Peetie and Jackie
Well. tust as usual, Jackie started
something. He looked over toward
the house, and, on the green lawn
where the grass was SOFT as velVet,
he saw something white. There were
two or three of the things, n When
he had looked at them for some time,
with his head on n side, and one
ear up. and the other one down, IN
order to listen we'll, Jackie said:
"Peetie, what do you s'pose those
things are?"
"Bones, maybe" answered Peetie,
irving to stretch himself up high, IN
order to see the better, but falling
down In the attempt. II guess they're
bones" he went on, as he tool from
his mouth a stone that had gotten In
when he fell down.
"They aSe TOO large for bones" de-
clared Jackie, going nearer. Much
too large"
maybe they are big bones,' sug.
gested Peetie again. as he straighten'
cd himself up very carefully. Il once
saw papa have a very large bone
"Oh. that was at Christmas time,
spoke Jackie. 1T isn't Christmas
now. I'm going closer and 0
Come on"
So Peetie and Jackie went through
the fence, and on the lawn where the
white things were. Then the puppy
dors saw that the objects weren't
bones. They poked their noses
against them, and stuck their front
DAVIS into them, and found that the
white things were very soft. on, as
soft as mush, I guess, or maybe cneW
ing gum, when you step on 1t.
What do you s'pose they can be?'
asked Jackie again.
Maybe they're b%aseballs." said
Peetie. "1 know Sammie Littleta1l
has a ball something like these
things"
'"They are far too large for base.
balls" decided Jackie. But they are
nice and soft to lie down upon. Come
on, we will take a little nap
So those two puppy dogs, a one,
got upon one of the soft white things,
and what do you suppose they were?
Why. pillows, Of course. The lady
Of the house, Aunt May, her name
was, had put them out in the sun to
air, and she never thought the two
puppy dogs would com along and go
to sleep on them. But they did, on,
my. yes, and a bed quilt besides; yes,
indeed. .
After Jackie had slept a while he
woke up, and said:
"Peetie, l wonder II these soft,
white things would be good to pull on,
like a piece of cloth or an old boot?
You and / haven't pulled on anything, |
SO as to stretch our necks and make
our teeth sharp, in some time. Sup
pose we. try these?"
go ahead" answered Peetie, who
was generally ready for anything his
brother proposed. "Ill help pull with
you" .
So what did those puppy dogs do
but each take hold of an end of one
Of the pillows in his teeth! Wasn't
that a perfectly dreadful thing for
them to do? OF course, they didn't J
know any better, so that's some ex-
cuse; but you just wait and see what
happens. |
Well, they took good hold with their
.eeth, and then they braced back on
heir hind legs, and pulled, and pulled,
md pulled, all the while shaking their
reads back and forth, and weighing