The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-27

Come on back Peatyi / said. come on
back She's offered a reward If YOU can
get the cat, said, come on back any
wayl
Peaty didn't say anything but lust
turned round and started right back on
the run, with me and Peat beside him on
the run too. He didn't say anything till
we got back to the gait. Then we all
stopped and he spoke.
I'll bet could get it down, he said. a
Go ahead, said, and took a hold of !.
Peats collar to keep him out. Go ahead,
said
have told before that Peaty is small and
light, but / didn't really ever suppose he.
could do what he did then. Because as
you already know, that was big high tree
and the branches weren't so very low either.
And yet Peaty he never stopped for any
thing. He just ran across the yard, and
he gave kind of a littel quick spring to get
start on, and the next you knew he was
swimming up that tree something as If
he was cat himself. And the lady who
oned the real cat came out on the porch
while it was happening. And she didn't
say word, but just stopped There was
someone else that stopped too. I haven't
mensioned them before but it was two men
she went in to send for just after she
spoke about the reward. She must have
thought they would be better than the
Poleece after all. Carpenters or some
thing like that think they were, and they
had ladder with them. But as said, they
stopped too.
And Peaty went swimming right up as
if they weren't there at tall, right up higher
and higher, till the lady on the porch kind
of gave httel gasp as if she was afraid,
and nobody said word.
1t was one of the men with the ladder
spoke first.
By George, that littel spiders got her, he
said. And Peaty was bringing down the
cat. a
But the lady didn't speak even then
Not until Peaty was on the ground before
her and really holding it out to her in his
hands. Then she seemed to give another
gasp. -
Well, of all the performances, she said.
Of all the performances.
The men kind of laughed and said they
guess they weren't needed, and if there was
any reward they seemed to be ittel late
for it, and then they laughed again and
looked at Peaty and went out.
And the lady glansed out at the gait
where Peat and were waiting and then
she glansed down at Peaty.
Well, young man, she said after awhile,
Will you be good enough to tell me your
manner And / guess Peaty answered, but
not very loud.
What is it? she said, don't hear, and I
don't know as it makes much difference.
But wish you would tell me this, If you
don't mind. What is that strange animul
out there that you call your dog, and why
in Heavens name, when you want him to
do one thing do you tell him to do
another.
Peaty turned his head lords the gait and
I could just hear him answer, but very low.
Its the only way you can manidge him,
he said.
Manidge himl she repeated, something
as if she was talking to herself. Well its /,
the most original methud I ever hap
pened to hear of, I'll say that. How
ever, and she spoke up ittel louder.
VIII you be good enough to go out there !,
now and tell him not to move. That
would be the way to start him I suppose,
and I should really like to go home with
my cat.
Peaty looked at her a minute and then
she seemed to remember something and
opened her purse.
Oh yes, she said, always live up to my
promises. I live up to my promises if I
don't do anything else.
And what do you suppose? She pulled
out new five dollar bill and handed it to
Peaty. His lips moved as if he was saying
thank you, and he turned to come out the
gait He looked down at the FIVE dollar
bill as he came along and / don't know
what he was thinking, but his face looked
something as if it was full of a whole lot of
little SCARED smiles.
Perhaps he was thinking he hadn't ever
seen quite such lot of money before, or
perhaps he was thinking about the exkur-
sion down to Saltwater Pines. don't
know but I'm pretty sure the EXCURSION
had something to do with it because with
all the httel SCARED smiles on his face lust
the same, he put the money in his pocket
and walked out through the gate
I guess can go, he said, kind of swallow
ing at the same time. / didn't know but
Peaty was really going to cry where's
Peat he said