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

Your abel bodied, amt you? she asked
him.
I don't think she meant large by that,
because Peaty looked very narrow and
ittel beside of her, but he nodded his
head.
Well, 90 to work and urn fifteen cents if
you want it then, she hollered. I'm sure
I have to work for what urn. don't
beg for it!
didn't say anything more, but I got out
of the yard as quick as l could, and then
looked and there was Peaty behind me.
He looked kind Of pail and he didn't say
anything
Well, guess you can urn it anyway
Peaty, / said. You can urn it down to
Brooks.
Brock was the name of the grocery store,
and they sometimes paid boys for delivering
packidges after school.
Praps could, Peaty answered.
That was all he said, and we both started
off right down the street. Peaty didn't
say anything then either. guess he was
thinking how many packidges would he
have to oliver to get fifteen cents. But
all of sudden he turned round as if he
heard something.
hear comes Pedt, ne SAID.
I have told that Peat is his dog. The
reason evrybody called him that, was he
was named that way before Peaty had him
and he wouldn't change it. Besides that
he was SO apt to go with Peaty everywhere
he went, that people would quite often
laugh when they saw them and say, Hear
comes Peaty and Peat.
Well, anybody could see Just to look at
him, that Peat had made up his mind to
go down to BrocSs with Peaty, and when
he made up his mind to do anything, it
was usyually the best way to let him do it.
Because eyrybody knew that Peat was
very hard to change. And not only that,
but it was his disposition to most always
want to do the very thing you told him
not to. Peaty was the only one who could
manidge him at tall.
Well, when he saw Peat coming now,
he gave a look at him, and from Peatys
expression it almost looked as if he saw
trouble ahead. But all he said was,
Come along, Peat
And Peat glansed up out Of one eye, as
much as to say he had made up his mind
to that before and then he gave his tail a
fert and went running along right in front
of US, as if he was the one that planned it
all anyway.
But it was a real nice warm afternoon,
and the sun came down through the elm
trees so as to make whole lot of ittel
small, kind of wiggley lights on the side
walk, and next you knew, Peat seemed to
change his mind about being in such a
hurry, and began nozing around at the
ittel lights, and then following them off
onto the grass, and then nozing around back
onto the sidewalk again.
Peaty got kind of out of patiense with
him pretty soon, espeshially when he began
to noze so much that he was tagging way
behind
Well, come ahead, Peat he hollered. If
your coming, come ahead!
Just then saw something that took my
attension for minute. 1t was lady
coming out of a gait just across the street,
and she was all drest up as If she was going
out to make some calls. Only the queer
thing about it was, there was real large
angorrer cat following her right out the
gait. That didn't look as if she was going
out to make calls of course, but she stopped
down and began stroking the cat, and
could hear just what she said.
Oh naughty naughty kitty, she said, in
tone of voice as much as to say she
thought the cat was awful smart, Did you
want to 60 calling too2 No no, I'm afraid
you couldn't go calling this time.
Of course could see then just how it was
She had started out to make some calls, and
her angorrer cat had followed her the very
first place she went
I don't know whether Peaty saw it or not,
but turned round and it was easy to see
that Peat saw it, just as plane as ANYTHING
Not only that, but he stuck both HIS ears
right up in the air, and gave jump right
into the road, and the next you knew that
angorrer cat was racing back through the
very gait where she had just come out,
and Peat was racing after her. And the
lady who was making calls, she gave kind
of scream, and then she seemed to turn
and start right off after both of them.
Well, it was lucky but she didn't have
to 60 very far either, because before she was
half way across the yard, the cat went
scrambling up tree right there in front of
her, and she stopped where she was. Peat
stopped too, about at the foot of the tree.
When Peat did that gave look at Peaty
and Peaty looked back at me. He didn't
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