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PEkINGEsE PUPPIES.


Wang.
~ am glad to hear it," barked Choo
Foo.
"what makes you so pleasant to-
day?" asked Yen Wang.
'The same reason which Is making
YOU pleasant" said Choo Foo. "And
next year l VIII be more pleasant than
you are today. Yes, will. Indeed,
Will
"No, you WON'T" barked Yen Wang,
Grossly. "You will never be more
pleasant than am today"
at would seem that I am more
pleasant now." said Choo Foo.
"Oh, you may be talking or barking
more cheerily, but I mean," said Yen
Wang, "that you haven't the cause
for being more pleasant than l am to-
day."
"Then If you have every reason to
be more pleasant, be pleasant" said
Choo Foo.
"I may take your advice and may
not" said Yen Wang. "You must re-
member that I am very highly bred,
and can do as / like. l don't have
to be kind or nice or friendly, for L
am valuable and my family tree is per-
feet"
"what do you mean by family
treeT asked Choo Foo.
"My dear Dog" said Yen Wang, "a
family tree means that n person or
dog has fine ancestors. My ancestors
for example, came from China. They
were highly bred. They did not have
to look after themselves and pick up
bones anywhere and everywhere.
They were fed royalty and magnlf-
Gently"
"Well, If that is what 1t means to
have family tree" said Choo Foo.
AZ have one, too. came from China.
have had fine grandparents and
great-grandparents. which are the
same as ancestors. And my family
have never gone a-huntIng for bones"
"well," said Yen Wang, "that is
fine. 1 know you have n family tree
for If you hadn't, you wouldn't be
here"
"Have all the dogs family trees who
are here?" asked Choo Foo.
"Every one of them,' said Yen
Wang. "You see that this Is special
dog show, given by club called the
Pekingese club.
"They named the club after us.
That was an honor to begin with, but
we are deserving of all honors. for we
are so highly born, so artistocratic, so
beautiful and so snobbish.
"And they are holding dog show,
as l said before; but it's not a COM
mon dog show. It's dog show where
only Pekingese dogs are allowed to
come, and most of us here today are
pupples-that is, we're all pretty
young"
allow many of US are here?" asked
Choo Foo. These two dogs were In lit
tie houses adjoining each other.
81 believe" said Yen Wang. "that
! there are two hundred and fifty dogs
here today. And of nll those dogs
took the first prize. That's why 1 am
pleasant"
"You mean that Is why you are as
pleasant as 1t Is possible for you to
be-" said Choo Foo.
"Maybe So" said Yen Wang, "for
/ never believe in being too pleasant.
1t would be beneath my dignity. am
very aristocratic dog, as 1 said be-
fore"
"Yes so you said" agreed Choo
Foo, "and If you are so proud at hav-
ing received the first prize In this
whole show, do you wonder i am
pleased? For / received the second
prize"
AYes," said Yen Wang. 'tf you can't
receive the first prize. 1t Is always
nice to get the second"
"And do you mean." asked Choo
Foo, "that every dog here has fam
lily tree?'
Every one" said Yen Wang.
"There Is not n dog in the place
without fine, noble. highly-bred ances-
tors, or great-great-grandpar as
you prefer to call them"
mo wonder, then" said Choo Foo,
"that my mistress gives me the choic-
est of foods"
$50 does mine" said Yen Wang. II
have my own meals. / bark at the tn-
BILE three times again when the family
Is eating, and ! am given choice bits
to eat-and every afternoon when the
mistress has tea, am given cream.
rich cream In beautiful saucer. and
a piece of expensive cake made with
eggs"
Its very nice to be rich," yawned
Choo Foo, In bored little voice
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