Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-29
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FAIRY TALE I, 4
SAVING A TAIL.
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Nancy had been little bit worried
over Sir Benjamin Bacon's right eye,
which had looked at her in such a
funny way the day before.
''Tm sure that pig thought I was
up to something" she said to herself.
And that evening she spoke to her
aunt, the mother of Jack and Marian.
81 don't believe that pig thought we
wanted to give him a party at all,
though the other pigs may have
thought so. But he acted as though
we were just doing it to appear fine
and as though he didn't think we were
at all.''
"Oh," laughed Marian's mother, and
Jacks mother too, for that matter, 81
imagine the pigs were glad to have a
party and didn't stop to think why you
gave it to them!"
Now, Nick was in Jacks class in
school during the few days of the chill
dren's visit, and Nancy was in Mar
ian's.
1t was after school the following day
that Marian said she had something
quite special to do at home, and she
wished Nancy wouldn't bother to hurry
back but would stay and play with
the other girls.
She behaved so queerly about it that
Nancy couldn't imagine what was the
trouble. Cant 1 come along, too?"
she asked, but Marian said:
"Td feel much better if you played
with the Others"
Nancy rushed up to Nick as soon as
he came out of school.
"Oh, Nick" she said, something is
the matter with Marian. She be-
| haves so queerly. She said she want
| ed to have me play with the other
girls, for she had something special
| to do at home. She really wouldn't
let me go home with her. I would
have been mad only she was just too
queer for anything. I don't under
stand"
"Jack was the same way, Nancy;
let's go back, anyway and see what
is up''
They hurried down street, running
most of the way and then turned down
another and ran almost all of five more
/
Nick went halfway down the hall
when he bumped straight into Jack
coming up from the cellar stairs. He
was holding in his arms the little fox
terrier Marian had just bought week
before with her birthday money. The
dog was only tiny puppy still, love
ly little soft white puppy with one
| h
black spots on his soft white back.
"Oh, did Buster get hurt?" Nick
shouted. Buster, of course, was the
small, gay, naughty, happy puppy.
mo, he didn't" said Jack. "And
it's none of your business, anyway.
You're visitors even if you are our
cousins. And we'd planned about this
long before you came.'
"That's so," said Marian, who came
up behind Jack, 'ff we want to have
Busters tail cut, it's no ones busi-
ness but our own. It was just like
you two to find out somehow"
Going to have his tail cut?' gasped
Nancy, and burst into tears.
Eyes, fox terriers look absurd with
long tails" said Jack: "everyore says
so. And. besides, he'ii De All wen In
week, quite WE'LL
"And for the sake of little STYLE
said Nick, his teeth clenched tightly
together, you'd let that dog suffer fol
whole week. just wish could cut
off a part of your arm, that's what
do"
1.-THE bones are soft" murmured
Marian. He'd look foolish with tail
SO everyone says"
"What do you care what everyone
says?" screamed Nick; ''you are two
horrid, cruel children, and if you dom
let that poor puppy, who has never
done you any HARM and who is at you
mercy, alone, We'll never be your Wis
itors any more, and you'll never b.
friends of ours. We mean it, too."
And they did mean it, for the,
didn't care what anyone thought O.
them as long as they saved the pupp,
from being hurt.
9 But after Nick and Nancy had toll
Jack and Marian of the suffering /
would mean for Buster, of course the,
didn't do such a cruel thing. The,
weren't really cruel, only they didn'
know that such a thing hurt dread
fully. They had never been told tn
real truth, and they were glad the.
had heard it in time!