Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-08
DAILY NOVELETTE,
PRINCE AND THE
PUPPY
by Christine Hayes
"O-OH Auntic Vic! We've got a
puppy! We've got a puppy I"

puppy! We've got puppy ~
This greeting was shouted in sing
song and reached Victoria Reed full
five seconds before the twins did
"TIc has the cunningcst little nose ="
As always with Zaidec when excited,
the last word came in clear and as
tonishing high "g."
"But his skins too loose" confdcd
Dorothy. sadly.
ooh, that's all fight" laughed
Auntic Vie, adding. as Dorothys dark
eyes still doubted: Hell grow to fit it :
you wait and see. -
When Victoria had kissed the twins
aud pcttcd the puppy and rescued the
skirt of her new tweed suit from his
discriminating teeth. she inquired ::
where's your MOTHER
Gone to party. She left a note for
you. It's on the hall table,
eco get it. Zadec," Dorothy sug
gestcd, Victoria opened the note care
lcssly. which read:
w uv"' Make
VIZ, sNe you
,oilio =, ,''''"' '' ''' '"o"' N' ~ IN
Victoria gave n little breathless, in
voluntary "Oh :" and her face grew
as N"''' "' "'"''"' 'o'' VI tan would
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She caught h'rSeI' singing something
she had NOT meant TO sing ana stopped
seemed she couldn get
away from Mark crane II she tried
even his silly song possessed her'
Oh, well. she shrugged his being in
the same town ncedn make any DIT
ference to her. She hoped, of course,
that she wouldn meet him, but if she
what of that? She wouldn't
admit she was sorry until Mark gave
In. and she knew Mark well enough to
know that he never, never would give in
till she showed that she was sorry. So
there it was--a vicious circle. She
didn't care. anyway Not bit. She
,riod little then and there lust to- prove
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t""p"d I" pat hlm ms AWKWARD eager
bout her neck. The chain broke and