The Ocala evening star., 1922-10-03
The Name of a
Dog
By MARTHA MACWILLlAMS
J. 1s22. by Mcclure NewsI

don't you agree he looks disunguishedf
/ couldn't bear a beauty dog" Mrs.
Selden said, waving languiGy toward
the object in her lap. Anna Field
laughed softly, answering: Marvellous
lady, with most dog owners beauty
lies in the eye Of the gazer.' How 90
you manage to escapeT'
Maybe I don't escape. fully" Mrs
Selden said. What does he look like
to your
"Plain mutt" from Anna promptly
she was a trifle given to slang in
the face of the oyer-precise.
"Why I find marvellous resemblanees
In his sweet little face to SO many
of the great men pictured In the news
papers. ALI of them, indeed, who wear
whiskers. Only last night I smoothed
back puppy's ear and there he was,
the very model Of Secretary Hughes"
was answered.
Credible" said the irrepressible
Anna. Newspaper illustration has
added a new terror to life, new pang
to death. If you look hard enough you
can find anybody in anybody else's pic
ture. But why puppy? Haven't you
named your possession?'
Mrs. Selden's head shook. Nothing
seems to fit him." said the heads
owner First l meant to call him
Prince for the adorable Prince Of
Wales; but he is SO good looking it
would seem sarcasm on the dOggte."
what about Cerberus? Only dog
gle hasn't three heads" from Anna.
Mrs. Se1den's lips pursed. Il don't
think much of that name," she said,
"What want is something strong and
strange with a distinguished implica-
tion."
"Such as the Akoond of SwatT An
ma queried Mrs. Selden's lips curied
family as she said: II heard that
twenty years back-when I was quite
small, In fact"
1T is a classic, like ourselves" An
ma flung back with bright malice that
Mrs. Selden must look back to see for
ty-five; this affectatiOn of youth reused
the ire of her contemporary, who,
however, after a minute ran on: Il
see something individual. We must
have a name for dOggie. I have 1t,
Bother spells bother and holds the
initials Of Brown, Oliver, Thompson,
Edwards and Root-your whole roster
of adorers. None of them can accuse
you of playing favorites, and each will
pat himself on the back that he Is not
left out in the cold"
"How f1Ippant! Anna, you are real
ly giddy at times" Mrs. Selden re-
proved with yet a gracious fntona-
tion. Anna was sure the name had
stuck, so went on with sprightliness
Make each godfather furnish a silver
link for the collar, duly engraved. Buy
lock for it yourself; thus you keep
things even. Also intimate gently,
subtly, that you have great faith In
Instincts, so are likely to be influenced
by Bother's attitude in small things
and great"
"a clever idea My dear, really
am intuitional," Mrs. Selden paused
"And this dear doggie is the same
he growled fiercely at ragamuffin in
the park yesterday. But when we met
the Boone's big police dog he was a
real little gentleman-jumped up into
my arms, and lay still as a mouse"
"some dogs are like that-also some
men," Anna said oracularly. '1 don't
like their sort BY looks, shagginess
whiskers and all, Bother should be 6
real dog of sorts. What breed Is he
never saw one of 1t before"
'T--have forgotten-it's a very
long name-but Mr. Brown imported
1t specially for me from the Duchess
OF Something's own kennels. The mar
who brought it over lost the papers
or else the name would have been set
tied offhand. I'm glad 1t was not
you know l like my own impress or
everything about me. Mr.. Brown die
not tell me so-but have heard (thi:
mysteFIously) that he paid a frightfu
price-because he wanted me to have
something no other woman could get
/ Dear Of him, wasn't it? He under
stands me wonderfully some ways
others are-well-clOsed to him.
wish they we're not"
"Wherefore?" asked downright An
d. ..
she said. 1--WE on this side are 81
crude-with so little manner-and NJ
Il repose. I think I should love London
and adore county society. He tells me
the Browns have lived for ages In th'
midlands, refusing titles because the.
knew themselves too distinguished 70
them"
How eonsideratei' Anna interject
ed. 81 hope the dukes and all ar
properly grateful"
"No doubt they are" from Mrs
Selden, who was impervious to gen
tie sarcasm. But do you know. an
almost sorry B has come first. Pup
Bother. mean-bears Mr.. Brown
grudge-I think II Is really agafns
the rude fellow who brought hin
over
what becomes Of instinct, let alon
intuition?' Anna was rude enough Z
ask. But her hand was on the door a
she did it. so she did not catch TIL
angry look that followed her out.
The noble army of godfathers tool
Bother to their hearts jubilantly-
save and except Lawyer Herbert, VIII
complained to that dreadful Anna tha
he had been counted in, rather thai
elected She answered him with
wink that seemed TO pacify him, s
the dog was truly liortzcd by the Sci
! den set Also he was featured in tn
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