The Red Cloud chief., 1922-10-26
Some Dogs and
Some Folks
By c. B. WHITFORD
&c, 1922. western Newspaper Union.)

W S~N 'NS'N A'"SPobNi Sh'tbsy
A dog with a "gallus'' movement and
an air walked into the doctors office
and said with a show of pride: I'm
a Bohemian, Doc. Is there anything
1t long enough and I feel like getting
rid of 1t If I can"
Are you a s%ure.enough Bohemian,
Jack. or are you just a plain tramp
alley dog?"
"Oh, I'm the real thing. know II,
because I've got qualities and I haven't
got a home. I just knock about and
see all there Is to be seen and mix with
all sorts Of dogs and folks. l eat at
any old time, and / eat all the outland-
ish stuff or the market. And then I've
got genius enough to knock all the
other dogs I meet. I know lots Of
things you wouldn't think I knew. But
somehow / can't get much more than
a few bones and n poor bed for 1t all.
I'm a Bohemian. all right, and I'm just
waiting for some n to come along
and appreciate me. You might show
me how to promote this idea"
about all the genius that amt busy
Is In Bohemia. OF course genius don't
always eat like other folks, but for all
that the Bohemian Is n good fellow.
Every n used to enjoy buying him
a glass of beer, and 1t was a real pleas
ure to see him eat q handout with 1t,
just as If 1t were a bit Of dellcatessen
or some high-priced hand-picked food.
You cant pinch a real Bohemian any
where. but what you'll squeeze out n
little information, more especially IL
you pinch him in the artistic parts. He
don't look any more like an esthetic
than you do, Jack, but he Is esthetic
to the core. When you find the real
Bohemian you are in luck If he will
let you hand him n big piece of money
for a little piece of work. One thing
makes me think you are only n tramp
with a ~high-sounding title Is the fact
that you are really and earnestly look.
ing for n job. Dogs are just like
folks. Jack, once they get the Bohe-
milan habit they don't want to get
cured, at least they never go hunting
for medicine.
"Oh, l amt so stuck on getting a
job that I'll take anything that comes
along. You have got to show me some
thing pretty good, and the folks that
get me have got to understand that l
am just a little eccentric. l cant
bear to be interfered with. I've got to
have by own way or / make trouble. l
don't exactly have to have a new job.
and maybe II I got a good n I
wouldn't keep 1t long. What I really
crave just now is a change"
"Just what I thought. You wouldn't
keep a steady job If yoS had one. You
would Don be back to the free-and-
easy life Of the alley. Men get a kind
of bulging genius sometimes that
cracks their heads. Then they become
number two Bohemians and there they
stick until they get to be old enough
to be picked up by some good aunt,
who is herself old enough to appre-
ciate the eccentrlcities Of genius. AS
long as you a outmaneuver the dog
catcher, Jack, and can work your
genius for a bone and a bed, you'll
stick to the Joys Of the alley. Perhaps
when you get to be old some one will
let you lie around their place and tell
their friends what n great dog you
might have been. Dogs and folks are
pretty much alike. They get to think
ing they have qualities, and then they
persuade themselves It's a fine thing
to be as free as air and uneasy as a
bird, without a steady eating place
or a regular bed. You've got the
habit all right, Jack, and you won't
be suited AWAY from the alley and the
alley life. You are too young for a
change"