Evening star., 1926-06-06
They Had Decided the Troublesome Pup
Was the Last One They Would Ever Have
BY NINA WILCOX PUTNAM.

A S the famous Chinese philoso.
~ pher, Confuseus, once said,
"A LET every dog have his day,
4 4 but confound him when he
barks at night"
And what wise Chinese f1recracker
the old bird was certainly come home
TO I and George, that's my husband.
that time not long ago when Joe Bush
of the Hawthorne Club give us pup.
When the suggestion come up, over
the phone and the hound, at first none
OF us wanted it. Not much. says
George, there can't nobody ever take
old Towser's place, no sir! And says.
well, If you thought such a lot OF
Towser, why and the world did you
have him killed for?
Geo. says say listen, you know as
after he caught the measles! And l
says, we'll, always thought, myself
it was the pip he had, no, L guess
nobody could take his place, the place
on the best sofa, especially, I'd see to
that, seems to me I used to spend the
most Of my time chasing him off of it.
Hot Bozo! no more dogs around this
house, not if know it. You just call
up Joe Bush this very moment and
tell him nothing doing.
SO Geo. called up the hawthorne
Club and he says. say old man. I'm
awfully sorry, but we can't possibly
take that dog, mighty nice of you to
offer it, but I don't see how we could
use it. so don't under any circum-
stances bring it. So Joe Bush brought
the dog right around and says its
mighty nice of YOU folks to take the
pup. certainly appreciate 1t. l know
YOU will enjoy him, he's a nice little
Teller, thoroughbred F'itzoften, with
n real pedigree. it's a Alsatian police
dog, it has a long police record. Any
WAYS, he's worth about two hundred
and fifty bucks and I paid out two
dollars cash money for him. Every
body tells me he is a splendid speci-
men, I thank you.
And with which remarks Joe Bush
left us fat, and honest, ! hadder admit
that pup was just too cute. He wasn't
over three mons. old. and anybody
could tell what a fine police dog he
was. why he already had regular
prison stripes on his tail and dark
blue coat.
Everybody remarked about that
coat, especially when 1 put it OH him.
Even Geo. weakened when he seen the
pooch and the pooch smelled of his
hand. Say, Jennie. says Geo, that's
a mighty fine dog, I shouldn't wonder
IL he grew up to be champion. | am
quite proud to have a dog worth three
hundred dollars. that's the right kind
to have, see, he knows me already.
Well. he knows me best, 1 says.
Just lookit them cute clumsy paws.
will you, and those eyes, he's crazy
about me, anyone can tell he's very
intelligent! And just about then in
come Junior, and he was delighted.
He let out a howl. in fact. VIII he
bite. Ma? says Junior, and I says no,
l,@,, rx-l; fD,N lnx
pat the nice doggie. dear, YOU got
to be friends with him. and take good
care of him. He Is a very valuable
dog. he's worth three hundred and
fifty dollars.
Leave him bite YOU a little sos
he'll know you. dear
X :. x X
GO Junior let the cute little darling
~ take a lick of him. and honest
my heart just melted TO see the way
he took to Junior even after he had
the boys hand licked clean. Hes my
dog. amt he, Ma? SAYS Junior I'm
conner take all the care of him, Ma.
Pm conner teach him tricks and
everything. What's his name. Ma?
Well. then the fight started. He
amt got any name yet l says. but
we ought to think UP a good orig
inal name for him. something diff
ferent and distinguished. think Cap
would be a good name. And Geo.
at once says nonsense, he's a. police
dog, we ought to call him some dig
nified name like Herr Sauerkraut III.
or Wasislose. he's too expensive a
pup for a cheap name like Cap.
And I says but maybe he don't
speak German, Joe Bush claimed he
was Alsatian. Think of some AL
satan name! But Geo. couldn't think