Evening star., 1926-06-06
This and That
By Charles E. Troceueu.

Bozo and Dozo, cats, have little
regard for the wit of Coco dog, since
they outguessed him SO neatly one
| day last week.
Coco. according to Bozo and Dozo.
| is little better than a. mechanism on
four legs. run by chemical processes
which at no time attain the dignity OF
being termed brain power.
1t happened in this way: Coco was
standing on his terrace, looking the
| landscape over, when he espied the
| two cats comfortably seated in a. back
yard.
Now if there is any sight in the
world that arouses the ire Of a dog
it is that of a comfortable cat. Cats.
from the canine standpoint. were put
into the world to worry dogs.
Cats-if you should listen to Coco
are good for nothing in the world
but TO cause him. Coco. any amount
of trouble and perturbation.
1t is impossible to see one of the
sly creatures. SO sleek, so comfortable
| looking, without being aroused to re-
sentiment.
Is not. Coco might SAYS not the
ideal of life the 'peppy," high-strung
| dog, the creature of mettle, of dash
| and. vim?
Certainly it is, fellow dogs-and let
| :.
not even excepting our friend and
master. Man. has as much vitality. as
much push, as much go" as the dog.
| (BarkS.)
| Let us therefore, fellow dogs, cx
terminate every reprehensible cat
| that comes in our way. tremendous
| barks.)
! In the meantime, Bozo and Dozo,
the one a black cat the other light
| gray and white, sat at their ease in
the back yard, keeping a wary eye in
the direction of Coco, their ears
| pricked up.
THE smell of that creature is often
sive,' declared Bozo, with high
disdain.
His habits are uncleanly," added
Dozo.
| He hasn't as much brains as a
bumblebee,' smiled Bozo.
| IAN ant is a Master Mind compared
to that fellow" grinned his COM
panion.
Shortly he will begin to bark"
went on the first cat, land then he
will start running this way. He thinks
he can run, too. OF course. his long
legs do fan the air considerably, but
have never experienced any diff
Guilty in getting away from him."
| Watch out. Bozo,' purred Dozo,
| switching his white tail. He is wind
ing up
| Sure enough, Gozo had made up his
mind to start. Barking tremendously.
the Airedale cut across the terrace in
two leaps, and in two more was at
the gate.
| Bozo and Dozo, however, were swift
err than he. The cats leaped the Iowt
dividing fence of wire. and cut down
the path next door. past the climbing
rosebushes which hid them from the
sight Of Coco.
| GUS state of excitement. The short
dash had whetted his appetite for cat
chops for dinner. With bound he
| crossed the yard to the fence, oyer
which he had seen the cats disappear.
| "Woof. Woof! Woof"' he barked.
| Coco stood on his hind legs, fore, =
paws on vine-clad fence. i taEf
| Thorns pricked through his tough!
pads. but he did not regard their
| hurt. Where were those cats? sGN.
and down the path he looked in yaiRs
! Now what could have become Of
those cats? -.tis.l,. = -
| The truth Of the situation was THAI !.
while Coco had been bounding across
the yard Bozo and Dozo had sneaked
out the back gate and had crossed
the alley to safety .a7 ~
| Every one but Coco could see the
| tip of DoZo's tail at one side OF a
small hole in the high board fence,
Squarely inside the hole crouchedo
Bozo. his yellow eyes cleaning asd
Even if Coco could have conlpre1
hended their maneuver. the two 'catso
knew that he neither could get OVER
that fence nor through that hole. Wis