Show The Sandman Story I FOR TONIGHT Dog Family and ant d Topsy Cat Topsy Cat was a very ery bothersome creature to the Doggie family living jiving nearby She was always alwa's finding some way to bother the Doggies Doggies Doggies Dog Dog- gies for Topsy did Hot t care are at all tot for well behaved people she wOt would d rUn over In Mrs Doggies Doggie's flower garden and rollin roll rollin in the catnip bed crushing the pretty retty flowers Mrs Doggie had taken such care of or and th then Ji Mr Doggie would chase her which was what Topsy wanted Over the fence she would spring and Mr Doggie would bark for he wits vas too big t to jump the high fen fence e and Topsy knew It and there she would sit and I laugh and hum hump her back while Mr Doggie Would oula almost lm st bark bIrl his head Id off One ona day while ro Topsy S Sva va Sva sitting by the fence In the sun she saw a a. sight which filled her with so much envy that her het eyes turned green grett and thatis that is 11 where the s-re s green eyed eyed n-eyed cats come from I expect they are arc relatives of lops 1 s There was Mrs Doggie in a brand new dress of plaid silk e green greeh and amI yellow trimmed with red aher her bonnet bon bon- net was pink with waving blue feathers feath feath- I ers and nd a ribbon of black tied under her chin and she carried a red I parasol par ol Mr l Doggie wore a plaid suit and anda n a tile hat while little mUe Doggie wore Vote 3 a 3 spick-and-span spick suit bf Of white with witha i a cap ap to match Now why should they have good clothes lothes and I have none thought ropsy Topsy h her r eyes growing greener every ery minute f lOt would not care a pin about all the other fine things but I vt would uld I dearly Jearly love to have that red parasol Topsy got up and stretched herself herselt whisked her tail about and ami ah then she jumped the fen fence fento o and disappeared on onh I he the h other side of It The Doggie family walked walled on Very I dignified and proud but it turned the tho corner its manner changed for lor or there right In front of it was Topsy rOpsy with her back humped and andler her ler tail tall all bristling Her eyes flashed and she hissed in he most aggravating manner It vas was too much for even the dignified toggle Doggie family to bear It forgot all allis ts is fine tine clothes and chased Topsy Around the corner cornel went Topsy and after tet her all three Doggies up and down own lown through the town they went I And then Topsy went over a high fence and It wa Va That Is the chase haM was ended but Topsy kept right on running for had she not seen as its she looked back on once e the he red parasol on the ground where Mrs Doggie had dropped It In hl her hurry The Tho Doggie family was sorrowfully walking to Its home hOlne In fine clothes ho longer but all an mud all mud and torn when I Mrs Mm Doggie happened to look looi up and I there on the top of a fence before her hershe hershe she saw her red parasol Oh she screamed my parasol Slowly the red parasol was raised and then the top of a black head was seen then a pair of green eyes not as as green as they had been though thou but still sUII green It was Topsy of course with Mrs l Doggies Doggie's parasol Mrs Doggie began to bark Mr Doggie began to barkand barkand bark barkand and little tittle Doggie began to bark barl and before Topsy knew it all the tho dogs for fora a mile around were there It was no Ul use I she he must drop the red parasol and run tun for tor her life lite and she he know knew she aha could escape If It she did not have the parasol so she tumbled it over the fence where they could could all see It and ran along the top to toa toa I a shed and up on the roof to a tree Down the tree she went and was soon Boon safe sate In her own home where she laughed and laughed to think how she had spoiled the Doggies' Doggies fine clothes clothe and also alo had a nice time sitting Sitting sitting sit Sit- ting on the fence with the red parasol over her hes head Holding the tho tip of her tall tail In one paw and with the other held over her head Topsy began to d dance nce Round and around she whirled singing as she danced and as aR the fire light from the f fireplace ire P la Ce e fell fen on her shining black coat Topsy knew she did not need a red parasol to set off hp her good looks COI Copyright rl ht 1919 by the McClure Newspaper Newspaper News News- I paper pape Syndicate r New ew York CIt City |