Show u Little Jo the Newsboy t Litle te t Little Jo put his head cautious through the halfopened door at the cIty dispensary yesterday morning and looefl about in a scared sort of way says the l I GlobeDemocra Little Jo is the Fur I i Courts newsboy lie pushed the door open wider and hobbled in as well as his one i leg and crutch woud allow Then he held I the door to allow a shaggy little dog I all the more disreputable looking because he was wet with the mornings I rain to j h girhr i limp l in after him The dog was on three I legs and was about as scared looking I as Little Jo Dr Newcomb was on duty i at the time To him Little Jo went tme Please doctor fix up my dog Hes I hurt his foot Is he your dog asked Dr Newcomb Nosslr I reckon he aint nobodys dog but hes hurted just the same An ef voull fix him up Ill take him home till he gets well DA Newcomb doesnt operate on canines ca-nines as a rule In fact this was his first case but Little Jos tearfilled eyes made him consent The dog was lifted on to the doctors lap and an examination showed Its right toreleg was broken Dr New comb set it bound it In splints and then wrapped the member in flannel All this timo the do never made a sound except to whine when the broken bone was pulled i into place He seemed to know that what I was going on even If he didnt understand i i was for his own benefit Dr Newcomb put him down on the floor and he gave thanks the only way he knew how by I wagging his tail But Little Jo had amore a-more substantial reward to offer the doctor than that He pulled out a dirty j little book and a stub pencil Then he I laboriously spelled out the doctors name I and wrote clown in Irregular characters i haint doctor he I I Jot no money said but Ill bring you a paper every I day Much obliged doctor and with tht i the two cripples the boy with his crutch i i and the dog with his foot In splint limped out into the rain I |