Show l v I a THE LIFELIKE COUPLE China Cat va was so big and lifelike Ht that she had hd fooled more than one person as she sat on the porch and j i she was very proud of or the fact i I The playroom toys had listened many times to her and how i ji she was the most lifelike of or all the t I toys so that when one day big BullI Bulldog Bull Bull- I dog with little wheels you ou could see I f under his feet reet came to live in the I 1 playroom the toys were rather glad I For or little Bulldog was very lifelike 1 I too and he would tell how he had been taken for a real live puppy which made China Cat hump ler backwith back with anger j I I can cannot ot understand she would say how anyone anone who ever saw v a aI al areal l I real dog could be fooled by you ouI ou Why you are not as large as a real I dog I Then little Bulldog would snap at atI ather ather I her and tell her his coat was made madeI from the skin of ot a real dog dOJ while I sl she e was only made of ot china like I dl dishes hes Every night when the clock struck I Ithe I the hour of or midnight the toys toys' knew i there would be a quarrel between I China Cat and little Bulldog but buti butone i lone one night It came to an end and andI j I peace reigned In the playroom ever everatter after atter I It happened that little Bulldog had been left one nl night ht standing on the I she shelf in the playroom right over the fireplace and China Cat who dearly loved to be near the fire had been I put in front of ot the fireplace and left there Bv n nand and b by Just as the last stroke I of or the hall clock sounded little Bulldog Bulldog Bull Bull- dog pricked up his ears and looked I about and right under him sat hIsen his en enemy my I He had never before had the advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of ot China Cat and now he heI j I decided that once and for all time Ume he heI would punish her for tor all her unkind I treatment It may have been ben the auto that was wasI I passing outside the house th that t Jarred him but the toys toS who were looking I say he Jumped right off ott the she shelf and down he came camo on China Cats Cat's hack tipping her over on the brick hearth Little Dull Bulldog dog landed on his feet flet but with such force that he broke one leg and when the excitement was waR over poor China Cat it was found had one front paw broken There they were found the next morning by their little mistress who was sure they y had quarreled and to tonu nu them after atter she he had taken I them to the hospital for broken toys and had them m mended nd d. d she laid China I Cat and little Bulldog on the she shelf sid by side until the they were wre quite I well 1 It was several days before they could be stood on their Injured le legs s I and by that time they had become such good s friends that tha they never quarreled again I It Is js' js funny that thA t t t o lI two had Ito I to get et hurt before they thy could be bei I friends said r Teddy Bear Dear to Bunny Rabbit one night I I I 1 eXIl expert rt they got ot acquainted while they were petting getting well said Bunny I The They quarreled so much before that I I I they did not have time to find out how sill silly It was for two nice creatures s 1 I to quarrel I hope he dont don't pick lc on me now ow he has made up with China Ct Cat Little r did not bother any I of or the tOYs II IT and China Cat be became became be- be came so fond of ot each other that th v vI I pot Jot married and lived In one corner comer or of the playroom and both thou thought ht It I waR was a very proper match because sold said China Cat we are the most I lifelike toys In the playroom I II I Copyright ht 1919 by he the Newspaper Newspaper News- News j I paper Syndicate New York City |