Show The Sandman Story FOR TONIGHT WHO LAUGHED LAST It Is too bad the way you ou have havo to work said Mr Fox one night to Mr l Dog Dol who wits was chained to his doghouse an and besides s that your master It il seems doea does not trust you either for hero you OU are chained up while whilo I am free freo and ablo able to run about over o tho world as I like Mr Dog Dos began beJan to feel rather sad for ho he did like not being being- chained up upal at al all but ho he knew h ho he would not bo chained If he had not run mn away tho the night before beCore and let Mr Ir Fox cUr carry awn away two fat tat ducks but hut this ho did not wish Mr Ir Fox to know of ot course so he ho said he h-c did think ho he ha had a pretty prett hard hanl time Of or course you do do my nu friend said ald Mr Fox who made mado sure suro Mr r. Do Dog was 18 chained before ho he called calle him him his friend rien Of course coure you aro are badly use used and what that do you ou get for Cor barking and chasing me Vh Why only a bone and a place to sleep p pow Now ow If Ir 1 I were you ou the tho next time I was unchained I would run awa away Como Come alon along Into the woods wO ds and live 1 with mo me anti and my friends I am suro sure you OU would soon regret you ou ever o chased or bothered us Mr Dog forgot to bark as he should have ha done nn and warn Mr rr Man Ian that Mr Fox was about an and so o tho the next morning Mr Man Ian scolded ed him as ho he unfastened the thc chain and showed him the Uta leathers feathers of ot the h hen n that lint Mr r Fox Pox had caught for tor his breakfast t Mr Dog felt elt pretty cro cross and unhappy unhappy un un- un- un happy ton too and off ort he trotted down I the road and went Into the woods I will live hive In here with Mr rr Fox nn and his Ills friends h hp he said He lIt Is right I 1 Iam Iam am not treated well we by Mr l Man When he knocked at al tho the door of Mr Fox instead ad of or being Invited 1 In Ina Inas Inas a as he had expected to be lie Mr I. I Fox ox put lint his head out of oC tho the window and andI asked I ked him hl to come corne In through h the thc cel cel- lar Maybe Maybn that Is the he way the they do tin In Inthe Inthe inthe the woods thought ht Mr Ir Do Dog They u use e the tho back lck door for the front So ho he went around and Mr l Fox called and he would right In to him to go So bo be down soon Then Mr Ir Dog Dol heard the tho door close and tho the bolt holt was fastened with a 11 bang banE on tho the outside and anti then Mr Ir boas Foxs ox s voice olee called to him Now Mr It Do Dog wo we have havo you OU you cannot bother bolher us Mr r. Rabbit wants the new beet heet lops and green things s In tn Mr Mans Man's garden harden and Mr r Coon antI and I want the young fowls Think It over ovel You can cun bark hark your our head off no off no one will wl hear you you ou Mr Mt Dog had been unhappy before but now he was more moro so and very Yen angry angry- besides for outside he could hear Mr Ir Fox and antl his friends laughing laughIng laughIng laugh- laugh Ing and anti talking about the tho feast the they were to tn have havo and hero ho was locked up an and no one ono to warn Mr Man lIon Mr 11 Dog Don began nn to think about what a n. good home he had had an and how he hail had neglected his duty Of or cou course c Mr Man Inn blamed me he said ald lie Ho has ions enough to do o to work on the farm and that was why he ho got hot me 1000 to tp help If Ir over I get Iet out Ill I'll teach all tho thou animals that bother other the tha around vaster master r that they cant can't come como e where I live t Mr 11 Do Dos Dog began to scratch and antl dip dig and pretty soon he saw sate tho the light for fot Mr oIl Fox had not thought of or his doing doIn doIng do- do In Ing that and hall hail left an old entrance only partly filled Mr Do Dog dug his way war out an and he heran heran heran ran for homo faster than over he hoe had run In his life anti an when ho reached thy farm there W was 8 Mr It Fox ox creeping around the back hack of or the l barn arn Mr 11 Dog pounced upon him with a aloud aloud loud cr cry which brought out nut the farmer furmer with his gun sun but because Mr Dog Do had hall such a good hold on Mr Ir Fox the farmer did not shoot him but told Mr fir IJ Dog DoS to hold on until he hc got a aLo J Lo box They shut Mr Fox up In a pen pon with a wire front and every day Mr Dos Dog Jumped and barked In front of it It Il and tol told Mr 11 Fox what a hard time ho he must have ha that being shut up i iwas iwas was much wor worse e than being chained up because o ho was onto shut up ina In tn Ina I Ia a cellar and J knew new all about It I Mr Ir Fox would look fierce and sho show his Ills teeth and then ho he would tell Mr Ir Dog DoS that he ho was ea easy to fool or elsa ho would not have walked Into his hl- cellar Then Mr Do Dog would bark and sa say Tho The last Jast laugh laush Is the best laugh Mr 11 Fox and I have the tho last one Dont bo ho too sure Mr Fox replied re re- re plied Ar And tl d then ono one morning Mr tr Fox was gone Jonc and Mr Ir Dog DoS knew what ho he meant but Lut he never saw him again for fOl Mr Dog DoS became so watchful that Mr Man lan dl did not chain him at night an and no DO fox COX ever dared ared come near the farm Copyright 19 1919 9 by McClure Newspaper Newspaper News News- I paper Syndicate New lew York City |