Show MY DOG FRIEND v vIm Im I'm talking about a dog He was Just cur white and lazy but he was all aU smiles and friendly all the time I was walking along the other morning about 2 o'clock away out on Stout when he came across the street and wag wagged ed a Howdy at me I was lonesome so I welcomed his salutation I stopped and petted him That was enough enough he he be became became became be- be came my mv fast friend and escort then and there Together we walked downtown he coming back to me every few tew rods to dispel the loneliness with a few wags of his stubby tail tall Here and there we came tl upon other dogs b but he paid little e attention atten atten- tion to them m mOglie Oglie He had la taken Ad Adu u upon h himself 1 the task a o of keeping g gw me se set company fg t og lonely el walk and he w was t true to It Once l. l near Twenty ninth street a cat crossed out path He looked at It It longingly l for a moment o t. t Then oft he remembered e e b his f duty and abandoned all desire to chase the cat coming back to me with another wag- wag smile All the way downtown and up to the Shirley Annex we walked There we had to part and after petting patting him a awhile while and receiving In return the wagging friendship of ot a stray own ownerless cur I stepped Inside and shut the thedoor door In his face He whined a little and tried to scratch the door open It wouldn't re respond respond re- re spond to his clawing so after atter a last whine he slowly ambled up the street I ste stepped ed to the door and watched him He went Into an automobile garage feet toward Sixteenth avenue I watched a little while longer Five minutes later a big handsome auto came out of the garage On one front seat was the driver er on the other was my canine friend sitting on au his h haunches still smiling He was Just common cur friendly and lazy but he treated me right If It the dog catcher gets hold of such an animal he can got get the price of ot his life and freedom freedom free free- dom by calling on me Bide me-Bide Bide Dudley In Denver Post S 'S |