Show THE SANDS SANDi STORIE STORIES Rover and the Ol Old Rover Dog was asleep b b J kitchen stove dreaming that dog was trying to get a b from him when the tall clod clo struck 10 so loudly that RoY Hoyt up with a bark thinking ui th had really taken his bone AYou A You make a great deal of nothing it seems to me Ol OJ snapped Rover You coutt coull time of ot day quietly just banging it out and scaring a their wits 1 Come to think of It I I c cj t that you are of ot much use n be tOld w V We Ve do not need to time to eat our dinner dinn r. r It As soon as it could the y answered A lot you you lazy fellow going to al J you are tired and having j j 1 J pu put t on a plate ready for YOUr your t tHere c Here I am working day daya w l never rest for a minute or orIf orIf x I If I did I guess you would how important I am around L LYou you would not get your break ner or supper on time It is I that awakens the thell I Iby by my loud striking It is isI is-Il l the farmers farmer's wife it is time timet t tU tUner ner ncr and supper too I think if you stopped v vall all eat just the same I heard mistress saying the that you caught all the duj kitchen and she had to wipe twice a day so you see she Q are more bother than you aj ai lC Why dont don't you keep quiet f and give sive us all a rest from yr ticking and striking 14 I will replied the stopped ticking and all wass was st put his nose between his P pa N j dozed off again About an hour after the I wife looked into the kitchen kitchen- 1 clock Only 20 minutes past pastS said It is too early to I I will work upstairs a while Rover had jumped up when was opened by his mistress knew it was getting near t to tc l I time because he was hungry hungry a she went away he was some someS r j I so he went to the door and w w Keep quiet Rover called tress you cannot be hungry time of day So R Rover ver cr pt pl the stove again but he was to toto tocto toe toc to sleep He looked up at th tb thIt It was still but Rover though thought of the jolly moon man moon man at smiled broader than usual I By and b by the farmers farmer's wit back again and looked at tl iq I Goodness me me she ping her broom and running clock I do believe it has st std I never did such a thing before betor She started the old clock I and just then in came the ta fa far I his dinner Why it is nearl neal time he said Where is isner th ner Quickly the hands were m the right time and the Old Clodas Clod c cas as loudly as ever evere We e could house without the Old Clock i farmer I must have some someI I at it right away JH Just th then n the clock I seemed to Rover that it bans bani ban the hour louder than ever b bu bli I standing b by his mistress beg his dinner had decided that t th was important after all though thong not intend it should know wl wI thought and out of ot the kitch kitchen t tas as soon as he had finished eating But the Old Clock always I louder when Rover was about abou it caught him asleep it banged I hour making Rover Hover jump jumpstart upstart up start but he never once spoke again for he knew w he would HiI h Hi admit it really was a very verY veryl article I Copyright 1 1021 21 by the McClure Ne Net Syndicate New York City |