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Show ! Two Q teor Fi le ids. "Doc'' and "cpnt" are cerlalply ns odd a pair of cbiliii? na one woo d wish to 8co. Di e. 1.4 n big fut Kiinder and Hpot. Is a lazy, old couch dog, both ne-lug ne-lug owned hy .Mr Fred Mard of Sioux City, Iowa. It. ib bee i use Duo win-, ru.ir d with Spot for his onlv compati-Inn. compati-Inn. except a 1 1 loud of chickens, slnnn Im was a fuizy go-dlng, that thu two are such fast friends that when Spot tfoig hcoiirlng Ihe iilley for stray Mis of r- oil Doc wiuldles cIosh at Ins heels and (-quins beside thu old dog when Spot mows tin d and sireiubes out in the sun for n imp. Doc was hatched ivlih a (I' zen little chick, iiiit tu.s alwnys shown a strong dl.nlke for other fowls nnd al-o for all (b gs but Spot. When a tramp cnnlne conies sneaking nbnut I he premises I)nc tiles lino a rniie. Oni don fell n-deep on lb- sidewalk ami Doc dlljlil his lull lu Ids Mil and gave ll a vicious bile. Hut Doo is n gny old gananr and lakes duduht. xniuelliues In iilpplnn the tail or bis chum. Tho gumb r walls patiently null, the stiff old dog fabs "sleep ami begins to snore, and then Doe quietly grabs tl.u tip of Spot's tall with bis broad bill and pliiebu-iHO haitl that the dog wikis with a slanted yelp. Due seems iltiiluh ed mid uurtes bis neck and calls "lloyoukl" hi tlm top otitis v Ice. liu does this tnck over and over auaiii. Doc has many fi lends among the children mid allows them to drai? him around by tlm leu. seeiui. g to enj y th' Joke us much at they. When tired of pl-O'lng wiih Spot ho dc voles ;t attention at-tention to Ihu children In the block j anil follows llein Miiiiind as bo.it he can. When ih-y ht playing "hid mid seek" Doc becomes such a uuls inn thai he Is tied by oi)c (eg to a tic, mr when the children run for hlddiiu places Doe waddles fast in he can after them; Inn he is so slow that when 'it" has counted 100 Dm is not yet out of sight, nnd it" only has to follow him to find (lie children. Of late Don has been kppt nprj-'oncr. (lo has Brown to fond of bear. If. had b come a eusioio w ith Inmio walk lino a neighboring salnuu. c iuk his ho.id.on one Hldu and call "Jlo-ynnk" al the b'irlendcr and keep ll up tinlll n k1iis of beer wns set down before htm Having Hav-ing siilihflid his thirst he womd go (task In the sun. Twogbi'sis or beer made Doc tipsy, nnd that he ink'ht not lose. Ids good n puta lou, Mr, Hard de-Cdetlto de-Cdetlto take tenipiallon out of Ids way and li ck him bun a entail yard. A showman offered $.15 for this gander, |