Show A A A A 0 0 ii 0 TAKING CARE OF BOB by ELLA CYGAN amy said mid began the girl who bo likes to talk that bob was gentle as a kitten and so BO affectionate that is contrast a pair ot of love birds were pet rifled images of 0 heartlessness she said many other things too over the telephone about the bull terrier that in a misguided moment they purchased some time ago but that was because she was trying to make me think I 1 was crazy to have him while she and her husband went to panama 1 I was to pass a few days with her and get acquainted with the paragon of dogs amy said that she always felt elt perfectly sate safe with bob in the Cirt apartment ment he would chew up any burglar who appeared on the way over I 1 grew rather worried wondering I 1 wilether whether dob bob was clever enough to distinguish b between a caller who was a burglar and a caller who then I 1 recalled bobs gentleness and took heart hearl when the front door was opened I 1 thought the end had come something huge and white tell fell across the hall table and stepping all over me attempted to climb on my shoulder and perche there I 1 screamed faintly and wondered if the pasteur treatment hurt much then I 1 was conscious of amys voice hos hes so affectionate said amy in a proud voice 1 I never knew him to take such an instant liking to any one before ile he realizes that you love dogs I 1 am sure IM ila crazy about them I 1 assured her as I 1 In trenched myself behind two chairs and a davenport however I 1 dont care for these aerial effects myself cant he keep his feet on the ground amy looked hurt and said she bhe should have thought that I 1 would appreciate prec preci ate tate a dumb animals fondness tor for meshe was waa interrupted by bobs giving an exhibition of his dumbness when he saw the postman out ot of the window dashing at the glass at IL a speed of 60 miles an i hour he let out a roar that shook shock the apartment then he turned and wagged his tall and twinkled his eyes I 1 think these dogs greatly enjoy life it must be one fine to feel that you can make the ibe whole universe bow to the ground and climb trees lf you wriggle your chin or flop at a er 1 I unpacked my suitcase neatly and then when I 1 went to dress tor for dinner I 1 found that bob had eaten the heels off my evening slippers its the funniest run niest thing amy said bald enghu enthusiastically call jr when I 1 walled out the trouble tro oble that dog always has ha luid had the most insane fondness nesa tor for shoe sho heels we have a decent aboe la in the house bouse when we first got him ho he Is so intelligent when bob was taken out of doors it was with as many precautions as though he be were a man eating tiger for my part I 1 would as soon sally forth with the jungle beast as with that animal he had a harness on of battleship leather well they have battleship linoleum anyhow and snapped to that was a leash with a loop to go over your wrist and then you had a whip 1 I felt as though the band was going to play as I 1 entered the sawdust ing when I 1 took dob bob outdoors that day ile he shot up the street instantly and as it was slippery I 1 hung on and slid did shrieking at him to stop pretending it was a game that diabolical animal merely tore on whisking me around a corner into a perambulator but maybe I 1 crawled under anyhow I 1 was wa halt a block ahead before the nurse had picked herself up from the ground and bob was so impetuous that I 1 return to inquire it might have been all right it if ha be seen a cat amy said after ward reproachfully that I 1 have allowed him to see a cat however she did not say whether I 1 should have run in front of bob and held my hands over hla his eyes or chlo ro formed him till the cat had strolled by it if I 1 had fancied up to now that bob had been hastening I 1 was mistaken ile he had been dawdling but when he saw baw that cat he be turned birned on full speed all I 1 remember Is hurtling through the air hanging to the leash tor for dear life tor for amy had cautioned me that I 1 hid had the safety of the public in my hands and so I 1 dared not let go dob bob spread himself low over the ground and just ate up the distance we chased that cat down the street then through an alley and then whizzed up the steps of a big house just as the front door opened and a perfectly lovely man emerged attired for an afternoon wedding or a tea fight 1 I let dob bob go then because I 1 tell fell over the top step tea fight man after rising from where he had been tossed by bob picked me up there were awful sounds of riot from inside the house where dob bob had treed the cat on IL a mantel it really was an unusual situation ile he to Is such an intelligent dog I 1 stuttered and so go affectionate the rho tea fight man actually grinned 1 owned a terrier lonce myself fl he confided understandingly kly just then bob dashed out and climbed into my lap with his mu muddy addy paws just as though he was not something slightly less les than a young hippopotamus laying his huge head on my shoulder he sighed contentedly as aa though he be haddad a very ale pleasant afternoon indeed oh yes ye r im going to take him while amy li Is away I 1 think a 6 climent aL will do me |