Show I 1 HOW PUP SAVED MISTRESS I 1 by 0 MAYFIELD rex M he was just an ordinary dog with no pedigree who his parents were or where he was born he never in quiren As far back as he could re member he had slept in the coal shed from which he occasionally came forth at night to bay at the moon or an awer the call of some other dog in the neighborhood his name was pup just plain pup once a little girl called him puppy and he was so surprised at her kind ness that he licked her hand and she ran away screaming after that he never heard the pet name puppy again pup s occupation was chasing the ens out of the back yard and watching for crusts ot bread to be thrown out occasionally he got a bit of meat or a bone from the kitch en and then he was very happy and would wag his tail as he gnawed the gristle several times the dog man tried to catch pup but pup was a wise little dog and always got away and took refuge in the coal shed then he would peep through the cracks and bark and growl at the dog man no one seemed to care whether the dog man caught pup or not it he had a real friend he did not know it that is until something happened this something changed the entire course of PUD s life one night just as pup went to the coal shed door to bay at the moon he saw a bright light up near the roof of the house where the lady lived who fed him crusts of bread and gave him old bones at first pup thought it was a star but no it could not be a star it was too big and then there was smoke suddenly pup un der stood the house was on fire bowwow bowwow bowwow barked pup but no one answered bis call it he was heard it was only thought he was baying at the moon this will never do said pup to himself the kind lady who gives bing bangi baingi me bread crusts and old bones mus be awakened or she will be burned to beath I 1 must do more than bow wow higher and higher the flames crept up the cornice then the shingles caught and it was apparent to pup that it he was to save the kind lady who had given him bread crusts and oli bones he must act quickly first he tried barking and then howling at the kitchen door next he barked and then howled at the windows still there was no re by this time the entire roof of the east wing of the house was ablaze and the flames were eating their way toward the section of the big structure just plain pup in which the kind lady who gave pup bread crusts and old bones lived pup was in despair all at once he thought of the front door bell he had seen the kind lady s friends pull the knob when they called and why not hea bing bang bing wee the bell pup holding the knocker in his mouth the while and listening tor the ap of footsteps it seemed an age although it was a very short time before pup heard the voice of the kind lady who had given him bread crusts and old bones call down the stairs who s therea its me yelped back pup come quick hurry the kind lad who had given pup bread crusts and old bones recognize rec ing his voice opened the door and looked out excuse me for interrupting your sleep said pup with a low bow but the whole rear of the house Is on alre mercy screamed the kind lady who had given pup bread crusts and old bones just then the firemen came and as the flames spread more and more the kind lady who had given pup bread crusts and old bones clutched from the hall rack an opera cloak and en ve loping herself in it she and pup watched the firemen as they worked and when they had finished their la bors all they had saved was the ground on which the house once stood but the kind lady who had given pup bread crusts and old bones was wealthy and she did not care a great deal for the loss in fact she was a wise woman and carried heavy insurance and within a few weeks a new house stood where the old one went down nor was the new house all that was built out in the rear yard was erect ed one of the finest dog houses in the world it was a model dog house throughout and on the front door plate was engraved on a allver bar the only name the master had ever known pup |