Show T IT ih st v fair fairy y tal balg ilary nary grahast Gra liania B bonnar 0 n n 4 NIPS DIRT nip a little fox terrier dog with tile lie sweetest of expressions and the most friendly of natures ile he hod had not been teased when lie ho was it puppy oud and it la Is only when a fox terrier Is 18 ceased ns as it a puppy that lie ile becomes cross when lie Is older nip NII was still a little tog dog and lie ho WAS still almost a puppy ho was getting go eting a little more grownup grown up each day but tie lie was ans still apt to have times when lie felt just like the and most playful of puppies slid and would think of the most things to do 10 now every so often nip was riven given a hall bath he did not mind ills his bath us as lie was bathed without any rought roughness less and lie always enjoyed the beautiful rubbing lie was given it made billil foci fee so pleasantly aftel it was all over nut but if people took the time to bathe film ho ili took tile the time letting himself be bathed sometimes they would may any in such n sad almost workout tone oil 01 nip there you are all dirty again and I 1 only took tile the time yesterday to batho bathe you it was wag right after one of these most beautiful baths ballis though that nip had sit an idea it was not the idea to have at just hat time but nip was not one to consider the right time ile he thought time was waa made to bo be enjoyed as aa one thought of things to do lie he would not say to himself now tomorrow nt at four thirty in the afternoon I 1 will take a walk and then alg for a bone I 1 have hidden and then take a sleep ile he would do things right away at the time as they came to ills hla little dog mind so after the most perfect of baths when lie he was just as aa clean as clean could be and had been dried off with a fine heary heafy towel and then had find been given a isun bath lie he decided he would like kike to ti play ile he had a number of different play matea and some of them were grander than others but nip was not f fussy assy ussy he was wa above anything foolish such as snobbishness bish ness a the friend was always finding mud even when no one else could find mud somehow or other that friend could just seek out muddy places even utter days and days when there had beer been no kuln it was just an accomplishment of 0 the friend 1 I think ill go and see that friend was what nip had thought and off he had bou bounded tided through the yard through the next few yards until he reached his friend the other dog was already dirty and very untidy but nip did not object nip was not critical nip would never he did not mind be ono one to show by bark or look that he be thought it strange tits his friend did not look more presentable no nip was not alke that lie ile went into everything with all tile the zest and enthusiasm of ills his little dog nature ive come to play said nip and play they did didt I 1 oh how dirty nip got and right after his bath too he played for hours and hours until hla his family thought he was lost and went out cut in the motor car to hunt bunt the town for him but only a little way down the street they found wn him his legs all covered with rond his face was na as black as could be andee and he was hold ing a dirty bene lu in his mouth which he be had hidden once before in hla his friends yard no he saw the car and jumped right in and sat proudly oh on the back sent scat after having wagged his tall and said he had bad had A 4 nice time proud as could be ho he rode homo home was he ashamed asha lot being dirty no not nip and cunning so did helbok he look with ills his little pleased face in spite of all tho the dirt that no one could really scold him 1 ile he was simply given another bath but the following daynie got dirty again ile he was sleepy the night before so bet be stayed clean longer than usual I 1 |