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Show Fido Skidooed. Dot noted catcher of dem dogs Vas alvays right on deck, A lookln for somo dogs vat's got No collar on bis neck. Von day dls vcok he passed dat bouso Vero lives Mosey D E And seed 11 Hddlo poodle dog VId no collar on, by goo. He vlnkcd his cyo and shook his fist At Fido yust for fun, And says, "I bavo you iu de yug Before desun goes down." Hut Fido 'a master ho vas dare, And beared vat bo did say: "Now you must cider kill dat dog, Or else dem taxes pay." So ven dom evening shadows como And do vind and rain come down Ho loaded his 22 gattlln gun To blow Fido out of town. Now Fido bo vas smcllcd n rat And runncd beneath tho house, And shaked and trembled all do tlmo Like n voman rat seed a mouse. His master point do gattlln gun In de plnces vat ho been And shoot somo bullets nfter him And block do hole again. Hut nil night long ho lay avako And vorry much about Dead Fido underneath do houso And 110 vay to get him out. Ho took fl lay-off tho next morning and searched the town for men ami teams to assist him In moving tho houso. Everybody Every-body wns so busy that morning nnd could not como, so ho decided to htm u forco of men and boys to tunnel under tho building nnd removd tbo mutilated remains of poor Fido. All day long they worked Ilka trojans to dig Fido out but Fido smellcd another rat And vorked a gnmo quite cudo For ho tunneled out mid de odcr side Aud for Tremont "skidooed" Dom fnllars digged nud vorked Iu vain To find poor Fldo's track, Hut Fido he vas sneaked avay And ncrcr vlll como back. The last heard of Fido lie was going south with his tail between Ills legs and the way bo dodged his head ono would Imnglno ho could still hear 22 bullets whistling nil nronnd him. |
