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Show SORROWS OF SAMMiE G0BANG. By John Walker Harrington. Small Dog turned over his pill of wnter and kicked his biscuit out on tho floor. What Is tho matter with ou, Smill Dog? ' asked Dull Dog. "Your coat Is all sliahhy nnd jmi look ns though jou had citcn our collnr " "My life," answered Small Dog, "Isn t worth tho living slnco tint new ono enmo to tho house.' "Crowded out of our kennel, ch? ' nskeil Hull Dog. "Kennel!" answered Small Dog. "Why, thit creature hns n bed of Ita own, all covered over with loco and filled with flno goose frathera." "It must have 1 flno pedigree." ob-terved ob-terved Dull Dog 'Oh, I suppose so,' nuaweied Mm ill Dog. "I hanrd my mister soy II wis worth a million nnd I tried to get a look nt It tho other dj. The mlniitn 1 started to Jump up on lis bed mil nose nround n little the big woman in the whlto up chased mo down into the kitchen." 'Is It entered for the show?' asked Hull Dog Ma he it is on.- of the toy Kind they put under glass i ist-s ' It must be," replied Hmnll Dog ' It baa a llnei basket than I ever bad and Its blnnkets are covered with blu ribbons bomeholj said a slork brought It Well, u know me lr nnj long- legged bird came to our bouse you can Imagine tint the fenthers woull begin to llj mi lienid about that elite ken lint hopped over Hie birk fenio one day, clldnt ou W the wnj have jou seen on thing wrong wiih nu noe7 " Can't any lint I Inve " replied Hull Dog. "(let over In the light It looks all right .lust heard a man sa What n fine Jaw I What n hlgh-lued nose' Vm must be gcltliw nervous 'Come rloser I want to wblsier In )ou I wouldiit have that Iflpinono spaniel hear this foi n doit-bls. nil "I his nose Is out of Joint The da after the mllllnii-dollar ciealure came the mes-sengelrt mes-sengelrt bojs brollkht jellnw envelopes to the house nil daj I went Jumping nroutul m masters heels, trjlng to Mil. I out what II was all iibnut Poor Sammh On Iling' be mild 'jour noso Is out of Joint I went down Into tho laundry and hid under the wash-tubs wash-tubs " 'I wouldnt feel so bullj nbout II" said Hull Dog ' Ihej will get tired of the new creature whatever It Is' "No, they won't nnswereil Small Dog "h It has everything lis own wny Tliej let It bark nil night It harks when thej pick It up, and It whines when they put It down and It never gels whined It tins all Mills of things to pin j with The other ill)' tho old mild, who nlwnya makes such a fuss when I go near her, brought It ii ball made of worsted It couldn't even keep bold of It The bill lolled under the bed nnd I chewed It up "Ho thej neglect jou nt jour house?" asked the Hull Dog "'ihat Isn t the mine for It" answered an-swered Sin ill Dog '"I hey forget me I fpot out In tho street tho other dij nn I ind a flno old lima Ivvo nun all dressed up In blown clrove up In a wagon. One eif them Jumped down, caught mo and took me In ei pluco full of thlrd-rnto ruis They sild It vvv the pound. I stayed thero for two or three dajs, and finally my master had to pay a lino before ho could get mo out. Hn quarreled nbout It, too I had on list jear a st J le of tag That's w h it I call neglect. Suppose the missus had gone out with hist ear's stylo of bonnet bon-net nnd hnd been kept In a pound until tho master got the latest stylo for her. lie woull never have henrd the list of II for m missus would never hivo forgiven him H. fnto there was i missus nod tnisti r and w. Ilvod by oniselves he would mvei Inve nrtod like (hat not ror worlds lie wouldnt have dine it even bnfore that slork came Muttering around tho place with the new iienrurn that never gets vvhlpKel ninl has In Inve a whlle-e-ippeil woman In lake eaie of It T hey saj the thing had n gold smnn In lis mouth win iv 11 came Well mijlie It dl I hut I dun t rare ir It had a gol1 cullir I shall hivo to wear a red rlhlioii In our Iioiim! ns long ns It his the blue ' |