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Show i She Knew Her Dog. Little Miss Kohisaat had lost a much-loved pet dog and had mourned it for many Aveeks. One day she happened hap-pened to see the familiar, hairy gray nose sticking out from the luxurious wraps of a fashionable carriage. A handsomely dressed woman sat .beside him. "Crackers" Avas in strange company, com-pany, but there was no mistaking the half-said, half-whimsical , look of his fuzzy eyes. The carriage Avas going very slowly and Avas near the paA'ement. With a cry of delight the little girl called, "Crackers!" The dog gave a Avhine of joy and sprang in a long, curving bound to the side of his little mistress. With Avrig-glings Avrig-glings and shakes that almost broke him in two, he jumped about and licked her hands for sheer joy. But the woman in the carriage glared angrily. Her coachffian drew up at the curb and the Avoman" tried to get back the dog. "But he's my dog," said the little i girl. "No. it is my dog," said the woman; "and if you don't let him go, I shall call an officer." j "But he is mine!" insisted Miss Kohl- saat. "He knows me and he doesn't j pay any 'tention to you." "Come, come, my child, give him up ! at once." "I'll prove that he is mine," replied the child with determination. By this time quite , a crowd of passers-by had collected, and "the girl with the dog in her arms faced her antagonist antag-onist as a lawyer faces a jury. "Can your dog stand up and beg?" ' she asked. "Yes." answered the woman. 1 "Can he jump through a hoop?" "Yes." "Can ho lie down and play dead?" ' "Yes." "Can he dance on his hind feet?" "Yes." "Can he say his prayers?" "Yes." , Closing her arms tightly about the dog. the child cried, triumphantly: "Well, this dog can't! He is miry, then." And she Avalked away with him. Exchange. Ex-change. ' - |
