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Show b Ba 'k. . 1 ..L BBfl Tills Is tho dog that Willie Ii.tiI H The wisest purp In town; BHI Could "pn nnd fetch" nnd sit up H straight, H ltoll over nml llo ilownl B Thin, little dog was onco n pet, 1 Tlio prldo of Jocund Hill; H He nta up linlf tho puirs In town. fl And bussed tlio pack nt will! This nghtlng dorg wns not nfralil V Of nny living cur; H IIo luiU tho biggest boneynrd hid, H Wns "IT," you may Inforl H But one day cntne n tliomnn-cnt B Ami tncklcd Willie's jiup; H The tom-cnt yowled nnd lashed hlr tn.ll, H And humped his back right upl H Then conscious "Nult" ho charged Sir H Full nt the Hirer's head B Tho next thing hopping Wllllo knew H Ills spotted dot; was dcndl B Thnt wily follno yelled "Ko-spltl" H v And Inndcd with his clnws; H IIo lilt below the belt In Ire, H With no regard for lawsl fl Then little Willie shrieked and sobbod- B "THE WISEST PURP IN TOWN." m Of tears ho wept n stack, BB For lighting "Nun"' was all In strings BB-" And, ripped right up tho backl H The butcher man ho came In hasto H And gathered up the scraps. BjB . Boon little Hill bologna bought BH .-. ' 'Twas "NulT" ho nto perhaps! m y? ft y Bj Bustor's Telegraphic System. H. BuBtcr Drowning was whistling ioy- B ovflly when ho started, down to tho B corner grocery to got soma nails with B, which to hulld a dog-house. AlnsI BBT Whbn ho rottirncd ho was wooplng BB copiously. While gazing with open BB" mouthed wondor at tho majestic lion Bl on tho circus bill-board, walking nt BB tho samo time, ho had stubbed his BB big, right too. An ugly splko was tho B offender and Duster's maimed pedal BB extromity pleaded In mute oloquenco BB for mothers' surgery. B And, to cap tho chnotlc cllmnx, Bus- BK tor's father forbado him Bleeping in B"l a barn tho night beforo tho circus. BB "M won't novor-gct-up-in-tlmo," ho BH blubbered, "and 1'11-mlss-nll-tho-fun- BPj an'-boo-hoo boo-hoo!" and Duster BK4 opened tho lloodgutcs of grief and lot BH tho deluge roll! BH But Duster Drowning was no quit- B tor. IIo resolved to sco that circus BH ' como in if It was 3 o'clo.ck in tho BH morning. For tho consumatlon of his BKj resolve, he called on Jlmmle Stono BH that afternoon and JImmlo promised! BBi Tho night boforo tho great pageant BBl was to nrrlvo, Duster retired early os- BB tonslbly a resigned sacrifice to patera- B nl pyres only ho wasn't. BBJ When Duster had undressed he went BBJ cautiously to tho window and pulled BBj something. That something was n BBJ flsh-llne. Whon Duster tumblod into BB -' bod there was attached to his big too, BBT tho soro one to mnko suro ho would BftV w fool tho clguul. throe hundred foot of BBJ fish lino, tho other end of which was BBj across the alley In Hubbard's barn BBj whoro tho boys woro nrguing over H rf 'Why is a kangaroo??" BBT Whon the first toot of tho oncoming BB .' train reached tholr cars in tho gray BB mist of dawn, JImmlo Stono wns to H,,' "- ULttheHWn.PniavvnUon Dustor. HT But how could HubbnVd's famtly cow H know anything about "the best laid H echomes o' mice and t men?" Out j , snooping in tho inidnighKalr sho nc- H cldontally ran against and becamo on- H tnnglod in Bustor's flsh'Ino tolo- B graphic system. BB This is why tho ontiro neighbor- H hood was awakened in the stil hour B - of night by n scries of shriek, that H made howling Homo a moro Lhono- B graphic Imitation. t M When tho ilsh-Hno broho Butter's H too was not qulto off, but hrf wns H hopolessly snnggod ngalnBt thd win- M dow sill whoro ho had landed at tlio M first frightened lungo of tho family bovine. M P, s. Buster's father took him to Hj tho circus aor all. "It will help him H in his jiaturnl higtory class," said Mr. H Browning, "and, besides, ho has cor- M tainly and conclusitoly provon that ho M is not ablo to caro for himsolfKwitb B this circus mania In the alr.1'',.. |