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Show HAS BEEN TAUGHT LESSON Never Aaaln Will One Particular Dog Approach Too Close to Any Flypaper. Trlx It. Just a whlto bulldog an;! has novor tnken n courso In Insectology. Ills owner had tied a pleco of flypaper on tho outsldo of tho kltchon Bcroen door to catch somo of tho Hies that Bought to got Into tho house Trlx walked lolsuroly up on tho porch nftor spending a hair hour looking through tho crackB In tho rear fence Ho no ticed a commotion on tho screen nnd wnlkcd ovor to investigate Ho looked closoly at tho flypaper. Then ho turned his hoad. Yes, thoro was no mistaking tho Bound. Two or throo fllos, not yet ready to glvo up tho ghost, wcro pro-tasting pro-tasting with vigorous buzzes ngalnst their onforced detainment. Ono of tho (Hob Trlx thought particularly big for a housdfly. But tho working of his dog mind d(d not carry him beyond that point. Ho stopped up closer and wrlgglud his nose Tho big lly moved ngaln In Its sticky bed. The dog's noso went closor. Tho breeze, blow n rng hanging on tho back porch and It struck Trlx on tho hind log. Unthinkingly ho Jorkod forward Just enough to havo his noso como in contact with tho llypapor. There was a howl and ho tora down Into the back yard with tho big fly sitting on his noso. Into tho dirt tho dog thrust his noso nnd tho boo was rubbed off. It was ten minutes boforo tho dog had mado up his mind to tako things philosophically philo-sophically and quit whining about a boo sitting down on his nose And now, If you show him n pleco of flypaper, flypa-per, ho will tear tho buck fonco down trying to got nway from It. Indianapolis Indian-apolis News. |