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Show I DADDY'S Ll EVEHIHG 5g mWrhiim Mary Graham BcrniEr DOG'S TABLE MANNERS Paddy had heard of a dog who had perfect tuhle manner. , ' "Now, what would you think of a dog who Instated upon alway having a table napkin r be asked Nick and Nancy. " "I wouldn't like that kind o( a dog," said Nick. "I don't Ilk dogs that ar So fuggy, "One alwaya thinks of them as being be-ing brave and abov inch things as table napkins." "Well." continued Daddy, "I do not really think It waa th fault ef lb I dog that h waa fussy. "Tot) see, he belonged to a tunny old lady. . "This old lady bad the string Idea that a dog ahould behav Just like a person, which la really very absurd, because It stands to reason that a dog should behave Ilk a dog and a person per-son Ilk a person." At this Nick and Nancy laughed, and Daddy Joined In, too. "This old lady lived all alone In a very small house. "The house had only one floor, and It looked so small you wondered how any one could ever get In It. "Rut then, when you looked at the old luily you were not a bit surprised, fur she u'iin the tiniest person. .'mv lirr ti wit a grcr.t contrast In both Hie o!d litdy r.nd ilio little lioire. "The (log was a very Ms r.nr. He wns blink and white unit limbed Just twice tia huge a Hie old Imly. "Hilt I ho fjnnlrM china: wna that the old lady would never let this dng go ot:l by himself. "i'tio nlwnya went ont with htm, and ho was tin a short leash. V.'lirn nielli limn ramc the old lady would put a napkin nround her (loss net'le, r.nd llwy would lioth sit at a low table and ent together. "And the dog would never try to eat, even If ho anw fond In front ef mM b r 1 T.'-.cy Wculd Csth CIt at a Lew Tfbl. him, unltl his nnpUI.-i waa put cround Ids neck." "That does round funny, certainly." si'.l.l Nancy. "Ail to think Hint th dog lilted it seem very funny, Indeed." In-deed." "Well, you ee, he Just got In the hnldt of helnj: fusry like the o'd lady. "And then. iIihiikIi lie was so big. be was qulle old himself. "At night lie would sleep on a sofit rt the foot of tha old Imly'a bed. cad If r.ny one rlmnlil rlag the doorhcll of their Utile bnnse at tiliht well, yna should have heard the Imrklnt. 'So he did have tome Hilrlr, after all. and vo:il;I not have let anything happen to ti e old !ady for anything In (he world." "I am glad," sold Nick. "Ih.tt you told us one good fxiltit the bis (lag had. fcr t wouldn't hare lilted htm nuith, just hearing about hla fuss!-nera. fuss!-nera. "Aflrr nil. I don'l believe there Is ever a da. no matter how atrsinxrly he lit broiiKlit up. that hasn't some-Ihlii)! some-Ihlii)! nice about him." And both Nanry and Daddy agreed with that. |