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Show OODLES was the most popu- V. lar dog In the show, that Is, I ( among the dogs themselves, but that did not mean that I tho judges were Impressed 'I with his charms, for Toodlcs was not regularly entered and had only happoned In, as Jt were, having been attracted In the usual dog I fashion to his kind. There wore aristocratic Poms and well-bred spaniels and other rcprc- Bentatlves of upper dogdom, but all of them fell Jor Toodlcs, the care-free, happy, plebeian whom most of them envied In tholr hearts. "Get out of hero, you ugly beast," a pretty j tlog owner cried, as she nestled a black Pomer-Unlan Pomer-Unlan In her arms. "I wonder that the management manage-ment allows such dogs to come In here," and, bbedlent to her call one of tho attendants came fcnd escorted Toodlcs to tho street. Ho did not tare particularly and wandered, with his 'tall , sagging, In and out of tho alloys, being klckod ! in some places and petted In others, all of which treatment was In the day's work, as It were, for when It waB not one thing It was the other; Eo what could a poor dog do about lt7 Ho had wandored Into the dog show once before be-fore and had some Interesting experiences, so ho II did not know what migiu nappen as a coobo-i coobo-i quence, but for some tlmo nothing did happen. ' Then ho ran across the strcot and was promptly ! run over by an automobile. A lady was driving L it and sho got out and picked up the dirty dog, L although tho policeman told her that it would ' ruin her dress, and, placing him In tho machine, ' ehe hurried to the dog doctor's. This was de- i cldedly a new experience for Toodlcs, who had ) often boon hurt beforo but never coddled after it. Tho dog doctor examined the leg and said r' that It was broken and was so rough about It that Toodlcs had a notion to bltc him, but hated ; to bo lmpollto In the presence of a lady. The ' doctor set tho bono and Toodles, all trussed up, -was finally allowed to have a few moments' 1 peace. Tho young lady said sho would como again, and she did como and look Toodles for a ride In her machine, but ho could not sit still ' and tho doctor Bald It was beat for him to bo j , jjulet for awhile. i "I will send him down to tho farm," he said. i I Toodlcs wondered what tho farm was, but 1 r. soon found out. It was out In the country, and - thoro waB a cottage in which tho attendants , lived, and ail about were little dog houses. J . Thero were screened playgrounds for tho dogs j P to run about in their private 'quarters and a j r big playground for the dogs that woro well enough to play with tho others. There was a 1 little stream and a big meadow, and little hills and flowers, and everything was lovely. Toodlcs J cocked up his ear and thought of tho wild things J 1 that might run about hero, and what a irood i H',' time ho would have. There was a rabbit now Hi and ho started to run, but the pain in his leg l made him stop short. H' "Never mind." said Toodles, "wait until tWs H(! old leg Is well and then I shall have a good ' 1 time," HIu meals were brought to him on a tin plate H and he had plenty of water, and tho only thing ' H) that ho did not like was to havo the man fiiHH Hj over his leg, because that hurt like sixty. Toodles lay in tho warm sun and thought what H' cl blessed thing it was that he was run over, and H. rather hoped that he could canago to bo run over again. Then ho dozed and whllo ho slept B tho other dogs wcro surprised by a sharp bark from him, for Toodles was dreaming about the H, fUley rats and tho nice, warm, llttlo Muggins K thlldrcn and tho lame old man on tho corner. Hj "Scenery is all right," ho said to hlmsolf. "but 'j i am a town dog and prefer an alloy to a mca-H mca-H Bow any day. Tho other dogs, when they found J tut what a common breed ho was, yapped at H' Jilm, but he did not care, and ono day when tho 1 nice lady came to tako him homo he was a nico 1 proper dog until he got into town and near the railroad tracks and then he bolted, at tho risk H;, of another accident, and rushed off to home and H' friends in the dark alley. |