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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1931)
H - * i A Short Short Si By M. J. , It ; wa» the cul puppy that had leash ginger tv. It 4nd a charatter vei much so. in fack. tl . apologize to it meek] The girl looked did. every thMfe ip I most caught in his you take him home with “Home—? I haven't such a thing. If I had. have it full of dogs. I live in a hotel. No s. babies, snakes, or other disorderlif* manifes- lions of nature allowed." • / - “Well, perhaps if you'd take him to some ani- ool and calm, as she always fnud store or hospital, they'd keep him for you d seen herrf His breath a)- untiK—* roachtnI her “Goodness! He's such a little thihg. And so helpless lookinf. I even believe he's neuras thenic. He's shaking. His nerves must be terr- \t little wire-haired terrier fver seen. Martin held the *med to> have a personality distinct {and definite. So it he was half tempted to for his rough handling. hroat as he appi with the dog. “Had quite a ;;ime catching him.” Martin reported tvith a am le. The girl looked at him cooly.~ He felt terribly awkward and frilly. But he noticed 'something just in back of her eyes. Knew that, curiously er absolutely repuMiire. “That’s too ^<1!'' she said, wonderingly. Her' - v ° u <’ r u j voice was as he imagined it would be. A little f j t * gir huaky—Sweetly* ? 'J * Suddos to the enough, she found him not with. poor brash ibly upset. I can’t imagine leaving brusque professional care of a veterina place full of large, barking dogs— all little thing— I'm sure he couldn't stand barking of big dogs. Why. it would be like you or me up in a lunatic asylum!" was touched beyond discretion. Suppose,” she offered, “I agree to thke care ^ k . ...... ..im for you until the owner can be f< ^ better M* him tightly Urn time Mar- ^ a quju pUce-that is. my If ^_e|er get* out in that traffic- coorge _ , live c | ofte by . The .erv.nu, see that he was well taken care of. I coul out for him, myself, toe,—he seems appealing little fellow. >L And so it was arranged. Martin dress—promised to watch the adv< tin advispd. “I hold hint?" she aaked. in astonishment. - "Why should I hbld pm?’ .. “Isn't he your dot?" Martin was visibly start- ; “Why, no. Certainly not. He's ing little dog, but hels not mine.'' Martin looked horribly crestfallen. Hp jlook- -know, he promised, if the owner were ed, in fact, as if he were going to cry. j ! spnd the owner to her. “How,” she aske^l, “did you ever come to the They parted, after she had called a my dog? |. j .} been safely installed in it with the dog. mmered, “isn't he yours? J - It was nearly a month later that Marti ve sworn! What.do you hqk» wiih the information that he had f the lady? What on earth oWper. a nice look- V to advertise, himself, for the owner. He'< md? I nts, of would watch M jan her ad- , and let her nd— I I and r, now that I’Ve caught him conclusion that he wi “Why f Martin I thought—I would suppose ever became will I do with the do for her? Do you suppose ahe just went on?4— Angry maybe, because the'oog was causing her so much trouble! Jjow could anyone be so- less J* The dog, now; loolted up vwy mournfully and meekly at her. She Was touched. Oddly enough, the man’s and the dog's expressions were very nearly the same at tlfe moment. 44 0h!" she said, over the phone. ‘Tiin sending the woman around," Martin formed her. “Many thanks for your ki "Perhaps she’ll advertise?" the young lady of jobs a month like that and we'll be suggested. “But time?" Martin waited on the comer near the until the girl he had sent in for (he dog without it. i ! “How much V* he asked. ^Five hundred,” she returned, with tiofi; "Four hundred clear profit for us. A house. umed . “Or, if sh? doesn’t you might do so.” well. Funny how society girls get what shall i do with him in the mean- dogs. Must be because they haven’t got 4 else to think about." I