Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 182, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1919 — Wouldn’t Do at All. [ARTICLE]

Wouldn’t Do at All.

Gerry had an unreasonable fear of dogs. Thinking to cure him of this his father decided to get one for him. Gerry didn't much like the idea, but nevertheless he was greatly excited when his father telephoned the new pet would ’arrive at noon. Visjons of the butcher’s collie that had tried to scrape acquaintance with him. and of the Newfoundland puppy belonging to a cousin filled his mind, so that when hisfather arrived Gerry nearly fell headlong down the stairs in his eagerness to see his new playmate. When his father produced from a small basket a stubby-tailed Boston bull, Gerry eyed it fearfully, then said with a pout. “That ain’t no kind of a dawg to have, how'm I gonna tell when he ain't gonna bite? I want a dawg with a long wag!’