Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1920 — Peanut Pietro [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Peanut Pietro

by KAYEM GRIER

LASA night I am seet round try feegure out wot gonna say for da paper. Preety soon da bell ees maka reeng on front door and leetle girl come veeslt my place. She only bouta seex, eight, nine, dozen year old and so preety like new bambino. She aska me “Ees Peanut Pietro leeva dees place?” I say jusa for be nice and keeda her leetle bit, “Qh, somatime he leeva here when ees seeck and no got to work.” She say two, tree week ago her leetle pup doggie losa hees way and no come home. She say some people tella her Pietro finda leetle dog and taka een for geeva beega feed. You know dat pup and me wot I. find ees greata frlens before da leetle girl show up. But when he heara her voice he almost breaka hees neck for leava da place. He act so glad lika jusa been elected. Eef I speaka to heem he no pay noteece ver mooch. But when she speaka weeth heem he almost breaka hees tail weeth too mooch wag. He ees great dog alia right for lika da girls. " ' ' And when da leetle girl go home dat pup ees go too. She say she cry longa time before finda my place, but now she ees no cry any more. “Gooda bye, George," I say to dat pup when lehva da house. “Ohl Meester Pietro,” da leetle girl say, “hees name ees no George—he ees Fritz." Rights queeck I am mad because maka frien weeth dog whosa German name. I declda nexa time finda cat or maka dog show da ceetzen papers. Wot you tlnk?