Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1908 — The Discontented Dog. [ARTICLE]

The Discontented Dog.

A lovely dog, a proud old cat Lived together In a modem fiat The flat was way up in the sky (I think ’twas sixteen stories high). The dog one day said, with a sigh: "I wonder, dear old pussie, why Our mistress, who’s so good, you see. Makes such a dreadful fool of met For when she takes me for a walk. I’d tell her If I could but talk, Please not to dress me up; you see It makes the doggies laugh at me.” Now. pussy, who was very wise. Just opened wide her shining eyes And humped her back and curled her tail. Then gave a curious yawnlike wail. “Now, doggie, it is wrong, you know, That you should always grumble so— For all your mercies you should be Devoutly thankful. Do you see? If you were hungry or In pain, Were all bedraggled in the rain And had no place to lay your head. Were longing for a bite of bread, T?ien, doggie, you would know 'twas true. I know it’s so—l’ve lived it through. 6 > do not look at me like that, B or I wag once a barnyard cat.” ; —Philadelphia Ledger.