Picture Play Magazine (Oct-Nov 1915)

2 PICTURE-PLAY WEEKLY him when he seen Jack comeing for him and terned and run. Jack chaised him up and down the strete and a round the lamp posts with the Eyetalyun yeling for sum frends of his naimed Sapriste and Santa Maria that I couldent see nowhares a round to come and help him. I was dubbeled up laffing. But then I seen that the orgin grindur wasent no spring chickun and he was libel to drop ded of frite aney minnit if the dog dident lay off tryeing to grab him and so I went out into the strete and caut a hold of the chane that was draging a long the asphelt from Jacks colter as he went racing by and stopt him and led him back to the woman that owned him on the stupe. This is sum dog I sez to her. What will you taik for him. She sez he aint for sail. I sez I will give you $5 for him. She laffed and sed I supoze for 2 dollers moar yude let me throw in the howse and the cliildrun. She cauled the dog to her but he wouldent go. The sun of a gun liked me all redy Gus. I pulled my role out of my pocket. If you would rather have this dog I sez to the woman than a new rug for the dineing room or sumthing you can kepe him and I will taik the air a way from hear. But I will slip you all this for him if you will give him to me. She eyed the role and she sez how mutch is thare. I sez thare is moast twenty dollers. Hand it ovir she sez. My husband will lift the rufe when he comes home and finds him gone but I can tell him he got lost. And so I give her the munney and walked off with Jack. May be Gus you will think I musta ben drunk or craizy to buy the dog but wate till you here what he has all redy done for me and then you will see that I was craizy jest like a fox when I bot him. The idear had come to me when I seen what a ugly looking bird Jack was that may be I could use him agenst Persey in the race him and me is entered in for Fanny. I gess you aint forgot me teling you how I come to mete her and falling for them big baby blue eyes of hern and her Edna Tanguay smile and all. That -was rite aftir Persey had got us to fix it up with Roger for him to join the Cubs so as he could do what he had ben tryeing for a bout 8 munths to do with out no luck at all and that was to maik a hit with Fanny who was craizy a bout ball playirs and wouldent fall for him @m>ma® ©h© » m& <iw© is ®m> <mm ©h® <m® I had faled so far to get Persey threw off of the teme but I wasent done trying yet. even thow he was the onely sun of the hed of the befe trust with koin to bern Him and me is rivels as you mite say. I told you in my last how I had tride to get him threw off of the teme so as he wouldent stand no show of maiking a hit with her by leting her see him out on the dimund evry day in a unieform and how I hadent ben abel to do it yet. But I wasent done tryeing. Well last nite I went out to caul on Fanny and I took Jack a long with me. Shure enuff jest as I was going up the stupe of her howse a round the cornir comes Persey all drest up like a funer: to horn in on the caul. I bent dowr ovir Jack in the dark on the poarcl and I wated until Persey got to th< tree that stood at the kerb out in fron of the howse. Then I took the cham off of Jacks coller. Now go get him wispered in his ear. Persey let a ye out of him like the bum and the Eye talyun had done befoar that day whei he seen the dog come shooting down of of the poarch at him and he maid a brake for the tree I shuke hands with mysel for I seen that I had gese< rite. The dood was afradc of dogs. I have got the In dieyan sine on you now 1 sez to myself you welth;. stiff and I bet I maik yoi quit cold in a cuppel of daymoar on the bluff yuce chucking to Fanny of being a reggalar ball playir witl the Cubs. Persey had gone up the trunk of the tree so fast tc get a way from Jack thai he had dropt his hat and one end of his coller had come unfastined. Jack was jumping up and down to try and grab a hold of his legs that he had rapped a round the trunk jest out of reech. I come down off the stupe and as sune as Persey seen me he hollered taik this dog a way. Nix I sez. Kepe him up thare old boy whare he be longs I sez to Jack with the rest of the nuts. Pleeze taik him a way Bugs Persey sez Yz cryeing. I am shaiking so that I am libel to drop down off hear aney minnit. Taik a good grip I sez and hang on. For you are going to stay thare till I get done cauling on Fanny. And I terned and went into the howse and left him treed thare. When I come out agen 2 hours laiter Jack was siting undir the tree with a lot of the ded branches a round him on the grownd that Persey had broak off and threw at him to try to maik him get a way but Persey was still up the tree. I put the chane back on Jacks coller and give Persey the hoarse laff as I started a way with him.