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88pppisspsssi v vstfry vf xi v vj akul as 1932 cft j v the acxpn free press s c7 aoetec s qllje jfrf jrphb sljnrt torg bagdon gq gertrude norton ljsenbee y and let hs gaze wander motjjrj the winding trail that ied to- viaxd thtf dim horizon- over the rim or which lay the- city of badgervflle there was no sign of any traveller along the alklltrallastfarus theeye could reach and noting this ezra took a seat on a rude bench just outside the door 2 i reckon thar aint goin to be any more trada this evenin he murmured seeln as thars no travellers in slgftt he stroked the head of a large dog that lay by the door i guess we haint made very much today have we mug- gins- he added addressing the dog ezra bagdon was a man of middle age he kept a little wayside store near the old military trail on the arkansas river going with his team and wagon once a month to sunset city to lay in a new supply of goods which consisted mostly pf bacon flour rice sugar and coffee he had taken a claim there two yeare befor and as the drought had deprived take this it will help you git another dog ifyewant one etaa drew back no no he pro- tested i i wouldnt sell muggins i couldnt do it i wouldnt part with him- afall if r didfc jhlnk it wasjny dooty ter punish- him fer doiri what he did besides i let you have him with the understandln that if i ixwant him back i can have him sartenly sartenjy mr bagdon as sented mayfcld after mayheld had driven on ezra took a seat by the door turning his gaze frequently toward- the solltaiy wagon that was moving sodthward along the white trail already lie had begun to lfeela vague sense of timeliness it -had- ttk jj cv j been a long time since- he was without a thats right nodded ezra mug- l l 4 x dog ri wonder if hellkeep a jjan uv gins is more truthworthy than most -it- i water fee him jhe mused txts uv men n f dogs die fer the want uv water i can well nelieve that he looks it was i hour before he entered the good if you and he ever dissolve pard- he had almost forgotten the nership an y6u want ter sell- him j 1st g had brought irom town arid he let me know an til come aruiml ter how went to work to open the tfaages git him guess ill not git off- from zra bagd stood in the door ter their pardner yicu can allers trust adog cant blamte weather fbfc pains in feet another common belief has been shat tered recently we now are told that wejcannot blame the weather for pains in par feet the fault is all placed on the feet another startling thing lif- mullon dollars a year is he bill industry pays indirectly for sore feet thats what a well known chiropodist says thats a lot pf money just for feet if we would add to that the mohey that feet cost to be covered by a grenadine aadblege pumps it would be staggering the cost not the feet hard to find two little urchins stood with their noses pressed against a barber shop whidow gee mickey look qt that one lsafd one pointing to a barber wielding a singeing taper hes lookln for em with- a light paying the penaiity mrs gnagg before w were married you said you could listen to my voice forever mrs gnaggswell at that time i had no ideaid ever have to do it town before termorrer or the next day but i pass your way as i go back then stap an see me i shore will goodby before leaving town ezra stopped at a butcjher shop and bought a hunk of fresh meat a big beef pot roast which he laid on the seat hieside him i rec kon tharu be enough ter give muggins a jgood taste he mused we dont git a taste uv fresh beef any too often it was quite dark when ezra reached home and he made haste to carry the goods he had bought into the house him of a crop he had hit upon the idea of turning his shanty into a store that he might earn something to carry him through the winter there was much land open to settlement farther west and a constant movement of home seekers along the trail furnished him with steady customers when he had his little establishment ready for business he painted a rude sign and hung it over the door when travellers saw baupon co groceries provisions they sometimes wondered who the co was and such were told that it was muggins the dog yes hes my pard bagdon wouldsay i reckon ths bin a lot worsepardners than muggins hes bin with me ever singe he was a pup an i didnt feel like goin inter anything wjthout takln him in with me f muggins was part shepherd and part just dog as bagdon would say a big fellow with splashes of white and black on his soft silken coatand ivith the strength of a panther as the sun went down and the shadows of night began to descend upon the plain bagdon rose and calling muggins to follow he entered the store arid lit a lamp he next drew forth a book from a pine desk behind the counter and began figuring we have took in jlst nine dollars an sixty- cents he said to muggins who stood near by watching- the process pf casting up the accounts for the day that aint very much but as we dont whore h pil them behind the count intending to put them on the shelves the next day when be kindled a flic in his kitchen stove the next morning he discovered that he had left the pot roast of beef- on the seat in the wagon what was his surprise however to discover that the meat ha disa during the night what could have become of it it was hot probable that any sneak thief had passed that way he remembered very clearly of having le the meat in the and place the contents on the shelves as he stooped to take up a box of crack- ers his gaze fell ion a package done up lrj ibrpwn paper he picked it up- it was the package of meat he had missed from the wagon seat rtlie beef roast he had suspected muggins of stealing ezra unwrapped it and stood looking at it for some time in a dazed sort of way inoal-iaidnt- brlagjttoa positively muggins did it he seep i had f exgot it i reckon an he brought it in an laid it with the other goods he sat down on a stotal by the countsr landfell to looking vacantly about the room i reckon im gettln old an spri seat and that he had net taken it out he was positive as he ran the matter over in his mind he climbed up in the wagon again and ooked among some loose hay in the bed suspecting that the meat might have dropped into it as he glanced ibout his eyes fell bn some telltale marks that gave him a shock of surprise on the spring seat were the prints of a dogs teet muddy footprints now almost dry a swift thought came to ezra a most unwelcome suspicion that the footprints had been made- by muggins surely he would not have done this muggins was not the dog to steal a morsel of meat he climbed down and called muggins the dogveame up wagging his tall ezra took upf apiece of shingle and placed the dogs wet feet upon it the imprints were very plain he carried these to the wagon and compared them with the ones on the spring seat they were identic ally the same but he would not be fully convinced till he had measured them and subjected them to other tests there was no doubt left in his mind- have any rtfnt ter pay ner taxes i reckon it will keep us from starvin i aims ter mec twenty per cent an that would giye us fer the day a profit uv a dollar an ninetytwo cents what do you think of that muggins the dog wagged his tail in mute ap proval it was evident that he had gone watchinye reckon ill haf tergive ye tliroughthe same experience before away he made a careful survey of tha bii opmpri a hoy took out sony i p o th crackers and then cut a chunk of cheese missing meat he did not think that he returned to the house and called muggins so you got the meat did ye he said looking hard at the dog muggins only wagged his tail and look ed innocently into his masters eyes 1 dn twant a dog about me that i can trust added ezra i cant be allers childish he said i ort ter knowed muggins wouldnt do it he never had done a thing like that an i went an give iiim away ezra could not get muggins out of his mind he must go after him to bring him home suddenly it occurred to him that he might not beable to recover the dog who was this strangertp whom he had given him might not he have deceived him as to what he wanted with muggins he might sell the dog to 5dmetonetse these thoughts worried ezra andthe picture ortmuggihs tied in the strangers wagon and looking back longingly haunted him well ill go an bring him home to- morrer ezra said over anjjypver in an effort to console himself- an when i git him back ill not let anyone take him away again several movers passed during the day and ezra had quite a good trade when night came he lighted the lamps in the store and went into the back room to prepare his supper leaving the par tition door ajar so as to observe any one who might enter the store when at last his supper was cooked andon the table he sat down but as he did so out of custom he was about to reach for a portion of meat to place in muggins dish whnthe recollection rushed upon him that the dog was gone a swift feeling of loneliness and re morse swept over him i wish i had him back so i 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sksti snarp bark at the door a well- known bark and with a thrill at his heart ezra hurried to open the door there was muggins trembling all over with eagerness to get in the moment the door was opened he sprang into the rsom to find his masters arms clasped abouthim the end of the rope that dangled from the dogs collar showed where his teeth had effected his libera- from a hoop on the counter he placed a liberal slice from the cheese with the crackers you dont mind if the cheese is a trifle old will you muggins bag don asked holding the cheese up for the dogs inspection this time muggins barked his acqules- ence and for this he recelycd the tempting lood in a wide shallow pan which his master took from under the counter bagdon watched him with satisfaction we have got to econymlzc haint we jmug he said you have got a good stomach muggins an if that cheese is a- little mouly it wont make any difference not a bit i aint so lucky as you my stomach cant stand anythln an t has in anrt nt pick mv muggins would have eaten it all but eatln- bagdon sat down by th door until it was quite dark then he went into a even lntthat case there must have been some part of the wrapping paper left if there were however he failed to find it and could only conclude that the dog had eaten what he wanted and buried the rest paper and all ezra returned to the kitchen cooked and at his breakfast after which he went into the garden back of the house and dug some potatoes as he was re turning with a basket of potatoes he saw a wagon approaching and recogniz ed samuel mayfield the settler he had met in town the day before mayfield stopped his wagon in front of the store and greeted ezra cordially you see i am on the road earlythls mnrnlnp hp itiirl ihavetogitbackto tlon and the hot breath and palpitat ing tongue that caressed his masters face were proof that he had not loitered after escaping from his bondage good old muggins murmured ezra happily ill never treat ye that way agin old boy neyerl it was a happy reunion and that night muggins slept on a soft mat right by his masters bed and early on the following morning ezra put a new sign over the door which read bagdon muggins groceries provisions look after my stock well here comes my dog he added with a laugh as muggins approached i guess it wouid room back of the store which served as i not be any use fer me ter try ter trade kitchen living room and bedroommug- yeout uv him would it he added gins did not follow him but lay down by the open door so as to keep watch that no one- should enter unobserved diirlng his masters absence from the stove i ezra kindled o are in a small stove and prepared his supper it was near nine oclock when he had finished eating and returned to the store jle found muggins lying asleep at the boor r not so soundly asleep that he would not have been roused instantly had anyone ezra hesitated he felt reluctant to tell what muggins- had done it was al most lke accusing a- member of ones family i aint shore youd want him he answered presently why inquired mayfield i guess he stole my fresh meat out i uv the wagon seat last night an et it up said ezra a trifle weakly i never knowed him ter act like that before an it mecks me mad yes sir it does it aint treatin me right me thats tried to enter there was no sound save raised him from a pup i reckon ill let the soft soughing of the night wlndi you have him if hell suit you through the grass and an occasional oh hell suit me all right said mayfllld eagerly i need him to help me with my stock a good dog saves a feller many a step cri a farm while mayfield was talking he was busy getting rtropo from his wagon and n a moment he was out and was fasten ing the rope to muggins collar ithcn he took the dog in ills arms set him in the wagon and fastened the rope tb- the back of the spring seat im goto ter let hint ride he said you youll be good ter him falter ed ezra i i will nodded mayfield with energy i aint the man ter be mean fer a dog hell have plenty uv goodgrub ill see tor that i thank ye a thousand times fer him ltell be a lot of company out en my ranih he clim up to h seat in the wagon and took up the linof he reached into his pocket and drew out some money he took a twenty- dollar bill and held it but to ezra i some feller has done wuss than that dont ant the dog fr nothln ho said plaintive cry of the prairie owl so calling muggins atotcloslhg the front door and locking it ezra went to the back room and retired the next day ezra bagdon drove to xlgerville to replenish his stock of goolls muggins accompanied him liile ezra tfas bartering forhls stock oods and having them put into his on he ran onto a man by the name f sam mayfield who also was buying provisions he had taken a claim south of ezras and intended to rase stock id like powerful well to have that dog of yourn he said to ezra as the two stood by he lattcrs wagon after tho load was completed hsshore a fine feller want to- sell him sell him said ezra 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