TIBBLES

Northern Advocate, 14 August 1935, Page 4

TIBBLES

BY KOPE

-Nemesis, you know, is the Goddess, of Justice. She’s liable to overtake you at any odd moment, more especially if you are daring enough to place your fate in the lap of the gods. For a long time Tibbies has been asking for it, though when the fateful moment arrived, just after lunch yesterday, I doubt if there was a more surprised puppy in all Dogdom than the little fox terrier with-the twinkly eyes. Like most young people,. Tibbies 1 , enjoys teasing; more than that, he likes being outrageously impertinent to fully-grown dogs. ■ .“Safety First, though, seems to be a: motto of this playful little creature. As surely as a dog is tied up, he will dash towards it. “Catch me, if you can,” he seems to say, .as he passes ■just clear of the danger zone. Unless you’ve seen'a display of the sort you can’t imagine what fun it is to go scampering past the nose of a grown-up dog, so that even when he rushes to the full length of his chain, he still misses you by inches. Tibbies enjoys the fun. Sometimes his judgment is just a little too fine, and, tail between legs, he has to put on an extra burst of speed to escape- the snapping teeth, or outstretched paw that would spell for him disaster. The fun waxed fast and', furious yesterday when a strange dog came to stay at Tibbies’ place." The newcomer, a shaggy animal of uncertain breed, was chained to a post in the middle of the yard. The location couldn’t be better. Tibbies would scurry past from one side, he would rush along the other; sometimes he even tore round in a circle, raising the dust in a way sure to meet with the fullest approval of a broadsider. Shaggy-Dog was most decidedly a good sport. He leapt out, and barked furiously every time the puppy rushed near, and the more excited grew the big fellowi the more impudent grew Master Tibbies. “Yah!” he semed to say, crouching just out of reach. “Catch me this time, if you can,” and away he galloped in a big circle”to pass under the very nose of his victim. 'The big dog strained at his chain; he tugged and bounded; be danced and pranced. If only he could get free, he’d teach that insolent puppy a lesson. ■ • Tibbies, eyes a-twinkle, was swerving for another attack when, suddenly,