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`` Well , my chum and me took the dog and put it on our front steps , and took some cotton and fastened it to the dog 's mouth so it looked just like froth , and we got behind the door and waited for Pa to come home from the theatre . When Pa started to come up the steps I growled and Pa looked at the dog and said , `` Mad dog , by crimus , '' and he started down the sidewalk , and my chum barked just like a dog , and I `` Ki-yi 'd '' and growled like a dog that gets licked , and you ought to see Pa run . He went around in the alley and was going to get in the basement window , and my chum had a revolver with some blank cartridges , and we went down in the basement and when Pa was trying to open the window my chum began to fire towards Pa. . Pa hollered that it was only him , and not a burglar , but after my chum fired four shots Pa run and climbed over the fence , and then we took the dog home and I stayed with my chum all night , and this morning Ma said Pa did n't get home till four o'clock and then a policeman came with him , and Pa talked about mad dogs and being taken for a burglar and nearly killed , and she said she was afraid Pa had took to drinking again , and she asked me if I heard any firing of guns , and I said no , and then she put a wet towel on Pa 's head . '' `` You ought to be ashamed , '' said the grocery man `` How does your Pa like your being in love with the girl ? Does he seem to encourage you in it ? '' `` Oh , yes , she was up to our house to borry some tea , and Pa patted her on the cheek and hugged her and said she was a dear little daisy , and wanted her to sit in his lap , but when I wanted him to let me have fifty cents to buy her some ice cream he said that was all nonsense .