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and risked if his’do* had arrived, he heard this reply:Do you mean—/' .slight indecisive pause, a horse?So Jerry lived In Hobbs now, a friendly {in n detached soil of wny) linscaried war veteran. He is seldom seen away from home in the daytime, hut spend? most of his time digging one hole after another in an effort to gel down where it's cool. Sometimes a couple of cute young girl*dogs go into the yard, sniffing their dain* • ‘oo!*:i«ve ncscs in the direc-IVsi of Jerry's feed pnn. He never harks, but silently swings I b: r^assive head, throwing-themoai-'ne equivalent of p dirty loo'-. The little girbdogs ki-yi :ni ict:ro in liasfc.Constant Lour W\» door to him lives a cockyl '* hlnci* Pekinese. The Poke mi’s into Jerry as a mosquito al-;:.lt;.;ing an elephant, with approx-imntcly tho same results. The big fellow rather disgustedly rolls his opponent over in the dirt and sends him scurrying home, badly frightened but unhurt.At night, when it's cool enough to permit the heavily fur-coated animal to move around with less discomfort, Jerry may often be seen in the moonlight, rolling and scratching himself on somebody's lawn, or poking about in a trash con. He roams from one yard to another. leaping ' fences effortlessly. Thus far there has been no undue excitement over hi a nightly prowls, but If some slightly lew than sober citizen should chance to meet him In a dark alley, the results misrht prove to be Interesting. Who knows, the. well-known wagon might have one more passenger, desperately swearing, Never again I”
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Hobbs Daily News Sun
Hobbs, New Mexico, US
Mon, Aug 29, 1949
Page 13
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NM, USA 30 Sep 2017
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