'Ugly' : a hospital dog / told by himself, with recitations and readings by George H.R. Dabbs.

  • Dabbs, G. H. R. (George Henry Roqué)
Date:
1902
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Credit: 'Ugly' : a hospital dog / told by himself, with recitations and readings by George H.R. Dabbs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    *93 tender-footed Booby Barnes, between whom and the Duke this conversation was overheard by a migratory cockroach who told me : — Duke. And what is your name, little man ? B. They calls me Booby from choice, and they calls me Barnes afore company. Duke. And you have a father ? B. O yes, and [with swelling pride] he’s a henormous drunkard. Duke [Quietly]. Oh. B. \ es, and I hates him—he smells of sour and always makes mother cry when he comes here. And then she gets crosser than usual, and wants to chuck poor old Mr. Spinnidge. I hates father—mother says he’ll kill himself—wish he would, don’t you ? Duke [Guardedly]. It might be an advantage per- haps. You must come and see me, Booby. B. \\ ell, I dun no. \ ou see my clothes is something cruel, I was to have ’ad a new frock, but father had a bad throat, he said, and wanted some gargle that’s what he called it, and so my frock ’ad to wait. When I get new clothes I’ll come to new friends ; not afore. Duke [Reflectively]. Poor Booby—that shan’t be long. Is this the room ? B. Yes; here you are [flinging open the door]. Grandpa Spinnidge [voice in alto; up the treble any- zvhere], here s the Dook o’ Dreams come to talk to you about bricks. (And, O my Booby, when I look at your picture in O