The Dog That Saved Stewart Coolidge by Jim Kraus

Author:Jim Kraus
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FaithWords
Published: 2015-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

Nine dollars and forty-five cents.

That was what it could cost.

A couple of deluxe sundaes and a doggy cone apparently cost $9.45.

The three of them sat outside on one of the benches and ate, while the humans alternated holding the cone for Hubert to lick at delicately as if it were some forbidden pleasure food.

The dog kept looking around, as if to make sure no one was sneaking up to steal this chilled and creamy delicacy. After the top of the cone was consumed, Hubert took the rest in his mouth and crunched it noisily, smiling as he did, with streaks of vanilla soft serve dripping from his chin.

While they sat, another couple, an older man and woman, shuffled outside and stopped suddenly, as if hitting an invisible force field. Without speaking, they turned to each other, and then back to Stewart, Lisa, and Hubert.

“Is that the bandit dog?”

Lisa spoke up first, with confidence.

“No, we get that all the time now. Some bad dogs just give mutts like this a bad name.”

Hubert growled a little at the term mutt, but Lisa ignored him.

“We see the resemblance, but our dog is much taller. And he has more white on his paws than the criminal dog.”

Hubert looked up and stared at Lisa, as if asking Just what dog are you describing?

“Well, it sure looks a lot like the bandit dog. I bet you could turn him in and get the reward.”

Lisa offered a gay laugh.

“We’ve thought about it. But we could never do that to poor Hubert here.”

The woman’s face pursed, as if she were eating a lemon.

“Hubert? Odd name for a dog. Hubert.”

“We like unusual names, I guess,” Stewart added.

As the older couple shuffled away, Stewart, without leaning close to Lisa, whispered loudly, “Let’s get out of here before they call the cops.”

Lisa was already standing and pulling the keys from the pocket of her jeans.

“One step ahead of you, Clyde.”

Puzzled, Stewart walked beside her to the car.

“Oh, as in Bonnie and—”

“Exactly. Now let’s get Baby-Faced Hubert hidden in the backseat before the feds catch up.”

Stewart wondered, as he put on his seat belt, if Lisa would drive faster on the way home.

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