Making Up with Mr. Dog / Hollow Tree Stories

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
HOLLOW TREE STORIES BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE ILLUSTRATED BY J. M. CONDÉ
HOLLOW TREE STORIES BY Albert Bigelow Paine 12mo. Cloth. Fully Illustrated
HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK
Copyright, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett ——— Copyright, 1899, by Frank Munsey ——— Copyright, 1899, by The Century Company ——— Copyright, 1898, 1899, 1901, by Robert Howard Russell ——— Copyright, 1900, by Harper & Brothers

THE THREE FRIENDS GO INTO BUSINESS
ONE rainy day when the 'Coon and 'Possum and Old Black Crow, who lived together in three big hollow limbs of a Big Hollow Tree, were rummaging about their house, they found that above each of their rooms was a good deal of room that nobody ever used. That set them to thinking, and pretty soon Mr. 'Possum said it was too bad to let all that good room go to waste, and Mr. 'Coon said yes, it was, and that their house was big enough for a hotel.
Of course he didn't think what he was saying at the time, but it set Mr. Crow to thinking and walking up and down, whistling, and pretty soon he stopped still and looked at the 'Coon and 'Possum.
I'll do the cookin', he said, if you'll get the things to cook.
And right then and there they made up their minds to do it, and early the next morning, while the Old Black Crow was hurrying about inside, getting things ready for business, the 'Coon and the 'Possum nailed up a sign outside, and this is what was on it:—
THE HOLLOW TREE INN. BOARD BY THE DAY OR WEEK.