Just Cause----------------
Submitted by Jack Warner

Awhile back, our dog suddenly began barking almost every night around 3 a.m.

Irritated and sleepy, my husband, Larry, searched the back yard for what might have disturbed this otherwise peaceful animal.

For three days, he found nothing amiss. When the dog woke up the neighborhood a fourth night at 3 a.m. with frantic barking, Larry finally sneaked around the house through the alley, only to discover our quiet neighbor, the last man you'd suspect of wrongdoing, throwing pebbles over the fence at our dog.

My husband demanded to know what he was doing.

"My mother-in-law is visiting," the embarrassed neighbor explained. "She said if she gets woken up in the middle of the night one more time, she'll leave!"