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Show Tooth ProKont. In Iceland, that country of gentle, primitive customs, from time immemorial immemo-rial it has been the fashion to present to lad or lassie, when the first baby tooth appeared, a lamb to be his or her very own, cared for and tended as no other pet could be, and never to be parted with. There comes to us in a pretty Btory concerning the ways and manners of that sturdy, truth loving and warm hearted people account of such an offering offer-ing to the bailiffs son. A winsome, soft I eyed creaturo was Botna, the queep of j the lamb flock. The iet grew apace, as did the frolicsome owner, and when he was 10 years old, a hardy shepherd lad, j Botna had become old, toothless and 1 lama. She could no longer go away to ! pasture with tho herd, or eat her fill of grass, even in the pleasant midsummer J weather. Her faithful young master 1 was, however, mindful of Bolna's needs. He had not forgotten that every year she had given him a Utile lamb, and in her 1 old ago a corner was given to her in the I family living room, wlu re she could see I familiar faces and hear the voices of her I best friends. Many times a day she was I fed from a bottle, and was never taken out for fresh air unless the day waa mild ! and the air balmy. Fortunate Botna 1 ! Harper's Bazar. |