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Show The Faithful Shepherd Dog;. A shepherd had driven part of his flock to a neighboring; fair, leaving his dog to watch the rest during that day, expecting to rejoin tbem in the morning. morn-ing. Unfortunately, however, the shepherd shep-herd forgot both his dog and his sheep, and did not return home till the morning morn-ing of the third day. His first inquiry was whether the dog had been seen. The answer was "No." "Then he must be dead," replied the shepherd, with a look of pain, "for I know he was too faithful to desert bis charge." He went back to the heath directly. The dog had just enough strength left to crawl to his master's feet, and express his joy at his return, and then he died. New York Hail and Express. |