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Show w Iklf v. eudant has at and V ? o? le patron,) tttendant, has been mb and ; Icated." Nor I half turn to so yet turning stay. a(1' ' atron. t I X,htnd. Remember ma when no mora, day by day, ? You tall ma ' of our future that you planned; Only remember me: you under tand 4 then or pray, It will be late to counsel me for a while 5 Yet If you should forget do not 1 And afterwards remember, the darkness and corruption leave Forf A vestige of the thoughts that once I smile i Better by far you should forget and i Than that you should remember and be ever I Ing iglon. ne when I am gone iwty, tar far away Into the allant land; vvnan you no inora can hold ma by tna Ram-- , Christina Rossetti. given -- mercury, J d In an! i' which bacilltu i and th; there la of anyi I" Trusty and True were thoroughbred English bulldogs that father brought home when they were but a few months old. They looked much like Their done up In fur. ' necks and bodies were all of heads, 1 the same thickness; their noses were 1 very short and blunt, and their small, pencll-liktails stood out stiffly. I They grew very rapidly; but were puppies such ldolent, It seemed as If they would never that a be of any value. Even when they bad grown pretty large, any cur of the neighborhood could whip either of them by one fierce assault. They were harmless as kittens up to the third year, when Trusty weighed thirty-sitwo and True forty-thre- e pounds; more savage-lookin- g dogs being rare-- j ly seen. At this time an arrogant, bleat. of a roving disposition, ing billy-goat came up from the stables one day, scaled the paling fence and took pos- session of the front yard at the house when father and I were In the fields J at work. Mother, being very timid and nervous, was afraid of the goat, ! and closed all the doors against him. Then Billy entertained himself by nip i ping her rare plants, nosing among her flowers and charging into the latticework of a honeysuckle vine. The dogs were at their kennel. True t lying asleep outside Its doot, when J Billy approached and challenged him f to battle. True, not understanding his taunts, rose In mere i stupid curiosity and was walking to-- i ward his lordship, when Billy deliver-ed a stunning blow fair In the dogs f face and knocked him senseless upon the earth. The goat then sprang away and prepared for another asI corn-dodge- lather ited and ildes be- tie e , ay, and' istomera.t gauze. rk ebait f the patron, In the mt you Ink 'm Im that ' good-nature- d x t, endant. --Ulus. lontent. eare. f para r since learned yron. d tae lere la tan be Eliot. liar. -- er i ling and re given THE OLD INDIAN. stilled their restlessness with a few prised, and looked very hard at word of command, and ha wu Just Fanny. I wish I could see whether you ara I eat my bread, and for my falling into a dose, Induced by both In bitterness summons watt; the severity of hie exertions to reach All cheerless burn my teepaa fire, but making fun of me or not," he said." Little Fanny was more puzzled thaw blood red glows my bate. this point and the closeness of the air, when Hector, raising his nose in air, I acorn, and mock them face to face- - ever. They went along some dlstaica In silence. Then Fanny thought aha emitted a howl and started to hla feet, those theorising fools to train the hand thats red to would like a wax doll for her second with every hair In hla shaggy coat Wbo seek use an alien's tools. wish. Tbe old gentleman stopped bristling, while Duke, springing to his hope day brings to my tribe less short. side, growled deep and savagely. At Each brings nearer that grim hour 1 the same Instant the catamaran was That mark the closing of the hand th gave you a wax doll on your' white man's throttling power. Tbe next Instant Adam birthday," he said rather severely. dislodged. Poor Fanny did not know what to saw a pair of gleaming eyes staring And so my medicine I make ou yonder That aeas and sklea are blue. hilltop bare. , Into his own, and saw a huge paw fall Just then a voice cried, from say. course. On he came, openmouthed, to Manttou And aak the great god grant a upon and crush the skull of Hector, large house near by: me one last prayer. and attacked my horse. Donkeys do Behold, upon my walls the proof Of knowledge-gathere- d fruit whose body fell lifeless at bis feet; Why, Uncle John, where have you not often use their feet In fighting The that aome day. from far shores, a been? orange sands, the lilac waves. while Duke, springing to a vantage I praynew And where did you find that race may be led but seize their antagonist with their With carmine cliffs to boot; a the To white, and salmon engulf conquer emerald The clouds, little the yellow overturned upon catamaran, pretty point girl? teeth. white has 'gulfed the red. The sapphire giaas and trees sunk his fangs Into the coarse hair "Why Isnt she our Fanny ? the old Seeing I could not drive the donkey Dear Claude Monet, just let me say of an immense polar bear, whose wan- In bitterness I eat my bread, and for my man asked. "She called me Grandpa How fond I am of these! away with clods. I ran to the neighsummon wait; derings had brought him acroea the A!l cheerless burn my tcepea Are, but Perry. boring fence, took off a large rail, Beside a ribbon-countroad of blood red glows my hate. the courier, and whose keen A fearsome damsel sits, path Fanny saw tbe mistake at once. balanced it upon my shoulder and Denver Republican. And oer her head a ehloken-p- l I scent the to shelter. had No. no! she cried, laughing. him directed all then ran against the donkey with With ostrich pinions flits; asked yon if you were a fairy. Springing to hla feet as rapidly as purple tears she views the drifts my force, guiding the rail so that Through warm, magneta snow And you are so blind and deaf that possible, Adam darted to one aide and the end would strike him In the side. OhOfPodge Mucknlght, the horrid fright said tho unslung his rifle. Round and round, you did not understand, You gave me long ago! But the struggles of the horse and now over, now under, dog and bruin smiling young lady who had just the nimble movements of Jack render- Illusive days of callow youth come out of the gate. fought for supremacy. Maintaining ed this ponderous weapon almost inef-That may not come again, So his hold upon the bears flank, the Yes, yes, said Uncle John. i Thy retrospective Ignorance fective. ' . Amuses endless pain; brave dog was in this position beyond you took me for a fairy, did you? And Old Gray became entangled In his (I once believed It makes me blush reach of that .terrible paw, but their leaves were green; In truth. you had three wishes. Well come la harness and fell to the earth. Jack I That dared to think wild roses pink were so rapid and receive the first. I will buy mg and twistings turnings secured and his knees callow of In dropped upon days youth!) In Llppln-cott1 was the possessor of a bright, niece that He Adam fire. Hhilbrlck to Mnribah Abbott feared experiI Fanny another hoop. a better hold upon his throat. enced some difficulty, too, In freeing active Irish setter dog, Laddie, who Soon after, little Fanny skipped again tried my rail, hut Jack only lay tbe lock of his rifle from Its wrap- accompanied me on my many drives home, thinking, as she went that a down flat, shut his eyes and continMy dog and nearly blind old gentleman, In gray. of hide, and, realizing that each through the country. pings ued choking poor old Gray. I had a were horse friends, and Is just aa good sb the fairies In story Inseparable moment to the of delay added danger, and thought of trygood pocket-knife- , Adiiii Nujeot when we were out driving, Laddie" books. Ilow deto he clubbed his rifle, prepared In the ing to sever the large artery fend himself and his dog by beating assumed to take charge of both the donkeys neck, but I feared fathers Moil the bear over Its head. Whether this horse and myself; several times helpBrouDt Ue displeasure, for the donkey was of attitude disconcerted the dog, or ing us out of what might have remuch greater value than the horse. hold became loos- sulted In serious difficulties, at one whether the latters Gray was struggling feebly and ened by Its struggles, will never he time catching and holding the horse breathing hoarsely, and I knew that Bide quiet known, but Just as Adam was about when frightened and running away, pups, steady! Steady, his time was Bhort unless something a bit to strike a blow the dog fell back. In- until I could reach her. But the Intil the storm lifts. was done to relieve him; so I drew A winter gale was blowing. Drift- stantaneously the great paw of the stance I desire to relate occurred two my knife, and instead of striking to the snow into mountains of fleecy bear shot out and fell, striking the dog years ago last spring, I was driving kill, gashed Jack across the nose. ing through a rough and hilly section of bein able The blood collected in his nostrils. whiteness, wherever it encountered with fatal effect. Seizing the opporthe country, where the road was fre- to Theres anothin nicer than Adam It an offered obstacle to drive. the its action, headlong by tunity cookfer dinner, good good He snorted, released the horse, and up get at eddied and twirled It aloft In dense fired point blank at the gleaming eyes. quently crossed by brooks, which in is a grand thing and It wont hurt' with a savage bray leaped at me. asseason of that at tbe times, year, I avoided his teeth as best I could clouds. Sunset hour bad passed, twi- Like the sudden snuffing of a candle sumed large proportions, flooding both anybody to know it, rich or poor. , There is chew sorts o cookin' In and used my knife with deadly in- light had deepened, and the darkness the light of life faded out of them, roads and bridges. I approached one and with a growl dying in his of these this world poor mans snd rich mans. tent, but he soon tripped me down, of the long night was rapidly drawing throat the savageyellowish-whita over was which streams, e carhuge The ruinin of good Ingreglents I dont and seizing me savagely by the chest, rear. snow bridge about twelve feet long and call cookin at ahl, at ahl. cass of the the sunk bear upon naked a Under of pinthe shelter Inflicted snd tore away my clothing on somewhat road above falsed the nacle of rock, known far and wide as beneath It, while the fleecy covering the farther Bide from me. Tbe water To make spring lamb chops tender, a slight wound. the devils thumb," a lad scarce 18 of mother earth crimsoned rapidly. new peetatlea and green peas appetlz-in- , I regained my feet and fought deswas to the the and up bridge, beyond Adam now had time to glance about and strawberries fit to eat Is what' 'was a pond of water some five perately, but was soon thrown down years of age crouched,' holding two him and to note through the thin- bridge that, Beside leash. In black rich mans cheff does. But there's the shaggy knelt dogs This the time donkey or six in rods again. width, dark and muddy, ning clouds which were scudding over and several feet more folks concerned with making A In upon me, and seizing the fleshy por- him, and upturned so that It might the deep places. heavens, blight stars were fitfully such a tasty dish with tion of my right shoulder, crushed It lean against the side of the rock, restnear little way from the point of crossing o' mutton and a pint ol between his powerful Jaws. It was ed bis catamaran; and lashed thereto glowing, and the moon, low down were some rocks close large standing the horizon, shone as a silvery orb. dried peaB there wont be a scrap to the ram with which I had used the was his only remaining bag of mall, The over which could the together, dog storm had ceased as Buddenly as It cross In knife, so I was now prostrate and together with his snowshoes. A rifle had that manner. When I drove warm up fer breakfast, and its a far the with its decline, and, arisen, was across hack his enslung by thongs of the onto the bridge my horse stopped and more pertickler Job, weaponless, at the mercy of seal hide, and drawing his spotted gale was lulled into gusts of varying refused to Sirllne steak nlver bought a harse take to the water, which raged brute. Quickly and carefully Adam stood level with the fer O'Gally ner paid a dollar on our Though I had called for Trusty and sealskin cap more firmly down over Intensity. my bridge; dog gazed over the snow field surrounding stood on one of the and chew lots; hut Its pork True at the first sight of the donkey his head and ears, he waited for the him. large rocks watch- cottage Slowly and anxiously he scrutian beans that 'ud make yer mouth in the field, and at Intervals during his storm to cease. Farther progress, unhorse when the each mound and shadow, fearing ing my progress, snd waater that has, not to spake of a way assault upon the horse, they had not der the conditions which had suddenly nized refused to and the stopped on, dog, go mate of the dead hear might I have of throwln pancakes together been in sight when last I looked for overtaken him, was dangerous, if not that the come lumbering toward him. He could with human intelligence and reason- thats saved us tons of poundcake and them. Now I loudly called again, but impossible. ing, instantly leaped from the rock Adam Nugent, though hut n youth, discover nothing, however, and, with a onto the bridge, ran up In front of apple pole. Fer Ive nlver seen the I could not see anything, for my eyes onwere filled with blood from the wounds was a courier, or mall carrier, in the sigh of relief, he prepared to move tbe horse, looked into her face, gave day I'd allow angelcake In me house, ward. entrustwas and care to far his North, the in knife had made a sharp bark of encouragement, and let alone In me familys stomachs, donkeys my Twelve miles still lay before him, head. I was fast losing my strength, ed the safe delivery of the mail from turned and deliberately walked extry good stomachs though they be, remainder of his journey. At the then off from tbe bridge Into the water, all too. but was savagely beating the donkey outport to outport, over a distance of the full sixty miles. In summer he Jour- - end lay the little village of Rose of the time looking over his shoulder My little bye Toby will come in of with my able hand. and there, within their tilt," at evenin playin he's starved to a! an the Come Suddenly I seemed to have knocked neyed with his shaggy pony and the Blanche, as horse, saying, on," d him completely from my body, and up little cart, but with the hla parents awaited hla coming. Un- plainly as his intelligent face could skellytin an' droppln lnty bis livin; I sat, blinded by dust and blood. coming of October this means of trans- lashing the mall bag from the cata- express those words. Then, without choomb and the bye la tired workia There was the sound of a struggle portation was discarded for tbe more maran, he slung it over his shoulder, any urging on my part, the horse at ahl day and skylarkin between whiles beasts now restlessly nos- wondering at its extreme lightness, once followed the dog Into the water near me; but I could not realize what but the way he will brighten oop at had occurred until I heard Trusty's ing about his feet. He was alone, ex- which up to this time he had not no- and across the flooded strip of road to the sight of a pot of dumpllns an ticed. Then, binding his snowBhoes the dry land, at times up to her belly gravy does me as much good as coin attacking whoof!" Thank heaven! cept for the companionship of his two firmly upon his feet and grasping his In the desomost and bad fleetthe was reached come. had the It dogs, my dogs flood, the dog swimming over to church, an more. I Joost sit there er True's silent assault that had driv- late portion of his route. Between rifle well In hand, be trudged onward the center of tbe road Just la front of watchln him eat, froze to me chair with happy feellns, and before I know en the donkey from my prostrate Cremalllere and Rose Blanche, not a with watchful eye. her. It was late the following night when, form, and Trustys one bluff bark an- foot of the ground was tillable, and hla some hours later over the It Im plannln what I'll have fer dinReturning route, striking inland across the penin- after weary struggling snd floundering same road, the dog, always in advance, ner and my! my! I'm that nounced his later arrival. I cleared my eyes till I could see sula, carried him too far from tbe sea through drifts often waist high, and stopped a moment. Just long enough to comfterble. stopping to Conserve his see If the horse would make the pasFeed em, 1 say, man and bye; feed the combat. Jack was on his feet, to bring him into any of the little fish- often, too,that he saw the lights of sage of the water strength, was with which shore its ing villages em, but dont pampey em, don't spile all and when doing his best to escape the dogs. right, Rose Blanche twinkling like stars be saw she raised no objection to em with blled Isters and Ice cream. He seemed to have lost his courage. dotted. So he was compelled to travel above the whiteness of the snow field; His muffled braying had ceased, and this desolate, rocky plateau, which crossing, he took to the rocks and If my little bye Toby gets chicken of at that Instant, a sudden dizziness crossed a Soondah be wants goose fer Moon-da- b he was trying to return to the stable was most fittingly named the bar- but, overcame him and with a moan of Scientific without wetting his feet and turkey the rlst o' the week, lot. Tbe dogs threw him again and rens." American. and Im the very same oldentlcal way For a distance of fifteen miles one despair he fell prostrate. again; but be was large and strong, me8llf, and so Is OGally, and there's and would rise, shake them loose and little hut alone broke tbe severity of "Tls the courier!" i no use In It. the landscape, a rude shelter built by rush onward. "Aye, ayel Take arms snd legs Pull em up shart, I say; pull em up Trusty fell behind in tbe race, and the government for the protection of there snd hoist him. Tls froze he be, with a tinder pot roast, a 1th a speck o to an in and the was effort It couriers, to received seize Jacks heels, trying like as not, and Tls better home than oonlon and tomahtab tftop of It. Let a kick upon the head that stretched reach this hut before the close of the here he can be cared for. Loosen hla tbe chickens live snd lay eggs fer us, inhim upon the earth. I thought him day that Adam had Journeyed on. gripe on the sack, man, loosen his and bile up the carn-bee- f and cabstead of the at little village remaining donkdead, and while I followed the gripe!" till it fairly melta on yer tongue. was of he bage, where Pouchette, strongly ey I called off True. This latter seemed Impossible, howYou dont need em these fancy . As the donkey entered the lot I advised against leaving. Adam could ever, and the attempt was abandoned. IJttlo Fanny Farley was skipping If knows bow to cook. Pouyou in as as well dwellers tbe groceries closed the gate, which bad been open- Judge, Adam Nugent was saved. At dawn, with her. rope across tbe village green, cookin' does it Nothin Use, the atmosIts from chette, that, as prevailing aa lark. a was She gaily In singing some unaccountable and ed two of the fishermen of Rose Blanche, way, on a visit to her Aunt Goodrich at and ahl we need In this country Is fer then looking toward my horse, I saw pheric conditions, a heavy storm was hunting their dogs which had strayed Falrport. seand somebody to make cookin' fashionhe the too, knew, him up and dragging the plow across Impending, away, stumbled over the prostrate Is little In able, and it seems to me that's alsy awful that of northern the Fanny, Fanny! dwy," you?" verity the field. form of the courier, half hidden from called a voice, all of a sudden. done. Chicago News. which every particle of congested Grieving over poor Trustys fate, moisture, falling In almost Impalpable sight beneath mound of snow which A little way off stopped. Fanny had drifted over him during the time stood an old I went to the horse, and freeing him Pelican Island. man, with white hair and clouds the sight and Impedes he had been there. Speedily they lifted beard, from the plow, mounted him and rode powder, a broad brimmed hat, But he had miscalculated In that long, narrow lagoon on the tbe wearing breath. In hla their strong arms, and, and a gray suit Also he carried a east coast of toward home. But before I got out the Florida known as Indian possible time of Its arrival; so, still body of sight of the stable lot I heard clinging to his charge, they car- thick cane. the devils thumb, Just ried him there Is a muddy lulet three or upon reaching river, to of the his shelter whoof!" and behold, as the full parents' Trusty's savage Is that you, little Fanny?" he asked four acres In extent, writes Frank M. of the storm broke, be the dogs were again In battle with determined fury Here, under the kindly ministra- again. to secure himself and hla tilt Chapman in the Century. Originally tions of his mates, who rubbed his bethe donkey! was puzzled at first, then she It doubtless did not differ from hunFanny dogs from further danger, and, under numbed limbs hour by hour, Adam thought: 1 wonder If that Is a fairy? dreds of similar Trusty, having been only stnnned, the lee of the rock, await tbe cessation neighboring Islets; ' Nugent regained consciousness. When What a queer one it Is? Are you a had rallied, pursued bis enemy, and of Its violence. some reason past finding out, for but, he was fully recovered tbe skipper, or fairy? she asked Joined by his brother, was fighting as timidly, this Islet, and this alone, forms the "Down, Hector, down! Duke, lay head man, of Rose Blanche, as wu an angry bulldog will. I rode In a I resting resort, the home, of all the peW "Yes, yes!" tbe voice replied. safer his Tls close!" he commanded. mall In the the some with duty, and opened hag trouble ye he In tbe lee than In the open. lep to the lot, want you to go home with me. I leans of the Indian river, If not, Indeed, beat off the dogs snd took them with Theres nowt to fear, saving atarvlng presence of the courier himself. see aa well as common this morn- of tbe east coast of Florida. Tbe brown cant one letter lay within. It bore mo to the house. s ing. Come, take hold of my hand." and freezing, and ua have froze and theOnly pelican, unlike Its whits cousin, nests red and the seal, governmental Mother fainted when she saw my starved afore, pups, and lived to see bead normally In low trees and bushes, and Uttle swam Fanny's fairly torn and bloody clothing, but 1 was this day. And so Twill be again," he superscription, plainly discernible In with wonder and Is evidence that when the origithere Her dreams delight not much hurt, only onq severe bite, muttered, ns he pulled the dogs closer tbe light of the birch logs burning were coming true. nal pelican colonists landed on the Here a yrts snd I revived her snd soon calmed to him, and their warm bodies might fiercely upon the broad hearth, read fairy caught out after midnight and Islet which now bears their name, It Rose Nugent, Courier, her fears. Then I went out to exam- add to tbe protection of the thickness Adam Into an old man, to punish was well grown with black and red turned Blanche." was When a it opened crisp ine old Gray and Trusty before I of canvas wrapped about bis legs In which the birds placed d note lay within his hand, to her. She went up to the gray old mangroves dressed my own wounds. their of sticks. Exceptionsaw and took scaffoldinghand. tbe his be outlines gontleman, Crouching low, attached the customary Neither ol them was seriously In- of his catamaran lose themselves in which low temperature and high water ally That's he said. my dear," right, form was of the printed receipt. It also excessive use by the jured, and we were all soon well the drifting snow. First the lower courier's pay for his services during "Now go straight home and dont let perhaps again; but poor old Jack almost starv- runner, then tbe platform, and finally the birds, which sometimes build as many me fall off the sidewalk. And what summer. As handbe past wearily ed before he could use bis lacerated Its upper runner disappeared, and only as seven nests In a single mangrove-ha- ve ed It to hla father a smile dawned upon do you think I got for you, little nose and lips In eating. killed tree after tree, until at the two upper stakes, leaning against his usually grave face; but It quickly Fanny?" Of the subsequent career and death the rock above him, remained to show only three serviceable trees present said 1 three "Oh," Fanny, wishes, an gave place to expression of delight Still the birds come back, tbe remain. of my two dogs I do not wish to tell that his catamaran was beside him. as he said, It will keep food by ns 'til suppose! In detail, so aad la the history I for Between these upper stakes be bad "Louder, my dear, said the old Impelling motive which prompts them summer fishery comes, thank Godl the to this particular spot beTrue died by poison, and Trusty by lashed the mall bag, so that It formed But Tls my last 1 dont hear gentleman. any better to return trip on the ing evidently stronger than that which shotgun as a result of hydrophobia. a roof, and, Uttle by little, Its leather for my feet be frosted. Thankbarrens, see I than God, Induced them to next In trees. They had saved my life, they had sides sunk under the weight of snow can handle n cod line, thought" "Three wishes!" shouted Fanny. protected mother, their misdeeds had and forced him Into a still more crouchBut the government, ever mindful Hm! hml" he answered. "Three! been few; If they did delight in com- ing attitude. The air grew close ant of Its faithful The Maelstrom. well see about that What's Well, upon servants, learning " nature twas their const Off of Norway Is the great to," and over warmer. lie realized that he was shut of Adams mtlmed the bat, the first one? condition, promptthe grave in which both lie I placed a In from the fury of the etorm, end, almaelstrom, by far the most dangerous him assistant to the lightA nice hoop," answered appointed ly Fanny, of any of the whirlpool In the Loro-de- n plain marble slab with thlt epitaph: though ha weald suffer much discom- house keeper at Rose Blanche. Never promptly. Sacred to the memory of Trusty fort, hi life, ae well ae that of hla docs he Isles. During severe storms the light the lamps in the tall "Hoop, hoop," he answered. Why stream will boll and eddy In such and True, bulldogs of good descent. dogs, was saved. stone tower, however, and watches I gave you one last week. True to tbclr Instincts, Trusty In acmighty whirls that the largest steamer Taking a hard biscuit from his their rays spread far seaward, but No," said Fanny, did you?" Their conduct was generally jacket pocket be munched It, giving what he calls tion. cuuld hardly successfully contend with to mind the twinkling meritorious and they lie here lamen- now and then a small portion to eacb replied the old gentle- Its waters. lights In the little village which faded What a strange child you are." ted by the family, that knew them of bis dogs, wbo, eagerly devouring to suddenly from bis sight on his last man. best. W. II. Icppor, in Youths them, nosed his mlttened hands for trip as courier. W. Edgar Simpson A somebody Is anybody wbo Is e I forgot It, really." aa'd Fanny. more. Fatting their broad beads, be In American Boy. Companion. The old gentleman seemed sur vied by everybody a ho la nobody. THE IMPRE8SIONI3T. braying of JWck attracted my atten- tica, and to vy horror I saw that callow youth. he bad k jtered the field and was charg- 1 one believed, la Clifts were (ray, That rocks and from horse. the my Springing ing That skies were tiure, clouds were white With silver to I to rushed linings vine, poor Gray, hoping fay; me blush once believed - makes free him from the plow, mount and I That leaves were green; In truth ride away from the donkey to a place I dared to think wild roees pink In dayg of callow youth! of safety; but when I reached the horse the donkey was not ten yards I've lived to learn. I've studied wU Impressionistic art. away, and Instead of trying to free And much of wisdom, weird and wise, I've gathered to my heart: Gray I tried to drive back Jack by I pity, with compassion vast. pelting him with clods. But clods The unesthetic few were not severe enough to turn his Who loudly state, In tones elate. WHEN FAR AWAY. I good-nature- ( 1 sault U Billy was brave and strong. He had put to flight the largest sheep and the most savage hog, and had even felled a huge ox at a single blow from his bony frontal. Kow he delivered his second blow Just .True was rising, but missed and ran over him, striking the kennel. This awakened the sleeping Trusty, who came lazily forth Just as the goat made his third charge Into the open mouth of the now angry True. With he Joined his one short ',whoof!" mate In the fray. Mother, who was watching from a window, felt sure the goat would kill my dogs, and nothing but fear of him prevented her from going to their rescue. Feeling that she could not endure to witness their destruction, she turned from the window till the nol&e of the battle had ceasrJ, and when she looked again poor Billy was dead dead as Hector, snd like him was being dragged from the battle- eld. This fatal engagement awoke In our dogs a sense of their might, and a reprehensible fondness for battle. They thrashed all the dogs that bad bullied their youth; they charged upon a restive cow because they heard mother expostulating with her, and they nearly killed poor bossy; finally they disposed of a tramp who had attempted to bully mother until. In her terror, she ran screaming toward the kennel and called on Trusty and True. Ffctunately for himself the tramp stood still In abject terror, and the dogs, wit' had never yet attacked a hnma being, contented themselves with holding him prisoner, while father and I ran In from the field on hearing mother ringing the dinner-bel- l Then mother fainted; but wildly. she soon rallied and cried: "O father, did they kill hlmT" The tramp Is all right, mother. The dogs did not take hold of him.' Thank God! said she. I thought I had murdered him." No," said father, he Is out there under guard. What has he done?" She then told us, whereupon father, seeing that the tramp had merely bees Insolent, sent the huge bulldogs to their kennel and let the man go. A little later mother exclaimed, "Oh, that tramp almost frightened me to death, but I did not want the dogs to kill him. Father, you must get rid of Trusty snd True, or I shall cause them to do something that we shall be sorry for." But father seemed to like the dogs better after that They had no more serious adventures until aeedlng-tlrthat autumn, when I was about sixteen years old, hearty and strong as any farmer boy. One day I was plowing with a very gentle horse, old Gray, in a field adjoin-Ih-g the stable lots where a Urge black 8panlsh donkey lastly walked about I knew a vicious donkey to be a dangerous foe among horses, and was aware that such a one sometimes attacks man; but I had no fear of Mr. Jack, for a high picket fence suN rounded the lot, and a strong gate was Its only outlet to lha field. Boy-lik1 had lert my horse hitched to the plow, and vaa perched In aome buahes by the side of the Odd enjoying a feast of wild grapes, and think-fa- f of nothing alae, whet the loud r good-humore- The Reasoning of Laddie s. Airs. OGally on Cooking , sure-foote- d five-poun- u To-be-sur- |