Show t f t 1 1 j i f f 4 v I v. v rl f. f 1 It i rf r. r 0 J I P I Jr 1 fa i I Ly 0 7 cj J 7 c O It IL F i iThe The ri Progress i 1 t T l' had been quiet enough h by the thc b haul f of ut tIle the river before the bi big black d 1111 came mt 1 must explain that it was t r Ireton r river ricer ier and Ind that the children i i. i t little black gowns while white color colori i L who Mt it quietly knit knitting ul on th s. s r S were Breton Dreton chil children ren who some som times time talked French which t you oI have e understood and sometimes Breton r i which y you rou u certainly would not have understood toC fl ami which you rOIl would ho hart thought a n very cry funny sounding language i The Tho children were ere grouped under a n trey tree I not not far from fron th the e bank of the thc river ri Near heat r cl them a white S goat at belonging to the I mother of two to of them was WIS tied to a n stake quietly grazing Some little littie boys boys- boys I not nice little boys boss as IS you will r rl era discover l were playing close to the water and a n little American girl irl and her ber mother who ho had come came from a nearby city elty to tr spend tho day vero sitting on a bench nearer Dearer the water Wlter And And oh oh yes yes yes-a a little further farther off there was a n wIck wicked cd looking old man with one eye ye who used a stick when hell he walked Ho fat eat on another bench by himself himself not looking quite so o wicked alfirst at al first glance as ns he be afterward turned outto out outto outto to be And as ts I have e said up to the moment that the big bi black dog dOl appeared upon the scene ne nothing much had happened But when be he did come with a bounce and Iud a 1 bark and with the puppy who thought him quito finite a n wonderful do dog running after 1 him and imitating his manner as best he hc 1 could he ho created all the excitement he could have o wished for in his vainest mo mo- meats ments The puppy had left his home that day daya Jaya Jay dar a very ery much overcrowded o homo borne where he was not especially well ell cared cued for for and and had ca cast t in his fortunes with those of the bi big black dog doe do Now ow the tho black dog dos was awell a awell well meaning amiable person but out perhaps perhaps per per- haps a lI trifle too proud of his bigness and blackness s and of the commotion he could stir up if he chose So ho started in at once to make his presence felt and rushed about iu in a n. circle in the neighborhood of or the goat ont oat barking barkin violently lie He would not really have o hurt any one for anything in inthe inthe the world but the white goat boat oat startled from day dreams reams over oter his grass did not realize that and he fell fen into a regular panic 1 cant can't undertake to say suy what he thought the black do dog was or what he be was going goin to do O to him but buthe be he just completely lost his self control and started off at nt u a run rUD pell He forgot that he had ha horns and that the black do dog had none lie He forgot everything lie just j wanted to get gel awa away from row that great rent careering black monster at nt an any cost and after running blindly blindly blindly- in nn any and cYer every direction he finall finally remembered d his Jis friends the eh children and md ran u behind them for protection You might have h thought that the children chil chil- dren dreu would have hao run ruu away from frow the goat but they were on intimate terms with him hirn hi to he lie was in iii the habit of going In iu the house with them i if lie he felt like it it so foO o they I were IrO not at till all afraid of him But when they saw that great reat black creature leaping leaping leap leap- ing about the they too were elO seized with panic and ud ran shrieking and falling fIllin over o each other into the vest nest field over the stone wall I The black Mack dogs dos thirst for excitement gratified he ran tan lightly off in search of other adventures ad But the puppy the poor foolish puppy lingered behind instead instead in in- stead of staying with th the black do dog who was vas bi big enough to have havo protected him He had indeed intended to remain with him but bein being a D puppy he could not hold one one idea in his head lead very Ion long and he was quito quite likely 16 start tart violently off for somewhere then stop before ho got sot there and forget oret where he a was v-as going or what hat be ho was going goin for Upon this oc occasion o occasion oc- oc casion he lC had an idea of playing with the children and the strange white beast that thai was so 50 ready to run about But unfortunately ho wa was misunderstood both b by the goat boat and the little girls tl who drove him h m away very harshly harsh I am afraid that they even en threw throw tl sticks and stones tones at him And after dod dodging them nimbly and aud looking looking look look- ID ing a little troubled and puzzled the puppy finally filially wan wandered ered off in the direction direction tion ol ot the boys by the river rifer for being a puppy his heart naturally went out ot to cl children And I have often thought that If children realized the utter trust and belief that puppies s s have haio in them th they would not play any of the cruel tricks YI on th them m that they the sometimes do Y Well 11 the little boys who boys who ho a as I 1 said atthe at atthe the be beginning nning were not nice little boys boys boys- I pretended to play with the puppy and InrI coaxed coned him up to th them m. m Then Theu when he went so gladly and confidently they I picked him up and threw him into the river The puppy had bad never ue been in III th tb i I water before Of cour course e ho knew how knew how to swim by instinct but the water was wass wn I very cold for it was early in iu tho the summer bummer n and d the quick terrible fall through h theair the Hie air ur took his bis breath and vet set his little heart to beatin beating Worse than that the he sides of or the r river cr were walled u up with smooth tone stone fo for several feet above the wa water ter and there was no ao place where he could get a t foothold So he swam er very fast up a and d down the ed edge e looking for n place to climb up and not finding nn any After a n time one ono of the the- boys ran raa n title mile te ladder set close a against the wall that was used for getting up and aud down from tho the boats and pulled pulle the puppy out none too gently and threw him on the ground I lie ran off then looking suddenly s very mall with his fuzzy fuzz hair all wet lid I clinging to hi his little b body rl Then when he lie Age at nt a safe distance he lie shook hook himself I and sat down shivering and nad kf Cpin avary a n. n wary vary eye ee upon the little hogs boys hO 5 When they I. I came canie after ft r him and tried to pick lent him tip up 1 again ho dodged them and ran off lie I W was 3 not so happy as IS he had been what wha t with the he the shook of or the fr fright and Iud the vole cold I and an the shock of finding out nut that the thc i t tie th hoys hor y were not his friends and he sat satt I off ff by himself looking lookin a little ilu I am wl audi I lonely But being be n a puppy UPP hill hii memory for or grievances Ic was not very en I trou auda and aud a after cr a 11 time he hc moved mo oi off olf very gayly a lr I The little American girl who hul been len indignantly watching nil all this had Just been een on th the point of starting out with i iler her er ler mother to tell the th little boys wll what he the thought of them thew wh when n the they r rescued the tho puppy i ob SU She called caUp him to her now The puppy listened with rest interest turning tin tin- his lIis hend henl henda eo a O one ape ne side as ho he listened but lie he was still stilli i t little ludo sceptical A After Hel a 3 moment however how ever Aver unable to her any allY Ion tr he ran run up lip to her hel with his hiu funny little 81 sideways dr run mn Then rh n the little girl irl made fuss fogs and this thill excited h. h great over o him t nun hun min so M o that he jumped ll up lip on her lap p nud and nc trot Jt t IJ her r gown own all nil muddy which slip IC did not seem to mind although Her mother i I 1 1 1 some orne So reluctantly the 1 tI I nut the nunny down n and after sev I 1 I unsuccessful n attempts to get set up or ori r 1 lap again n nin hI he ran off to make other othet Sends ends U Unluckily he lie was not as yet n a nood oath ju judge of or character h And so so 0 al al- hOIl hough bough h he had learned in this his first very 11 y out in the world that it was nolI notI not nol I ways nays wise nise to folio follow the thc example ol or r ro Irp a dogs o I anti and that little boys bors were to toie too ie o p distrusted he had no i idea as s yet et that lure here were also old men who were not nol ratite so o nice as ns the they should be So when the tho old than man with one eye oye deceitfully Billed Balled lIed the nappy up to him bim the puppy ran mn up lip wn warred leri hi his tail nu nil operation operation op which made hi his whole body wig wh wiggle gle 10 Ie sympathetically Then the wicked wickel old man took him bim up in hi his arms and walked over to the extremely extremE naughty little boys hoys and handed him over o to them And Aud the little boys promptly threw the puppy into the water n again and the bad boc old man stood there and chuckled hn as aM if there thero were pre something funny in the sight Right of a 3 frightened puppy struggling to keep his noor little no nose c above c water You wicked cruel little lacy boyr pull that little do dog out of th the water this minute cried the little girl Jirl in English h which of course e. e b had no effect upon the little boys except to make snake them laugh it was such sucha ft tl very cry funny sound 50 But the little girls girl's mother In French about a gendarme en arme Then the little boys hoys exchanged ex fX exchanged changed glances of consultation and after aCter a n. moment one ono of them went do down n the ladder to which the puppy was now clinging clinging cling elin- in ing with trembling paws But the puppy had had hi his tru trust t in little boys bos too cruelly I shaken b by thi this time and he only suspected I more mischief so o when the little ho boy put putout putout putout out his hand to take him he growled as fiercely as he knew how And since the little boy was not very ery brave bran for brave for for little boys ho boyst who torment cats and dogs doss are arc never brave ice brAve he was quite alarmed when tho the puppy displayed his milk teeth and ran I. I I I I I up the ladder again fig Meanwhile a tint bottomed bout boat came slowly 10 1 u tIo th the lie stream town toward In it sat u farmers farmer wife wire who had hull rowed rO over to the thu village on some sonic errands tic uc- l by 11 a n maid servant and nud a l large arse absent minded mindl brown dog o who looked asif as if he had bud never ne had hall a LL trouble tJ le In his Jis life Cannot j take him home with jOU you asked the little huh girls girl's mother for fur in u 11 lew tew hours we must go JU away iwuy on th the tho train and I am afraid these wicked little boys hors will wilt torment him tint to death The Breton woman looked at thin tho pup ly m and aud said he was wat a nice little dog do and that she would mike lake c home homo w with her aim tut tot toM d her maul maid to pull him hilll iii into it thoI tho boat But b by his this I time tine the puppy had begun cun h to feel that the thu humid hand of ur every eQ limo was vas u against a him so h he lie Jed iro threateningly and aull the maid a III wa tray afraid In to touch him mu Then the fanner's i wife who thought though hl rather s slowly lowly although she he was lS u 11 kind kindhearted 1 hearted woman roul couldn't think of or any anyway way r to get gel the puppy y into the boat ami said that she he was wan afraid afra ll they the would have hJ to I lea leavo o a hint him after allBut allBut all But J it is not possible iule to leave le him hint like that exclaimed c the time little girl Jirl who had I her French b by this time thug Ho Hf will iII die The Tice l t woman her head then and Ind seemed lr very much l affect ml at ot the tIll th thought u ht 0 of u the puppy's nappy's death but tint di did vat not sei-m sei to 10 know how it 11 t was IS to be bc avoided Then rhea the rhe little girl who girl who lund had bc been berti Might b-Might up UI to rIa play ca very much like down the ladder her her- a 1 little llo lioi ran lay ran ran DU out nut out her hands without any am C It I I r f e i r parr I I t 1 a f v I 4 l I q P Pf f V t tI I II l I talc II l S I r m 1 l 4 I r I t tr tl jl a r l r i i r 1 I l l I I d I In I r n e t i iJ I I II I Ii t I i r ti f t 1 I it rL t I ITHE THE WHITE GOAT FROM DAY OVER HI FELL FELL A R PJ F fl fear lr und timid picked up the puppy which did nut not utter a single growl 10 wi lint but even lW the she insisted afterward looked up Ul n at l her and amid tried to t snub smile Then she he put him situ iu iii the boat hot and anti of ur course the lir first t thing thin he lie did didI u tt-u was I s to shake himself wb lh the tho fanner wife thought was UH very er funny Theo she same patted Hell t the lw he sea seat t Jj her and the puppy jumped tip up ou on it and hC began 11 to wn wag Ins ails s 's tai tail tuil l again Then toe tic t said agile that lint he lie was a nice little do dog and after aCh repeated ic is u the tie pretty Breton ra foj they y rowed cd tI au u ay J The liae litie girl hl remembered fur for a Ion lung long longtime time live t now the lite puppy 11 looked as he stood in lu inthe luthe the stew of the time boat with a aH wiStful H lace turned th the shore Once he lie made ai is if ho to Mould into the water but i i y the recollection ur or its 1113 recent painful experience t lc restrained him lie He was ins a u little doubtful about the last I sudden sud sud- sudden den change halle or ur scene seme 11 He lie c w vvs niS s glad to get cl out of f the tho water and fund he hl was more mimic than 11 to get away awa away from fram the tho little buys boys 1 Ho was favorably ora I I sod sed with wilh the farmers farmer's wife wire lint But he lie distrusted l leaving the place slice he had bad known And Ana the little girl irl au and aud her Ler mother stood on eu tho shore until Uio he IO funny tunny tinny Hat fiat bottomed boat with dig that Breton Brecon women the brown do dog which land had paid pai Yel very little attention to the thc whole affair nn and time the anxious puppy had drifted fur far from rom ti sight Do Du Do you OU think when he ho grows crows up tip he hei i will havo u to draw dm w a carte cart asked th hai I girl irl Site Silo felt fell u a little bit like crying 1 Xo n I think he will learn to drive the sheep her mother consoled her and aud the farmer and hi his wife wire w will 11 Do be very err good to him hums mind and proud prowl of lit him lion But for some sonic sometime sometime time I 1 think ho ht will like little girls bettor better than thou little litte boys s un until l ho I learns that all nil little l lo bays ys ate are not cruel I I I But 1 I am out inclined to tu think that hat tl the pu puppy 11 1 will Cor forget et all about that u 1 treatment iu in a 11 du day or two 1 For um Isaid I Isaid I Isai said sai before puppies have hae short Jo es and und go 0 around the tho world worl believing h that envy l' one ont ones s Ii kind and anel charming rh and nud ready to play with them And I 1 am sure that the little ho boys s and anti girls irli who read this I I will not want to do anything to spoil this I beautiful trust that puppies have ha in iu them thew I i |