Coalville Times | 1901-11-29 | Page 3 | A Warm Welcome

A WARM WELCOME. I Tke Old Tfar Hum MmAm II u Master Heart OI4. Old Bpot waa General Kllpatrlck'a favorite ear horae. After the war the general waa sent to Houth America. He left Ihe old no se at the firm, with orders thnt he ehou'd be kindly cared for. Returning after an absence of aeveral year, the general reached home near night, and was for aome time occupied In exchanging greetings with his family and friends. Ha did not, however, lung neglect to Inquire artar the old horae. I -earning thai Bpot waa at pasture In a distant Held, tha general sent for hlra, and a little later waa told that bla ravorlta stood Had to a post at tha entrance of the grounda aouia dlatance away. Tha general baalened out onto th plana, whence, peeling through the evening, he nw the form of the old veteran who atood demurely gnawing at the poaL Just one word, Bpot! rang out over tha lawn. Like an echo came back tha anawerlng neigh. With a snort and a bound the old charger snapped the baiter, cleared the fence at a leap, and with arched neck and eara proudly erect, he stood by tha alalia, where with Joyful whinny be laid bla bead on hla master's breaat. Added the general: "Wa hugged and rareaaed earh other like lovera, and I am not ashamed to Bay that no welcome wel-come I received that day warmed my heart more than that of old Spot."