Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-10-21

off a corner of a sheet, he h ad scratched
| and paved of the fringe from the otto.
| man. .sWhat shall we do with the
creature p said mamma. s'I'm sure
never would have bought him had ]
known what a trouble he would be-
f"He viii have to be sent away if he
/ don't mind, - said papa.
But the moment papa spoke of send
ing AEuff away Lulu's great blue ewes
filled with tears, and her lips trembled
and she seemed so brOken-hearted that
papa said, well, well, Wen try him
| a little longer"
4 Then how hard Lulu tried to make
| Muf1ie cOmprehed the situation She
would take him into her lap and
| preach to him gTavely; Now YOU
see, AIudie, I love you, and don't
I want you sent off; but if you go on so
they viii send you way way of
where you'll never. qleCeT see me any
more Would MT that make you feel
bad, BIUffie ~
AEuffie would sit with his head verv
much on one side, and his tongue like
| a pink streamer hanging out of his
mouth, and listen with waggish air
TO all his miStreSS'S instructions show
ing just about as much feeling as some
little boys and girls do when their
mammas tell them of what may hap
pen to them when they grow up if they
do not heed their counsel.
" V.
u have always been a. pretty lucky
dog, and I don't believe anything very
bad will happen to me-"
Muf liked very much to trot about
with his little mistress when she went
out for walk. Then he would cock
his ears and tail, and pad along as im-
pOrGant as possible he would run
and bark at every cat and dog or hen
and chicken in his way, and seemed
delighted to keep everything about
him in a hutter.
People scOlded a great deal, and
some even threatened to shoot him
but when little Lulu came in sight
with her blue eyes and golden hair
they concluded TO let him go for her
sake.
Muff wanted very much to go to
church Sundays. He went everywhere
else with Lulu, and why he was shut
up to private meditation on Sundays
was thing he could not understand.
So he would watch his opportunity
and slip out of door or window, and
trOt off TO church, and to Lulu's aston
ishment appear suddenly in the broad
aisle. Once he even went up and sat
IN the chanceI as grave and innocent as
possible. Lulu's heart was in her
mouth when the sexton put him out,
and she had to leave church to go home
wit him.
''Hew often must I tell you, Mufie,
u
when she got him safe home. NYOu
may go everywhere else with me, but
you must MT go to church J"
Muff1e could not speak, but his eyes
said, s'Why must MT I ?n as plainly as
the thing could be spoken.
However, on reflection, Muf thought
he had found out way to manage the
matter. He waited till everybody was
in church one Sunday. and thea Jump
ed out of the pantry window and trot-
ted off to meeting. He took possess
ion of a deserted slip near the door,
and mouting the seat sat up as grave
as judge, and seemed resolved to
show that dog could act like a good
Christian.
For a while all went on very we'll. /
and nobody noticed that he was there
but at last a great bluebottle fly whiz-
zed down into his face, when "whack"
came ont Muff'S short bark. Every /
body looked round, and Muff barked
again; then Lulu got up and ran down
the aisle just as the sexton seized him.
80, please don't do anything to himP'
said Lulu. "You know he's only a dog;
I try to teach him so hard, but ne won't
learn"
The sexton smiled on the little mai
den, and she took her pet home.
30 AIuffie, Muffie, what trouble you
do make me {" she said; "but yeti love
you, and ] would MT have you sent off
for the world"
Since then little Lulu has grown Il
bigger girl, and NItlIf hes grown an
older and q sohersI doE lie no lon
ger chews up her shoes and stockings, /
and he has learned to spend Sundays
in private reflection, but he never will !
learn not to bark. Little by little, /
however, people have become used to
his noise, and like him in spite of it.
One of these days, perhaps, / VIII tell
you moro OF Lulu's Pupil.
Harriet Beecber StO2Ce.