The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-04-24

erowled ancaaig. Bot I s9senra my
voice, aud cried out Good deg gooa
dog irving thereby 10 appease him !
suppose his Instinct lo'A him that was
not an enemy f5r he turned to snlf
mY trousers, aud when ! struck secoud
tersuyan he consented tony accompany
ing him without doing anything slse but
continue hl. smiling We went up three
stories like this, until we reached The gar
rft floor There were two doors face 10
laue, and oac Of them had latch with a
piece OF string tird 10 H. The string
dangled with a loop At its eud 70 IT, The
dog raised ono 81 his fore.paw., pressed
lit on The loop, and by thi, means opened
tie door. We both walked in together
There was o rushlight burning iu The
ncct of q giugcr.becr bottle There was
an empty saucepan ID CRATE without q
fire. Some tattcred cloihe, were hanging
on tse back OF bioken chair, and some
Bit, ot plaster, fallen from a cracked cell
Ing, were eucumbcring the floor. On the
spiut.red deal table was plate with a
solitary bone oa ii, aud Hext TO IL a cup
with the handle gone turned from the
sight oi these things TO mattress laid IN
corner of the room The light was rem
dered SO nickeriug by the gusts Of wind
that swept through the window -- to
which bits of newspaper had been pasted
( for want of glass that could not Al first
distinguish very clearly where was, aud
what saw. could only hear the ailce-
donate winnings Of the dog, and vaguely
see him leaping upon some one against
/ whom he was rubbing his head, aud
whose face he was licking with an exu-
beraucc of love heard a voice, too
( bat avoice so husky and broken, that 1t
resembled whisper-repeat tecbIy,
Good dog good Jiml and then | saw
a hand unite the basket and heard the
sound of money poured out on the couch.
Good Jim good Jim! went on the
cracked voice; aud it began counting,
One, two Oh, good Jim good JIM
here's shilling. One-and-threepence,
one-aud-nine-pencc, two shillngs Oh,
good dog three and penny, three and
. But here followed terrified
shrek
/. Who's that? cried the man, covering
up the money with his sheet, and he look
ed at me, livid and haggard with the
ague of fever.
Don't be frightened, said ] am come
to do you no harm | am a friend.
have followed your dog home, and de.
sire 10 help you if YOU are in need,
lie seemed to be man about fifty, fol
his hair was not all gray; but the ghast.
IL ly hollowness of his cheeks, the emacia-
ted condition Of his body, and, above all
the CLEAN of disease in his burning eyes
made him older than a man of ninety, foi
they told, more plainly than words could
have told, that he had already one foot
within his grave.
My tone and my appearance seemed
to reassure him but he continued TO hide
his money.
lam poor man, sir, he gasped, very
poor man. have nothing but what my
dog earns me, and that's nothing. lie
goes out to idle; and if he picks up q
few pence (here the man had fit Of hec,
tic coughing)-if he picks up few pence
sir, it's all he do pick up.
/ felt my heart ache, for guessed the
truth.
He's not an idle dog said. Has he
not earned you more than three shllling'
to-day?
Oh. no. sir.-no. sir: it's threepenee
protested the rniser, trembling. It.
throepeucc -threepeucc, sir. Look and
see.
Aud bela nm ,lroo copncr coips from
ont of MIS- Covering
! Va, ore vory iIl my man. / .aid an
,roar,fpg his motros. Yop mpst let ,ne
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On, God oh tod! Let That bon'
alone laIlefed The unhappy Wrelch, Try
ing TO rise; its my supper for tonight