The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-13

One day IL the early spring little
girl went with her father to bazar.
She had three shillings to spend, and
wondered very much what she could
find to buy. And she bought tiny,
wee kitten, with a blue ribbon round
its neck. She carried it home herself,
and puss grew fat and merry, and her
little mistress loved her dearly.
One morning, two or three months
later, when the spring had almost
turned into summer, and when Pussy's
life was chiefly spent in playing about
the garden, or sleeping in the warm
sunshine, two little girls were standing
near an open window. 1t was o'clock,
and breakfast was not ready, SO they
were watching the happy birds as they
dew past, singing, and thinking about
their nests. It was the little girl who
had bought the kitten, and a sister,
only three years older than herself.
All of a sudden terrible loud noise
was heard quite close to the window,
which frightened her SO much that the
younger began to cry; and the elder
child would have cried, too, if she had
not been too busy trying to comfort her
little sister.
"Don't cry, darling she whispered !;
Sc it is only Tom in the next garden
shooting he won't hurt us" Still
words, she looked once more out of the
window, and her eye caught sight of
something moving on the grass IN the
next garden. It was Pussy. But what
made her walk in that old way, drag
ging ner leg and twisting herself
about She had been shot =! No one
was there to tell the child, but as she
slooked she knew in moment that
the gun that had just gone off, and
frightened them SO much, had shot lit
tie Pussy.
What should you have done, little
boy or girl, who reads my story +? I will
tell yo1 what this little girl did. She
held her lips quite tight together, that
she might not cry, and said softly to
her sister, g must go away for a few
minutes, darling" and then she ran
down into the garden. And the thought
that filed her mind as she went was,
'' Oh, am glad little sister did not see
Pussy !"
Into the garden she ran, and all about
she looked, and at last, under the green
bush where she had SO often lain bask-
ing in the pleasant sunshine, the child
saw Pussy lying stiff aud still. She
had crawled to her own little sunny
bed to diel She did not new. o.
make any Sound, only one leg moved {
very little. Not far off was the gar
dener, busy moving the grass. He was ;
kind man, and came to see what was
the matter. He took up Pussy in hi
hands.
''She is dead" said the gardener
s' what shall do with her ?"
Then thought came into the child
mind. IF we do not hide her quit
away, sister will wish to see Pussy, an,
that will cause her much grief" At tn
bottom of the garden flowed the river
wide and still. "P Put her in there, sh
said, looking up to the gardener.
And down the path where Pussy ha
often played SO merrily, and the chi
dren had laughed to watch her Jumpln
and skipping in the sunshine, she wa
carried now, for the last time. Eh
kind gardener tied q stone round he
neck, and put her very gently into th
river, and the water closed over ne
ssGood-bye, Pussy" Then the ch1l
turned, and went slowly and sadly hi
the house. Her little sister had CON
down to breakfast she had forgotte
all about the gun. and was full of fu
and rnerriment The heart of the otht
child was sad but there was Joy in
too. for she said to herself, =" haN
saved little sister from great griel
She rnust know about Pussy 500
mother will tell her but she viii n
feel the pain that felt when saw b
7ie."
Little children, this is true stor
let us try to be like that little gil
and save each other from pain. 1t W
help us to bear trouble, and viii light
our own sorrow. And God will BILE
us if we try, for in the Bible it Is sal
"Bear ye one another's burdens, a.