The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-09-04
BY HUGH WILSON AND W. c. BENET.

Two dollars apiece. by you want to
get one outs"
"Teu, sir" said Henry "if you'll
take q dollar and ninety-two cents-all I
have"
At this moment, g tall, dark, odd.
looking gentleman came into the door
way and stood just behind the children.
Giant do it, said the man, "it's
against the law to take less than two
dollars"
Nellie began to sob again, and the
tall gentleman came forward.
"Your dog9" he asked Harry.
"No, Sir; hers" replied the boy.
"Your sister," was the next question.
"No, Sir. I never saw her fill this
morning. I came out to buy come
things for a Fourth-o of July party and I
took a walk down this way cause the
shops wasn't open, and I found her sit.
ting on the doorstep, and she'd been
sitting there all night"
"All nightl' repeated the gentleman,
Just as Harry had done, only without
the whistle. "Tell me all about it."
And he looked SO kind and good that
Harry did tell him all about it. And
when the story was finished, Che gentle
mar said to the ran at the door, "You'd
better take the money Lewis. But wait
we'll see if Prince is really here"
And led by their new friend, the chill
dren went in. There wefe dogs of all
kinds there, Mi shapes, all sizes, all
cclofa that dogs could be-yelping,
barking, growing, and moaning.
Nellie looked eagerly around, and
shouted "Princel" as loud as she could
shout, but could scarcely hear herself,
so great was the noise. But a little
brown dog, whose ears must have been
much sharper than hers, sprang for
ward with a cry of delight that seemed
to come out of the very top of his little
brown head.
sits Princel it's Princel" cried Nellie,
clapping her hands in delight; and the
next moment he WIS in her arms,
coreving her face with dog kisses.
Harry marched out, handing the door
mar the money as he passed. The tall
gentleman followed with the little girl
and her dog; and when they were all in
the street once more, he stopped and
patted Prince on the head, at the same
time tucking Harry's handkerchief,
which was hanging half way out, into
his jacket pocket, and saying, you'll
lose that if you're not careful my boy"
Then he kissed both children and
went into the pound again. And Nellie
threw her arms around Harry's neck and
gave him a good hug, and told him she
should love him forever, and made him
promise to come and see her and Prince;
and they parted.
"And that's the end of our Fourth-of-
July party" said Harry, a short time
after, to the Jacklow family, as he fin
ished his breakfast and his story at the
same time.
"You're a good boy, and did just
right" said all the Jacklow family, with
the exception of Mr.. Jacklow, who re.
marked mildly that "that dollar and
n~inety-two cents would have kept him
in tobacco a long while"
And baby Jennie came and gave her
big brother n sweet kiss-in fact, avery
sweet kiss, for some Of the sirup which
she had been eating on her bread and
butter went with it; and as she toddled
away, Harry pulled out his handkerchief
10 wipe his mouth. It came out with q
terk, and four bright new silver half
g o" re- came with it, and falling on the
y@.t with a pleasant sound, rolled away
toward the corners as fast as they could.
But they were pounced upon before
they had rolled a foot.
"The tall gentleman y said Harry.
"God bless himi" said his mother.
"Three cheers for orr side T. shouted
Eddie, and proceeded to give them.
"J wish I had the morning paper"
said Mr.. Jacklow.
And there was a party, after all, and
besides the family there were three
other guests-an old woman, a small
girl, and a little brown dog.-Harper's
Weekly.