The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-07

the mottoes-I ate one and gave the other to
granny-and the man may have them every
one if he will let poor Princey CO."
"Pm afraid he won't take them,' said
Harry, shaking his head.
''He won'tP Oh dear! what shall I do ?''
cried the child. "My dear little dog! my
dear little dogp'
"Don't! don'tw begged Harry, the tears
starting to his own eyes. "You shall have
Prince. l have dollar and eighty-two cents
and I'll borrow the other eighteen cents from
my mother"
The little girls face lit up with joy; she
thrust the toys into his hand. take them,
you good boyp' she said, "and Til tell my
mamma about you when say my prayers
tonight"
Harry put them back in her apron. "You
keep them till come back" he said; 81
won't be gone but little while;" and away
he ran to his home. There he found his
mother making the fire and his father smell
ing the coffee she had measured out ready
for boiling.
"Mother," said he, twill you lend me
eighteen cents ?"
81 intended to give you ten," she said, "for
your Fourth of July, But why do you want
it so early in the morning?"
it eighteen and pil pay it all back to you
soon; and may have slice of bread and
butter for poor little girl? Eli tell you all
about it by.and-by."
ST can't make it eighteen" said his moth
err. 81 haven't another cent. Take the ten
if you want it. It's in my pocket book in the
top bureau drawer, and the breads on the
table. Don't bother me any more-Pm in a
hurry"
Harry helped himself and then away he
ran again to where Nellie patiently awaited
him, a smile of perfect truss upon her lips.
'It's all right" said Harry, putting the
bread in her hand ian uncommon thick slice
1t was too, with plenty of butter); ''eat
that"
By this time there was number of people
in the street, and pistols were being fred and
tOrpedoes and ire.crackeTs set off, and all the
bells began ringing s'The Star-Spangled Ban
ner," and my Country, tits of thee" and
"Three Cheers for the Red, White, and Blue,u
and "Hail Columbia" Aud Harry looked at
the ice-cream stand, which the owner--a jolly
faced old woman, who had just arrived with
a bag and basket OF fruit, cakes. and candy
was preparing for the day, and at an early
rocket that was going up in the sky, and he
thought of the long time he'd been saving the
money, and of the intended supper, and the
fireworks, and the tenement house children
oh.ing and ah-ing; and then, the door of the
pound being opened, he took Nellie by the
hand, and marched in.
SIS there little brown dog here?" he
asked.
"Named Prince?" said Nellie, her love
making her bold-''a dear little dos?'
Hal hap laughed the man; that's good.
Why, there's fifty brown dogs here, and all
of 'em DEAR 1 think. Two dollars apiece.
Do you want to got one out? ?"
"Yes Sir" eff you'll taks dollar and
nlnety-two cents-all have"
At this moment tall, dark, odd-looking
gentleman came into the doorway and stood
just behind the children.
Cant do it," said the man, sits against
the law to take less than two dollars,''
Nellie began to'sob again, and the tall
gentleman came forward.
"Your dog?" he asked Harry.
''No sir; hers" replied the boy.
Your sister? ?" was the next question.
'No sir. l never saw her till this morn
ing. I came out to buy some things for
Fourth-of-Juy party, and took walk
down this way cause the shops wasn't open,
and found her sitting on the doorstep, and
she'd been sitting there all night"
''All nightw 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 Har-
ry did tell him all about it. And when the
story was finished, the gentleman said to the
man 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 children
went in. There were dogs of all kinds there,
all shapes, all sizes, all colors that dogs could
be-yelping, barking, growing and moaning.
Nellie looked eagerly around, and shouted
'PrinceW as loud as she could shout, but
could scarcely hear herself, so great was the
noise. But little brown dog whose ears
must have been much sharper than hers,
sprang forward with cry of delight that
seemed to come out of the very top of his lit
tie brown head.
+" It's Prince! it's Princer' cried Nellie
clapping her hands in delight; and the next
moment he was in her arms, covering her
face with dog kisses.
Harry marched out, nanding the tlvos-poan
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 halfway out, into his
jacket pocket, and saying, ''You'll lose tn at
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
good hug, and told him she should love him
forever, and made him promise to come and
see her and Prince; and they parted.
sand that's the end of our Fourth-of July
party" said Harry, a short time after, to the
Jacklow family, as he finished his breakfast
and story at the same time.
'You're good boy, and did just right"
said all the Jacklow family, with the excep-
ton of Mr.. Jacklow, who remarked mildly
that that dollar and ninety.two cents would
have kept him in tobacco long while.
And baby Jennie came and gave her big
brother sweet kiss-in fact, very 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 to wipe his
mouth. 1t came out with jerk, and four
bright new silver half dollars came with it,
and falling on the floor with 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 gentlamanp' said Harry.
''God bless him p said his mother.
"Three cheers for our side,'' shouted Ed
die, and proceeded to give them.
81 wish had the morning paper" said
Mr.. Jacklow.
And there aoGs party, after all, and be.
sides the family there were three other
guests an old woman, small girl, and
little brown dog.