New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-12-25

hand trowsers pocket. Times had been
hard, very hard, since the new year be-
gan, and people had looked very sharply
after their small change, or it is likely be
! would have had double that amount
"But," he said to h1mself, dollar will
get the feast and the> rest will buy at
least a dozen nice fire works."
He got home from the store that even
ing too late and too tired to go out for
the things he wanted, but the next morn
ing no was up before the sun rose-and
the sur rises pretty early during the SUM
| mer months-and dressed and out in the
street as the first sunbeams told the east
tern sky morning had come. The streets
were almost deserted, and no fre-crack-
| ers or pistols shots yet broke the silence
But before ne had walked block some
cannons doomed in the distance, and q
peal Of bells nearer by began ringing
yankee Doodle" very merrily. Whistl-
ing, and jingling the coins in his peck
cts in tune and time with the music of
the bells, and wishing the stores where
he meant to buy the materials for his
party would open, he sauntered slowly
along until he reached the dog pound
place where all stray dogs are taken in
hot weather and kept a day or two, so
that their owners may, if they choose,
seek and reclaim them. If found to be
triendless at tee end of that time, the
poor things are put in large tank pre-
pared for that purpose and drowned.
Harry heard the imprisoned dogs bark.
ing and yelping; and stopping amoment
to listen to them with plying look on
his face for, like all kind hearted boys,
he DERBY loved snimals-he saw, sitting
upon the doorstep, a very pretty little
girl. She wore faded calico dress and
a blue checked bingham apron: the
apron she held gathered up in her hand,
as though it held something Of value, and
her head and feet were bare. Her large
eyes were of soft brown, and her hair,
of the same color, hung in struggling
curls about her face, There wasn't
another creature, man, woman. or child.
with the exception of milk man on the
next block, in sight, and Harry looked
at her with surprise. At last he said,
with smile, 81 thought got up early,
but you must have got up much earlier
than did,"
''l've been here all night" said the
child, in sweet, patient voice.
"Here all night!'' repeated Harry,
with long whistle. "Good gracious
what d you do that fora"
"Cause want to 60 il the very min
ute the door opens. My Prince
sob-"is in there"
"Your dog2" asked Harry.
eyes. He's the dearest little brown
dog in all the world, and love him best
OF everything 'cept granny. and 1 love
him just the same as her when she scolds,
and my mamHa brought him home one
day just before she went to heaven, and
I've had him ever since, and he's the best
dog that ever lived, and never did any,
thing wrong IN his life 'cept once, when
he stole piece of boiled corned beef
somebody d set out in the back alley to
cool, and he wouldn't have done that
'cept he knew how hungry granny and
me was: and the tears rolled down her
cheeks.
ooh! m 50 sorry Don't cry" said
Harry. "Here, take my handkerchief
and wipe your eyes,"
"They'll kill him. commenced the
child again, "if cant coax them to let
him out, and l don't want him to 90 to
heaven that way. I'd rather we'd both 90
together; and he could run on in front,
and then mamma say, why, here's
Prince Nellie must be coming"
''Are you sure he's in there?'' asked
Harry.
''Oh yes. he was playing by our DOR
Vacfnr6ou oftnrpt\rr I'm nxl r
was pokjng chips in the stove to make
the Kettle boil, and heard him calling
like he was in some trouble, and I run
out, and two awful men had him in cart
and Jimmy ONeil said they was gong
to take him to the pound. So l run after
the cart without putting my hat on, and
soon it went so fast I couldn't see it.
| and then asked every body where the
| pound was. remembered the name by
thinking Of pound of sugar; and at last
got here, and it was shut up, and so
staid here all night; and do you think
they'll open it soon2''
"What are you going to do when they
do open it," asked Harry.
Go in and beg the dog man to give
Prince back. He's such little dog they
| won't miss him.
But he won't give Prince back unless
you pay two dollars, . said Harry.
II haven't any money-not cent, -
said the child; "but I've brought these,'
rising and holding out her apron, which
held 3 tiny china doll, a headless cat of
the same material, a string of glass beads,
two pink motto papers, and round
white she'll. : These were all given to
me Christmas" she said: sand I've kept
TEN good, al. 'cept the cat, and her
heads in nv pocket. and he can stick it