New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-17

1879.
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craft, and he at least claimed a. /.
possession worth ihav;nr. end TN. +h :.
series Of the most nnsccn mr.. ,i' a ~.
daring burplaries ever known = this hs.
part Of the country went On = nn;rt t..,..
ruptedly. ,---''' =.
It was : bright moonl;rht n;oht
when the three confeder.tes nrafad
and showed little Sam m the orast
ropes of wistaria and woodb;ne that Ia
might crawl through the omen crack -
small window. with his cI,stnmarv IN
structions to find ! door and oman 8
for them. Once within. he confd ace
his way tolerably well about the place.
and he noiselesslv traversed ona room
and another, and had reached the orant
upper hall, whel his fear of the men
outside suddenly gave wav to = moro
horrible fear: for great heast rose and
was beside him with one laanNa
.luqe mastiff taller than himself For
. moment little Sam was paralyzed:
the next thing would be those White
fangs in his flesh; he knew lie Should
be devoured. But he could not scream.
He dared not. And then the great crea-
ture had put his two forepaws on SAINTS
shoulder, and was licking his face and
hands and head as if he could not have
enough Of him, till the child sank on
the rug, when he subsidized, and Law be-
side him, with his nose between his
paws, while Sam looked down the long
length OF the hall below, and saw the
swinging silver lamps, the white statue
In It's niche, the glow of the bronze
knight, the dark richness Of the rugs
upon the tiles, all as if he had seen it
every night Of his life. Meanwhile the
dog steadily surveyed him in the inter-
walls OF his caresses. After all, Sam
thought, the dog was not going to hurt
him; in fact, he seemed in some Wav
like an old friend. After all, thought
Tribune, this IS no place for little boys:
they ought to be in bed. And he pro-
ceeded to show the child the wav.
going off little, then coming back.
taking portion of his rags between
his teeth, and endeavoring to lead him
on. It was new experience to little
Sam. In other places the dogs had
driven them off, but the sleepy and
lazy old fellow showed nothing but hos
pitality. He followed whether he would
or no. The dog led him into q large
room first, with wide windows. through
which flood of moonlight fell. It fell
upon an open organ with white glim.
mering keys. As Sam saw it. some
idea Of q singer sitting there seemed
to rise on his fancy-a SINGER
who had one arm around him
as she sang. and held his haad
against her shoulder. What shonid he
know of singingP Since he had seen
old Hannah, singing had been unheard.
As he moved, the blackboard oaupht
his eye, half covered with some nm
couth characters in chalk. He remem.
bered now that he had heard of a little
boy who showed the big children what
he could do one night. he crept to-
ward the blackboard, and took up the
crayon and made ono or two Of those
misshaper letters over again. Then
he put down the crayonothose men
were waiting for him outside. But the
dog still held his rags, and bv gentle
motions led him on, and into u large
sleeping-room, with its three little
white beds where children Law dream
ing, and one little bed that was empty.
On this bed the dog bounded. and IL
every way he knew invited Sam. But
Sam turned away, and went back to
the play room: something seemed to
delight him in the white giimmer of the
large room, as if the spirits Of dead
pleasures fingered there. As he stood
in the door the moonlight now Law full
on the great white rocking-horse, !" all
saddled, all bridled, all fit for a fight"
and there In front Of the empty fire.
place was a little empty chair. He
went and sat down in the little chair:
the dog stretched himself at his feet.
1t seemed so pleasant. so warm, and
comfortable! He was not 40 mncl
afraid of those men outside "a be bsd
been; the children's facea looked At him
in the white light out of the roaaa . IN
the gilded treliis as il thew wished him
to stay: the little head nodded and fell
forward on his breast.
But all this seemed exceedingly out
of the way to Tribune; and after a
while it apparently occurred to him
Vu0e A. u0 COUAN uOt make S8m 20 10
bed, he could 60 and speak to his mis-
tress about it; and it was his cold nose
in her hand that woke Mrs. Dean from
her uneasy slumber. In q moment she
was out Of bed.
"There is something wrong. she
said to her husband What ia the
matter with Trib?s' And before her
husband was failv awake. abe had I'll.
lowed the dog to the plav-room. and
there, with the moonlight falling round
him. sound asleep, his head upon his
breast, in the little chair before the
For one throbof her heart. one great
come. and that now she was really
crazed. But with another she had
seized the child, and was tearing of
the rags that hid the difference be-
tween ms nttle white BODY and his little
brown face. while the child Onnnad hia