Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-09

tenderly, Pedro yearned to get up and
adopt the gentleman for master at
once. Perhaps the gentleman might be
willing to give him just a secondhand
bone, and a far-off corner of a stable to
sleep in for night or two. That much
he would try at any rate. So he rose up
and followed the gentleman and the blue
skye-terrier at a little distance. Once
the blue skye caught sight of him, and
turned and gave him fierce look, as if
surmising his intentions, and then curled
up his aristocratic little black nose and
trotted on, as If, after all, such matter
were quite beneath his notice.
The gentleman at last walled home,
and Pedro stood at the e.stsssiars gate and
saw them go in. They had such well
come, especially the little blue skye-ter-
rier. Two pretty children came out to
meet him; one was boy of ten years or
so, and the other young lady of fifteen.
The young lady caught up the terrier
and embraced him, and even kissed him,
and talked softly to him, and carried him
off at last into the house, where saucer
OF milk and dainty bits of cold chicken
were awaiting him. Pedro knew, for he
heard the little boy tell him that much.
My" said Pedro, eff they give him
chicken and milk, they surely can't
grudge me bone" And so saying, he
pushed open gate and trotted straight
across an elegant flower bed, and round
the house to the kitchen door. There
was bone, to be sure, and very meaty
bone too. Of course the little dog inside
wouldn't want it, and of course nobody
would object to his having tit was
evident it had been thrown away; and
so Pedro first snuffed at it, by way of
whetting his appetite, and then fell to
and began to gnaw blissfully. 1t was
about as good bone as Pedro had ever
had. He had almost forgotten his misery,
and was beginning to feel that the world
wasn't such a bad world after all, when
the door was flung open by red faced
Irish cook, who bounced out with pan
of dirty water and flung it into Pedro's
face and eyes, saying angrily, as she did
so:-
go long wild ye, yer great black feller
of dawg. You're a thavin' baste to
come eating poor Blitzen's bone. Get out
wild yep and she seized a brcomstick,
and flew at Pedro like fury.
Pedro was surprised; he hung his tail
with modification and shame, and turn
ed to leave, when out flew Bitten, bark
ing and yelling, and seized him by the
heels. Pedro might have shaken the
life out of Bitten in minute, but he
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ing on dog smaller than himself; he
only started to run, with Bitten at his
heels. He had nearly reached the gate,
when out rushed the benign gentleman,
with q thick cane, and said:-
ooh, you low-bred mongrel cur, I'll
teach you to run across my flower beds I!
how came you out of the pound, you
miserable scamp" and coming up to
Pedro he dealt him such a succession of
blows as made him stagger, and left him
half blind with pain.
At last Pedro reached the gate, which
fortunately had been left open; and,
darting into the street, he freed himself
from the yelping Bitten, and ran as hard
as he could toward the beach. He had a
very bitter feeling in his heart. He was
not conscious of having done any harm,
and yet everybody and everything had
turned against him. Surely it was q
hard world
He lay down on the beach, and began
looking himself over. He was bruised
from the tip of his nose to the tip of his
tail. He made up his mind he would
never move on,-one place was as good
as another. He couldn't even solace
himself with swim, because the water
was salt, and would give him pain where
he was bitten and bruised. So he just
stayed still, forlorn, and hating himsel
and everything and everybody.
1t got to be afternoon; and, as the tide
was high, people came out to bathe
Presently he saw the boy and the young
lady from the house where he had beer
so badly treated. They had Bitten will
them, and a servant who brought towel
and bathing suits and silk cushion
The first thing they all did was to Sc
that Blitzen had his bath. How care
fully they bathed him, and then drie,
him on fine towels; and then the servan
put down the cushion in warm nook
and spreading soft towel over it, pu
Bitten down for nap. Then the chill
r dren prepared to bathe. They came ou
of the bath-house all dressed for the sea
) and very pretty pair they looked a
they dimpled the smooth sand of tn
! beach with their pretty pink feet. The
. plunged into the surf, and had gloriou
' time of it. The boy could swim an
2 was trying to teach his sister. Pedr
almost enjoyed seeing them, in spite {
{ himself. They had been in quite goo
! while, when the servant called for thel
: to come out.
d "All right, shouted the boy; "Florenl
a may go out, and I'll take one more swi
d and then I'll come" So he turned h
l. face toward the horizon and seruck o1
8. boldly, and made glorious headw,
1t against the waves. He was pretty
is out when there was cry. He threw l
st his hands, and the golden head disa