The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-01

jack WhSu'L solemn MS looks Delleu
him, and as for that dog, Nep, being
black dog, with a down tail, 1 think he
was the most serious critter 1 ever did
see. He seemed mostly to be on the
point of going to sleep, but he wasn't
half as sleepy as he was sleepy looking.
There was mighty little carrying on day
or night within a half mile of him that
he didn't sabe. And the fondest dog he
was of little children that ever l saw.
We'll, L used to make with my
solemn little percession twenty or thirty
miles day and, as L had about eight
hundred miles to go, ye see, including
delays, / was in for a months steady
tramping. Some days 1 would travel
for hours with one or another of the
west-bound emigrant wagons or trains,
as they came creeping along toward the
end of the hard journey across the con-
tinent, foot-sore, weary, dusty, and
dilapidated. These trains had children
with 'em of all ages, and when my dog
got in among them children he was
happy. He walked right up, raised his
dropping tail, and was new dog. But
never camped at night with any of
these trains on account of my jack being
liable to make mischief among the emf
grant stock, and so 1 gin'ely waited
only long enough at the common camp
ing places to let my animals drink and
to fill my water keg with fresh water,
and then I'd pass on mile or two
or more and go a little off the road to
good grass and some kind of shelter, if
any was to be had. In such a place /
would unload Canary THAT was the
jacks name) strip him of his saddle,
give him piece of biscuit, scratch his
head little, tell him how handsome he
was, and let him go to grass. l always
found him in sight, sound asleep in the
morning. After letting Canary go L
would gather few sticks or dry weeds,
make my little fire, cook my little sup
per, eat it, give Nep bite, roll out my
blankets on the ground, lie down and
sleep soundly till after daylight. Nep
mostly laid down along side of me on
the edge of my blankets, and though he
often growled in the night, 1 never paid
much attention to him unless he got to
be extra ferocious; because, while L
knew the plains were prowled over
every night by coyotes, just as well as
Nep knew it, it didn't need to affect me
as it did him. L wasn't afraid of no
coyote.
lone night, howsomever, after had
made very long and mighty tedious
days tramp, 1 thought the dog was
mighty unsettled about something; but
after rousing up couple of times and
finding nothing, 1 laid down and fell
into a very heavy sleep, from which /
did not awake until near sunrise. L
don't suppose 1 should have awoke
when did, only that thought heard
a child's voice saying:
900 mus not make such big noise
wiz 90 nose
"Well, sir, opened my eyes, and
there, standing beside my face, was
four year-old girl, holding Nep by the
ear with one hand, and shaking the
forefnger of the other hand at me, re-
peating:
"No; 90 mus not make such big
noise
"I was not, and never had been mar
ried, up to that time, and didn't know
much about children, but began right
there to feel like father. took the
little blue-eyed, red.cheeked, white-hair-
ed plumpness, and sitting her upon my
breast, was just going to commence
talking to her, when she said, pointing:
GO Look at 90 dog.
Sand sure enough, there was that fool
dog just tearing around camp, avail
Looping his tail on the ground, and every
now and again jumping high over me
and the young one, as he had plumb
lost his natteral senses. He was the
gladdest dog ever see.
Now 1 said to the young lady,
what is your name p
"t Lainey.'
"' Where do you liveY'
I'm ow wagon
"'Where does your mamma live?
"'Oh, my other mamma, she's dead,
the bad Ingins killed Der. Now mes
got anuther mamma
"'Where does the new mamma live p
"In ow wagon
"' Where is the wagon?'
"'Down there pointing forward.