The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-31

was going to faint. Then he gave
horrid groan, and in a minute he was
gone. Jack flew after him. thought
it was mean to leave Bob, so l grabbed
him by the waist, and down stairs we
went.
Charley made for the coach
house, and Jack and 1 after
him, Bob screaming until thought
he would go into fits. There was big
empty stall in the stable, and in we all
went, and covered ourselves up with
straw.
'.Dick,'' said Charley, "if they don't
lock up, well crawl out after dark and
go home"
This was ali very well, but Bob's
awful screams were enough to tell the
whole neighborhood where we were.
Presently out came James, ana Mrs.
Davis with him.
Now we had always been afraid of
Mrs. Davis, she was so big and digni-
fed but when she saw uS all cudd ell
up in heap under the straw she laugh
ed so hard. and James laughed, d
finally Bob stopped screaming and
| laughed too, so that Charley and / be-
gan to feel mite cheerful.
ssWhat IL he do TO uspH asked Jack.
Then Mrs. Davis scolded him lit e
and finally she ordered us back into the
I dining-room, and told US she was going
| to tell us story about Grandpa. He
was gone, of course. No mortal p W.
er could have got us back into that room
/ if Grandpa had been there.
| "Ever and ever so many years ago"
Hundreds and hundreds?' ask d
Jack. He always will interrupt story.
No, but good many. When
Grandpa was young man he was very
poor, but he had wife and little b "
that he loved very much. They were so
poor that instead of great big house
they could only have part of one
Grandpa went to work every day and
his wife went out to buy thing, and
there was no one to leave the little boy
with but big dog named Tower.
"Ohi" groaned Charley. He was
still awful pale.
"One day Grandpa came home from
work, and what do you think he sawi
1t was a most terrible sight. From the
high upper window of the room where
he lived his little boy was hang
ing-just hanging there apparently by a
bit of his frock, but no one could tell
! what held it.
"What didP"
/ Grandpa had seen the boy before
any of the neighbors, but he was SO
frightened and overcome that they
rushed up first, and there they found
aWbatp" screamed Jack.
"Towzer, grasping the little boys
skirt in his month, and both paw
braced against the window-sill. The
Door dog was not strong enough to pull
him in, but he held the child fast til
help cames''
twas he all right, thenP"
Yes, indeed; no one knew how long
they had been there. But the good dog
had saved the little boys life."
"Where are they all nowP" asked
Jack.
Grandpa is here; the rest are al
Mrs. Davis looked SO sad that W,
knew they were dead.
SIS Tower dead, too?" asked Jack
, "Where did he dieP''
"We do not know. Jack Grandp'
/ had to move away, and the owner of th'
new house he went to would not let hin
keep dog, so Tower was given away
/ to kind man, and when Grandpa go
, a house of his own the good dog haC
died Not long after his wife and littl,
> boy left him, TOO, and now he Is al
alone.n
{ Nobody said anything for few min
t utes, and then Charley spoke.
4 "I am going to see G andpa, and tel
5 him know about his Tower; and In
I awful, awful sorry our Tower broke hi
4 dishes, and wen never come here again
! to bother him."
4 Charley is mean kind of boy. Whe1
/. he came back he gave US some big brigh
: dollars he said Grandpa had sent us, ,bu
5 besides that Jack and could hardly ge
/. | a word out of him. All the way hom
9 he was as mute as mouse. When W
d got mad and asked him how he like
2 taking Tower to Grandpa's, he said:
! "Fellers, | want you to under~tan
: that gentleman's house in the CITY
S no place for great Newfoundlan
= dog"
e Nice way for him to talk, wasn't it'll
!. HdT7Der'S Young People.