St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-01-02

had lost all the good and the nice and
the paticn: out of him, for he was tired
of standing all day without bite of
oats, or a cup of water for tea, and the
dog Jared no better than the horse.
So, after the sun was gone down, old
81 started, and the dog started. and
they were, trotting off over the mount
AIM But why ST went that way and
not to his home. no one knew, not
even Ma gil-li-cud-y-dear, good, faith
full fellow
On the tip-top of the mountain-it
was only 4 Connecticut mountain-
they met man in the road, and this
man called out Just as the boy had
done, and he said: "Whoa, Nhoa"'
Old 81 Whoacd. Ma I'll Ii -cud Y
stepped ~"i'mnfy out from under the
wagon aud said. just a. fast as he could
peak: Bow BoW-Wow! DoW-Wow-
Wpmr'
Now, this man knew dogs; he had
one of his own. and he knew that Ma
giI-Ii-cud-y was doing Just what he
ought to do. He sud 70 him: Hello.
my good f"lIoWt in 4 very soft, coax
INC way that went right to the dogs
hungry heart, ami his tail answered
with all the Wags it could give
With that the old man cot mp into
the wagon and drove old ii to his own
barn, which WAS not far away. He
took the harness off the horse and put
him into Il nice stall, and he told Ma
gil-li-cud-y that he could 20 with him
to the house, but the dog would not go
one step. He went right into the stall
and lay down, saying just as plainly as
though he had said the words: MY
duty is here, and here I am going to
stay to take care of 81"
And right there he did stay all that
night long. The man was kind and
sent the dogs supper to the barn, and
he gave ST oats and hay.
The next morning the man wrote a
note. In this note he told his own
name and where he lived, and where
the horse could be found. He went out
to the barn with this note and fastened
it very carefully to Ma gil-i-cud-y
collar. Then he said to him: go
home! Go home, sr.'
Ma il-li-cud-y didn't 90.
''Go' Go on, sir!'' cried the man.
The dog stood and looked at him.
and said, with his eyes: 'What do you
mean, sir?'
Old ST turned around his head and
gave the funniest little whinny the dog
had ever heard. 1t seemed to say: Il
guess you had better 60. would
With that Ma-gil-li-cud-y put down
his head and his tail and with one
glance at the horse he started At the
stall door he looked back, but the man
had taken down whip. He snapped
it in a way that made ST jump and the
dog bark.
go! Go home, sirr' cried the man,
and poor gil-li-cud-y started. He
did not stop once on the way. He
trotted down the mountain and over
the hills, until he came to his masters
house. He went boldly up to the door
and scratched-a good long, loud.
Then somebody just inside the door
cried out "Oh! oh! there is Ma-gil-li-
cud-y Good! Goodr'
A boy opened the door and in
bounced the dog. The room was all
full of -gil-li-cud-y and banks for
and then somebody saw the
note, took it off and read it, and then
else started right off to fetch
home the horse.
After that there was new rule made
in that house, and that was. that old
81 should never again be left all day
without his dinner, and that Ma-gil-li-
cud-y should be allowed to go every
where that old ST Congregation
rlist.