Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1886-06-03

ward: there was a big fierce dog chained;
his dinner stood before him in wooden
basin. Mary put her hand into the basin
and began to eat with the dog. LiZzle
went nearer, and saw that in the basin
there was some liquor, in which Few
pieces of bread and some boiled potatoes
were floating; she could not resist; she
had but ore feeling-that Of the most
guawing hunger; she took some of the
bread aad potatoes and ate them greedily.
Ine dog not accustomed to such guests
looked 1T the children full of astonish-
ment; he drew back a little, then sat
down and left them his dinner, of which
he had eaten very little. AT this moment
the farmer stepped into the yard; he
wished TO see whether the children had
really left, and then he saw this singular
scene. The dog was noted for his fierce
ness and feared alike by old and young;
he was obliged to be constantly chained
10 one dared 10 come near him, except his
master. Even the servant put the food
before him in the most cautious manner.
Il. the first moment the man thought of
nothing bat the fearful danger in which
the children were, and walking quickly
toward them, he exclaimed:
"Don't YOU see the dog? He will tear
as if rooted TO the ground; the dog had got
up again and gone near the children, then
he look upat lis master and wagged his
tail 1t seemed as if he wished To say,
Don't drive my guests away"
At that sight Il great change came over
the man: the spectacle before him acted
upon him like an electric shock, and feel
ings such as he had never had before
seemed to stir within him.
The children had arisen, terrified at she
call of the man, fearful of
punishment for having eaten against his
command. They stood with downcast
ewes. At last, after several minutes
silence the farmer asked:
Are you really so fearfully hungry that
you do not even despise the dogs food"
But without waiting for an answer, he
continued:
Come in, then; you shall have some
thing To eat. aud as much as you like.
And taking them by the hand, lie led
them into the house, calling out TO the
servant:
"Biddy, get some hot bread and milk,
and be quick, for these children
The dog had shamed his master-the
brute taught the man. Touched by what
he had seen, the farmer was anxious to
showed him to be a great sin. He seated
the children at the table, sat down by
them, and kindly asked them their
names.
My name is Lizzie" SAID the eldest,
"and my sister is called Mary"
"Have your parents been dead long,
"Our father has been dead two years,
but our mother only died last week"
At the thought of their recent loss both
| children began again to weep.
"Don't cry children" said the farmer,
kindly. God will in one way or another
take care of you. But tell me, now, where
do you come from"
"From Loughrea,' replied the child.
"From Loughreas" asked the man,
"frOm Loughrea? That is stranger" He
began to suspect the truth, and asked
hesitatingly:
What is your fathers name?"
Martin Sullivan" replied Lizzie.
t-Martin-Martin Sullivan" he
claimed, jumping up at the same time
and casting piercing look at children,
thoroughly frightened them. His face
| grew red-then tears came to his eyes .
ut last he sobbed aloud He took the
Youngest child in his arms, pressed her to
his heart and kissed her. The child
she could not think what the man meant.
Then he put down the little one and did
the same to Lizzie, who took it more
| luietly, as she had seen that the man
had not hurt her sister. At last he be-
come more composed; he dried his tears
| and said:
"Do you know my name, children"
NO replied Lizzie.
"How happened it, then, that you have
come to me?" he asked. "Has any one
sent you tC me-"
Nobody has sent US" replied Lizzie.
"We were to go to Kilburn, where
brother Of our father lives and they say
he would gladly receive us. But | do not
believe it, for our mother always said
that he was hard-hearted man, who
does not care for his relations"
Your mother was quite right when she
said So" said the farmer "But what will
| you do if the hard hearted man does not
| receive YOU"
Then we shall have to starve," an
swered Lizzie
No no." exclaimed the man quietly;
! at shall never come to that-never. Dry
your tears. The merciful God has had
! pity on your helplessness and has made
use of fierce brute to soften the heart of
| forsake you-never~
The children looked at the man in utter
bewilderment; they did not understand
what he said-his works and behavior
| were alike strange to them. This he soon
perceived, for he added.
"You were going to kilburn to Patrick
Sullivan; you are already there. L am
| your uncle; and now that l know that
you are the children OF my brother Mar
| tin. make you welcome"
The childrens tears quickly changed
into smiles, and the meal which Biddy had
| just put on the table for them made them
| forget their grief
Patrick Sullivan had taken this farm
near Kilburn about year before. A
| kind Providence had directed the chill
dren's steps to him; but if the dog had
not taught him lesson in kindness what
! might after ALL have become of the poor
| orphanss But He who is the father Of
the fatherless would assuredly not have
forsaken them.-Hugh Sanders in New
York News
An Easy Way of Identifying IA Stranger.
A colored man, evidently stranger i'll
Austin, was staring around, as if looking for
something which he could not find, when he
was accosted by Uncle Nose
ssWho is yer lookin' for, niggahf"
IL wants ter see kurnel Ycrger."
"Does yer know him when yer see HING