The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-05-05
TIP AND ROLLO.

One Faithful and wise Messenger. sad
the Other Fanny and Mischievous in His
Ways.
Tip is a coach dog, and Rollo is
Newfoundland puppy. Tips hair Is
short and straight. Rollo's is long and
curly. Tip is brindle. Rollo is black.
Each has two white stockings and
white shirt-front, and both have big
brown eyes. Rollo's twinkle and al
most laugh outright, but Tips are
such wistful eyes that little Nell's
lashes are always wet after she has
taken long look into them; "be-
cause poor Tip wants to talk so much,
and can't, you know"
Ned doesn't believe there ever were
two such splendid old fellows outside
Of story books. For Tip and Rollo are
real, live dogs, and that is the best
part of it.
Tip is papa's right-hand man. He
couldn't get along without him. Nor
could mamma, for that matter. When
she wants any thing from the stores,
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and trots off. He comes right back,
too, and Rollo doesn't every time.
Besides, Rolo will only 60 to one
every thing on the way home-
Papa's mills are almost eight miles
out Of town, but Tip carries messages
back and forth summer and winter.
Sixteen miles is long way for dog
to 60 alone, but Tip makes the jour
ney almost as quickly as Dick, the
horse, and has never lost note yet.
Rollo doesn't like that kind of busi-
ness. He prefers to find Ned's lost
balls, fishing-rods, sehool-books, hats
or any thing else. He takes good care
Of Nell when she goes down on the
beach to, wade, and more than once
has rescued her shoes and stockings,
floating out on the swift tide. Rollo
knows what money is, and fancies he
takes better care Of it than papa does.
Once papa went into the grocerTs to
pay bill. He put the money on the
counter, and hurried to his Office. In
few minutes the store-keeper' came
running in. Come down and call off
your dbg!'' said he. "He growls ct me
pretty savage every time try to. touch
those bills. i" When papa went down,
there sat Rollo, and Ahs woulI hardly
come away.
One day Ned carried his shoes to the
boot-maker's to be mended. All the
way home Rollo kept pulling his jacket
and trying to make him turn back. As
Ned paid no attention to him, Rollo
rushed off alone. Pretty soon he raced
up with those shoes in his mouth.
When Ned took them back again, the
shoemaker said there was such q
scratching and barking outside the
door that he opened it, when . big dog
flew past him, snatched up the shoes,
and was gone before he could say
Jack Robinson" g iDa ger A7
Now Tip d0esn't do such funny
things. He is such sober dog. He
would have known that papa intended
TO leave the money. and have under
stood that Ned didn't want his shoes
taken away.
A little while ago papa went out to
the pasture to catch two Of the colts,
and Tip went to help. When they had
caught the first one, papa gave Tip the
halter and sent him to the barn, two
miles away. II was some time
before the second colt was
captured. but when papa lad him into
the stable the other was in his own
| stall, and I'M the manger lay Tip, the
halter still IN his mouth. You see,
papa had quite forgotten that dog
couldn't tie knot. u54 !. D
| Rollo just enjoys teasing Tip. Every
morning he used to follow when Tip
drove the COWS to watsu, splash into
the strea. and make the brook 60
muddy that the cattle refused to drink.
One day Tip rolled the scamp over
upon his back and he@ him still witi
his heavy paw until the cows had fin
ished. kOll0 never tried that trek
again. E ~
4 Stin the two are very fond Of each
other, and though sometimes Tp'i
wagging tail and longing eyes say thai
kollo has received quite his share q
Ned's attention, and occasionally Rollt
gives short bark u Ned pets Tip very
mueh. don't believe there are twt
better dog-friends in the world thar
Tip and Rollo. ~ Youths Compsniow.