The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
LOST IN THE SNOW.

! Aht adventure anu narrow Escape OF
! Three Little Children.
Not long time back there was a
nice large house in the small town of
Frant. And in this house there were
two small boys, quite young, not more
than five or six years old, l think.
They were the two young sons OF
Mr.. and Mrs. King, and the names of
the two boys were George and Frank.
Not far from this big house, in the
! same road, there was a small one as
well, IN which an old man and his
young niece Grace had been for some
years And they got to like Mr.. King
two boys great deal. Grace was but
year more than George in age, and
grew quite fond of him and of Frank.
They were all then great friends, and
went out for walks at the same time.
| have not told you that Mr.. King
had large dog. So, when George and
Frank went to fetch Grace to go for a
walk with them, Mr.. King would send
Don Chat was the name of the dog)
with them to take care of them. Don
was proud of his charge, and when the
boys and Grace set out on their walks,
he would run by their side and bark in
such deep voice that no one would
dare to touch his young friends.
But one day Grace and the boys set
oft for walk, and their friend Don
was not to be seen; and though Mr..
King had said he must 90 with them,
they did not care to wait for Don,
which was too bad of them, when he
was so good and true.
Off they ran, as hard as they could,
to keep their hands and feet warm,
though Grace had a muf' with her-for
1t was in the cold time of the year, and
there was good deal of snow on the
ground-but no Don was with them
this time.
The crisp snow was a source of great
fun to them this day, so they thought
not of Don.
For some time they made small balls
Of snow, and George threw some at
Frank, and Frank at George, and Grace
at both of them. When they had gone
some way from home the snow came
down so thick that they could not see
through the great flakes, and in a short
time they lost their road. Then they
got great fright, and did they not
wish that they had brought Don with
them then? He would so soon have
shown them the way back.
Still the snow came down more and
more, and they could not see at all
through it. Oh! what were they to do?
If they could but find some one to help
tbnro, if Iln,, ,,-n,,lI l,,A
should be glad
So the time went by; they were a
long way from Frant; low far they did
not know. Things got worse and
worse; and at last poor Grace said her
feet were so wet and cold she did not
think she could walk more than a few
yards more.
This was a bad lookout, was it notP
George then said that he and Frank
would try to help her, if she would put
her arms round their necks. So they
took her up, and for short time it was
all right. They made some way back
on what they thought was the right
road. At last they could none of them
do more. They all felt so cold, and
the snow was. now so deep that they
S"NS M anu Slu W say. IHeN Sink
down in heap in a drift of snow.
They did try to keep warm for some
time, but it was not much use. And
then they one by one fell off to sleep.
So there they lay, these poor wee ones,
in the deep snow.
They had not lain there long when
who should come by that way but Mr..
King and his good dog.
Well, as soon as Don came to the
place, he got quite wild, and dug
through the snow with his paws. and
soon came to where the young friends
OF his were. Then he was so glad to
have found them that he ran off to
bring Mr. King to the spot, to help him
pull them out.
This they did at once, and Mr.. King
took Grace up in his strong arms and
brought her to his own house. He then
made haste back to where he had left
Don in charge of his two sons. He
found them with their eyes wide open,
and the good Don close by them to
keep them nice and warm.
SO George and Frank and Grace all
got home safe once more, and how
fond they all were of their dumb friend,
Don, from this time, you can guess,
think. Little FOLKS.