Telegram-herald., 1890-03-01

shsn, and 30 looked 50 keen snd z aics
that one felt obliged 20 be very cls4I
znd precise With hin. because be lad
TIE ar Of nos being able - lose sny
tine IA toolshResS.
B4agi bang. bang would 80 The gong
The horses w0glt spriag forward,
tramplfng the floor with their sounding
boots, aad az the same moment Bingo's
eaeerF bark Was heard IS he Scurried
around in mad anxiety 70 get every
body 0f al right 20 put out the IRE Oh
how important he felt when the alarm
uas given and he felE called on 10 con-
tribute 20 the good OF the community by
his generous efforts.
After the engine had started out he
tore along ahead OF it about half .
square, turning round nov and then to
see that il was following, and lodging
around among the feet of the horses and
the teams that be met He harked all
this time with > tremendous sense OF
his importance, as il proclaiming:
Clear the way, good folkl Clear the
wayl There is Ere and We are in q
hurry 20 put il out"
Bingo used TO follow the men who
went into the burning building, and
would frequently make his way TO the
roof. IL Was his chief del light 10 get
near the pipeman who held the nozzle
of the hose-pipe and directed the dis
charge of the water upon the fire.
Bingo seemed 70 feel that he was help
ing 70 extin nguish the flames when he
ha
question his utility then?
When the fre was out he trotted back
with the ptoudest air of complacency,
and upon returning 20 the engine-house
he would frisk around Farley as ~
counting attention and praise for his
services.
But whom his master would put Bingo
through his PAGES and exhibit the whole
round of his accomplishments 70 visit
ors, he was quite another animal. His
relationship 20 the elegant Frou-Frou
became apparent then. His wool was
as fine as silk, and every morning he
was washed and scrubbed and his beau.
tiful hair combed.
He had around his neck a neat collar
OF russell leather with small spike-heads
in it, and his name Bingo engraved
on a little silver plate. He looked quite
a dandy, and his eyes shone like Jet
through the long, crinkly hair that
hung over them.
Farley was very fond of Bingo; who
could help being fond of such a bright,
faithful, Affectionate poodle as he was?
hax al
Bingo was cut of in his beautiful prime.
Long before his legs began to get stiff,
or his memory 10 fail him, Bingo died.
There was certain fittingness in the
manner of his taking off, because Bingo
was, above all, a fire-dog. He was a
trick-dog for the amusement of others,
but he was fire-dog through philan-
thropy and natural bent His death oc-
CURED in this way:
One cold, bright night in December
the alarm of fire sounded in the engine
house. The horses sDrang before the
engine. There was the rush of firemen,
but there occurred for some reason or
other a moments delay. Bingo was
skipping around in great distress of
fire burning and whore was he?
As soon as the doors were opened he
charged madly forward Some one was
in his way, however. and in lodging him
he flung himself against a door-post.
The shock was so great that he was
thrown back and fell under the hoofs of
the horses as theycharged out. A heavy
hoof with its iron shoe crushed down
upon his side.
Poor Bingo! When the engine had
passed over him he feebly and painfully
dragged himself toward one of the stalls
for the horses. He was painting and
once or twice he uttered a feeble whine
There was not one of those he loved
most near at hand to comfort him. They
were at the fire. He would never go to
a fire again. He raised his head and
looked around the familiar engine-house
with sigh; then his head fell heavily
to the ground and Bingo was dead.
When they came back from the fire
ana found the poor dog stiff and cold,
q film over his jet-black eyes, the men
felt bad enough, especially Farley. The
lost poodle had lived noble life-for
poodle-and had died in harness, which
was somewhat of consolation to those
who mourned him. So poor Bingo was
buried decently and his joyous bark was
missed in the engine-house, where he is
still remembered.-John j. a Beckett,
in Youths Companion.