The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-16

rags was little yellow dog, and VII n we
first got him he was not much larger than a
mans hand, says a writer in the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette. We used to take him out
10 the grass to play. and he was SO very small
that he would be completely lost in the flowers,
ana we would have to search all around for him.
When be grew TO be somewhat larger he got
70 De very mlschievous, and delighted in tear
| ing up the flowers that he had once been fond
| OF getting lost among. But with the aid of a
| little switch we succeeded in breaking him of
that habit. Then he took to tearing up the
TUGS tug, IN the house, and used To shaks the lynx
hedu attached to one with all his strength. The
| great yellow eyes seemed to aggraVate him
dreadfully, and he would stand at distance,
with his little head cooked on one side and his
ears erect, and gaze long and Quizzcally at the
harmless skin head, and then how he would 20
Tor 1t! Poor Rags
He felt the little switch pretty frequently
curing the existence of his luminosity toward
Ine lynx head with the staring yellow eyes.
Ihe draperies between the doors next claimed
ms Intelligent attention. He would step to
LheIn with dainty tread and sniff all up and
down them as far as his limited hight would
permit; then he would step bacR 10 good dis
lance, and, putting his head down, would rush
through them on hard run, and coming around
through the hail. would perform the operation
all over again. Not contented with this he be-
gan pulling at them and snarlng and barking,
untll-hiRh presJo-Out came the little switch
and later poor Rags retired ruefully to a corner
rubbing his nose on his paw.
mace Rags used to amuse himself running
across the registers. A great wave of heat
would come up and strike him and make him
fairly scream in cog fashion, lust like little
oaoy enjoying itself.
But one day we had a new servant and she
forgot to let Rags in the house at night. Next
morning when went to his little bed it was
empty; Then went into the parlor expecting
to find him asleep on the sofa among the
cushions, but Rags was there!
We searched for him all day and at night
when he still did not appear we sent down at
read this way:
| OST-A LITE YELLOW DOG-ANSWER-
- ING TO the name of Rags; runs little
Sideways; collar on. Reward if returned to-
Then we waited. The next noon the bell
rang, aod when the door was opened there
stood little hunchback boy with great blue
pathetic eyes and curly yellow hair, and under
his arm was the truant Rags, wagging his tail
and whining
We took him in the house, and the little bow
came in, too. After Rags had wandered about
for awhile and smiled greeting to his old enc
my the lynx, with yellow glass eyes, and
snllfed at the register and the portieras, he
came back and sat down by the blue-eyed little
hunchback. and after looking into his face,
whned gently.
Then we questioned the little fellow and dis
covered that Rags had jumped from the arms
OF q man in front of his horse and had run to
MN winning piteouSly. and he had taken him
into the house AID kept him over night. Now,
papers and, as he stood on the street corner
waiting for customers he looked at the adver-
tlsement column of Lost and Found, " and saw
the advertisement for little yellow dog.
When he went home he called: Rays
Rags" And down hoped Rags from a
chair and trotted sideways across the room
So then he knew he had found the right dog
and had earned the reward. He was a lonely
little boy, too, and lived in a CELLAR with his
old grandmother and a father who drank too
much, and was, in fact, the cause of his de-
tormity, for when Jack was a little fellow his
very severely, and he was so weak afterward
that when he tried to climb the stairs later he
fell down several feet to the ground and had to
go to the hospital aud remain several months.
So you can readily understand that Jack
wanted to keep Rags, but being an honest and
dear little boy, he brought him home, and SO
we paid Jack his reward, and his blue ewes
grew very bright.
But as he went out the door Rags looked
wistfully from him into our faces. And Jack
turned and looked at Rags, and suddenly the
tears came into his eyes, aud running back he
threw his arms about Rags neck and burst into
sobs
That settled it We kept Jack. too. And we
went to see his grandmother, and eaQaged her
to do some washing for us, and gained her con
sent to keep the child for a small money con-
Sideration.
And now little Jack and Rags play among
the flowers on the lawns and Jack is studying
and, we think, will make very smart man
And Rags sits guard by his books and never
will allow any one to hurt or modest our little
| Jack.