The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-07
FAITHFUL INTO DEATH.


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zae would szy aloud. I'm awful GLAD
! wheeled her down. I wish row 70
brought ber down oftener this sun
uer
Twice as she hooked sboreward she
called GUY sarilly:
Boss. you take care q her; won't
you. BossT~
Then Boss priclsed up his ears and
shook his tail. and the girl laughed and
Faid she guessed sbe'n' Boss could git
along frs1-rate-
We're use't 70 il: amt we. Boss?''
When she said this the dog got up,
came 70 her side. gave her swift lick
across the face. then hurried back and
sat down Oh the edge Of the planks
again.
Once the woman out in the water
slipped and fell splashipg. and Boss
jumped up. whining in q piieous CULVER
and would not be comforted even when
the child said. soothingly:
Never mind. old fellow"
But when the woman houndered II
her feet again and cried: "All right"
the dog sat down. Still ne frequently
gave little whine under his breath. He
was thinking that this was the first
summer when he had not gone out moss
ing with his dearest friend. and he could
not understand why he was 50 stiff and
clumsy that he was unable TO run over
the slippery rocks and keep close to her.
nosing the moss she picked up. poking
over holsters and crabs. and seeing that
nothing happened TO her. Something
was the matter with his legs. and with
the whole of him. somehow. and he
could not get over the rocks. Was il
the same thing that kept him from
gnawing bones? And he liked them
Il ha4
the young dog who lived down the road
could crack bones without any trouble
II was all very mysterious.
When he lay in the sun near where the
moss was drying, doing and swapping
at the flies. he often looked as if he were
thinking of all these things.
And what did the girls grandmother
mean only yesterday when she stroked
his head and said:
poor old Boss. You're gittin' old,
jes' s be. 'Twon't be no kind of place
round this house 'thout Boss" He had
| nuzzled his head under her hand when
she had spoken thus. but he didn't I'M
1erstand.
How pleasant this bright day was.
with its sunny. gentle east wind-a wind
that brought sweet, salt smells from the
| ocean.
The child shifted the embracing odor
and stretched out her hands smiling
happily.
To be sure, she could not walk, but
1lnny often wheeled her to the break
water. where she could see the moss
-etheTed
1t was low course of tides, and nov
/ the water had gone far out, so that oil,
could get to the lodges where the mos
grew.
Granny had no boat as most of tht
mossers had-there were some boat>
now farther along, and little Molly could
see the men put their iong-handleu
rakes down and draw them up full. Sh.
knew that those men made more money
than her grandmother. but then she
didn't know much about money. Some
of the neighbors often said that they
themselves could not afford to keep
dog. When they said this granny shu,