Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-11-25


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SPOT around one eye. It vas this spot that
|had siyen him liz nime, Tor Il looked ! good
Eleal liz Il sinRle ksyeal -. such = dandies#
sonie tin,es Weer. Being 8 terrier, Dandy
i.aifs come az 4 sraca AZ thnnRh Is
~ Sc him and 10 him tunb lin ,cter and
or ss "a the kitchen door With l5kten you:
ysfofyuld never have bel ieyed Il.
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verv ittle d0r e the street wonld send him
flviina n to the house and Dandy too. some
times. when the bark was s loud one and
mite eclose The LITTLE i ~ Who I vned
Them said that Observation-Disclosures Mitten "a
protect him. But once when Mitten ran m
a tree and Dandy few into the kitchen and
crept under the stove she had hard work
to make the rest Of the family believe in
Dandy's courage. and she talked to him :
long time about being ALWAYS brave
All this was in the, spring. and Mitten and
DANDY had both grown a mood deal NV fall
they didn't ALWAYS run now from docs ont.
side; the fence. unless thew were real hin
dogs. and Dandy would even run toward the
fence and bark very loud If he was sure the
cate was shut. They didn't play SC much.
either, for only little folks play all the time,
but they were still the best of friends and
often slept side by side together in the SUM-
The papa of the Little Lady Who Owned
Them said that Dandy ought to begin to
| show his fighting blood by this time, and
that it was a shame that he was such a cow
ard. He said that Dandy's mother. at his
age would have jumped over the fence after
any dog, big or little, that was i'll bred
enough to look through the pickets and bark
at her. !~ -
I It was a very warm afternoon in Septem-
Der and he had been walking about the yard
| with Mitten, looking at bunch of golden
rod that bloomed in one corner and listen
| ing to the green grasshoppers that sang in
the grass. It was the first fall that either
| Mitten or Dandy had ever seen, and sup
I pose they realized that they would never
be young through another summer: for they
were solemn and dlgnltled and didn't even
notice the butcher, boy when he came in the
back gate and went out, leaving it open.
They sat down together under syringa
bush and looked toward the front fence,
thinking. 1he air was very quiet and the
song OF the grasshoppers soothing. They
both grew drowsy at last, and were nearly
asleep.
Suddenly Aitten bounced into the air,
splitting furiously as he landed, and wheeled
toward the kitchen door. Dandy also sprang
up with fierce bark and whirled in the
same direction. linen ne gave great leap
;DacA"aIo' 1or r1gn1 IN 'front.' OF them, De-
| tween tnem ana the PACK steps, and stand
| ing r1ght over poor M1tten, was b1g, wild.
| poAle, shaggy Jog: Dahdy Sd" Mltten nan
erouGnihg ana nan stand1ng up with lips
lal9 PACK ana - "hte paw uPil1ted' snarine
ana looking IKE small olack panther ne
] !,
plg dog would grao him the instant ne
turneo' ana was only held oack minute by
the Tear OF the sharp claws. Dandy saw that
ne could run hlmseif with safety and by
racing around the mouse get 'oeh'nd the org
aog ana up the oack steps while poor Nit
ten was ugntlng MS last ngnt.
TWAS great temptation to Dandy Ate,
all he was only puppy and had never
fought. lie made another quick leap back
ward and seemed about to turn tail and fly,
but at that moment Dandy forgot that ne
was PUPPY ana remembered only his good
1rlend Mltten. Inc ngntlng Dlood OF ms race
ana tne spirit OF MS great mother, who had
once whipped three dogs an oigger than her
SELL swelled ana throooed withln MN. WIN
herce smart growl and bark all IN one, ne
7 mace sera1gn1 reap at 1ne org oog' ana
taxing nun compieSeiy oy SURPRISE selzed hls
shaggy enroae WIN MS sharp young eeetn.
In second Mltten was out OF the way and
up IN the llmDs OF small maple tree, where
ne could watch the hight IN safety: he heard
the blg dog snarl and growl and choke and
saw MN try Ill VAIN to shake OF the tat
bodied white dog with one black eye. He
! saw the Dig dog roll over and over on. the
ground, pounding poor Dandy against the