The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-05-19

-'Nesily's dog, aid Pen.
.Ben's a little shaver-only thrre.
".Nhat do YOU mean. sir p looking a
me. Haven't l told you YOU ccul1at
have a dogr
ale followed me. sir saidL
".Followed YOU, Not without an in
vitation. III wager. You ~ hisiled him
along. OF courseg
- was kind Of v histlinr. bn. not 10
him in particular
"He's splendid fellow said Nirrie.
of the noble race of Newfoundland
a roval begrar.
"she was helping father OF with his
wet coat.
".Ne'ye no use for him. WHY. an an
imal like that Will eat as much as an
OK
"sOh. father. III support him rlvsef
ont Of my own sDrndinr money. Only
let him stav.' aid /.
.Iet Ncddv's dog stav.' said little
Zen. his lin a-ouiyerinr.
"yirrie had 70. father into hss arm
chair IN the dining-room and brought
him his warm slippers. And pretty
soon She came ont. and. don't YOU think.
She said | might make the. dog a bed Of
straw in the woodshed. and we would
Give hin, a square meal az dinner time.
And Ann she kent growing about
riyino~ notice. hut Y irsrie didn't care.
And yirqie said le looked Ike = de
,bropes monarch wandering q, the
mercy Of the storm.
"yirgie reads in Shakespeare. and she
s.;d la we ,vou,s name him Lear
He's The one who saws: Blow. wind.
and cracl, your cheeks.
.And that's The way Lear came to he
nv doc
.N,. went down 10 The river. as / was
saving that twentieth Of December.
when 7 v-as Ton wears old. The skating
,vasn-r nrime. ana there wasn't another
fellow ont. Tried toeniov Il pretty
we'll
..,d Iea- h. ran nm and down and
.roura IN The bank seeing what ne
could find interesting.
.Tbere were two men on the o-he,
side emitting and loading ice. I thought
would sl,e-,. over toward them.
ar 49,, ~, b.ls wy over wber
,bere was a Great cracking. and / was
,aveT 81 scared.
an an instant ] plunred into col
49,. AMI 80. r,,fer. ! tried 10 graf
- ~. IT,. !, h-,l.a nm and xxouidn-,
bo1a. ana remembered every had
Lii go d;s and oh. dear.
-. =. ,..o.hc- .nd ,7;an., care 10,
- 1,5r,,,,,,- ,,ar,x
..co-ne,,rdx seemed 70 h. rubbing ans
,,r,,,,,inr ~. a,vf,,l and then. after az
ACE 4 seemed like. / opened my eyes
ia ~ ,,,o,ber,s own face close I.
49,. .,a Nv. l,;ssas me oui,e cousid
a,,I. I,~as an the ola settee in IL.
t;,ahor Thcrc we're sannels and ho
} ,.a,.,- bo.,las all around me. They fes
1910 ,,,-,,el v;-b ! sr.oon. and / fel
. 10. md ,,.rrn and hapnv: and / hear,
- 80 ~, ,he IT, ,ner, had lrourh
,o,,,, b,,- !. WASH. the ice men tina
| 80, ,eon, They couldn't Get 10 me. al
- co,,lS Al
-. - - 49, Iea- that 60. =,
~, ~. ,rc,, dry land.
: !. .-rhe c,,--er. vas swsft there. sal
. na ~ The men and he must have bee
( o-,.r 10 ~, ,,.ere do- hadn't inrnpe,
/ af,cr him Ire 4 hash. and tua-red hir
~. =, ~ ,iTne'
r .Thcn mother. all of a sudden. 81
run 10 Lear ana she Rugged hir
,rorrl ne meek and cried.
..Xs-o;e ne followed salt.
..The blessed haste said Ann.
.Then T--ie Zen ran up. and kissc
rear on the forehead.
GOOD dog said he Got Scdd
ont of river
And Lear he just Tapped The rru'
yiroie rave him. and stretched out b
for.. the Ere. ana shut hss ewes. as II
hadn't done ANYTHING worth speakin
Of
.Ev and bv. when thcv had stoppe
making such fuss. he got up. Lear Dis
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