The Virginia enterprise., 1900-01-19

the farmers wife made him some chick
ell soup.
Thanks to the good care CT these kind
people, Jacques. was soon himself again.
On hearing CT their sad history the farm
er offered them two rooms i'll his house.
The gard. .ner accepted the hospitality
with gratitude and Marie continued
without cCaSing to show how she thanked
them.
When jacques had recovered he passed
his days working in the garden, and in
the even ng he wove baskets.
Three years passed thus and Jacques
and Marie were as happy as they could
be away from their home. At last poo:
Jacques died. Marie was too poor to
erect Il monument. so she took there the
basket that she had wcven fer the young
countess. and every day she placed there
frts flowers. One day as she sat beside
the grave she heard her name called by
il very sweet voice. Before her stood Il
beautiful young woman, dressed III
white, who said: My dear Marie, do yo1.
not recognize me? l came here to ask
your pardon for all the harm we have
dCnc you. Your innocence has been dis
covered and my parents and l are eager
to atone for the past
Marie cried for joy on learning that at
last she had been acquitted. She ac-
conlpanicd the yCllng cCllnteSS to Sur
CERES, where her old master received her
with joy, and she WAS very happy
Translated from the French by Mrs. II.
\. Sawyer.
When TaSSG came to live with us he
was i years cid. He was Il large, shag-
yy. black fcllcw. with the most intclli-
ever seen. He had been taught to do
tricks, would speak when told. and if
YOU said. Speak louder, Sir!" he would
bark so loudly YOU would want to stop
your ears. My brother would point t"
Il chair and say. "Tasso. get up i'll that
chair and sit down." The dog would
Chamber up and sit down, then lcolS
around at us, as though he expected us to
praise him for his smartneSs.
He WAS very fond of his master and
WAS usually anxious to go with him. But
cnre in while he would get lazy
streak. One day my brother WAS going
away and called Tasso to ac,ompany
him. After a little urging he skipped off
gayly. and. running on ahead. he skipped
into Il field and hid behind a stump I'M
til my brother had passed; then Mr.
'raS>o started back to the house at full
speed to finish his nap. There were
times. howcver, when he needed no coax
ing to get him to go; indeed. he would
not stay at home without a vigorous pro.
test and closed doors
He liked to- go hunting. and no matter
how SGlntlly he was sleeping if his mas
ter said. We'll. l guess IN take the
gun and &" out huntmg," Tasso would
ln,1nd mp and begin to jump around and
whine impaticntly. just like the little
folks when they jump around and say,
"Oh. mamma, do hurry: let's go now
Usually 'raSSo was allowed to go and
then he wa> perfectly happy. But once
in Il while his master would say. "No.
TaSso. you can't 60" and leave him shut
np in the house. Poor dcggie. he would
act hearthrckcn. Dropping dcwn en- the
flo, r near the door he would put his head
on his paws and whi1npcr ,lisnally. But
the instant someone unwarily opened the
deer to go out or in, he was off like IL
hlark streak AMI wuu|d shortly appear
i, fore his master in high glcc.
lie WAS Il terror to W0ouchuckS and
cleared all the farms in the vicinity of
these destructive animals, and then, lil,
Alexander the Great, who sighed fnr
mere worlds to conquer, he seemed t.
mourn because there We're DO more wood
chuckS in the holes which he visited
every day or two.
He was Il good watch dog and when
the men were away from home he WAS
the srlfappointcd guardian of mother
and myself. He would not lose sight of
i>. IL We "bIht'u Ill the kItcnpn lie l;(N
ut the back door. If we went to tn"
parlor. we would hear him flop down on
the perch at the front door. with a ilee;,
sigh. which seemed to say. I must do my
duty. even if | don't get any sleep. If
"" went to the yard or barn on errand*.
he would follow closely and stand wait
in" to escort us back to the house.
He dearly loved children and when any
of the little folks came to visit us, he
seemed to think they came expressly IT,
see him and never grew tired Of playing
with them. His favorite game was to r,ln-
after stick or stone thrown across thu.
yard. or to jump and catch a stick hel.!
high above his head. He would play this
way as long as anyone would play with
him.
Sometimes a child came who was too
timid to meet his advances half way and
who was Just a little afraid of that big
dog. SO TaSso would stand around and
coax the very best he could: then hi.
would run out to the yard, pick up a
stick, and bring it in his mouth to the
door. wagging his tail. while his big
brown eyes would say, Now YOU will
play with me when you see what I can
do He always made friends with th,
boys and but few little girls were afraid
of him.-Lilllan NJ. Clark in Examiner.