Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-09-24

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Marjory and Brownie had been play
mates from the very day that Marjory's
father had brought Brownie home in
his pocket, little white puppy, mot
tied with brown, and with a pair of
the brightest eyes you ever saw. 1t
would be hard to find many brighter,
livelier or more knowing fox terriers
than Brownie soon proved himself. He
took to tricks like a circus dog, and
before very many weeks had passed
he would jump through hoop or over
Marjory's hands; would sit with bit
of cake balanced on his nose, waiting
while Marjory counted five, when he
would give it toss and then catch it
in his mouth. and would stand up on
his hind feet at a givea signal and
walk around the room, shaking hands,
or paws, rather, wi:l everybody, that
was there.
You can imagine how sorrowful
Marjory felt when Brownie disap-
peared one afternoon. Nobody knew
how it happened, whether it was a
case of lost, strayed or stolen. All they
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from. yard, running about and play
ing. and that when Marjory went to
call him in he was nowhere in sight.
Marjory hurried TO the neighbors, DIT
no one could tell her anything about
lost Brownie.
Marjory's father, when he heard the
story, put an advertisement IN the
n ny Rrnwnip's
loss, and Offering a reward to anybody
that would bring him back For few
days after that Marjory ran to the door
every time the bell rang, hoping to
see Brownie, but the weeks passed
without any news, and at last, very
sorrowfully, she gave her pet up as
lost.
Four, five, six months rolled away,
and a dear little white kitten had TAX
en- Brownies place in the house,
though not in Marjory's heart, when
one day a great dog show was opened
in the city a few miles away. Nobody
went from Marjory's home, but one aft
ernoon an old friend of her fathers,
who had often been at the house, and
who had been a favorite with Brownie,
strolled into the show to see the dogs,
big and little. that were on exhibi-
ton.
He was sauntering down an aisle be-
tween the open cages in which the fox
terriers were chained, and was looking
with a great deal of interest at the
bright faces when suddenly he felt a
pull at his coat He looked quickly
around, but there was nobody near
him. He started on again, but again
his coat was pulled, this time more
sharply than before, as though some
body were very much in earnest. He
turned around a second time, quickly
enough to see that his coat had been
caught and pulled by small, lively,
bright-faced terrier. whose face looked
familiar to him, though the dogs
name and that of his owner, which
were posted above him, were entirely
strange. Meanwhile the dog had let
go the coat, and in his joy at having
attracted the gentleman's attention
was standing on his hind feet and try
ing to lick his face.
For an instant the gentleman looked
sharply into the brown and white face,
so close to his own, and then said in
joyful surprise: why, Brownie, is it
you, old fellow?"
At sound of the old, familiar name
the dog fairly danced in his cage and
tugged at his chain as though he would
break it. And he began to whine pit
fully when the gentleman turned and
hurried away.
You can guess where he went.
Straight to the managers of the show,
to tell them that he had found among
the dogs one that belonged to friend.
The man who had entered Brownie
was sent for, but could tell nothing,
except that he had bought the little
fellow from dog fancier some months
before.
Can you prove your claim?" the
manager asked.
81 think So" was the ready reply.
"If he is my friends dog he will an
swer to the name of Brownie, and will
go through several tricks that he was
taught"
So Brownie was unclaimed and was
taken to the circus-like ring, where
the trained dogs performed every aft
ernoon, and went through his tricks
as easily and readily as though he had
performed them only the day before
The managers were quite convinced
that Brownie had proved his friends
claim, and the gentleman who had
entered him said that he would give
up his own claims. Marjory's father
afterward saw that his loss was made
good.
need not tell you how happy Mar