The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09
A DVENTURES OF FlDO.
n THE PET DOG.
He Loses Himself and Reaches the
Land Of Skye By Way Of
a Church Steeple.

Fido was a small, but charming dog.
with excellent manners and a good edu-
cation. But he had one sad fault.
From his father. whose name was Rover.
he inherited rowing disposition. and hs
was constantly pining for adventures.
1t often seemed to him that life that con-
sisted Of nothing except bones and wagged
tails was not suited entirely TO one Of his
ability.
One day while he was lying In the sun
In front OF the house, rejecting over this
and other matters, such as why the dog
star did not call on him now and then.
and why bone did not last longer, he be-
came 40 entirely and completely lost IN
thought that nobody could find him.
That was not strange, however. for
while he was thus lost he got away ur
on top Of the church steeple. This is an
excellent proof that he WAS lost, for no
other dog ever had been able to do such
thing, and no one In the wide world knows
to this day how Fido could have done Il.
Still there he was, which. of course,
| Ia the important point. II he had not
been there you would not have the chance
| to hear about the strange inhabitants
! Of the strange land in which he found
| himself.
Fdo was not as much surprised to find
/ himself on top Of the church steeple a.
| other folks might have been He had
seen so many surprising matters in his
| life that nothing amazed him
He had observed nice little boys thai :.
Notwithstanding their amiable appearance,
| did not annoy them at all He had seen
| dear little girls cry and stamp most fero-
| clio usly all a. once when something went
wrong with them.
He had even seen dolls that could ca,
mamma" and papa, although they were
not alive at all. but made entirely of wax
and cotton; and this was more than h.
could do, although he was entirely real
and could bark enough tn almost frighten
| grown man
Therefore. Fido was not At all surprised
| to find himself on a steeple. where it was
quite impossible that he should be.
Fido knew AT once that he was in the
Land Of Skye. He had never peen there
! not help knowing that it was the Land Of
Skye, because it was; and SO, OF course, IL
could not be anything else.
scarcely had Fido looked around him
before he saw a wonderful old lady. Shs
| was not beautiful and she was not ugly.
She had a sad, cheerful face. and sh.
danced perpetually when she was not
standing still which she did all the time
She was dressed in rich and melan-
choly manner. Her garments were mads
| elegantly of a combination Of sky. silk.
cambria. clouds and cobwcbs
She wore gown of crimson silk, all
spattered over with yellow dots. Her
waist was made Of really true patches 81
the sky itself As Fido learned afterward.
she had cut great big piece ont of the sky
for the purpose,
She had done this with true intelligence.
so that II would no, damage anything.
| by shipping it out where the sky dips down
below the rim Of the world. IL YOU evcr
stand on the seashore or a far, level country.
and look 20 the place where the sky and
the world meet you will be looking right at
the spot just above the hole that tho wonder
full old lady cut into it to mako herself
that waist.
Her cap was formed Of n violet cloud
with silver lining, And on II were set
brilliant golden stars that flashed delight
fully
She also carried an umbrella II was no,
| as useful as an umbrella AZ il was pleasant
To look at, for II was too small for an um-
brella and too large for anything else that
was smaller. II was bright green and on
top OF II sat still grecHnr star
Fido observed also tina, the wonderful
old lady was accompanied by youth who
did not crawl or walk or swim or fy or hon
or jump OF, wriggle along. He Just simply
approached,
He wore wooden sword that was Qilded
so richly that II made Fido wink. He had
pink cap Oh his head that looked at various
times a. II II were made 81 pa per, leather,
silk, brass and cobwehs. He read a purpls
newspaper with great caro- and Interest,
but he did not appear 10 gather information
from IT,
He was a brilliant youth, for he xas
dressed in brilliant colors.
he also had bright eyes and an enthu.
siastlc manner
Fido immediately had the most delish,fui
and terrible adventures. Ynu shall have
an opportunity 10 hear about one Of thea.
enhancing episodes next Sunday