Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-29

be when they had no mother to take care
OF them.
we live on a gold mine. and the ore is
pulled out of a tunnel by a small locomO-
tive. There is a man who keeps the track
in order. He and the dog were great
friends. and the dog would follow him and
watch him work, but he soon got so that he
would help him. If he would find anything
on the track he would pick it up in his
mouth and carry 1t outside of the rails.
Sometimes rock too large to pick up with
his mouth would fall off the cars on the
track; then he would pull it off with his
paws, He soon found out as much about
the track as his boss did himself CHATS
what the boss sald), and would go in the
tunnel and keep the track clear all alone.
When he would hear the locomotive COM
ing he would lie down in the slulceway be-
tween the tracks until the locomotive and
the cars had passed over him, then he
would go to work again.
He followed this up every day until he
died l believe that he had more sense
than some grown-up people. and he did so
many sensible things that 1t would make a
long story to write them all down. The
poor fellow was poisoned by a brute with
whom he would never make friends.
Is not this an interesting story? 1 am
sure that many of you know others equally
good and hope that you will write them out
and send them to me. They need not, of
course, be dog stories If you know of an
Instance of bravery, generosity or unself-
ishness on the part Of child tell US about
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things that will warm our hearts and make
us feel happy ourselves, and also like ex-
erting ourselves to bring happiness to
DOROTHY DAY.
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Black Pearl w. Kemp, Florence Alexan-
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jr. Beulah Smallwood, Dick Williams,
Olive Jones, Regina Ehrlich, Marguerite
Muncey, Elizabeth Garland, Espey Leigh,
Eunice Hoffman,, Nellie Mari, Grace
Clark, Elizabeth Swartzell. Isabelle Muir
ply, Edith Seals, Carrie Rabe, Elsie Bar
bour, William Brooks, Mary Dent, Ella
Dill, p. III. Barnard Flora Pierce, Eliza
Toison, Emma RothwelI, Sargent Hoover,
Mabel HALEY. Irene Mcnamara, Amy
Edna, Josie OConnell Emmie May King,
Virgie Humphrey.
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