Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-10
safe place. he tpned about to look; poor

a safe place. he tyrned about to look; poor
Buzz was nowhere to be SEEN
Then Button looked everywhere. and
called and whimIereA, but Buzz did not
come. Presently his mistress came out. and
when she saw him alone she called and
looked. too. Then she grew excited. and
calling that Buzz was stolen. and ordering
all the servants out I'd look for him.
It was terrible day. Button was locked
up in the basement just as If he were to
blame for 1t all. and men with blue uni
forms and brass buttons came down and
looked at him where the sat huddled in one
corner. lonesomea and heartbroken. Then
everybody went away and he was all alone,
and barked and howled and wept until late
in the evening, when his little mistress re-
turned and Rugged him and cried over him
and gave him some supper.
But Buzz did not come back. The thief,
whoever he was. Kept him well hidden
Day after day passed and Buttons mistress
gave up hope and mOurned the missing one
as dead. AS for Button, he grew thia and
moped and never cared any more for romp-
ing on the lawn. His little mistress petted
him and let him ride in the pony carriage
more than ever. and one day doctor came
but all this did not bring back the lost
Buzz, and it was only his little brother
Buzz that Button wanted.
And so at last he made up his mind that
he would go and find him. He thought he
knew which way the thief had gone. aud he
believed If he could only get out of the yard
and go and keep going he would find 1'uZ:
at last. He watched his chance for several
days. and one morning. when the back
gate had been left open for a minute, he
slipped through unnoticed and ran and ran
He found himself in a sort of lane or
alley and he didn't know where he was or
where he was going. He only knew that
somewhere out in this big. terrible world
was poor Buzz. and he was going to ma
him. Twice he was chased by very dirty
children, but they could not catch him.
When he stopped at last to pant and con-
sider he could not have told where he was
or how to get home to save his poor i-ttle
life.
But perhaps instinct was stronger in But
tons brain than reason. For presently he
found himself going again. and by and by
he came to high board fence with a niue
open gate. which he bounded through With
out stopping to think or to reason any
whatever He found himself in a little dirty
yard without a spear of grass on IL and
half full Of old barrels and cans. In the
middle of it all there was a stick driv.n
in the ground and tied to 1t by piece o.
dirty Irvine was poor starved little crea-
ture that gave great tug at the sII'nS
and a waiing back as Button entered But
ton stopped and gave one look, then a Joy
Gus answering bark. for in spite of dirt ana
starvation he knew that the poor little tel
low tied in that wretched yard was his long
lost brother Buzz.
Then such huggiag and kissing and ex-
element. The thief mus. have been gone
that day. for nobody came out to see What
was going on. But when Button started to
leave and found that BuZ. could not fol-
low he was in great distress. BUZZ tuSeed
at the string and whined and Button sat
watching him and really trying to think
and reason, this time very hard. Suddenly
he ran to the frightened string, and, in spite
of it's dirt and bad taste, he began biting
and chewing at it as if 1t were nice bone
He chewed and bit and chewed, while Buzz
tugged and tugged until by and by. with
one very hard tug. Buzz tumbled heels over
head. for the string was broken right in
two and he free.
They a very long way, and at last
found themselves in a wide beautiful road
Some carriages were passing, and all at
once they heard a little scream and pony
carriage stopped and then Buzz and But
ton knew that it was their dear beautiful
little mistress, and 2that they were found
and safe. i.7ts
She had been out searching for Button
since morning. and when she saw him and
realized that the poor little creature with
him was Buzz she gathered them both III
her arms in spite of the dirt and Rugged
them while she cried and laughed both at
once Then when she saw how the string
on BuZZ's neck had been bitten and chew
ed she knew that Button had done what all
the officers and servants together had fail
ed to do. He had found Buzz and brought
him back to her.
That night Buzz and Button slept once
more together in their own little bed. IN
few weeks both were as fat and beautiful
as ever. playing and rolling on the green
lawn. But they do not roll down the ter
race now, and you could not get them near
the fence no matter how much YOU coaxed,
them. And, then, too. their little mistress
rarely allows them to play on the lawn I'M
less she is watching them from the pretty
rustic seat. while from the House of Many
Windows across the way the Little Lady
looks down on the pretty group and is glad
that they are all together and happy. once
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