Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-21

1ATBED MIN WITH GENTLENESS OF MOVE
MEsr WHICH WAS 4 REVELATION.
farther down thin groan struck up
from the tall wayside weeds. Hadley
brought his horse to a standstlll by a
violent jerk.
whats thatr' he asked sharply.
"Listenw
Again the sound was repeated-a
faint. plteous note of pain.
Its baby" declared Elizabeth,
trembling, land it's hurt"
Hadley was already poised between
the wheels of the runabout and in an
instant was striding through the long
grass, which he suddenly stopped to
part. After an appreciable space he
Strengthened up and held out hand
to Elizabeth, who had followed him,
and the girls fingers closed tightly
over it as she leaned forward to peer
into the grass.
"Oh, Ned, a puppy" she exclaimed,
relief and fresh pity blending In her
voice, for at their feet lay a poor little
morsel Of dog. His little black nose
was dry and bleached with pain. and
the soft curly white Of his hair,
through which the skin showed faintiy
pink, was soiled by blood and dirt and.
saddest of all, one tiny hind leg lay
shattered and limp In pool of blood.
"Some brute has run over him and
chucked him In the gutter to die"
Hadley said between his teeth. ~
only wish knew who 1t was"
In n moment he stopped and. slipping
his hands under the little creature.
raised him with n gentleness Of move
ment which was Il revelation to Eliza
beth and which filed her eyes with
sudden tears.
"I'll have to ask you to drive" said
the doctor as he got IN the runabout
after her; at would hurt cruelty to put
him down" And then as he saw the
anxious questioning of her eyes he an
swersd, y think l can fix him up all
right. The leg Is badly broken, but
he's SO young l think 1t will mend
quickly" He fell to watching the
quiverlng heart beat against the tiny
ribs. The tip of pale little tongue
Just showed in the dr. mouth. and
great brown ear fringed with black
dropped listlessly against the white
pulsing thrort.
isn't he beautiful?" sighed the girl
"How like little hurt child he looks!
What does make people so careless, and
80 cruelT AS she turned her head
sorrowfully away her glance fell upon
small boy standing by the roadside.
Little boy" she called. stopping the
horse, do you know whose dog this
tap
A pair Of stolid eyes were obedlently
focused upon the puppy.
"Yep," he announced after mo-
ment's survey. "that's Sammy Cascy's
Patsy Doodle. No; you can't find Sam
my. Him an his nav moved to Platts-
vile day for yeste'day. She's widow
woman. Course they didn't take him
dorgs is too easy got-an' they had
nough to cart along 'ithout Patsy
Doodle. Why. they had three"- But,
her interest In the Caseys' movements
having been satisfied, Elizabeth sudden
ly touched the horse with the whip,
and in n moment they had left the dis
cursive urchin for behind.
Once In Hadley's office the little dog
WAS deposited upon the table and his
broken leg bound up with deft and
tender fingers. With the intelligence
often vouchsafed his kind, Patsy
Doodle seemed content to lie quite still
and relaxed in the atmosphere of SYM
pathy. So motionless was his attitude
that they thought lie was sleeping, but
when Elizabeth withdrew her hand
from the head she had been softly
stroking the great brown eyes, stu