The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-11
THE LITTLE
WHITE WOOLLY
DOG.
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One morning, a week or so after
Christmas, Jamie was whirling round
and round on stool In front of the
glove counter in a large department
store. His mother sat near by, trying
on gloves. Jamie whirled round and
round until he was SO dizzy that he
had to sit still and look straight
ahead for a long time.
When he was quite level-headed
again, it suddenly came over him
with flash what he was looking at.
# was that large open way near the
elevator, through which his father
had taken him before Christmas, and
there he had discovered oh, it seem
ed like hundreds OF dolls and hun
dreds of Teddy bears and woolly
lambs and engines and tin soldiers
and shaggy dogs.
Quickly Jamie jumped down from
the stool and ran to the large door;
but. as he entered, he was amazed,
instead of long tables covered with
Teddy bears and soldiers and drums
and things. there were towels and
piles Of white stuff and brigAkcolored
cloth. Jamie looked from ole end Of
the room to the other. Not even so
much as Teddy bear left. He won.
dered where in the world they could
have gone.
BUT yes, there was something left.
Jamie spied it, just behind the coun-
ter one little white woolly dog, just
like the one he had received for
Christmas There 1t sat with its head
cooked on one side.
As Jamie ran to it and CRASHED IL
tightly in his arms, he was surprised
30 see it wag its tail and try to lick
his face. His little white woolly dog
at home had never done that.
VIII my little white woolly dog
learn to wag his tail and bark?o ask
cd Jamie of this little white woolly
dog.
Just then Jamie's mother rushed
up. booking all pale and scared.
jamie, Jamie she cried, 'you
ran away from mother" and pulled
aim gently to her.
Jamie dropped the little white
Woolly dog, which had been barking
at him softly, and put his arms
around his mothers neck. He was
ever and ever so. sorry that he had
run sway without telling her first
where ne was going, because he told
me 50 afterwards. He knew that it
was not nice thing to do, because ir
makes your mother worry and worry.
sud she has to look for you long
Time before she finds you.
1 was sitting In JAMES mothers
Darlor the day he told me about it
from beginning to end-from his get
ting dizzy to how sorry he felt be-
cause his mother had to search for
him all over the store, and was afraid
ne had been killed on the elevator.
What was that little white woolly
0og saying to you when your mother
found you, Jamie?"
Jamie looked the other wav and
said. "oh, nothing"
Tell me. jamie" said.
You won't tell any one" he asked
You know l won't, jamie"
Jamie lowered his voice.
You know. ! asked him IL INV lit
&c white woolly dog would ever learn
% wag his tail and bark like real
i've dog"
AND what did he say?" urged.
He said to pierce his ears and tie
green ribbon through the hole Ia
ene ear and a yellow ribbon in the
other. and that would make him see
better You know people have their
ears pierced and wear earrings whom
they don't see very WE'LL
YES" said; "but about his tail?'t
He said to get some one to write
Uncle Grif's name on a piece Of paper
and wrap it tight around my littis
dogs tail with a red ribbon-you
know Uncle Grit Is such wag."
''Yes-and the bark?"
He said to make him collar Of
birch bark. See, I've done it all"
and jamie brought forth the little
white woolly dog. He looked CAV
with his red. yellow. and green rib
hons, and pretty birch bark collar.
Nov we must wait" said.
"Yess we must wait" said Jamie.
solemnly.
So we waited. Every time saw
Jamie. ! would say. HAS he bark
ed?s Il :
s:No.e
Nor waggedf"
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