Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-10

died herself and the baby up and
jumped into the cutter
When she got to school all the chill
dred made fun of Mary because she
was so late The teacher let her take
the baby home. When she got home
her aunt was there. Mary showed the
baby to Jessie. Jessie said it was cute.
Their aunt was talking to their mother.
Their aunt jumped up and screamed,
ooh, my baby, my baby!" When the
girls came in the room this is what
they heard. They showed her the baby
and she said it was hers. 1T must
have fallen out of my cutter"
DOROTHY BAAS.
1905 New Hampshire street. Washing
ton street school, BIS.
To her joy and surprise she found
that it was a little white puppy. When
she took it out it began to shiver with
cold, so she wrapped it up again and
went home with it. AS soon as Jessie
saw her coming she ran to her to ask
IL the teacher was i'll or whether they
had a holiday.
Mary came in all out Of breath and
showed her parents and Jessie what
she had found. They all said it was
very cute. Mary's father said that she
need not go back to school that day.
This pleased her very much and after
a while she said: Papa. what are we
to do with the puppy? We cannot
keep him as long as we know no more
about him than we do.'
do what you want with him." was
her fathers reply.
"AII right said Mary, and away
she went to get her hat and coat, and
she wrapped the puppy up in his rugs
and went to the place where she had
found him. She stopped in five houses
and at each one she received the same
answer, that they knew nothing of the
dog, but at the sixth house a lady
came to the door and said that it was
her dog, but since she had so many
she did not think that she could af-
ford to keep him and had put him out
there that he might be taken by some
one She told Mary she could have
him. Mary thanked her and ran home
to tell Jessie Of all the good times that
they could have with him.
They began at once to teach him
tricks and because he was so intelli-
gent they named him Trix
JOSEPHINE DIES MOVERS,
1861 South Flower street, St. Mary's
academy, grade 7, age IA.
Mary took the baby home. Mary's
mamma took care Of him as best she
could, for they were poor. The next
Gay mary went ali over the IOWH u
find the mother Of the child. 1t was
just before dark, when Mary was hum
cry and tired, when she looked up and
saw the big sleigh. In the back seat
sat a lady crying. A quick thought
struck her. She called to the driver
to stop, which he did And then Mary
told them about finding the baby.
The lady was so glad that she Rugged
and kissed Mary. She told Mary to get
in and go home to get her boy. When
they reached Marys house the lady
could not wait one minute for the
sleigh to stop. She jumped out and
ran into the house and Rugged and
kissed that baby till he began to cry.
They took, Mary, Jessie and her
mother to their home, which was a
great big stone house. The lady gave
Mary little black Shetland pony with
little colt and one thousand dollars.
Mary could not believe her eyes. She
had never seen so much money in all
her life. She gave her mother a nice
little house of her own and Jessie a
COW and some chickens. They were no
longer poor. They lived all the rest of
their days in the little house.
HOLLISTER TARNE,
Age IL; fifth grade Fifth Street school,
San Pedro, Cal.