The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-03-23
A Happy Rescue,


ing express" Norman sat on the high
seat of his big cart and Lloyd and
Billy were his horses
get up get up!" he cried, flour
ishing his whip.
Only one of the horses obeyed.
Lloyd was watching something across
the street.
Prince, Norman's new puppy, had
run out of the yard, and was ing
upon two little girls who wer =
ly frightened. The older girl
to run, but the little one fell au.l oe-
gan to cry.
prince! Prince!" called Lloyd,
come herel"
"Oh, let Prince alone!" cried Nor
man. "He won't hurt them They're
sillies to be afraid
But Lloyd was already trying to slip
the harness over his head, that he
might go to the rescue of the children.
Norman held the reins tight, how
ever, and played his whip about
Lloyd's shoulders. ~
"oh DON'T" pleaded Lloyd. "t,g. t,
scared almost to DEATH" He c3li ~
to the girls: Don't be afraid! Hes
won't hurt you" Then he freed him
self, and ran across
The younger child was screaming,
while the other was trying to put her. uant
self between the dog and her little ..snal
sister. as like
Lloyd soon coaxed Prince
meantime striving to quiet ta lane. p
dren's fears. r ..JlW
He is only puppy, and he Wants
to play, that's all. He won't bite any
body. He just loves little bits of
girls-like your sister. He is only two
months old"
rs he your dog?" asked the older
girl.
"Oh, no! But we are friends, aren't
we. Prince? He belongs to Norman
Stockder. live across the street-in
that house." pointing to red cot
tage.
Thank you ever so much" smiled
the girl. "He ran after us yesterday,
and we were so scared; but sha'n't
be afraid again.
Lloyd returned to play, with Prince
capering around him, and the girls
walked off down the street, stopping
occasionally to look back.
"If you run away again, I won't
let you be my horse" said Normant
Grossly.
"All right" laughed Lloyd. slipping
into the harness. He knew that his
friends anger wouldn't last long, and
Norman was never quite so cross as
he seemed.
A fau RI tho
were going home from school togeth-
er when big automobile whizzed past
them.
Wouldn't you like to ride that
way?" cried Norman.
Guess | would" answered Billy.
Lloyd said nothing. He was watch
ing the car. 1t was turning around
on the brow of the hill just beyond
now it was coming slowly back. AS it
drew near, he recognized two of its
occupants,-the two little girls that
had been so frightened by Prince The
car stopped by the sidewalk.
Twill you come for a rider" asked
the older girl. nodding shyly to Lloyd.
Would he! 1t didn't take him long
to run home and ask mamma, and
then hop in. The car started. He
seemed to be flying through the air!
How delightful it was!
"Papa's going to take us up to Hart
ford, to bring mamma home-she's up
there visiting" explained the girl
"and we thought maybe you'd like to
go, too"
To Hartford! As far as that? why,
can we get home to-night?' gasped
Lloyd.
ooh, yes!" laughed the girl "It
won't take more than an hour or two"
Then Lloyd settled down to solid
and what a two hours the
next were! Up in Hartford he was
treated to sandwiches and ice-cream
besides nuts and bananas: and Papa
and Mamma Starr thanked MIN very
pleasantly for having been so kind to
their little girls.
"Id have called Prince off If I'd
known they were Major Starts chill
iren," said Norman, when Lloyd told
him about the ride.
81 didn't know" answered Lloyd,
nnocently.-Emma G. Dowd, in the
Sunday School Times.