Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-21
TOUCHED BY CHILD'S PLEA
Governor of Pennsylvania VIII Protect
\ Girls Pet.

That the governor of tho big state
OF Pennsylvania should detach him
self from weiRhty official duties to
listen to a small girls plea in behalf
of her pet dog and to exert his power
in protecting the dog from a gang Of
cruel neighbor boys is evidence
enough that this is not entirely an
age OF materlalism.
Men in high places may assume a
grim and dignified air and may ap-
pear invulnerable to sentiment, but
they are human. And Nellie Zellas.
n 12-year- old girl found her way to
Governor Brumbaugh's heart thru
the medium of IA simply wordcd plea
which he found in his mail the other
morning.
Nellie lives at Reading Pa, n man
ufacturing center. Her father Is dead
and her mother is very poor. She has
"a pet dog named Prince. and he liz "a
good dog. she says. never straying far
from home ana never even chases"
She heard some neighbor boys say
one day that they were going to
make a lot of money when the dog
law went into effect" She naturally
Inferred that they intended to steal
her dog.
Touched the Governors Heart.
Confidently. she sat right down and
wrote the governor all about IT, He
would understand. she was sure-and
he did lie wrote to the mayor of
Reading. asking that the girl be To-
Gated and that her dog be protected
81 am a lover OF children and OF
pets the governor wrote, "and do
earnestly suggest that you give this
case your fatherly care. Let us make
I,t., 81 4
erican princess happy / am inclos-
ing bill and would ask you to In
struct some big hearted officer to see
that some comforts reach this girl
with our love. Mrs. Brumbaugh 10
deeply touched too, by this appeal"
At the request OF the governor. the
mayor OF Reading instructed his en-
tire police force OF one hundred men
to tearch for Nellie. Her name is
not in the directory. but the police
men have been ordered to continue
the search until they find her, and
when they do they will have good
news for the little girl. The mayor
has the governors word for 1t that
Prince will be protected.
Her Letter to Brumbaugh.
Nellie's letter to the governor fol-
lows:
II hope you will excuse my boldness
in writing TO you. but l am a worried
little girl, and you are the only per-
son who can help me.
81 am 12 years old. and five years
ago my papa died. on my last birth
day before he was taken from us,
he gave me nice little dog. fox
terrier / named him Prince. He
always wears a tax, and so far has
been safe for he never goes more
than the length cf the pavement fro II
the house.
"A few blocks from us lives q fam
lily who has three bad boys. | heard
one of these boys say to his brother.
they are big boys, one looks almost
n man. He said he was going TO make
n lot of money when the new dog law
goes into effect.
MY mamma is poor, and she SAYS
II our Prince is stolen. and we have
to pay a dollar TO get him back. she
can't do 1t very often.
won't you please make some kind
of law that such dogs as my Prince
will be safe from such bad people d?
Prince Is a good doE, and never even
chases, as he was raised with our
cat, named Dick. If you had and
loved a little dog when you were my
age you can easily guess how worried
am.
please Mr. Brumbaugh. do some
thing TO protect my little Prince and
all other pets that are good, like
mine. Sincerely, (Signed) Nellie
Zellas."