The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-02-04
THE DOG. THE CHILDREN
> THE SOLDIER AND YOU,

In quiet street of Paris, a little
T, girl of ten or twelve was leading a
frightened little boy by the hand and
| The dog of the dear and lovable va
riety called mongrel, was demOnstra-
/ ting his joy in life by affectionate
bounds and leaps; the children pat
ted his head gently, but walked along
without saying word. There were
trees at regular intervals along the
street. Near one of these they stop
ped and hesitated.. 1 could hear
them talking softly. Come" said
the little girl, "we'll tie him here;
and surely when the American SOL
diers pass, one of them will see him,
love him and take him. They will
understand by the card that Is on
his neck thae we had to lose him on
purpose and why-and you must not
cry, Jean-Pierre, you are the man
now, you know, and one must be rea-
sonable. There are not enough pen
MES to get soup and bread for the five
of us and milk for baby George; as
Mamma says we cannot keep MedOr.
You know how hard Mamma has
worked since Papa was killed and she
is SO tired she cannot earn enough to
even feed us all properly. There,
be good.
Where is your handkerchief? 1t
seems that they are gentle, these
Americans. They have good hearts
and they always help the unhappy
ones.
An American soldier did pass by.
He saw the dog, aid on little piece
of cardboard tied to it's neck the
the quaint words I'M childish hand
writing This is Medor, our pet
dog. Please dear American soldier.
take care of him, we can't any more
The soldier had no use for the dog,
and did not know what to do with 1T.
But the children's trust in America
he could not resist and he adopted the
dog.
He would have liked to do more
and take care of the children too.
The few words had brought back to
his mind a big family in a village
where he was billeted, six little chill
dren and an old, old grandmother.
And to support them all, only the
mother. a soldiers widow, who
in the midst of her sorrow for the
man who would never come back,
was making the bravest efforts to reed
her little flock, and in spite OF all her
courage could not earn enough TO
give them sufficient food and clothes.
But there was no address on the
cardboard tied to the dogs neck.
YOU who are that brave boys wife,
or mother, or sweetheart, will you
plete his work and adopt the
little children of those brave COM
their lives for all, and whose children
have not their daily bread.
| Ten cents is so easily, and or. now
often spent on ice-creams. The same
ten cents can help get food for little
child for a day.
| will you not share the profits, that
this war has brought to you. with
one of these poor little hungry chill
dren? Make some crushed mothers
life a little brighter, and a little
Fatherless Child of France, love you
as his American God Parent. They
do love us, as we learn by their CRATE
full letters. Think of France! Com
pare their conditions with ours today.
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