The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-12

at the big medical school. Getta feet
ty cents; when dey cutta da live eye
dey not geeva da sleep med'cin an
he mo- die so queek lika he bite. Moo"
"You devil shrieked Peg. and then.
as he thought of the torture awaiting
Tacks' shining trusting eyes, he plead
ed piteously, "Aw--Bully-it's pay
day; I'll work whole mont for moth.
in if.youll give me my money to buy
him back in time. He's all ! got now;
aw-Bully--please-"
'.Nottin' doin' till papers all solo,"
sneered Moretti. With despair in his
heart the boy tore across the street
to coop Corcoran with his tragedy.
"Oi'm feared Tacks Is a goner, me
la-ad," the big policeman said. "Shure
they'd niver aven lissen to We out at
the grea-at college; tits grown mans
job ye'd be afther tacklin'." Slowly
in that crowded .thoroughfare the
chapel window outlined in radiant col.
ors its picture of Divine Compassion;
and then dark face with the Jesus
look of pity bent down over a little
hurt dog. gs
Lend me a dime, Cork" said Peg,
land I'll find the grown man. He told
me to come if Tacks or me got in
trouble; look" and he held up soil
ed and crumpled card bearing the
name "Dr. Raoul Farranza"; "and oh
see, Cork! he lives pretty near the
college"
Here's quarther; go to it quick =
said Corcoran.
The electric was standing at the
curb before the exclusive bachelor
apartment building, and tall dark
man about to- enter was hailed by a
breathless boy, who incoherently gasp
ed, "You told me to come il Tacks OF
me didn't get along all right, an they
have got Tacks in that awful place
over yonder an they're goin' to cut
his eyes an him a KNOWN it il you
don't stop 'em an he'll, think I let 'en
do it. Oh" and the slow tears gath
cred at last and fell.
Get in the car and tell me how this
all happened" said Farranza. II car
go anywhere over yonder' and know
everybody inside; don't worry; think
we're in time tPsave him.
Inside the immense building, crown
ed fittingly with three crosses, Tacks
lay strapped down upon a table. hi:
every dog instinct alive to great dan
ger, and his beautiful eyes, wild will
fear, fixed on the .white-clad man wht
was sorting out those terrible shining
things. With every nerve a-quiver
he was listening for the beloved voice
in the call of the three-note whistle
and with despair in his loyal dog hear
he knew that when it sounded h
would be helpless to answer it.
| The man was bending down yer.
close now, but Tacks could not evel
shrink from the glitter of the pointe'
thing in his hand. 49, .sx:
Suddenly the door opened and ,
voice Tacks had never forgotten cried
Hold on, Frank; you've got a do
there that belongs to a kid friend O
mine, and it's all he's got in the world
I met them in trouble last winter tn
night of the big blizzard, and toll
the boy to come to me if he ever neel
ed help. He's been playing Ion
hand in Life's game;fofi he's just sal
to me, The old man died o. the snake
over at the Bridewell last summer, al
the flu took me mother in, October
l been hidin' out on the truant cop
in furnace room with good jan
tor pal O. mine cause dey'd SEN m
to some institoot, an / amt doil
Il nothin' worse now dan earnin' m
n feed There's good stuff in the DO
1 and I'm going to give him his chanc'
You know I'm pretty much alone
the world now myself. Some da.
Frank, maybe you'll come to see, as
have, that you've got your causes an
effects reversed. It's the minds of til
!. world that need healing through Low
I'm leaving for the West tomorrow, S
this is goodbye"
i A moment later down in the car
jubilant boy tried vainly to control
, whirlwind of terrier, who was In
partially dividing its carresses b.
tween Peg and the Doctor, who, la.
: ing his arm across the lads shOulde
said, Peg, my work here is over fl
the present; tomorrow we'll do a Ii
: tie Quitting. Tacks needs a cola
with his name and his owners on !
and you some clothes; but tomorro
, night we three start for home in Ca
ifornia, and lot of dogs and horse
Peg, belong to that home. It's scho'
for you, with the finest new leg none
can buy, with wonderful foot on it
Then again the worshiping Peg sa
; the look which was in the eyes of tn
Man in the Picture come into Farral
za's, as he added, "And for me, work
the beautiful work of trying to max
men and women realize how practices
for every day use are the teaching
of the Master Christ"
|. -Ethelpn Chapman. tn Our Dumb Animals.
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