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diff --git a/26616.txt b/26616.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..adc6064 --- /dev/null +++ b/26616.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1735 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Minnie's Pet Dog, by Madeline Leslie + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Minnie's Pet Dog + +Author: Madeline Leslie + +Release Date: August 14, 2008 [EBook #26616] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MINNIE'S PET DOG *** + + + + +Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was +produced from images generously made available by The +Internet Archive/American Libraries.) + + + + + +Transcriber's Note + +Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of corrections +is found at the end of the text. + + + + +[Illustration: LEO AND TINEY. Page 13.] + +[Illustration: MINNIE and her PETS. + BY MRS MADELINE LESLIE. + MINNIE'S PET DOG.] + + + + + MINNIE'S PET DOG. + + + BY + + MRS. MADELINE LESLIE, + AUTHOR OF "THE LESLIE STORIES," "TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER," + ETC. + + + ILLUSTRATED. + + + BOSTON: + LEE AND SHEPARD, + SUCCESSORS TO PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO. + 1864. + + + + +Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by + +A. R. BAKER, + +In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of +Massachusetts. + +ELECTROTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY. + + + + + TO MY YOUNG FRIEND, + + HENRY FOWLE DURANT, JR. + + =These Little Volumes= + + ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED + + BY THE AUTHOR, + + IN THE EARNEST HOPE THAT THEY MAY INCREASE IN HIM THAT + LOVE OF NATURE AND OF RURAL LIFE WHICH HAS EVER + EXERTED SO SALUTARY AN INFLUENCE IN THE + FORMATION OF THE CHARACTERS OF + THE WISE AND GOOD. + + + + + + + +MINNIE AND HER PETS. + + + Minnie's Pet Parrot. + Minnie's Pet Cat. + Minnie's Pet Dog. + Minnie's Pet Horse. + Minnie's Pet Lamb. + Minnie's Pet Monkey. + + + + +MINNIE'S PET DOG. + + + + +CHAPTER I. + +TINEY AND LEO. + + +I have given an account of Minnie's pet parrot, and of Minnie's pet cat. +In this volume I shall give the reader an account of her pet dog, Tiney, +with anecdotes of other dogs. + +Tiney was a spaniel. He had long, pendent ears, black, expressive +eyes, a short, well-rounded mouth, and long, silky hair. He was an +affectionate little fellow, who attached himself to every body in the +house. He was on the most friendly terms with Fidelle, often eating +sociably with her from the same plate. In summer, when Minnie liked to +play on the lawn, Tiney might be seen running here and there in +obedience to his young mistress, picking up a ball or stick, and +bringing it to her in his teeth. + +If the truth must be told, Tiney was a dog that loved his own ease. In +the winter he liked to lie on the hearth rug in front of the glowing +fire, one eye partly open, to be sure that Fidelle, who was fond of +playing with his tail, committed no indignities with it. + +Sometimes Minnie used to get out of patience with him for being so +sleepy; but her mother told her it was in consequence of his eating so +heartily, and taking no more exercise; and then the little girl would +drag him off out of doors, often sadly against his will, and entice him +into a frolic. + +It was curious to see Tiney with Leo. The spaniel held the great dog in +awe, and never but once was known to go to the stable to see him. + +The circumstances that led to this visit were very curious, and I must +relate them. + +When Tiney first saw Leo, he was only a puppy, and I suppose was +frightened at the sight of so large a dog. He began to bark at him with +all his might. Mr. Lee wished to have them become friends; but this did +not appear so easy, for Leo, after looking disdainfully at the pup, +walked away with great dignity. + +After this, whenever Tiney saw him, he began to bark, or rather to +growl; but Leo never took the least notice of him. + +Tiney, however, was fond of running to the gate to see what dogs were +passing by. In this way, he formed many acquaintances, and some very bad +ones. + +An express-man used to pass the house two or three times a week, and was +always accompanied by a large mastiff, a savage-looking dog, with a +deep bass voice. + +One day, when the express-man's wagon was going by, Tiney began to jump +up before the horses' mouths and bark. The man spoke to the mastiff, who +at once flew at the spaniel, and shook him thoroughly. + +Tiney cried out piteously, and walked back to the house a sadder if not +a wiser dog. + +But he did not forget. On the day when the express-man passed again, he +paid the visit, I have mentioned, to Leo, and in some way made him +understand that he wanted to engage his services. + +Leo agreed to revenge the insult that had been offered the little +fellow. When the mastiff came by, they were ready for him. Tiney did the +barking, while his defender caught the mastiff, and whipped him +severely. + +Leo and Tiney then returned to the house together, when the spaniel +showed his gratitude by running back and forth before his friend, and +giving several short barks. But what was most remarkable was the fact, +that after this they returned to their old footing, Leo never +condescending to take any notice of his smaller companion, and Tiney +giving an occasional growl when he saw him approach. + +When Minnie was in her eighth year, her parents went on a journey into a +distant state, and she accompanied them; but though she pleaded to take +Tiney with her, it was not allowed. + +The next summer preparations were made for another journey, and there +was much conversation about it in the family circle. + +One morning, when they were discussing the time of their being absent, +Mrs. Lee noticed that Tiney appeared very uneasy. He jumped repeatedly +into her lap, and from that to the floor, rubbing his sides against her +feet. + +"What can Tiney want?" she said aloud. "I'm sure he is trying to make me +understand something." + +"O, I wish he could go!" cried Minnie. "You know how sad he was when we +were gone before." + +The spaniel, on hearing these words, gave a joyful bark, moving his +tail back and forth in an excited manner, and then looked wishfully in +her face. + +"He seems to understand what we say," the lady went on, glancing with +some surprise at her husband. + +"I have no doubt of it," he answered, smiling. "Here, Tiney! here, sir!" + +The dog obeyed. + +"Do you know, Tiney," he asked, "that we are going away?" + +No reply. + +"Would you like to go with us in the carriage?" + +Tiney gave a short, quick bark. + +"I'm afraid that would not do," added the gentleman, shaking his head. +"I fear you would be too much trouble." + +No more was said, and the dog went across the room, his tail hanging +between his legs, and remained quietly on the corner of the sofa. They +noticed that he watched every movement closely, and that, if Minnie left +the room, he seemed uneasy till she returned. + +"It is very strange that he can understand," remarked Mrs. Lee. "See, he +is not asleep, though he pretends to be; he is listening to what we +say." + +Minnie laughed aloud. "It is too funny!" she exclaimed. + +"I have heard of many cases," remarked her father, "where it was evident +that dogs understood well certain words uttered in their presence." + +"O, father," urged Minnie, "do please tell them to me." + +He looked at his watch, and then began:-- + +"A gentleman by the name of Taylor was once travelling in Spain. He +arrived early one evening at a village inn, and sat down before a stove +to dry his boots. Close by him was a dog, which watched him very +attentively. + +"'What can you give me for supper?' the gentleman inquired of the +hostess. + +"'Some eggs,' was the reply. + +"'No; they are too mawkish.' + +"'A rabbit?' + +"'That is too indigestible.' + +"The attention of the dog seemed to become more and more directed to +the conversation. + +"'Some ham?' the woman added. + +"'No,' said Mr. Taylor; 'that would make me too thirsty.' + +"'Some pigeons?' + +"The dog here stood up. + +"'No; there is no nourishment in them.' + +"'A fowl?' said the hostess, on which the dog started hastily out of the +room. + +"'What is the matter with your dog?' asked the gentleman, noticing a +smile on the woman's face. + +"'O, nothing at all,' was her reply; 'he only wishes to escape his work. +He is anxious to know what you decide upon; for if you say a fowl, he is +sure he will have to turn the spit.'" + +Both Mrs. Lee and Minnie laughed heartily at this anecdote. + +"That story reminds me of Dr. Kane's old dog Grim," said Mrs. Lee. "He +was a curious old fellow." + +"O, will you please tell me about it, mamma?" cried Minnie. + +"Yes, my dear. He was very aged; his teeth, almost gone; and his limbs, +once so nimble, now covered with warts and ringbones. + +"In the intense cold of the arctic regions Grim suffered much, and at +last, by a system of patient watching at the door of the deck-house, +together with a curious wag of his tail, pleading for admittance, he was +allowed a place in the warm room, and used Dr. Kane's seal-skin coat as +a bed for weeks together. + +"Somehow or other, when the dogs were being harnessed into their sledges +for a journey, old Grim was sure to be missing; and one time, when he +was detected hiding in a barrel, to avoid the labor of drawing the +sledge, he began to limp badly, as if he were very lame. + +"'Poor fellow,' said one of the men, 'he must be left at home.' + +"Strange to say, he was lame ever after, except when the team was off +from the ship. + +"Run and get the book about animals, on the third shelf in the library," +said Mr. Lee, "and I will read you a story." + +Minnie flew to obey him, and Tiney, wagging his tail, slowly followed, +but came back presently, and resumed his place on the sofa. + + + + +CHAPTER II. + +BOSE AND THE WIG. + + +"Here," said Mr. Lee, "is an account Mr. Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, +gives of his dog Hector. + +"'I am sure,' he says, 'that the dog comprehends a good deal that is +said in the family; and that his attention and impatience become +manifest whenever any thing is said about either him, the sheep, or the +cat. + +"'One evening I said to my mother, "I am going to Bowerhope for a +fortnight; but I shall not take Hector with me, for he is constantly +quarrelling with the other dogs, or breeding some kind of an uproar." + +"'My mother answered me, promptly, "I am glad of it; I like best to have +him at home." + +"'Nothing more was said on the subject. The next morning was rainy, and +I did not start till after breakfast. When I was ready, I ordered a +servant to shut Hector up for a few hours, that he might not follow me. +The servant presently reported that the dog was nowhere to be found. + +"'When I reached St. Mary's Lock, I found the river so swollen, I had to +get across in a boat; and yet, when I arrived at Bowerhope, I found +Hector, very wet, sitting on a knoll, impatiently awaiting me.'" + +"In Bath, England, there were at one time a large number of dogs +employed in cooking-houses, to turn the spits used in roasting fowls. +These animals were fond of following the crowd on the Sabbath, and +collecting together, during divine service, in the Abbey Church. + +"On one occasion, the clergyman happened to use the word 'spit,' which +reminded the dogs of their neglected duties, and, seized with remorse, +they all ran home in a hurry." + +"Why, father," cried Minnie, much astonished, "I should not think the +people would let so many dogs go to church." + +"Perhaps they could not prevent it," he answered, laughing. "Dogs are +often fond of accompanying their owners to church. I remember Leo tried +it several times when I first bought him. He seemed to understand +perfectly well when Sunday came, and, as he knew I did not approve of +his intruding, he would run off and creep into the pew without leave." + +"And did he keep still, father?" + +"Yes; I never knew him to make much noise, except as he occasionally +turned himself over, but I was in constant fear of his doing so, and +determined to break up the habit. + +"Early one Sabbath morning, before the ringing of the first bell for +church, I went out to the stable to tell John to shut him up before he +took out the carriage. He said he had not seen him for an hour or more. +When I alighted at the door of the church, there was Leo, waiting to +follow me up the aisle. + +"The next week I thought I would be in season, and had Leo shut up on +Saturday. He cried incessantly, when the bells rang on Sunday; but I +told John not to let him out until after our return from the evening +service. + +"When Saturday came again, Leo took the precaution to be off, and +enjoyed a whole day of church going, coming in and scratching at the +door of the pew to gain my attention. + +"I felt almost guilty, when I reflected on his desire to keep the +Sabbath. I think he came to know which was the sermon and which the +prayer, for during the latter he invariably stood up. It was only by +persevering effort that I convinced him his church-going propensity +could not be allowed. But now, though you know he often accompanies me +when I ride on horseback, and follows the carriage when we all go, he +never attempts to do so on the Sabbath." + +"I remember," said Mrs. Lee, "when I was a young girl, visiting a lady +who had a beautiful spaniel, of whom she made a great pet. When she went +out to ride, Doll expected to go with her as a matter of course; and if +the weather was cold, the dog was wrapped in embroidered blankets, like +a baby. + +"One Sabbath day we were preparing to go to church, and I wondered +whether Doll would go too; or, if not, how she would bear the +disappointment. + +"To my astonishment the spaniel, though she whined a little, made no +effort to accompany us by running here and there, as usual, and uttering +short, joyful barks. She sat at the window gazing earnestly after us, +but making no attempt to follow. + +"'She knows well enough,' said the lady, 'that she must not go to +church, though I cannot imagine how she tells when Sunday comes.' + +"There's a curious story," remarked Mr. Lee, "often told of a number of +dogs in a village in Bohemia. These animals, including a large mastiff, +belonging to a nobleman in the place, had a practice of going regularly +to church. + +"This at last excited the attention of the town authorities, and at a +meeting of the court, a magistrate, who presided, said in a loud, +decided tone,-- + +"'No dogs shall be allowed in church; let me not see one of them in +future!'" + +"The mastiff was present, and seemed to listen with attention. Nor +without effect; for on the ensuing Sunday he rose early, and ran round +the village, barking at all the dogs. He then took his station near the +door of the church; and when a dog came up, unmindful of his +prohibition, he instantly killed him. Ever after he took on him this +post of sentinel before the church, but not once was he known to enter +it." + +"What a queer dog!" exclaimed Minnie, "and how strange that he should +have known what the magistrate said!" + +Mr. Lee laughed. "Do you remember," he asked, turning to his wife, "the +story we heard long ago of that old gentleman in Portsmouth, New +Hampshire, who had such a knowing dog?" + +"Yes, I remember. Minnie will be interested to hear that." + +"O, yes, father!" + +"It seems his dog was so intelligent that he could do almost every thing +but talk. Among other things, he was in the constant habit of attending +church with his master. The old gentleman wore a wig, and having +purchased a new one, donned it for the first time on Sunday morning, +leaving the old one hanging on a chair in his bed room. + +"It happened that Bose had been taking a nap that morning in the garden, +and did not awake in time to accompany his master to church. He entered +the house, and perceived at once that he was late; but on seeing the +wig, he imagined it had been forgotten, and catching it in his teeth, +before he could be stopped, disappeared with it into the street. + +"The old gentleman's feelings may be imagined, when, in the commencement +of the sermon, he saw Bose quietly trotting along the aisle, in full +view of all the congregation, with the wig in his mouth, not stopping +till he reached the familiar pew." + +"I fancy the good man wished his dog had remained at home," said Mrs. +Lee, laughing heartily; while Minnie, who did not seem exactly to +understand, exclaimed,-- + +"I thought, mamma, that wigs were fastened on like hair. I'm sure aunt +Mary never takes hers off." + +Mr. Lee suddenly started up. "This is not doing my business," he +exclaimed. "If I don't look out sharp, I shall miss an appointment. +Run, Minnie, to the barn, and tell John to put the black mare into the +buggy as quickly as possible." + +Before he had put on his boots, she came back, out of breath, calling +out,-- + +"John has harnessed, father; so you can go at once." + +Soon after he had gone, Mrs. Lee went up stairs to make farther +preparations for their journey. She had already directed Anne, a woman +who had long been in the family, to put Minnie's dresses into a trunk. +What was her surprise, when she entered the room, to see Tiney sitting +on them, the trunk being left open! + +Poor creature! He had taken this method to ascertain the moment of their +leaving, probably that he might follow them, as he was sure they would +not go without Minnie's clothes. + + + + +CHAPTER III. + +LEO AND THE MONKEY. + + +Leo had two very strong friends at the stable, with whom he passed much +of his time. These were some large pigs, occupying a nice, warm pen on +the south side of the barn. + +When Leo left his own house to make them a visit, they received him with +a grunt of welcome. One cold night, the hostler went, at a late hour, +into the stable with his lantern, to see that all the animals were +comfortably bedded. As he approached the pig-pen, he was surprised to +hear a loud snoring, unlike the noise pigs make in their sleep. He +entered cautiously, fearing a straggler had sought shelter there. This +fear was quickly changed to mirth, however, as he saw Leo lying on his +back between the two pigs, his feet extending some distance below them, +while they were pressed closely up to his body, to impart to him as much +as possible of their warmth. + +A few weeks after this, one of the pigs was carried away by the butcher +to be killed. Leo mourned for his friend, and paid redoubled attention +to the one who was left, as if to make up to him for the loss of his +companion. + +I don't know that I have described Leo. + +He was a large, shaggy dog, of the Newfoundland breed, black as jet, +with a white tip to his bushy tail, and three white feet. + +Leo's eyes were very bright, and his whole countenance remarkably +intelligent. He was a most useful animal about the stable, always giving +notice by a loud, fierce bark, when a stranger, and particularly an +ill-dressed one, tried to enter. He was good-natured, too, and was never +but once known to bite or seriously injure any person. + +One day, the hostler, having gone into the city, left Leo in charge of +the stable, as usual. About noon, a man entered and began to walk +around. + +After a few loud, prolonged barks, which brought no one to his aid, Leo +concluded he must take care of the man himself. Every step that the +stranger went he followed him, not molesting him in any way until the +man took down a handsome fur robe from the shelf, and secreted it in the +hay, near the window. He then proceeded to leave, when Leo caught him +and held him fast. + +Nearly an hour later, when the hostler returned, they were still in this +position, the robber frightened almost out of his wits, and not daring +to move lest the dog should kill him. + +Being closely questioned by the hostler, he acknowledged his theft, and +said that he had intended to come in the night and take away the robe, +which he knew was valuable, by removing the window. + +While he was talking, Leo watched him narrowly, and then followed him +from the barn, growling continually. + +Leo was very fond of his young mistress, whom in her babyhood, he had +many times carried on his back around the gravelled walks near the +house. + +Minnie was fond of him too, and sometimes put her arms around his neck +and kissed him. + +When he saw her coming, he always ran to meet her, wagging his tail with +pleasure. + +But there was one member of the family Leo did not like at all, and no +inducements which his master could urge would bring him on even decently +friendly terms with him. + +This was Jacko, the monkey, who by his grinning and chattering, and +uncouth gestures, so disgusted the great dog, that he kept as far from +his cage as possible. + +One morning, about three months after Minnie's cousin Ida had come to +reside with them, the little girl was taken suddenly ill. When she was +partially recovered, it was curious to see her sitting bolstered up in +bed, with so many pets around her. + +First, there was Poll, hopping up and down from her perch to the floor +of the cage, chattering continually between her fits of coughing, "I'm +sick! I'm sick! O, what a cold!" and then, changing her tone, "better +now! better to-day!" + +On the bed were Fidelle and Tiney, the latter nestled closely under his +little mistress's arm. + +By the side of the couch, with his fore paws resting on the white +counterpane, stood Leo, grave and dignified, seeming to realize more +than any of them what a sad thing it was for Minnie to be lying there, +instead of running over the grounds as usual. + +Just at this moment, Anne came into the room bringing Jacko, who began +to grin and chatter with delight. + +Mrs. Lee directed the woman to fasten the monkey's chain tightly to the +post of the bedstead, and let him have his liberty; but she soon +regretted having done so, for Leo, who had bristled up the moment Jacko +came in, with a deep growl sprang upon him, and would have torn him in +pieces, had not the united force of several persons present caught the +little fellow away, and shut him in a closet. + +The excitement proved too much for Minnie, and she began to sob +hysterically. + +Leo came to lick her hand, apparently aware that he had done wrong, but +she cried out,-- + +"Go away, you naughty dog. I don't love you at all now." + +Leo was presently sent from the room. Jacko, after overturning every +thing in the closet, was returned to his cage, and then, in order to +soothe the little girl, Mrs. Lee proposed that Ida should bring the +book, and read some anecdotes about dogs. + +The first one she read was this:-- + +"Rev. James Simpson, of Edinburgh, had a large Newfoundland dog. At one +time he resided at Libberton, about two miles out of the city, in a +pleasant house surrounded with a garden. + +"One sacrament Sunday, the servant, who was left at home in charge of +the house, thought it a good opportunity to entertain her friends, as +her master and mistress were not likely to return home till after the +evening service, about nine o'clock. + +"The company assembled, and wandered together over the house and +grounds, the dog accompanying them wherever they went in the most +attentive manner, and seeming greatly pleased. + +"As the time approached for Mr. and Mrs. Simpson to return, the party +prepared to separate, and at last proceeded to do so; but the dog, the +instant they went to the door, interposed. + +"Planting himself firmly before the entrance, he would not allow one of +them to touch the handle. While they were quiet, he offered no force; +but the moment they attempted to move, he became furious; and with deep, +angry growls and a menacing manner, drove them back into the kitchen, +where he kept them till the arrival of his master and mistress. + +"The surprise of the good clergyman and his wife may be imagined, when, +on entering the house, they found a party assembled there at so late an +hour, and the dog standing sentinel over them. + +"Being thus detected, the guilty servant acknowledged her crime, when +her friends were allowed to depart, after being admonished by the worthy +divine in regard to the proper use of the Sabbath. + +"Soon after this, Mr. Simpson was obliged to leave his country residence +on account of his children's education, and remove into Edinburgh. +Speaking one day to a friend, he said, 'I regret extremely that I shall +be obliged to part with my faithful dog, as he is too large to be kept +in a city house.' + +"The animal was present, and heard him say this, and must have +understood what was meant, for he disappeared that very evening, and was +never afterwards heard from." + +Minnie was silent a few minutes when her cousin ceased reading, and +then said, half crying,-- + +"I'm afraid Leo will go away, for I told him I did not love him." + +Ida gayly approached the window, expecting to see the dog, as usual at +this hour, sunning himself in front of the stable; but as she did not, +she offered to go and find him. She had scarcely reached the hall when +she met him coming up the stairs. He looked wishfully in her face, and +then went to Minnie's door, and began to scratch upon it. + +Ida opened it, wondering what he wanted, when Leo, with his tail between +his legs as if conscious he had done wrong, went directly to the couch, +and putting his cold nose into Minnie's hand, asked, as well as he +could, to be forgiven for his offence. + +"I do love you, Leo," she exclaimed, caressing him; "you're a real good +dog; and you won't hurt Jacko again. Poor Jacko!" + +On hearing these words, Leo began to wag his tail joyfully, and then, +putting his paws on the bed, licked the hand she playfully held out to +him. + + + + +CHAPTER IV. + +THE FAITHFUL DOGS. + + +"O, cousin Minnie," cried Ida, "here are some beautiful stories. Let me +read them to you." + +"An English terrier was brought up in a family where there was a little +girl, with whom he was a great favorite. For hours together they amused +each other, the dog readily yielding obedience to every wish of his +little friend. One day, however, when they were at play in the nursery, +the mother was startled by a quick snarl from the terrier, expressive of +temper and violence. + +"Alarmed for her child, she rushed to the dog and drove him angrily +away; but after the closest examination, she could find no trace of +injury inflicted on the little girl, and she soon, forgot both the +outcry and alarm. + +"Meantime poor Fido had not ventured from the corner where he had been +driven in disgrace, but remained for a long time pensive and quiet in +his retreat. At last, when his little playmate began to look round for +him, he came slowly forward to the mother of his companion, and sitting +directly before her, with a touch of his paw solicited her attention. + +"'What is it, Fido?' she asked. + +"He rose gently, and placed something on the carpet at her feet. + +"It was a pin, which she lifted up and examined, every motion closely +watched by the dog. His pleading eye was too obvious to be +misunderstood, and by questioning the child, the whole was soon +explained. The pin had come in her way, and, in the fun of childhood, +she had tried to make a pin-cushion of Fido's nose. The snarl was +caused by pain, and the snap following removed the dangerous weapon from +unsafe hands. + +"The lady patted the dog, calling him 'good Fido,' when he at once +turned to his favorite, to assure her of his forgiveness, and to ask +that they might be friends again. And so they were ever after." + +"That is a very good story," said Minnie, smiling. "I wish you would +read another one as good." + +"Here is one," responded Ida, having cast her eye over it, "which is +rather sad." + +"A gentleman named Llewelyn had a fine hunter, which he called Gelert. +One day, the dog refused to accompany his master to the chase, which +made him very angry. + +"Gelert always kept sentinel at night at the door of his bedchamber, +and, on his return from the chase, Llewelyn met the dog coming from the +room, covered with blood. He entered in great haste, alarmed for the +safety of his child, when he found the bed overturned, and the coverlet +stained with gore. In an agony of apprehension, he called aloud to his +boy, but received no answer, and rashly concluded that the babe had been +killed by Gelert. + +"Without stopping to reflect upon the fondness the animal had always +manifested for the child, he ran his sword through the poor creature's +body. + +"Roused from his slumber by Gelert's dying yell, the infant awoke, when +the father, advancing, found to his heart-rending remorse, a gaunt wolf, +torn and bleeding, tremendous even in death, lying on the floor near the +tender nursling. The faithful dog had seen the wolf prowling about, +and, refusing to accompany his master to the chase, of which he was +extremely fond, placed himself near the couch of the boy, and in the end +saved his life, though, as it proved, at the sacrifice of his own. + +"Llewelyn, who never could forgive himself, afterwards built a chapel, +and raised a tomb to the memory of his faithful dog, who fell a victim +to a momentary passion. This tomb is still called Beth-Gelert, or the +tomb of Gelert; multitudes have there heard the account of his bravery +and his untimely death." + +"How very sorry he must have been!" exclaimed Minnie, tears filling her +eyes. + +"Read that account of the Stockholm dog," said Mrs. Lee. + +"Yes, aunt; but first here is a story of the fidelity of a dog, which is +very affecting." + +"A French merchant, having some money due from a correspondent, set out +on horseback, accompanied by his dog, on purpose to receive it. Having +settled the business to his satisfaction, he tied the bag of money +before him, and began to return home. His faithful dog, as if he entered +into his master's feelings, frisked round the horse, barked, and jumped, +and seemed to participate in his joy. + +"After riding some miles, the merchant alighted to repose himself under +an agreeable shade, taking the bag of money in his hand, and laying it +down by his side under a hedge, when, upon remounting, he unfortunately +forgot it. + +"The dog perceived his want of recollection, and wishing to rectify it, +ran to fetch the bag; but it was too heavy for him to drag along. He +then ran to his master, and by crying, barking, and howling, tried to +remind him of his mistake. + +"Unfortunately, the merchant did not understand his language; but the +assiduous creature persevered in his efforts, and after trying to stop +the horse in vain, at last began to bite his heels. + +"The gentleman, absorbed in some reverie, wholly misunderstood his +animal's expostulations, and entertained the alarming apprehension that +he had suddenly gone mad. Full of this suspicion, in crossing a brook, +he turned back to see whether the dog stopped to drink. The faithful +creature was too anxious concerning his master's business to think of +it, but continued to bark and bite with greater violence than before. + +"'Mercy!' cried the affrighted merchant, 'it must be so? My poor dog is +certainly mad. What shall I do? I must kill him, lest some greater +misfortune befall me; but with what regret! O, could I find any one to +perform this cruel office for me! But there is no time to lose; I myself +may become a victim if I spare him.' + +"With these words he drew a pistol from his pocket; and with a trembling +hand took aim at his faithful servant. He turned away in agony as he +fired; but his aim was too sure. The poor animal fell wounded, and +weltering in his blood, still endeavored to crawl toward his master, as +if to tax him with ingratitude. The merchant could not bear the sight: +he spurred on his horse with a heart full of sorrow, and lamented that +he had taken a journey which had cost him so dear. Still the money never +entered his mind; he only thought of his poor dog, and tried to console +himself with the reflection that he had prevented a greater evil than he +had suffered a calamity by despatching a mad animal. But even this +thought did not quiet him. + +"'I am most unfortunate,' said he to himself; 'I had almost rather have +lost my money than my dog.' + +"Saying this, he put out his hand to grasp his treasure. It was missing; +no bag was to be found. In one instant his eyes were opened to his +rashness and folly. 'Wretch that I am!' he cried; 'I alone am to blame. +I could not understand the caution which my innocent and most faithful +friend gave me; and I have sacrificed him for his zeal. He only wished +to inform me of my mistake; and he has paid for his fidelity with his +life!' + +"Instantly he turned his horse, and went off at full gallop to the +place where he had stopped. He saw with half averted eyes the scene +where the tragedy was acted; he perceived the traces of blood as he +proceeded; he was oppressed and distracted; but in vain he looked for +his dog; he was not to be seen on the road. + +"At last he arrived at the spot where he had alighted. But here his +heart bled afresh. He was entirely overcome. The poor dog, unable to +follow his dear but cruel master, had determined to consecrate his last +moments to his service. He had crawled, all bloody as he was, to the +forgotten bag, and in the agonies of death, he lay watching beside it. + +[Illustration: THE DOG FAITHFUL TILL DEATH. Page 92.] + +"As soon as he saw his master, he testified his joy by wagging his tail. +He could do no more; he tried to rise, but his strength was gone. The +vital tide was ebbing fast; and even the caresses of his master could +not prolong his life for a few moments. He stretched out his tongue to +lick the hand that was now fondling him in the agonies of regret, as if +to seal forgiveness of the deed that had deprived him of life. He then +cast a look of love on his master, and closed his eyes in death." + + + + +CHAPTER V. + +CANICHE AND THE TRAVELLER. + + +Mr. Lee returned one day from the city with a party of friends who had +been invited to visit them. They were all seated at the tea table, when +a quick ringing of one of the chamber bells attracted their attention. + +The gentleman glanced at his wife, who at once noticed that all the +family were present at the table, and only answered by the words, "Who +can it be?" + +"It is Maria or Emily Otis, from the city," he answered, smiling. "They +came, I suspect, in the noon train, and have taken this method to +announce their arrival." + +At this moment the bell was rung again, and more furiously than before. + +Minnie sprang up, and ran from the room. She reached the chamber just +as a servant was opening the door. What was their surprise, instead of +the expected guest, to see Tiney standing on his hind feet pulling the +bell rope! He had accidentally been shut into the chamber, and took this +means to get out. + +The child ran down with the news, and Tiney, who followed her, was quite +the hero of the occasion. + +After dinner, the conversation turned upon the intelligence and +fidelity of dogs, when one of the gentlemen related the following +singular incident, which he said was strictly true:-- + +"An English officer, who was in Paris somewhere near the year 1815, was +once crossing one of the bridges over the Seine, when a poodle dog +rubbed against his boots, which had just been polished, dirtying them so +much that he was obliged to go to a man stationed on the bridge to +clean them. + +"The same circumstance having occurred more than once, his curiosity was +excited, and he watched the dog. He saw him roll himself in the mud of +the river, and then station himself where he could see a person with +well-polished boots, against which he contrived to rub himself. + +"Finding that the shoe-black was the owner of the poodle, he taxed him +with the artifice; and after a little hesitation, he confessed that he +had taught the dog the trick, in order to procure customers for himself. + +"The officer, being much surprised at the dog's sagacity, purchased him +at a high price, and carried him to England. He kept him tied up in +London some time, and then released him. The poodle remained with him a +day or two, and then made his escape. A fortnight afterwards, he was +found with his former master, pursuing his old trade of dirtying +gentlemen's boots on the bridge." + +"Your story, which is a capital one," remarked another gentleman of the +company, "reminds me of something I read lately, which, if not well +vouched for, I should scarcely have credited. + +"A man by the name of Edward Cook, after having lived some time with +his brother in Northumberland, came to the United States, bringing with +him a pointer dog, which he lost soon afterwards, while shooting in the +woods near Baltimore. + +"Some time after, his brother and sister, who continued to reside in +Northumberland, were alarmed at hearing a dog in the night. They arose, +admitted it to the house, and found, to their surprise, it was the same +their brother had taken with him to America. The dog lived with them +until Mr. Edward Cook returned, when they mutually recognized each +other. + +"They were never able to trace by what vessel the dog had left America, +or in what part of England it had been landed." + +"One of the best stories I have heard of the sagacity of a dog," +remarked a lady, "was the account of Caniche, which, if not familiar to +you, is well worth repeating." + +Mr. Lee begged her to favor the company with the story, when she began. + +"Once upon a time, Dumont, a tradesman of the Rue St. Denis, in Paris, +was walking with a friend, when he offered to lay a wager with the +latter, that, if he were to hide a six-livre piece in the dust, his dog +would discover it, and bring it to him. The wager was accepted, and the +piece of money secreted, after being carefully marked. + +"When the two had proceeded some distance from the spot, M. Dumont said +to his dog that he had lost something, and ordered him to seek it. +Caniche immediately turned back, and her master and companion pursued +their walk to the Rue St. Denis. + +"Meanwhile, a traveller, who happened to be just then returning in a +small chaise from Vincennes, perceived the piece of money which his +horse had kicked from its hiding place. He alighted, took it up, and +drove to his inn. + +"Caniche, after a careful search, had just reached the spot in pursuit +of the lost piece, when the stranger picked it up. She at once set off +after the chaise, went into the inn, and stuck close to the traveller. +Having scented out the coin in the pocket of the latter, which she had +been ordered to bring back, she leaped up incessantly at and about him. +The traveller, supposing him to be some dog that had been lost by her +master, regarded these movements as marks of fondness, and, as the +animal was handsome, determined to keep her. He gave her a good supper, +and, on retiring to bed, took her with him to his chamber. No sooner had +he pulled off his pantaloons than they were seized by the dog: the +owner, conceiving that she wanted to play with them, took them away +again. The animal then began to bark at the door, which the traveller +opened, under the idea that the dog wanted to go out. Caniche snatched +up the pantaloons, and away she flew, the traveller posting after her, +dressed only in his night shirt. Anxiety for the fate of a purse full of +gold Napoleons of forty francs each gave redoubled quickness to his +steps. + +"Caniche, having a good start, ran full speed to her master's house, +where the stranger arrived a moment afterward, breathless and enraged. +He accused the dog of robbing him. + +"'Sir,' said the master, 'my dog is a very faithful creature; and if +she has run away with your pantaloons, it is because you have in them +money which does not belong to you.' + +"The traveller became still more exasperated. + +"'Compose yourself, sir,' rejoined the other, smiling: 'without doubt +there is in your purse a six-livre piece, with such and such marks, +which you have picked up in the Boulevard St. Antoine, and which I +threw down there with the firm conviction that my dog would bring it +back again. This is the cause of the robbery which she has committed +upon you.' + +"The stranger's rage now yielded to astonishment; he delivered the +six-livre piece to the owner, and could not forbear caressing the dog +which had given him so much uneasiness and such an unpleasant chase." + +"There is no doubt," remarked Mr. Lee, "that the character and +intellectual faculties of the dog are more strongly developed than those +of any other quadruped, on account of his being the constant companion +of man. It is a pleasing thought, the more that is known of his +fidelity, faithfulness, and sagacity, the more he will be appreciated, +and the better, therefore, his treatment is likely to be." + + + + +CHAPTER VI. + +THE SHEPHERD'S DOG. + + +"Mother," cried Minnie, one morning, "will you tell me about the dogs +people used to have in old times, when the Bible was written? Father +read about the dog with the flocks." + +"Yes, dear. The shepherds had dogs whose duty seemed only to be to guard +the flock from the attacks of wild beasts, and, like the Spanish sheep +dog of the present day, had nothing to do with the management of sheep. +Indeed, he seems to have been regarded with great dislike by the Jews, +and, if not carefully watched, was more destructive to the sheep than +the beast of whose approach he was to give warning. When he was not on +duty, he was regarded as a great pest and destroyer. + +"Among the Arabs, travellers in the East say, this is the character of +them all; they are cruel, bloodthirsty, always hungry, and never +satisfied. His look is savage, and his appearance disagreeable. The +Moors grant him a corner in their tent, but that is all; they never +caress him, never throw him any thing to eat. To this treatment must the +indifference of dogs to their masters be ascribed. + +"The Spanish sheep dogs are used entirely for the defence of the flock +against wolves. In case of attack, the sheep fly to them, and gather +round them as friends and protectors. They are also taught, if a sheep +lags behind unobserved by the shepherds, to stay with it, and defend it +until some one returns for it. + +"In later times man has made a companion of this faithful animal, and +the dog well reciprocates the kindness. The Scotch sheep dog, or +colley, has no superior, scarcely an equal, in managing a flock. The +Ettrick Shepherd says, that a single shepherd, with one of these +colleys, will accomplish more in gathering a flock of sheep from a +Highland farm than twenty shepherds could do without it. Neither hunger, +fatigue, nor the worst treatment, will draw him from his master's side, +and he will follow him through every hardship without murmur or +repining. + +"Mr. Hogg also gives an account of his own colley, 'Sirrah,' who had one +night a flock of lambs under his care. They became frightened at +something, and ran in all directions, scattering among the hills. + +"'Sirrah,' exclaimed Mr. Hogg, in despair, 'they're a' awa'!' + +"The dog dashed off through the darkness. After spending, with his +assistants, the whole night in a fruitless search after the fugitives, +the shepherd commenced his return home. Coming to a deep ravine, they +found Sirrah in charge of what, as they supposed, was one of the +scattered divisions; but what was their joyful surprise to find that not +one of the flock was missing!" + +"O," cried Minnie, "wasn't he a good fellow!" + +"Yes, dear; and the English sheep dog is also remarkable for its +docility and faithfulness. It is larger and more powerful than the +colley; and they are so useful to their employers that a writer says it +would be almost impossible to conduct the markets without them. If you +were to visit the Smithfield market in London, on Monday or Friday, you +would see them at their work. Vast droves of sheep and other animals +are brought from the country for the supply of the great metropolis, and +are here crowded into the smallest possible space. Of course each owner +wishes his flock kept from mingling with others; and this business +devolves on his dog. If one sheep slips away, by a motion of the hand, +or one word of command, the master signifies his desire, and the truant +is instantly sought and returned, the dog always holding it by the side +of the head, so as not to bruise the body. His eye is continually on his +master's countenance, anxious to learn his wishes, or on the particular +flock he has in charge. As difficulties multiply, his sagacity becomes +almost human, and he seems to know every individual belonging to his +flock." + +Minnie listened to this account with great interest; but now she +started up, her whole countenance blazing with excitement, and +exclaiming, "Father, you'll need a dog, you know, for your sheep. If +you'll buy an English shepherd pup, I'll let Nannie take care of it, and +train it for you." + +"Thank you, love," said her father, patting her head fondly; "but I'm +afraid Nannie is scarcely capable of such business. I'll tell you a +story of a remarkable Spanish shepherd dog which came to America from +England. His name was Arrogante, and he was an animal of prodigious +power. There was nothing affectionate or joyous about him. He never +forgave an injury or an insult. He was proud and reserved, but not +quarrelsome. Little curs would often run up to him, or seize his long, +bushy tail; but he seldom condescended to notice them: when he did, he +soon made an end of them. + +"Arrogante was honest, faithful, and courageous. He was a strictly +temperance dog, and would allow no one on the premises who was what is +called worse for liquor. Many a time, according to his own confession, +the bailiff who usually fed Arrogante was obliged to sleep on the ground +outside the farm because he came home unsteady from too much drinking. + +"On one occasion a couple of sailors, wishing to take advantage of the +tide, came unexpectedly to the farm, soon after midnight, to take away +some potatoes they had purchased from Mr. Rotch. But Arrogante would not +consent to what he considered unlawful proceedings. He forced the men +into an empty cart, and kept them there till morning. Once or twice they +tried to put a foot over the side of the cart, but were convinced if +they persevered the dog would kill them. They lost the tide, and were +greatly disappointed, but, like honest fellows, confessed the fault was +their own. + +"A gentleman who, I am sorry to say, was fond of spirituous liquors, +lived near the farm, and often passed near the stable where Arrogante +had his headquarters. This gentleman was regularly introduced to him, +and warned by his master against ever provoking him. Returning home, +late one Saturday evening, on horseback, from a convivial meeting, as he +galloped past the stable he met Arrogante, and wantonly struck at him +with a hunting whip. He was a large man, and rode a powerful horse, +which was going at full speed, so that he escaped before the astonished +dog recovered from his surprise. + +"The next morning the gentleman was on his way to church mounted as +before. Arrogante, who was watching for him, at once knew the tread of +his horse, and stood grimly awaiting his insulter. When the gentleman +had approached within a few yards, the dog gave a spring, and met him in +the air, in a deadly aim at his throat. Nothing but the sudden jump of +the very active horse saved the rider's throat and his life; but so +narrowly had he escaped, that he felt the gnashing teeth of the +frenzied brute scrape down his dress, where they came in contact with, +and closed upon, his watch, tearing it away with the adjacent clothing, +and chewing it into atoms. The cause of this terrible onset not being +disclosed at the time, Mr. Rotch, though convinced that Arrogante had +not been the aggressor, felt obliged to have him shot." + + + + +CHAPTER VII. + +THE INTELLIGENT POODLES. + + +"You promised, cousin Ida, to read about the Stockholm dog." + +"I will, Minnie; but uncle George has something to tell you." + +"Read it now, Ida," said Mr. Lee, "and I will relate my stories +afterward." + +"A captain of an English merchant vessel arrived in the port of +Stockholm, in Sweden, and was soon afterward seized with an illness, of +which he died. At the time of his death, he had on board a fine, large +Newfoundland dog, which was fondly attached to him. On the day of the +captain's funeral, Neptune was allowed to follow his poor master to the +grave; and, after the funeral ceremony had been performed, the officers +and crew made every exertion to induce the dog to follow them to the +ship, but all in vain; and their endeavors to catch him proving +fruitless, they left him in the churchyard. + +"During the short time the ship remained in port, Neptune might be seen +at all times lying with his head on the grave, and every day the sailors +brought him his food; but he was so vigilant on these occasions that +they never could get near him, to take him back to the ship, and they +were obliged to sail without him. + +"The neighboring Swedish inhabitants, in admiration of the extraordinary +attachment displayed by this animal to his late master, made +arrangements among themselves to supply him with his daily food; and, as +the weather soon became extremely cold, a subscription was made, to +build him a comfortable doghouse, which was placed near the grave. + +"It was affecting to see how earnestly Neptune gazed into every new-made +grave, proving that he cherished the hope of seeing his beloved master +again. + +"He remained on the grave for several years, and came to be called the +dog of Stockholm, when, one day, he was found dead at his post." + +"I love Neptune," faltered Minnie, wiping her eyes. "I wish I could +have seen him there. But, father, what did you say you had to tell me?" + +"I found two remarkable stories of the exhibition of dogs, which I +thought would interest you; and so I took the pains to borrow the book +for your benefit. + +"The first was an account of two pointers, Braque and Philax, exhibited +in London by Mr. Leonard, a French gentleman of great wealth, who had +instructed his dogs for his own amusement. He was earnest in stating +that it only required gentle, persevering effort to teach them almost +any thing. + +"The dogs were in vigorous health, and having bowed gracefully to the +company, seated themselves on the hearth rug, side by side. Mr. Leonard +spoke to his dogs in French, in his usual low tone, and ordered one of +them to walk, the other to lie down, to run, to gallop, to halt, to +crouch, all of which they did as promptly and correctly as the most +docile children. + +"He then placed six cards, of different colors, on the floor, and, +sitting with his back to the dogs, directed one to pick up the blue card +and the other the white, varying his orders rapidly, and speaking in +such a manner that it was impossible they could have executed his +commands if they had not a perfect knowledge of his words. + +"For instance, he said, 'Philax, take the blue card, and give it to +Braque; and, Braque, take the red card and give it to Philax;' and these +orders were instantly executed. + +"Pieces of bread and meat were placed on the floor, when Philax was +ordered to bring a piece of meat and give it to Braque, and then Braque +was ordered to give it back to Philax, who was to return it to its +place. Braque was then ordered to bring a piece of meat and eat it; but +before he had time to swallow it, he was forbidden to do so, and +instantly pushed it through his teeth, to show that he obeyed. + +"After this, Mr. Leonard invited any gentleman to play a game of +dominos with Braque. The dog seated himself at the table, and his +antagonist opposite him. Six dominos were given to the dog, and six more +to the gentleman. Braque, having the double number, took it in his +mouth, and put it in the middle of the table, when the gentleman put +down a corresponding piece. + +"Braque instantly placed another correctly, when the gentleman +intentionally placed a wrong number. + +"The dog stared, growled, and at last barked angrily. Finding no notice +was taken of his remonstrances, he pushed away the wrong domino with his +nose, picked a suitable one from his own pieces, and put it instead, +when they went on, and Braque won the game." + +"O, father, I mean to teach Tiney to play with me." + +"But here is a wonderful story about dogs." + +"About fifty years ago, a Frenchman brought to London from eighty to a +hundred dogs, chiefly poodles, all nearly the same size, and of the +smaller kind. On the education of these animals their proprietor had +bestowed a great deal of pains. + +"From puppyhood upwards they had been taught to walk on their hind legs, +and maintained their footing with surprising ease in that unnatural +position. + +"Among other performances was the representation of a siege. On the +rising of a curtain, there appeared three ranges of ramparts, one above +the other. In the centre of the fortress arose a tower, on which a flag +was flying. The ramparts were guarded by soldiers in uniform, each armed +with a musket or sword of an appropriate size. All these were dogs, and +their duty was to defend the walls from an attacking party, whose +movements now commenced the operations of the siege. + +"After some skirmishing, in which the chief, habited as an officer of +rank, was conspicuous, the drums beat to arms, and the battle commenced +in earnest. The chief of the assailants did wonders. He was seen, now +here, now there, animating his men, and seeming to receive an accession +of courage on every fresh repulse. + +"The rattle of the miniature cannon, the roll of the drums, the sound of +trumpets, and the heroism of the actors on both sides, imparted an idea +of reality to the scene. After numerous hair-breadth escapes, the +enemy's standard was hurled down, and the British flag hoisted in its +place; the ramparts were manned by the conquerors, and the smoke +cleared away to the tune of 'God save the King.' + +"But a still more wonderful scene was an assembly room, on the sides and +the farther end of which seats were placed; while a music gallery and a +profusion of chandeliers gave a richness and truth to the general +effect. Liveried servants were in attendance on a few of the dog company +who entered. + +"Frequent knockings were now heard at the door, followed by the entrance +of parties attired in the fashion of the period. These were the same +dogs who had recently been engaged in the battle; but now all was peace, +elegance, and ease. Different parties of dogs were introduced to each +other with an appearance of the greatest decorum. The dogs representing +ladies were dressed in silks, gauzes, laces, and gay ribbons, and +adorned with artificial flowers, with flowing ringlets, with powdered +and pomatumed headdresses, with caps and lappets, in ludicrous contrast +to their natural features. The dogs representing gentlemen were +equipped, some as youthful, and others as aged beaux. + +"The frequent bow and responsive courtesy produced great mirth in the +audience. Suddenly, the master of ceremonies appeared. He wore a court +dress, and his manners were in agreement with his costume. To some of +the dog-gentlemen, he gave merely a look of recognition; to the ladies +he was attentive; to some he offered his paw familiarly, to others he +bowed with respect, and introduced one to another with an elegance that +surprised the spectators. + +"The music was soon interrupted by a loud knocking, which announced the +arrival of some important visitor. Several liveried servants entered, +and then a sedan chair was borne in by appropriately dressed dogs. They +removed the poles, raised the head, and opened the door of the sedan, +when forth came a dog-lady splendidly attired in satin, decorated with +jewels and a plume of ostrich feathers! She made a great impression, +and appeared conscious of her superior charms, returning the bow of the +master of ceremonies with a courtesy. + +"The band now struck up an air appropriate for the promenade; and the +company instantly quitted their seats, and began to walk in pairs around +the room. + +"On seats being resumed, the master of ceremonies and the sedan chair +lady arose: he led her to the centre of the room, Foote's minuet struck +up, when the pair commenced the movements with an attention to time. +They performed the crossings and turnings, the advancings and +retreatings, and obeisances, during which there was a perfect silence; +and they concluded the whole amid thunders of applause." + + + + +MRS. LESLIE'S JUVENILE SERIES. + +16mo. + +FOR BOYS. + + Vol. I. THE MOTHERLESS CHILDREN. + " II. PLAY AND STUDY. + " III. HOWARD AND HIS TEACHER. + " IV. JACK, THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER. + +FOR GIRLS. + + Vol. I. TRYING TO BE USEFUL. + " II. LITTLE AGNES. + " III. I'LL TRY. + " IV. ART AND ARTLESSNESS. + + + + + MINNIE'S PET MONKEY. + + + BY + + MRS. MADELINE LESLIE, + AUTHOR OF "THE LESLIE STORIES," "TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER," + ETC. + + + ILLUSTRATED. + + + BOSTON: + LEE AND SHEPARD, + SUCCESSORS TO PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO. + 1864. + + + + +Transcriber's Note + +A handwritten note on the dedication page identifies Henry Fowle +Durant, Jr. as: "Son of founder of Wellesley College which was +founded in memory of the boy who died in youth. K.F.R." + +The following corrections were made: + + 18 her parents went a changed to her parents went on a + 24 "What can you give me for supper?" changed to "'What can you give + me for supper? + 24 '"That is too changed to "'That is too + 29 from the ship. changed to from the ship." + 73 them to you." changed to them to you. + 78 rather sad." changed to rather sad. + 82 very affecting." changed to very affecting. + 129 have him shot. changed to have him shot." + 150 The music was changed to "The music was + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Minnie's Pet Dog, by Madeline Leslie + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MINNIE'S PET DOG *** + +***** This file should be named 26616.txt or 26616.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/6/6/1/26616/ + +Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was +produced from images generously made available by The +Internet Archive/American Libraries.) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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