HOW TRIM HELPED

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 10 June 1939, Page 12

HOW TRIM HELPED

THE STORY OF A BLIND MAN'S DOG

Teddy and Scamp were out together. - 1 looking into the shop windows and deciding what to do with Teddy s Sat- ; I urday penny. -Woof!’’ said Scamp, who was Teddy’s : ’ clog, and he tried to start a game with ! another terrier. But the other terrier j 1 wouldn’t play. He had a tin cup tied to | his collar, and he looked very busy. ; He was* trying to collect pennies for a j \ blind man at the corner. ! “Here. I’ll give you a ha’penny,” j said Teddy. “Thank you. my little man. said the , blind man; “and thank you for talk- j ing to my dog. He s a tine little chap. ! is Trim.” Well. Teddy and Scamp found ; themselves stopping at the corner every j Saturday after that, and a ha’penny of | Teddy's weekly penny always jingled | into Trim's cup. “Thank you. laddie.” said the blind j man each time, and Trim always lick- j ed Teddy’s hand. “I say,” said Teddy to the blind man j one day. “Doesn't your clog ever get j an outing?” “Well, he takes me home, and he brings me here,” the blind man answered. ‘He is in charge of me, you see; he wouldn’t move—not even if you offered him a bone. Sometimes in the evening, when I’m safe at home, he will go for a walk on his own. He's a great little dog.” The first thought Teddy had every Saturday, when Daddy handed him his penny, was of Trim and his master. “You are so good to us! I wish we could do something for you in return, ’

the blind man said once, and Teddy j little guessed that, one clay. Trim would j be helping HIM! It happened on a very foggy night. Teddy had been over to granny's with i Scamp. It hadn't seemed so foggy when they had started home, but the fog came j down suddenly. “Wow!” yelled Scamp suddenly, as Teddy almost fell into the river; for i the river ran alongside the road, and j there was no seeing the way. i “Scamp, we had better wait until the : fog lifts.” said Tedcly. "Someone will : come along soon. Stay close to me.” j But time passed, and nobody came, j even though Teddy shouted as loudly !as he could. And then, suddenly, j there was a sound. "Bow-wow!” called a doggie voice— I and there was Trim! He pulled Teddy's i coat, gnd all at once the little boy j understood. j "I say. Trim will help us!” cried j Teddy. "He is used' to guiding the i blind man about, and I don't suppose jhe minds the fog one bit.” Quickly he tied a piece of string to Trim’s collar , and the little dog led the way. "And now,” said Teddy, when they reached home safely—for Teddy's house was just on the corner where the blind man usually stood, so Trim knew the way perfectly; "you must come in. Trim, and have a nice bone.” But Trim was away off to his own master, arc! Teddy watched him gc. • "I know what I will do!” thought the little boy. as he closed the door. “I will put the WHOLE of my penny into Trim's cup next Saturday!”