GLEN: TALE OF A DOG.

Otago Witness, Issue 1934, 19 March 1891, Page 35

GLEN: TALE OF A DOG.

Once upon a time a man had a dog. Its name was Glen. The man's name was Jim Fell. He had to take care of a nice pony and cix cowa. One fine day Jim Fell had to go a very long way with the pony to buy some hay, and the dog went too. When they oame home to the farm it was dark. Jim Fell put the pony up, and then went to bed. His bed was in the Bame Bbed, only in a room over the part the pony was in. " „ By and by some one out in the dark said, •• fire ! fire ! fire I" Bat Jim did not hear ; ha was in bsd. Soon some one else said, "Fire! fir« ! fire I" But still he did not bear. Some men then ran to the shed- They gftw the hay was on fire. But Jim Fell did not wake up. The fire came up to hia bed, aad yet he did not wake up, or see it, or hear it. Some one took tho pony away out of the shed.. But Jim lay in bed as if he waß dead, , . ' At; ia&t his dog, who war in the room wifch him, went up to him, and put his paws upon his face, and gava a lend and long bark, and that woke him. Then he got up and saw tho fire. He did not know what to do. He saw no way out, for the way he cams up into hia room waa all on fire. It waa too true. He did not know what to do. Ha wont to a hole in the wall (made for tho hay to be put in from the yard), and he saw it waa a very long way down. But some men saw him, and Bald to him, " Jump, jump. Do not; stay ; but juncp." They put some hay for him to jmnp on to, and then he gave a big jump, and came down on to it. Ha fell on hia side. Oae of his arms was hurt, and ono of biß legs was hurt j but his life waa safe from the fire. But the dog did not jump too. When Jim was able to sit up, he Eaid : " Who has seen Glen ?" A man said : " When you oame down he gave a bark, but I did not see him." No one had seen him. They gave a call, but he did not como^nor bark. No one ever saw him anymore. He wsb left in the fire; for the hole in the wall Jim Fell got out of was too high up for Glen to get at, and so he waa left to die in the fire. . Was not this a pity 1 And was it not sad for him not to be able to cave his own life when he was able to wake up Jim Fell, and bo save his life? He was not a big dog, bub a very good dog. Poor Glen I You see one need not wait to be big to be good and true and kind. We can be bo as scon as we like.

LETTERS FBOM LITTLE FOLKS. Dbab Dot,— My sißter has a dear little kittea rolled Snowtftll. She galled it tbat be.

rm causa it has a white coat. The flowers in I my garden are not very nice just now, or 1 1 would send you some in a little box. I have a I little canary, and it sings nearly all day. ' Yesterday afternoon my brother asked as to go and look at a', large bird in one of the fir trees. It had a small bird in its claws. Aunty Maggie taught *ne to crochet, and I am going to make enough to trim a pinafore. — Yours truly, BoNNIBEIi. Dkab Dot, —We are having very fine weather here. I have a doll with white hair and blue eyes. It is dressed in blue, and has white stockings and blue ribbons. < Papa has just done harvesting, He has a big staok and a little one. I have two little nieces, and their names are Mary Jane and Margaret Elizabeth.— Youra truly, Jessie Henderson (aged 9 years). Roaring Meg, March 3. Dsab Dor,— l am in the Third Standard at school, and lam 11 years of age. For pets, I have a dog and three kittens. My dog's name is Bruce, and I have named two of my kittenß Maori and To Kooti. Will you please give me a name for the other one. I like this little town very much. It is surrounded by bills and also by three rivers called the Mimihau, the Wyndbam, and the Mataura. — Yours truly, Jaok. Wyndham, March 9. [Oall the other kitten Te Whiti.— Dot.] Dear Dot, — I am not at sohool to-day because it is Saturday. lam in the Seoond and my little sister is in the First Standard. We have a little friend from Lawrence staying with us for a few days. Dear Dot, it is just dinner-time now, bo I must say good-bye. — Yours truly, Rubt. Waitahuna, March 9. Dear Dot, — It is so cold and wet to-day that I cannot go out to play, so I am going to write and thank you for the name you gave mo for my dog. < A lady gave me three little guinea pigs, and my brother has just made me a hous9 for them. Dear Dot, have you ever seen a picture frame made of wool or maorame cord ? My sister made one to-day, and she promised to teach me now to make them some day. and I am sure she will keep her promise. — Yours truly, . Little Ntdia. [Yes, Little Nydia, I have, and they are vety pretty. It will be very nice for you to learn how to do the work. — Dot ] Deab Dot, — I live at Hampden. I go to school, and am in the Fourth Standard. I have a big doll ; will you please give me a name for it. We are practising a kinderspiel called " Tha Happy Family."— Yours truly, Cissib Watt. [Oall the doll Lady Sapphire. Sapphire is the stone appropriate to next month, not this ; bat as March's stone has not a nice name we will go a month ahead. As it denotes repentance, it has evidently a good deal to do with Easter, and therefore it is appropriate to the ' season of the year. — Dot,] j Deab Dot, — I mußfr tell you about Tisbury, where I live. A new sohool was just opened last Tuesday, and I am very glad. lam in I the Third Standard, and I like school. We have a very nice teacher — Mr Miller — and I like him very well. Dear Dot, I have a pet calf, and I call her Pansy. I have three sisters — their nameß are Alioe, Harriet, and Mabel — and one brother, Alfred. Alfred has a dog, and he calls him Prince. We have a nice flower garden, and it is looking very pretty jnst now. The train passes our place twice a week — that is, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Please may I write again ?— Yours truly, Maboabbt Amelia Tobnhb. Seaward Bush, February 1. [Yes, oertainly, Margaret ; I shall be glad to hear from yon at any time —Dot.] Deab Dot,— -I said in my last letter I would tell you about the place we live in. It is all buah around here for many miles. There are plenty of ferns and moss, and beautiful flowers j in the summer. It is a very quiet place. The i train only runa on two days a week. There are no roads, only the tramway that was used for taking the timber to the siding. Our sohool was opened in the end of January, My sister and brother go along with me. The only road we have is the railway, and we feel tired sometimes, as we have nearly three miles to walk. For pets I have got two white bantams and a paroquet. My Bister has a wild duok. We have a oow named Lady, and a oalf which I have named Dot. My sister and brother have a heifer eaoh, and their namea are Oherry and Flossey.— Yours truly, Jessie Jane Niooi.li. Waimatua, March 13.