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ganized. Our pet ccx)n got out one night and was found dead on 

 the street the next morning, killed either by a man or a dog. 

 Some of the children cried over their loss. They decided to give 

 him a good burial. They secured a cracker box for a casket, 

 placed tiie remains within, covered it with a lid on which was 

 written with chalk the words *"AT REST,'' and buried it in 

 a grave three feet deep, the grave was sodded, top covered w ith 

 tlowers, etc. The little Mayor said: "Boys, we will start a Band 

 of Mercy and the kid that don't join it, we will make him." 

 Before this, we had endeavored to start one in the Settlement 

 House, with the assistance of a representative of the \V. C. T. U. 

 and after her talk she enquired if any would like to join the 

 Band of Mercy. Oh, yes, they would all join. They were given 

 a paper for signatures and quite a number signed. I examined 

 that remarkable document and found such names as "Tommy 

 stick in the mud. 33 Skidoo St.." etc. It was a laughing stock 

 and resulted in failure. But when this pet was killed, it was 

 another thing and it took hold of them. 



Each child is required to give ten hours in unselfishly help- 

 ing someone else in the gardens. It was pathetic to see a little 

 lame despised Jewish boy trying to w'ork on his garden, and to 



