YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



me up in her arms. I knew I had been 

 naughty and stopped singing right away, 

 but mamma had caught sight of another 

 little grizzly dog, with a mop of hair over his 

 eyes, like little Frowzelly, so she knew I was 

 not the only one in the house. 



Finally she was much puzzled to see the 

 same little boy riding up and down from 

 day to day, and week to week, with many 

 different dogs, from tiny terriers and poodles 

 to great noble Newfoundlands and St. Ber- 

 nards. But upon inquiry she was delighted 

 to find that the dear little fellow belonged to 

 what he called "The Band of Mercy." 



And he was pledged to be kind to all 

 helpless creatures. He was not contented 

 with that alone, but went out in the great 

 city, and wherever he found a poor lost dog, 

 large or small, he brought it home with him, 

 and fed it and cared for it, then took it to 

 a home which noble hearts had founded, 

 where these lost pets could be sheltered till 

 they could be recovered by those who anx- 

 iously sought them, or find other kind hearts 

 to take them in. 



Mamma used to say, : What a dear little 

 boy, and what a noble work he is doing! 



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