YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



the touch of that gentle paw above his 

 breast, - 1 felt so sorry I cried out too, 

 partly because all the rest were so sad and 

 still. I could feel their tears in the dark, 

 and the little life-saver boy w T as sobbing 

 softly too, so mamma had to soothe us. 

 She called the poor dear doggie 'Land- 

 seer's Only Mourner,' 1 but all the little dogs 

 in the world ought to w^eep for such a friend 

 to their kind, who can never wake any more. 

 Then the taper burned aw r ay out, and the 

 collie was crying in the black dark, and his 

 master's sleep grew deeper and deeper. 



Then, all at once, a red light blazed out 

 of a blacksmith's forge, and a big dappled- 

 red horse, who looked just like dear old 

 Nellie, stood under the black cobwebbed 

 roof, by the anvil, w T ith her head turned 

 around towards us, and the great burly man 

 with his leather apron, who had grabbed up 

 her slender hind foot, was just going to rap 

 it w r ith a hammer. She was saying: 



'Handle me with care, old fellow, or 

 you'll worry this dear dog friend of mine, 

 and you might come to grief.' And she 

 lay back her delicate ears, in gentle 

 warning. 



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