YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



That very moment I caught sight of sev- 

 eral big, blue-coated men, with brass but- 

 tons, one of the head ones the very man the 

 doctor had shown me, coming up the street, 

 tramp - - tramp - - tramp, - all stepping to- 

 gether. Quick as a flash I charged down 

 upon them, as though to arrest their prog- 

 ress. I fairly screamed at them, and nipped 

 at their heavy-booted feet, only retreating 

 step by step to escape their onward march. 

 The big men didn't look scared, as I thought 

 they would; instead of that they only 

 laughed, and the head man said: 



'Ho! ho! you little midget, don't eat us 

 up. What sort of a fur-bearing animal are 

 you ? ' The whole crowd were much amused 

 at my bold escapade and my funny look in 

 my new blanket, set off by my bravado airs. 

 Papa called me back, and the doctor saw 

 that I had got a little mixed between his talk 

 to me of 'policemen,' 1 'bad boys,' and 

 'little dogs," when I attacked these stalwart 

 guardians of law and order. 



I was not willing to have my little blanket 



taken off when I got home, but they said I 



would be too warm ; so mamma hung it up on 



a high peg on the closet door, where I went 



180 



